Watch Dogs 2

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  1. WizardVigilante
    May 4, 2017
    6
    It's a competently put together game. There were some breakthrough moments where the characters seemed to be more than just a painful attempt to be relevant but those were too few to overcome how dull and repetitive the game is in general.

    The story overall while better than the original is horribly uneven. You have the choice of peacefully resolving issues with stealth but you can also    It's a competently put together game. There were some breakthrough moments where the characters seemed to be more than just a painful attempt to be relevant but those were too few to overcome how dull and repetitive the game is in general.

    The story overall while better than the original is horribly uneven. You have the choice of peacefully resolving issues with stealth but you can also be a one man killing machine. Wiping out hundreds of people and bombing buildings. Regardless of which way you play there's no reaction by the protagonist or the rest of the team. They still crack jokes and consider themselves the righteous good guys even after you've just murdered a bunch of security guards on a college campus.

    The single player experience gets dull and repetitive after a while. The drones while really interesting at first make all the missions trivial to complete once you've unlocked some key upgrades.    … Expand
  2. dogdaysunrise
    Mar 29, 2017
    7
    This game is...unfinished.
    I've enjoyed every bit of this game, and it may well be one of modern Ubisoft's best, but i feel like it was hasted to get out. The character developement screen has "aggressive", "trickster" and "stealth" ratings on perks, this made me expect there was some rating system at the end of quests. There is none. The physics are mediocre, and sometimes wall climbing    This game is...unfinished.
    I've enjoyed every bit of this game, and it may well be one of modern Ubisoft's best, but i feel like it was hasted to get out. The character developement screen has "aggressive", "trickster" and "stealth" ratings on perks, this made me expect there was some rating system at the end of quests. There is none. The physics are mediocre, and sometimes wall climbing is bugged. The characters in the story interact in interesting ways...until they don't. They just stop, like there was no time to end their story. Even the main quest ends abruptly, i was expecting a couple more quests before the final one.
    This is a step in the right direction, but when the direct competitor is GTA5 and the bar was set so, so high almost 3 years ago, you can't sell a game that compares more to GTA4 and expect people not to notice.    … Expand
  3. TheUnholyMagnus
    Jan 27, 2017
    5
    Very rarely do youi find a game with suchs swings between its highs and lows. Much like the first game, there is a lot to like, and a lot to loathe.
    The game looks great and is well-optimized, though compared to the piss-poor technical state most AAA games now are released in, that's not saying too much.
    The stealth and hacking gameplay is much improved from the first one. There is a bit    Very rarely do youi find a game with suchs swings between its highs and lows. Much like the first game, there is a lot to like, and a lot to loathe.
    The game looks great and is well-optimized, though compared to the piss-poor technical state most AAA games now are released in, that's not saying too much.
    The stealth and hacking gameplay is much improved from the first one. There is a bit too much reliance on the buggy and copter, and their inclusion has had a negative effect on level design, but it allows for more freedom to pick your playstyle, at least on most missions.
    Some of said missions are quite fun too. Along the main story Ubisoft eschewed the usual mission tropes like the race, the forced stealth, the timed mission etc and allowed you to approach them more indrectly, something that greatly helps immersion and keeps you from the "going through the motions" feeling you ofetn get with gta-clones.
    Unfortunately, the difficulty of said missions is all over the place. Some are so easy to one-shot they don't even feel like a challenge, while some had me resetting from checkpoint upward of 20 times. Neither is inherently bad, but the inconsistency is jarring. The most common reason for the spikes is an over-abundance of guards, making sneaking almost impossible.
    This is a problem because the combat in general and the gunplay particularly is absolute trash. All weapons from pistols to sniper rifles feel grossly underpowered. There is no feedback from enemies when hit, and when you meet heavy guards toward the end of the game, they can tank 7-8 headshots from a shotgun at close range before going down, not even stopping their own gunfire meanwhile.
    The writing in the first game was bad because of its dour tone clashing with the content. But at least you could imagine Aiden Pierce as someone capable of killing his way through an army to get to where he wanted. Marcus is protrayed as always upbeat, wise-carcking, meme-spouting good guy looking out for the people, so when he goes on a rampage, everything just feels off.
    The other characters go grossly underdeveloped and thus descend into caricatures. Not a single time could I even imagine how they grew up, what they had gone through or who they even were. Out of the central cast you only learn any background about 2 of the characters, one of which is introduced later in the game and the other is killed off.
    The series still has a way to go to be good. As it is, Watch Dogs 2 improves on the first game in some ways, but takes some steps back in others. The series needs to find a narrower gameplay focus or get lost in the mediocrity it is in now.    … Expand
  4. Cineck
    Jan 25, 2017
    5
    It's not a bad game. It's not a good one either. It's perfectly average and generic. There is nothing that would distinguish it from the flood of generic GTA clones. If you plan on buying this game consider spending the money on the real drone or remote controlled car instead. You'll probably have more fun playing with those.
  5. akarnokd
    Apr 21, 2018
    6
    Slightly above average game for me. Gameplay-wise feels more polished than WD1 and finally I could properly drive cars with mouse and keyboard (I stopped playing WD1 after an hour due to this). The story is mediocre and boring. Collectibles are there so you can access more collectibles? The city is boring, missions range from interesting to boring as well. I couldn't care much about theSlightly above average game for me. Gameplay-wise feels more polished than WD1 and finally I could properly drive cars with mouse and keyboard (I stopped playing WD1 after an hour due to this). The story is mediocre and boring. Collectibles are there so you can access more collectibles? The city is boring, missions range from interesting to boring as well. I couldn't care much about the characters either. Unlike Far Cry 5 and Assassin's Creed Origins, where the environment carries half of the game, there were no real interesting locations in San Francisco for me. There is an in-game app so that at least you have some incentive to visit landmarks, but not much else.… Expand
  6. lhmtgame
    Jan 19, 2017
    5
    WD2's graphics are more ugly than GTA5 and consume more system resource than GTA5. I think this game even worse than Far Cry Primal because WD2 has the graphics that are similar to GTA4.
    WD2's story is boring. Both Watch Dogs 1 and 2 have a boring map, stupid A.I. and bad background Musics.
    In conclusion, Watch Dogs series is not a must-play open world game title.
  7. SpecimenB
    Jan 24, 2017
    5
    I played and enjoyed the first one. While this one is pretty much the same game with minor changes, additions and different characters, it's the characters that got on my nerves through the whole game. They were all pretentious and cheesy. The game mechanics were great and I enjoyed playing it, but with the excessively liberal teen divas, I was sure I'd see Aaron Spelling in the writing credits.
  8. oz4n
    Jan 21, 2017
    6
    I believe that a game should bind you to itself in the first hour of gameplay either with its story or its fun game mechanics. WD2 obviously has "a bit" from both these qualities, but neither were enough to keep me playing the game more than an hour.
  9. JustMK
    Jan 30, 2018
    5
    Pros:
    Nice graphics, style, music, geek culture, city, story.
    Cons:
    Annoying monotonous open-world gameplay. Boring monotonous puzzles, I don't like more than 50% additional missions and completely ignore annoying online missions: I prefer singleplayer modes in all the games.
  10. stevo501
    Apr 20, 2018
    7
    Let's start off this review with the positives. The game idea is a pretty cool concept and the game-play is enjoyable. The negatives: Driving does not feel as natural as it should, Quests get boring after a while and the biggest factor ( my personal opinion ) is that the story is too political ( which is alright if done right ). The game tried too hard to please the SJW that it is veryLet's start off this review with the positives. The game idea is a pretty cool concept and the game-play is enjoyable. The negatives: Driving does not feel as natural as it should, Quests get boring after a while and the biggest factor ( my personal opinion ) is that the story is too political ( which is alright if done right ). The game tried too hard to please the SJW that it is very offsetting at times during the story.… Expand
  11. Brandon_Harris
    Dec 3, 2016
    5
    It's a good game, but perhaps should've been an expansion to the original Watch Dogs.

    The original Watch Dogs was one of those games published by Ubisoft close to the beginning of the PS4/XBone generation that caused a great deal of negative feedback from consumers. People didn't like it because it was very glitchy and had many technical issues. The same thing happened with another    It's a good game, but perhaps should've been an expansion to the original Watch Dogs.

    The original Watch Dogs was one of those games published by Ubisoft close to the beginning of the PS4/XBone generation that caused a great deal of negative feedback from consumers. People didn't like it because it was very glitchy and had many technical issues.

    The same thing happened with another of Ubisoft's titles, Assassin's Creed: Unity. What is speculated is that the feedback for Unity was so poor the next game in that series, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, got worse sales as a result - though it could also be attributed to people getting sick of having so many titles in that series as well. Unfortunately, it's clear as day that Watch Dogs 2 received poor reception due to the original game's poor initial release.

    Watch Dogs 2's release doesn't have the glaring issues that the original game had. It's a fun game, but like many other of Ubisoft's open-world titles, has a bit of a "collectathon" feel with the many kinds of optional side content you can do. The game has its own set of main characters and does indeed continue the plot laid out in the original Watch Dogs.

    I can see that Ubisoft wanted this game to have a more relaxed feel. But, I feel that compromises the plot. The original game actually did have a very lengthy narrative - probably of a similar length to Grand Theft Auto 5. I remember, just from the storyline alone, you could spend 20-30 hours alone.

    The storyline of the original Watch Dogs, to me at least, felt epic with you taking down several company leaders and even getting backstabbed by a few of your friends - I was genuinely surprised by the time I reached the game's ending. The expansion pack, Bad Blood, even wrapped up the story of one of the antagonists who had escaped the plot of the original game.

    This game is a bit shorter that the original, but it doesn't have that same feeling of ambitiousness. This game likes to joke around a lot, almost needlessly. Think of it like Borderlands, but not quite to that extreme. Actually, the change between Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2 is exactly like the change between Saints Row 2 and Saints Row 3 - the plot having a much less serious tone and the gameplay introducing many simplifications.

    The gameplay has been simplified greatly and the number of hacking puzzles where you have to rotate hacking nodes has been significantly reduced. There are many "apps" you can use on your character's phone that make the game much more easy and less repetitive. For example, you can call cars to your location and you can also fast travel to shops on the map. These are good things to me because they are a new standard for open-world games of this gaming generation and make the game a great deal more convenient.

    I feel that this title didn't do enough to differentiate itself from the original. It somewhat feels like Far Cry: Primal - you know, a game that might've done better if it was an expansion, rather than a standalone new title in a series. Like the many other titles that Ubisoft has published within the last few generations, this game uses similar UI and gameplay features like its other open-world games, and if you're anything like me you're probably starting to see the trend and get a bit tired of it.

    Though there were changes in gameplay elements, a lot of the game just feels like the original and even after a few hours, I found myself getting bored from playing this, even though the original came out over two years ago.

    The original was the first of its kind with all of its hacking and puzzle elements, and you'd see people sharing funny images of the data your character can see about the random pedestrians in the game. But this game really doesn't bring anything new to the table, and you hardly hear people talking about it or sharing videos like the original game. People, though a bit disappointed, were still very intrigued by the game's unique hacking system and its first implementation in an open-world style game.

    This title certainly does have a new and interesting plot, but that can really only take a game so far. It was quite risky for Ubisoft to produce a sequel to the original game, and unfortunately it seems that the sales didn't meet their expectations.    … Expand
  12. Neng-
    Dec 17, 2016
    6
    Ubisoft clearly knows when to change something...but i don't like this trend of making sandbox games that are all so similar, with lot's of things to do and get bored of. Misions are created to give you the option to do it stealth mode or just killing everyone, but either one is going to get you the same results, and when you do that, the game turns unplayble in terms of following theUbisoft clearly knows when to change something...but i don't like this trend of making sandbox games that are all so similar, with lot's of things to do and get bored of. Misions are created to give you the option to do it stealth mode or just killing everyone, but either one is going to get you the same results, and when you do that, the game turns unplayble in terms of following the plot.

    You get praised for completing a mission killing civilians that has nothing to do with the mission just as if you do it without touching anyone, and the group was supposed to be some teenage hackers trying to change things on the city.... it just doesn't make sense for me.

    If you are going to keep it that way and give the two options at least, i think this is a step forward from the original, but I'm not sure if it turns the game better than the prequel or not.    … Expand
  13. Azeriel
    Dec 10, 2016
    7
    I was skeptical due to my slightly less than favourable experience with the first one, but I had some leftover cash in my Steam wallet and decided to give it a shot.

    Hell, I was surprisingly enchanted by the game. In a myriad of game titles that was released as a garbage port in PC, Watch_Dogs 2 improvement was pretty apparent. PC only features, multiple graphical settings, and a    I was skeptical due to my slightly less than favourable experience with the first one, but I had some leftover cash in my Steam wallet and decided to give it a shot.

    Hell, I was surprisingly enchanted by the game. In a myriad of game titles that was released as a garbage port in PC, Watch_Dogs 2 improvement was pretty apparent. PC only features, multiple graphical settings, and a constant 60+ FPS even on the highest setting. Ubisoft has clearly learned from their mistake on the first title and has given the treatment and care their PC crowd wanted.

    The game itself was alright. Marcus Holloway is a completely different opposite than Aiden Pierce in character, story, and the way they approach their problems. In a way, these fits nicely as WD2 was a cheerier version of WD. When Aiden was dealing with grief and loss, Marcus and his colorful crew was just trying to fight the big brothers. Cliche sure? doesn't make it any less interesting.

    Not to mention Ubisoft finally managed to gather together a crew you get attached with. I mean sure, all of them are to the extreme spectrum of comical, but you couldn't help to think if that was indeed how the younger generation in San Francisco reacts. In fact, they managed to make the dialogues interesting that I couldn't help and laugh with their interactions.

    One last thing to touch is the gameplay. There are improvements and there are a step backwards. For once, Marcus's hack power is less powerful and sophisticated than Aiden. Most of the time, you have to accomplish your mission via stealth as Marcus could not as much punishment as Aiden could. This fits the them as while Aiden was a highly trained Fixer, Marcus was simply a 22 years old kid with an above average athletic ability. Furthermore, while Aiden's hack power bend the Chicago CTOS to his will, Marcus' power lies more in his ability to create distraction and move between walls with his new NetHack power. They both have their own strength and weaknesses, but I do think Aiden is a better hacker in gameplay especially during car chase and escape.

    Speaking of car chase, I feel like driving is worst in the second one as I found it harder to escape from chase like I did with Aiden. Maybe that also due to the fact that Aiden was highly trained.

    I enjoyed the game, but you might wanna wait till a sale unless you really really loved the first Watch_Dogs. It's a great game. Was it a perfect game? far from it. Did I had fun with it? Absolutely.

    That'll do Ubisoft, that'll do.    … Expand
  14. SeraphimZ
    Dec 11, 2016
    6
    +Fun to play mostly
    +Movement Animation
    +Enjoyable Story +Fun & Fast Online Gameplay **** Optimization for PC -Similar NPC's Faces it kills Immersion -They made it resemble GTAV : -Similar hack locations it feels boring with time ** I like it, but it has horrible optimization it drops to 41~48fps while driving a car with Titan X Pascal SLI on 4K?! As usual from Ubisoft they    +Fun to play mostly
    +Movement Animation
    +Enjoyable Story
    +Fun & Fast Online Gameplay

    **** Optimization for PC
    -Similar NPC's Faces it kills Immersion
    -They made it resemble GTAV :
    -Similar hack locations it feels boring with time

    ** I like it, but it has horrible optimization it drops to 41~48fps while driving a car with Titan X Pascal SLI on 4K?! As usual from Ubisoft they continue to provide the worst optimization.    … Expand
  15. iPotat
    Jan 27, 2017
    7
    - "If you are 9 years old and from the word" memasy "you begin to roll on the floor, the game you enjoy it"
    But for others:
    The problems are the same as in the first part of the series: Physics half-dead city The interaction with the outside world Of the main problems can be noted is not the best optimization when compared with Rockstar Games and their brainchild of Grand Theft    - "If you are 9 years old and from the word" memasy "you begin to roll on the floor, the game you enjoy it"
    But for others:

    The problems are the same as in the first part of the series:

    Physics
    half-dead city
    The interaction with the outside world

    Of the main problems can be noted is not the best optimization when compared with Rockstar Games and their brainchild of Grand Theft Auto V. The shooting too lame.

    The pros of the game:

    Huge beautiful city
    Music
    Animation

    A separate theme - a side job. Ubisoft has made a big step in this direction, now they run parallel to the story more interesting.

    What could be better than to sit in the car and ride on the sunny San Francisco with great music? This car physics. As they were driven bad, and are found, the benefit of the game is moving quickly and it saves us from the torture of cars.

    The main difference from the 2 Watch Dogs Watch Dogs - visual component
    From the grim Chicago to San Francisco, which is filled with bright colors.
    The graphics have improved too. improved detailed drawing of the character, lighting, and others.

    The game as a whole turned out fairly specific, the game itself advise to buy when prices are.    … Expand
  16. anurag14
    Nov 29, 2016
    5
    Nothing new in the game.Lot of bugs on pc for me not good
    for me personally i didn't like the game.For 1800rs not good game to buy.
    As i have expected after Assassin's creed unity was worse butthis game didn't run properly on nvidia GTX 970 i will not recommend this game
  17. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    5
    I do enjoy some Open World Ubisoft games, I went into the game knowing it wasn’t just another crime GTA clone. This game has an interesting spin where you’re a hacker rather than just murderer who wants to kill everything. I also knew that there was a lot of character put into this game, they made their own memes, there are a lot of jokes, the characters are likable. On paper, it seemedI do enjoy some Open World Ubisoft games, I went into the game knowing it wasn’t just another crime GTA clone. This game has an interesting spin where you’re a hacker rather than just murderer who wants to kill everything. I also knew that there was a lot of character put into this game, they made their own memes, there are a lot of jokes, the characters are likable. On paper, it seemed like it was going to be something that is different but in a fun way.

    After a couple hours of the game, my first thought was. I really don’t enjoy City Open World Games. There is just too much going on, too many NPC’s around and driving is just not fun. I also didn’t enjoy a lot of the missions, they felt very Stealth Heavy and I just didn’t have any fun with any of the missions. I wanted to go guns blazing but that’s not this game. It just wasn’t fun.

    Sadly, this game is not fun for me. Different strokes and this game are not me. I don’t see myself playing this game ever again.    … Expand
  18. MrSchipunov
    Jul 30, 2020
    7
    Has a rich and active world, but ironically NPCs have only a handful of facial variation. Some mechanics aren't as polished as in GTA V, but the fullness of the world and hacking stuff makes up for it.
  19. darioxlz
    Jan 17, 2020
    6
    The game becomes repetitive and boring, the characters seem immature and the story is not very deep or interesting, the story of watch dogs 1 far exceeds it, the game has many things to do and with that extends its playing time , but there is nothing interesting, I do not recommend
  20. MooplayYT
    Aug 27, 2019
    7
    ....................................................................................................................................................................................................better than Part 1 :
  21. Radianser
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    Игра может доставлять удовольствие, если закрываешь глаза на ее минусы, а минусов здесь достаточно: физика автомобилей, физика стрельбы, звуки транспорта и стрельбы, некоторые автомобили выглядят пластмассовыми, оптимизации нет, вырвиглазный интерфейс.
    К плюсам можно отнести графику, красивейший Сан-Франциско, легкий сюжет (ну тут кому как), живые отношения между главными героями и npc.    Игра может доставлять удовольствие, если закрываешь глаза на ее минусы, а минусов здесь достаточно: физика автомобилей, физика стрельбы, звуки транспорта и стрельбы, некоторые автомобили выглядят пластмассовыми, оптимизации нет, вырвиглазный интерфейс.
    К плюсам можно отнести графику, красивейший Сан-Франциско, легкий сюжет (ну тут кому как), живые отношения между главными героями и npc.
  22. storygamer
    Oct 22, 2020
    7
    Watch Dogs 2 was a promise. And Ubisoft kept this promise. While the predecessor did get a lot of well deserved criticism, this second part can deliver. Better graphics, another visual approach and a fun hacker gameplay combined with the Ubisoft formula. And this game is fun, especially the multiplayer mode. But the storyline is really bad and a second hand embarrassment. The charactersWatch Dogs 2 was a promise. And Ubisoft kept this promise. While the predecessor did get a lot of well deserved criticism, this second part can deliver. Better graphics, another visual approach and a fun hacker gameplay combined with the Ubisoft formula. And this game is fun, especially the multiplayer mode. But the storyline is really bad and a second hand embarrassment. The characters are annoying and the dialogues are just trash. But gameplay fans will have their fun!… Expand
  23. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    7
    Decent game. The story is so --so, scoring is great, visual is decent, and the voice is also great
  24. Mitsie
    Feb 6, 2019
    5
    Loved Watchdogs 1, played it to death and was a really enjoyable experience. For Watchdogs 2 Ubisoft have tried to cram alot more hacking capabilities into the game and the controls and overall experience suffers. They have done a great job at making the AI more intelligent, this results in you arriving at a location, walking past an alley, being spotted by an eagle eyed AI character,Loved Watchdogs 1, played it to death and was a really enjoyable experience. For Watchdogs 2 Ubisoft have tried to cram alot more hacking capabilities into the game and the controls and overall experience suffers. They have done a great job at making the AI more intelligent, this results in you arriving at a location, walking past an alley, being spotted by an eagle eyed AI character, chased down and killed. The reason they have upped the AI, is to force you to use the Jumper and Quadcopter. This takes away the stealth part of the game that was really enjoyable in the first. The joypad controls on PC on top of this are annoying, you must push the left stick in to make the character run, push the right stick in to crouch. If you crouch behind a wall and then move away from the wall you stand up. The AI then instantly spot you and chase you down and kill you. It feels like they have spent that much time on the gorgeous graphics, that they threw together the gameplay. The Online hack in Watchdogs one was so much fun and enjoyable, probably the most exciting multiplayer experience ive playing in a long time has been now integrated into the game instead of the UI. Instead of going into the menu and choosing the join a online hacking session. Your now driving down the road and you drive directly into an online co-op game, smash into a Van, then you have to hide from 2 opponents who have just seen you T-total your ride. The cops arrive at the scene of the crash. You manage to get a way and hide from the co-op players and hide in a car. and the police pull up next to you and start flashing their lights signalling where you are, but they dont arrest you, because your in an online multiplayer game. There has been no thought gone into the game play from Ubisoft. It comes accross annoying and the way you approach the missions feel forced. They took away some of the things that made number 1 shine. Definately worth getting in the sale, but beware can be frustrating to play at times, especially the controls on a Joypad.… Expand
  25. Tomle1202
    Jun 18, 2022
    7
    Watch Dogs 2's welcoming tonal shift shines amidst its open-world design that has started to feel a bit dated.
  26. dandalis
    Nov 7, 2018
    6
    After the disappointment that was first Watch Dogs, i initially skipped Watch Dogs 2 upon its launch like many other people, but here i am in late 2018 having completed the sequel and while its not the big improvement i hoped it would be, its still a step in the right direction.

    WD2 still doesnt reach the full quality of GTA, lets be realistic that even with its hacking emphasis, GTA is    After the disappointment that was first Watch Dogs, i initially skipped Watch Dogs 2 upon its launch like many other people, but here i am in late 2018 having completed the sequel and while its not the big improvement i hoped it would be, its still a step in the right direction.

    WD2 still doesnt reach the full quality of GTA, lets be realistic that even with its hacking emphasis, GTA is the series that Ubisoft is trying hard to emulate, to attract gamers who enjoy GTA. Only key area where Ubi rivals R* is the world building and attention to detail put in it. Exploring Bay Area can take your breath away if youre interested in the game for the purpose of virtual tourism. However gameplay and narrative wise WD2 still doesnt have what it takes to be a top tier open world crime game.

    Driving is still pretty sub par, if not worse than in first game, cars feel way too twitchy, weightless with overly sensitive steering, no to mention the crappy crashing physics and some cars having to go through 100 gears when you fly the highways at top speed. Gunplay is nothing special, but some guns do sound pretty cool. Stealth can be somewhat fun due to hacking tools game gives you. The new traversal parkour system is pretty nice in action, but still the world is not as open as in GTA where you could go virtually anywhere, movement still can be clunky and restrictive where you should be able to scale something easily by logic. Cop chases can get annoying as hell due to cops being overly aware, the sheer numbers of cops game can throw at you all at once and their cars being relentless in stopping you with artificially increased speed compared to yours, like rubber banding of AI in racing games, the police heli especialy gets on the nerves if you dont have the skill unlocked to bugger it off. Marcus doesnt have much health, even on Normal difficulty game can be quite brutal if you go guns blazing without a strategy, this can be both good or bad depending on your play style. The enemy factions you face also over abuse the ''call for reinforcements'', they just keep coming and coming, and the enemy AI has ridiculous awareness of your position, they perfectly land every grenade thrown at you and they know excatly the place to rush once youre spotted, even if you changed your position while they didnt see you.

    Bay Area in Watch Dogs 2 is seriously impressively recreated, then again Chicago was the strongest point in first game aswell. It can be fun just walking around the San Francisco, Sillicon Valley, Oakland or Marin and taking in the surroundings. Graphics are very good allowing the world to pop with detail. The NPC system is quite good aswell like in first game, however the more you play the more you start hearing the same dialogues NPC's can be having or the scripted interactions between them.

    Story was yet another unimpressive Ubisoft affair. Still, the theme surrounding The Big Tech in Sillicon Valley, the power they hold and how they abuse it, its relevant stuff i have to say, especially now in 2018 when such companies have become overly political, condone censorship and try to meddle with ellections in USA and globally to get the result they deem ''right'' in their views. Main missions and side activities can be fun, but the main narrative and writing just goes by with you not caring much. Like when a key character dies in the game, you only care so much that you forget about it 5 minutes later. To be frank, before i tried the game, the cast of main characters semt pretty lame to me, but they are not that bad honestly, they did to a degree grew on me, but not to the point i would call them good or memorable, except maybe for Wrench and T Bone. Marcus himself, no matter how Ubisoft try to make him the exact opposite of Aiden, he ends up being the polar opposite with all his forced feeling cheeriness and rather shallow personality. The tone is much lighter than in the 1st game, there's lots jokes and humour, but its the kind humour thats rather hard to connect with if youre not a teen or younger, more simply put its not smart humour.

    Then there's a big issue with how the narrative simply ignores the fact if youre playing the game with a lethal approach. You can can be cold blooded killer with Marcus, but he keeps acting like his hands are clean of blood and so does rest of your DedSec crew. It doesnt make any sense. You can see Ubisoft wrote the story in a way that it only assumes youre playing without killing people, thats cool if youre a stealth fan who likes non lethal play style, if youre not then thats another problem you'll face in connecting with game's story line and characters.

    WD2 on PC also has some performance issues, very low frame rates in certain parts of the game world, occasional game crash here and there. Worst of all, the game can freeze up for several seconds before being playable again.

    Even with some of its bigger flaws, in the end i still had decent time with Watch Dogs 2.    … Expand
  27. Gaudy
    Jan 7, 2021
    6
    Lo cogi cuando lo regalaron en la Epic Store, osea que me salio gratis, por eso lo jugué.

    Como Pros: - En mi Rizen 5 con una MSI 1050TI me va muy bien, lo juego en Alto y graficamente me va fluido. Apenas hay bugs graficos. - Durante algunas misiones puede ser bastante divertidas. - Puede llegar a ser bastante largo, aunque artificialmente largo.... - La recreacion de la ciudad es    Lo cogi cuando lo regalaron en la Epic Store, osea que me salio gratis, por eso lo jugué.

    Como Pros:

    - En mi Rizen 5 con una MSI 1050TI me va muy bien, lo juego en Alto y graficamente me va fluido. Apenas hay bugs graficos.
    - Durante algunas misiones puede ser bastante divertidas.
    - Puede llegar a ser bastante largo, aunque artificialmente largo....
    - La recreacion de la ciudad es bastante bonita y la ciudad esta bien hecha sin mas.

    Contras:

    - Las misiones se hacen muy repetitivas y acaban siendo un Copia y Pega de todos los juegos de Ubisoft. Si te gustan los Assasin, te gustará. Acabas aburrido de hacer lo mismo y se puede hacer tedioso. Se puede hacer muyy aburrido en ese sentido.
    - La difultad a la hora de introducirse en un edificio es que meten mas vigilantes. Absurdamente cantidades ingentes de vigilantes armados hasta los dientes. Sin sentido.
    - Los NPCs estan locos. Sus conversaciones sonn absurdas y son estupidos. Alguna vez te tendras que reir de las estupiedeces que sueltan.
    - La IA esta de lo peor que he visto.
    - La historia es un sin sentido de "cosas hackers". No te enteras de nada, haces las misiones porque hay que hacerlas, no porque sean interesantes.
    - Los personajes son planos y sin carisma, no tienen nada. Te da igual lo que les pase. No hay nada de empatia con ellos, parecen adolescentes gilipollas.
    - No existe ningun interes en visitar el mundo. Te da igual de lo simple y vacio que es.
    - Coleccionables y demas mierda para alargar el juego artificialmente. Vas a un sitio, hackeas o coges no se que, te vas a otro y haces lo mismo, recompensas de mierda..... El juego no te premia la de tiempo que hay que dedicarle.
    - Mala copia de GTAV. A veces es ridiculo en lo que se le parece, eso si se le parece en lo malo.

    Resumiento, lo juegue porque la Epic Store me lo regalo, no te gastes mas de 10 euros en el, no los vale.    … Expand
  28. Xemnuz
    Jun 18, 2021
    6
    Waited long as I wasn't too impressed by the first one. It actually is quite incredible how well the graphics are, even comparing it to GTA5, textures, light and characters all look really well. It could so easily be a good game, but the characters, the cyber theme and edgy sarcasm characters are just too much. Feels like a sitcom made for 15 year olds where everything is "Alright! HeckWaited long as I wasn't too impressed by the first one. It actually is quite incredible how well the graphics are, even comparing it to GTA5, textures, light and characters all look really well. It could so easily be a good game, but the characters, the cyber theme and edgy sarcasm characters are just too much. Feels like a sitcom made for 15 year olds where everything is "Alright! Heck yeah! Hacking is awesome! Fck the police!" Either the voiceactors or the lines are cringy as hell, similar to Deacon in Days Gone (A fantastic game btw). This game has soo much promise, the world it self, clothes, cars is such a good start, but the characters put in it and story is so generic, childish and boring. I think this must be a 6/10 after 4 hours of gametime, hopefully they make a 3rd one and sort out the characters and story, only then it can be a great game.… Expand
  29. boeph
    Jul 3, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Один из лучших современных экшенов в открытом мире. Watch Dogs 2 – это для тех, кто хочет расслабиться летним днем в Сан-Франциско. Немного пострелять, немного пошалить, погонять на быстрых авто и порешать несложные головоломки под приятный саундтрек.… Expand
  30. MrBambusak
    Jun 25, 2020
    7
    Watch Dogs 2 is a pretty good game, that is dragged down by various flaws. First, the bright side of the game. Watch Dogs 2 is set in San Francisco, sun-bathed coastal city, tech innovation center. While discovering the city, you'll stumble upon real life locations, such as Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz or Lombard Street. Because most of the map is urban area, you will parkour your wayWatch Dogs 2 is a pretty good game, that is dragged down by various flaws. First, the bright side of the game. Watch Dogs 2 is set in San Francisco, sun-bathed coastal city, tech innovation center. While discovering the city, you'll stumble upon real life locations, such as Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz or Lombard Street. Because most of the map is urban area, you will parkour your way through the city. Parkour moves are well done and feel real. Hacking is done simply enough for everybody to understand, but also can be very challenging. Main characters are written very well, throughout the game, you create some sort of a bond woth them. Story is amazing and you really hope, that everything will work out well for our heroes. Game is full of little details, for example, if Marcus is wearing long shirt, or hoodie, lower end of it moves as Marcus walks.
    Unfortunately, Watch Dogs 2 has some big flaws, that are dragging the game down. Let's start with driving. Driving in this game is very bad, arcade style and you cant customize your cars much. Next on the list is shooting and guns. Watch Dogs 2 is trying to be like a hacking GTA, but since the game is meant to be stealth orientated, you cant actually go guns blazing. Still, the game is giving you a handful of guns to choose from, but only two of about 25 guns are silenced, which gives very little space for decision. Sounds of guns and way, that guns work are really arcade-like and poor. What i think is the biggest flaw of the game, are the missions. Until about half of the game, you have many side missions to pick, but from the half of the game I have no side missions to complete, so my only option was to rush main mission, because i couldn't do anything else. Some side missions are presented to you through your hacker group DedSec, some can be found throughout the world. No matter what you do, it seems like after you are past half of the game, you have no side missions. Thanks to that, you will complete the game rather quickly.
    After all, it's better game than Watch Dogs 1, but still can be improved a little.    … Expand
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Softpedia
    Apr 3, 2017
    80
    Unlike the first game where multiplayer was kind of a mess, the sequel offers a pretty solid multiplayer experience. Playing Watch Dogs 2 co-op is definitely a blast, especially if you're experiencing the game with a friend.
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  2. Vgames
    Mar 8, 2017
    75
    In the end, Watch Dogs 2 feels like an improvement over the previous game in the series. The characters are fun to play as and interact with, all of the hacking elements have a lot more depth and make more sense, and the world feels more alive and rich than ever before, design wise and graphics wise. However the game does suffer from mediocrity in regards to its shooting mechanics and stealth sections. Is it a fun game? Yeah, sure it is. Is it one of my games of the year? Not really.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jan 13, 2017
    80
    Hacking and stealth elements are so good in Watch Dogs 2 and as a whole the game is so much better than its predecessor that I managed to turn a blind eye to the fact that Dedsec members are annoying as hell. [01/2017, p.32]
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