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Shack Reels: Watch Dogs' Chicago vs. Real World Chicago

Watch Dogs will bring the city of Chicago to life on Tuesday. In this week's Shack Reels, we take a look at Watch Dogs' vision of Chicago compared to its real world counterpart.
Ozzie Mejia
Ozzie Mejia
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Watch Dogs is set to arrive this Tuesday, where Ubisoft will bring the city of Chicago to life. Though the story is centered around the near-future concept of technology run amok, much of Chicago is preserved in its current state and re-created for the game.

So just how accurate is Watch Dogs' Chicago versus Ubisoft's Chicago? Let's take a look with this week's Shack Reels.

Shacknews recently took a look at the city of Chicago, making sure to not only take in some of the sights, but also compare them to their in-game counterparts. See the comparison for yourself in the video below.

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    May 24, 2014 1:00 PM

    Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Shack Reels: Watch Dogs' Chicago vs. Real World Chicago.

    Watch Dogs will bring the city of Chicago to life on Tuesday. In this week's Shack Reels, we take a look at Watch Dogs' vision of Chicago compared to its real world counterpart.

    • loppsided legacy 10 years
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      May 24, 2014 2:11 PM

      Nice, I've been waiting for an open-world game based in my town! What the hell did they do to the Bean, lol

      • staymighty
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        May 24, 2014 3:44 PM

        I think because its an artwork they couldn't copy it exactly!

    • clash76 legacy 10 years
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      May 24, 2014 2:28 PM

      I want a game based on my town, Farmingdale, NJ. We have about 8 shops,10 churches, and an elementary school.

      • clash76 legacy 10 years
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        May 24, 2014 2:29 PM

        Think about how cheap the production costs will be when you only have to model 6 cars and 1 pedestrian.

      • staymighty
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        May 24, 2014 2:52 PM

        only if I can jump in a car and catch a show at the stone pony

    • jedi_27 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      May 24, 2014 2:43 PM

      nice. just shows how much effort they have put into this game. can't wait...

    • kainen1 legacy 10 years
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      May 24, 2014 2:56 PM

      Cloud Gate looks like absolute shit.

      • clash76 legacy 10 years
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        May 24, 2014 6:41 PM

        That ones tricky - if you faked the reflections it would look awful and I'm not sure if on a current gen console or PC you could actually render that in real time considering its not just a flat reflection like in water but a reflection that curves and bends what it is reflecting. Is there any game that renders anything like that currently?

    • [deleted] 1167568288 legacy 10 years
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      May 24, 2014 4:36 PM

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