is written in the front:
The author has lived in San Francisco for two years, and he is quite familiar with this city.
When Watchdog 2 was released, I decided to pre-order it after watching the only trailer. Of course, part of it is to pay off the debt for the free dog that I played back then, and the trailer really gave me the feeling of "Ah, it's really San Francisco". Many shots that flash by, people who are not familiar with San Francisco may not care too much, but in my opinion, they are really sincere.
Leave no nonsense, let’s take a look at the official promotional release so far and the San Francisco landmarks or landscapes that appear in the trial video. Each of them will display the game screen and the actual landscape as a comparison.
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Kingmen Bridge
When it comes to San Francisco, we cannot ignore the Golden Gate Bridge. As the unquestionable number one landmark in San Francisco, it is the first thing that appears in the trailer. San Francisco has foggy in the morning and evening, so there is a scene like the picture of "Mist Locking the Golden Gate".
Real landscape comparison:
The best place to shoot the Golden Gate Bridge is the Spencer Fort on the other side. Here you can cross the distance to overlook downtown San Francisco and easily take postcard-level photos. You may also feel it in the game in the future.
San Ferry Building
As the name suggests, it is here that the ferries entering and leaving San Francisco are parked. In the early trial video released, the protagonist appears near the ferry building.
The building with a bell tower in the middle is just this. The bridge behind is the Bay Bridge, which I will talk about later.
Real scene comparison:
A famous prison that once imprisoned famous criminals such as Al Capone has now become a famous tourist attraction in San Francisco.
real scene comparison picture:
If you want to visit the island, you must make an appointment in advance. I planned to go up and take a look during the holidays. After seeing that the appointment has been scheduled for more than a month, I can only give up and wait until the game is released before controlling Marcus to go up and take a look.
California Street
A simple street scene summarizes the terrain characteristics of San Francisco. Downtown San Francisco is located on three small hills (Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, and Russian Hill), so the roads are mostly sloped, and some are even steep so that the sidewalks on both sides need to be made into steps.
Jiuquhua Street
Lombardy Street is named "Jiuquhua Street" because of the winding paths and the blooming flowers beside the road (but there are actually only 8 bends). It is said that because the hillside is too steep, it is specially designed like this. If you plan to drive to San Francisco, you will naturally come here to experience it.
Real landscape:
On the top of the slope, you can also see the Coit Tower on Telegraph Mountain in the distance:
9 Pier
Like the Fisherman's Wharf next door, it is one of the must-see tourist attractions when you come to San Francisco. I have also come here in the latest official trial video:
This big crab is naturally the most iconic. How can you not click a crab when you come to Pier 39 and have a feast on the sea breeze?
Of course, you can also look at the sea lion in the sea lion area:
Then look at the real scene comparison:
ATT stadium
National League of Baseball Home stadium of San Francisco Giants . When the poster came to San Francisco for 14 years, the Giants won the World Championship. The whole city was covered with the Giants logo, and many passers-by also wore hats or hoodies with team badges. At that time, he was surprised by the Giants' influence in San Francisco.
For real scenes, the top view from this angle is a bit difficult to find, use Google Maps instead:
Painted Ladies
After World War II, some artists launched the "Color Movement" to replacing houses painted gray during the war with bright colors. These houses are also called "Painted Ladies".The most famous "painted ladies" in San Francisco is the "Six Sisters" opposite Alamo Plaza.
Coyt Tower
is located on Telegram Hill in downtown San Francisco. In the official PS4 demonstration video, Marcus stood under the Coyt Tower from the beginning. As you can see in the video, you can overlook San Francisco including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge, Alcatraz , Treasure Island and the entire city center from the top.
Bay Bridge
0 The cross-bay bridge connecting San Francisco and Marcus's hometown Oakland . In the real-time demonstration, the first screen when entering the first mission is the Bay Bridge.
Sometimes you can still swim motorcycles on it:
San Francisco City Hall
a very magnificent building, which looks a bit similar to the US Capitol at first glance.
The rotunda in the town hall is open to the public. On January 14, 1954, the wedding of Marilyn Monroe and star Joe DiMaggio was held here.
Castro District
Castro District is a famous gathering place for homosexuals in San Francisco and even the United States. It is named after the Castro Theater (the red sign in the middle of the picture above). The six-colored rainbow flags and the rainbow-colored crosswalk are a landscape in the Castro District.
real scene comparison (Google Street View):
of course, under Rainbow, you have to go to the gay friend (heavy fog)
The entrance archway of Chinatown "Dragon Gate"
In the oldest settlement of North American Chinese, the Chinese population accounts for one-fifth of San Francisco, Chinatown is bound to be an indispensable part. From melon and vegetable shops, fresh meat stores to ginseng and antler shops, dry goods shops, from ancestral halls, hospitals to libraries, universities, and various Sichuan, Cantonese and Hunan cuisine and tea restaurants, everything is for Chinese people. To put it in an exaggeration, even if you don’t know English, you can live in San Francisco for decades in Cantonese.
There have been many Chinatown shots in various videos, but the restoration level is average, so I won’t post it here.
The four words "The world is the public" in the middle of the archway were written by the founding father Sun Yat-sen.
"Pagoda of Peace" in Japan City
Compared with Chinatown, Japan City is a bit smaller, with an area of about 5 to 6 blocks. It mainly contains some Japanese food stores, Japanese grocery stores like DAISO, and a Japanese bookstore, which is almost the same. The tower on the picture
is the iconic building of Japan City, "Pagoda of Peace", which was presented by Osaka, a sister city in San Francisco in 1968.
Hooverta
Hooverta is the highest point of Stanford University and the university's landmark. However, as the largest university in the world with campus area, Ubisoft is expected to not restore it all.
Pan American Pyramid
In the skyscrapers in downtown San Francisco, the most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly this unique pyramid-shaped building, which is also one of the famous landmarks in San Francisco.
Pan American Pyramid was originally the headquarters of Pan American Group, and was owned by Dutch Global Insurance Group in 1999.
Every Christmas holiday, Independence Day and 911 anniversary, the top of the Pan American pyramid will light up as shown above.
Ubisoft San Francisco Studio
right, you read that right, Ubisoft has made its own studio into the game.
This studio was founded in 2009 and is considered a relatively new studio and has a relatively small scale. The works include the "Rock Smith" series and the new South Park work under development.
There is a huge Assassin's Creed poster hanging above the door.
is actually a poster of the Assassin's Creed movie. The movie is starring Michael Fassbender , but unfortunately it is not released in mainland China.
There are two posters on the glass wall at the door of the studio, and it is impossible to tell which game it belongs to.
Finally, with real scene comparison:
