Watch Dogs PC Settings Comparisons: Low vs Ultra, Console vs PC

We’ll cop to getting a lot of attention for our post regarding the quality of the Xbox 360 port of Watch Dogs. Now, we’ll feature more analyses from other sources, so that you can get alternate viewpoints. Ultimately, we hope you can make informed choices in buying games, including what version you will get for Watch Dogs.

Our 1^st comparison video is pretty straightforward. PC manufacturer Digital Storm has featured for our convenience what Watch Dogs looks like on Low and Ultra settings, presumably on one of their rigs. As you may see, in this case Ubisoft seemed to go for a lot of parity between the two settings, so in many cases there aren’t even conspicuous differences.

The difference in depicting a nighttime scene, however, is like the difference between night and day, or perhaps the difference between VHS and digital video. Lighting is conspicuously better on Ultra, and it serves to make gameplay better. There are other cases where quality settings matters too, as you can see from our source.

Of course, the choice between Ultra and Low settings is as much about your personal choices and your rig’s capabilities, but those with older and lower power rigs can rest assured you will get a playable experience.

Our other comparison video brings up an interesting option. We are looking again at the PC version of Watch Dogs, and it turns out there’s a setting to switch from the PC to console version. You’ll need to fiddle with some backdoor stuff, but it’s not that intimidating or hard to do.  Find out how to enable it  and see the results below:

We should warn you that there is a debate on whether this makes a difference. We suspect the diversity of opinions may stem from having different PCs to test on, but it's best if you read it yourself and make your own assessments here.

Of course, you can check out our prior coverage of Watch Dogs on Ultra PC settings here. Watch Dogs is coming May 27 to PC, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4 on May 27, and on Wii U this fall.