One of the biggest surprises tucked into yesterday's Xbox Game Pass roundup was the inclusion of another notable Ubisoft title coming to the service. Following last month's Assassin's Creed Origins addition, we've now got Watch Dogs 2, an open world romp set in the famous city of San Francisco. But, did you know that Xbox Series X and S get a pretty neat advantage with this one as well?
Ubisoft's second Watch Dogs title takes advantage of Xbox's FPS Boost program, which means the game runs at 60 frames per-second across both Xbox Series X and Series S. Watch Dogs 2 never got a proper resolution boost so it's running no higher than 1080p on either system, but still, the boost to frame rate is very welcome indeed.
Because of this lack of resolution boost, there's no manual switch-on needed with this one — FPS Boost will be enabled automatically for Watch Dogs 2 on Xbox Series X and Series S. In fact, the whole series hits 60FPS on next-gen Xbox platforms, thanks to FPS Boost also being applied to the original game, and Watch Dogs: Legion adding a post-launch performance mode. Smooth sailing all round!
Will you be cruising around the streets of San Fransisco on Xbox Game Pass? Let us know in the comments.
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It's not even 1080p. It's 900p and a bit blurry. Sadly, ubisoft never updated it for the One X, despite the fact that the PS4 Pro version runs at 1800p.
@raftos problem is the PlayStation version isn’t 60fps. So we have a choice of 60fps but sub 1080p graphics (and free!) or 1800p but only 30fps 🤔
I wish the resolution was a little higher for my Series X, but 60fps is very welcome indeed. Especially compared to 30fps on my PS5. Now that's it's on Game Pass, mabey I'll have a friend play co-op with me!
I've spent my time driving through the recreated bay area. It's nice, not a direct 1:1 replication(different time and occurrences, etc) , but close enough.
Too bad the resolution is awful at 60 FPS.
I always choose graphics opinion when prompted so I'm happy with a higher resolution than this.
This game was such a letdown I loved the first game but this ones story & characters just fell flat for me
@lordzand It doesn't have a higher resolution on Xbox. If you want the full 4k experience at 60fps, which the Series X is more than capable of, you have to play the PC version.
Never played wd2 played the first one on Wii U if my memory is correct and really liked it so it’s on my to play list.
Watch Dogs 1 runs at 60fps on Series S/X as well. Too bad that the resolution was not upgraded either. At least, Ubisoft is one of the few publishers supporting FPS boost widely.
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