Watch Dogs

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  1. Zinaldo
    Sep 6, 2023
    5
    hacking stuff solving puzzles are so annoying , I hate solving puzzles in action games
    that mission that you have to hack cameras is so annoying
  2. Dealves99
    Sep 2, 2023
    7
    História boa em alguns momentos e parada em outros, personagem principal tem personalidade não parece genérico, diferente do mapa que não tem nada muito inesquecível. Gameplay é boa tem muitas opções de abordagem.
    Gráfico meia boca.
  3. alexnikolov667
    Aug 19, 2023
    5
    Look it's not a bad game, and it IS fun to play, but there are too many unforgivable screw ups. I expect better from such a huge game developer.

    ---{ Story }--- PC is a hacker who gets mixed up in something way over his head. Bad guys try to scare him off but end up killing his niece. Rampage. The story is ok in principal, but the further into it you play, the more the plot    Look it's not a bad game, and it IS fun to play, but there are too many unforgivable screw ups. I expect better from such a huge game developer.

    ---{ Story }---
    PC is a hacker who gets mixed up in something way over his head. Bad guys try to scare him off but end up killing his niece. Rampage.
    The story is ok in principal, but the further into it you play, the more the plot contrivances build up. There are several plot holes that bothered me. It does raise interesting questions about the surveillance state, and a free society versus a safe society.
    However, there are too many main missions. I feel like half of chapter four should've been side-quests, it just drags too much and kills the pacing. Also Clara's *spoiler* feels like tacked on. Devs clearly knew it was going to happen (there was early signposting), but then the way it was integrated was very sloppy.

    ---{ Gameplay }---
    The movement is really awkward. You can climb over massive fences, but not a meter high wall. You can't climb out of water unless there is a pre-ordained climbable surface.
    The driving is absolute trash. Cars accelerate violently with the barest touch of a button. This might make sense with a high powered sports car, but it happens with everything, including massive trucks.
    Anything involving car chases is wack. Worst rubber-banding I've ever seen. The game (and fans) are very quick to remind you that you're not playing GTA, you're a hacker, so hack your way out of trouble, but then the correct solution to some escapes is to... steal a boat and sail out into open water??? Also enemy vehicles can instantly accelerate from stationary to ramming speed, your car however can not.
    Nobody in the city has any regard for there own safety. Pedestrians will leap in front of you. Enemies will ram their car into you in a way that would absolutely result in their death. Multiple times.

    ---{ Graphics }---
    So obviously the E3 fiasco. But actually the graphics are fine. Everything looks very nice. Certain levels of anti-aliasing resulted in shadows flickering. Got some object pop-in as well at what i would consider a relatively short distance.

    ---{ Audio }---
    Absolutely awful. Dialogue was so quiet i had to turn my volume well above 50% (normally I'm at about 20, 30 max), and then something exploded and I'm deaf now. Whoever was in charge of audio for this game should be locked up for wilful endangerment.
    The voice cast did very well.

    ---{ Difficulty }---
    Overall it's all very do-able. There were some missions that were badly designed (enemies spawning behind you, infinitely spawning enemy cars), but overall, not a hard game

    ---{ Grind }---
    Huge. The amount of side content here is ludicrous. You're constantly being peppered with notifications of a crime being committed nearby. You don't NEED to complete them, but you'd be crippled without some of the hacking and driving abilities, so a bit of side-questing is recommended.

    ---{ Bugs }---
    CTD when changing certain graphical settings. CTD when changing to full-screen with some graphical settings. Some missions are bugged so you can't complete without a restart.

    ---{ PC Requirements }---
    Max settings on an i5-9600K and an RTX 2070 = constant 60fps.    … Expand
  4. Ocmah_
    Mar 30, 2023
    7
    Graphics 7
    Gameplay 8
    Controls 6
    Sounds 8
    Story 8
    Main Character 7
    Side Characters 6
    Quests 6
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    Overall 7
  5. infraRecon
    Jan 10, 2023
    7
    I played Watch Dogs on the PS3 when it was first released, at first I was sad about the downgrade but considering that I now know a lot about gaming and the technology behind it I realised for a PS3 game it was above par. So a few years after I decided to play it on PC, I tried it on max settings and played around with some mods and enjoyed the story still to this day.

    This is a game    I played Watch Dogs on the PS3 when it was first released, at first I was sad about the downgrade but considering that I now know a lot about gaming and the technology behind it I realised for a PS3 game it was above par. So a few years after I decided to play it on PC, I tried it on max settings and played around with some mods and enjoyed the story still to this day.

    This is a game that deserves a second chance, this needs to be Remade, I love the idea of a Lone Vigilant cleaning up the streets of Chicago using Hacking as his weapon. This game shows so much potential but was limited by the technology and possibly the creativity of its time.

    If I ever get into the gaming industry and somehow end up in Ubisoft, this is the first project I want to tackle. This game can be so much more.

    But for what it is, it is a fun game, with a deep story that doesn't pull its punches, Aiden Pearce is a Bad@ss with a dark past...Ok, this sounds generic, but believe it or not, it's true.
    Every time I play it I can just play the story threw with no problem it's not a hassle at all, perhaps it's just because I like the premise.

    There are a few bugs you'll encounter and they are irritating, literally, the end credits screen bugs out.

    Other Things like the characters the music, sound effects, weapons, and hacking enemies. they are really great, they are just let down by some poor level and mission design, it's not as cinematic or interactive as you think like an Assassin's Creed Game.

    The music is really good, it's one of my favourites in gaming, once you hit the helicopter chase scene you'll realise that you like the vibe and the music.

    Ubisoft, give Aiden Pearce a Second Chance, this is the perfect game worthy of a Remake.    … Expand
  6. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    5
    Teoride güzel ama uygulamaya gelince sıkıntı çıkmış gibi...................
  7. hileger
    Nov 8, 2022
    7
    опен ворлд типичный юбиговно но хоть дрочево нет сюжет можно пройти без гринда есть прикольные фишки в гейплееи, правда сценарий фуфел игра середняк
  8. justashk
    Oct 14, 2022
    6
    I think it is good but just good
    In any field at least one better game exists just HACKING could make it so exciting but it was so normally
    It's good to play but once the story is over you can't and don't want to play anymore
    nearly nothing exists that you do and other game doesn.t have and its so bad for a open world game
  9. Yustan
    Aug 29, 2022
    7
    Давольно интересная игра, с хорошей концепцией и неплохой реализацией, но есть проблемы: С течением времени кажется, что тебе не достаёт хакерских примочек, ты вроде в песочнице, тебе это нравится, а вроде и хочется песочницу побольше, в миссиях с врагами по итогу ты пользуешься пистолетом глушителем, ибо это эффективнее. Зачем пытаться подманить врага куда-то, отвлечь, сделать вид, чтоДавольно интересная игра, с хорошей концепцией и неплохой реализацией, но есть проблемы: С течением времени кажется, что тебе не достаёт хакерских примочек, ты вроде в песочнице, тебе это нравится, а вроде и хочется песочницу побольше, в миссиях с врагами по итогу ты пользуешься пистолетом глушителем, ибо это эффективнее. Зачем пытаться подманить врага куда-то, отвлечь, сделать вид, что его гибель - несчастный случай, если можно за пару секунд избавиться отнего одной пулей? Тем более, что игра только подталкивает к скорейшему устранению врага, давая опыт за это (и она не даёт его больше, если вы убили его хакерским способом) Ещё одна проблема - активности. Их много и не понятно, зачем они нужны. Бабок много, тратить их, можно сказать, и не надо, а опыт можно получить с пары районов и у тебя будет достаточно очков опыта для +- комфортного прохождения. Хотя, отмечу, что эти активности лично мне особо не надоедали, иногда даже приятно их было проходить. Но когда понимаешь, что особо ничего и не получаешь в итоге, желание проходить их как-то улетучивается. Город выполнен хорошо, много знаменитых для Чикаго зданий и мест, которые интересно посещать, Юби даже подталкивают нас это делать, ставя "галочки" с интересной информацией по этому месту. К тому же понравилась фишка с происходящими случайно авариями на улицах, нпс тоже умеют делать ошибки :)))) А уход от полиции здесь, наверное, одно из лучших, что вообще есть в игре (хоть и физика машин дико аркадная и малоприятная) Сюжет в игре... ну он вроде нормальный, а вроде ты уже и забыл что там вообще было, к тому же ты не ощущаешь контроля над героем в сюжетном плане, он всё решает за тебя, да так, что даже не понимаешь, как мы из 1-ого пришли ко 2-ому. Персонажи не особо яркие и уникальные, но уж парочку из них запомните хоть немного Ну и графика. КЛАССНО, реально классно, даже 8 лет спустя ею наслаждался, но модельки персонажей как-то недоделаны что ль.… Expand
  10. george_bondo
    Jul 24, 2022
    7
    this game is just perfect with that beautiful music , characters and atmosphere
  11. Tomle1202
    Jun 18, 2022
    7
    Watch Dogs is an okay videogame that at least tries to do something different.
  12. Renattto
    Mar 20, 2022
    7
    O jogo não é de tudo ruim, porém ainda sim muito aquém do que foi prometido e vendido pela Ubisoft em seus trailers todos maquiados e mentirosos.
    Ainda sim o jogo tem o seu chame.
    Nota 7.
  13. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 1, 2022
    7
    Score: 7.4

    Ignoring all the downgrading crap Ubisoft pulled on everyone.... The idea is amazing, a good start for a nice franchise of games. The story was good enough for me, the gameplay was fun but not amazing, the worst part for me was the setting. The city was just boring and damp, no real will to go around and explore honestly. The second and third games had a way better    Score: 7.4

    Ignoring all the downgrading crap Ubisoft pulled on everyone....

    The idea is amazing, a good start for a nice franchise of games.
    The story was good enough for me, the gameplay was fun but not amazing, the worst part for me was the setting.
    The city was just boring and damp, no real will to go around and explore honestly.
    The second and third games had a way better world building!
    Still i recomend if you get it for 10 bucks    … Expand
  14. hardkot
    Feb 9, 2022
    7
    Grand City Hacker

    I've played this game just because get it free in EGS and don't have any hope I like it. But, it was interesting experience and after all this years I can say that WD series do the same story as AC series - strange but interesting first game, great second game and frustrating third. Visual (7/10): So graphics is good, but as I know at the start there were too many    Grand City Hacker

    I've played this game just because get it free in EGS and don't have any hope I like it. But, it was interesting experience and after all this years I can say that WD series do the same story as AC series - strange but interesting first game, great second game and frustrating third.

    Visual (7/10): So graphics is good, but as I know at the start there were too many problems and differences between prebuild and the game, even years after release on new videocard - the game lack optimization. Music was not very memorable, it was average just for atmosphere. Interface and visual design was ok, I don't feel the city is living I feel like it's my big sandbox, similar feeling I had in Prorotype years ago.

    Gameplay (6/10): Gameplay is not balanced, first mission on stadium - WOW, hacking city - WOW, virtual drug mini-games - cool, but it's first couple of hours in game, than you need to play a bit boring linear storyline, a hue minus of the game balance - in the end game it's better and easier to kill everyone using weapons rather than do some hacking staff and it's really frustrating, because WD is bad shooter game with strange physics.
    Story (7/10) Story is very average, but I really like characters and interaction between them. Really good job for direction some missions , very cinematographic. And it was a bit interesting at the beginning to understand how everything works with this cityOS. All other things are just average - we are god guys, all others are bad guys, and of course super bad guy who will tell us the plan before shoot us.

    So all in all WD is not an AAA game, but it was good AA game with some unique mechanics that I really like. and that's why I've tried other games. So like first AC this game is not balanced, was not optimized a lot, and have some boring moments in a super serious story, but I feel that developers and designers really like what they did and tried their bests. I think I can recommend this game to everyone who likes open-world games, or want to check WD series. But it's not a masterpiece or must play game, just good ambiguous game.    … Expand
  15. ErdemMT5
    Jan 23, 2022
    5
    Watch Dogs, is an incomplete gta-like game with some hacker aspects.
    This game could be much more good if it was a completed game. But in this current form, game has too many lacking contents about open world design. Except for the time spent during the main quests. There is only few activities player can do in the open world. And this activities are mostly same anti crime side    Watch Dogs, is an incomplete gta-like game with some hacker aspects.
    This game could be much more good if it was a completed game. But in this current form, game has too many lacking contents about open world design. Except for the time spent during the main quests. There is only few activities player can do in the open world. And this activities are mostly same anti crime side missions.Except the open world events, even the main quest types are very few and too similer to each other.
    Even the game mechanics are incompleted. Game usually offers you a stealth gameplay especially in the main quests. But the silly part is, game even doesn't have fundemental stealth mechanics like, carrying dead body's.
    This game had the potential. But the Ubisoft's money lust causes a incompleted freak game again.    … Expand
  16. petrkozak13
    Dec 13, 2021
    7
    Watch Dogs were so over-hyped and in the end didn't deliver. But it's not a bad game, just not a great one.
  17. JohnoDeruno
    Dec 12, 2021
    7
    Review

    Attention: That's just my opinion! Watch Dogs - '' Hacker game about the future world '' The game surprised me the most with its details and how the surrounding future will look. When I started talking about the story of the game, I personally enjoyed the start of the game, the game felt at first like a movie series, I mean the cutscenes. The goal of the game's story is    Review

    Attention: That's just my opinion!

    Watch Dogs - '' Hacker game about the future world ''

    The game surprised me the most with its details and how the surrounding future will look. When I started talking about the story of the game, I personally enjoyed the start of the game, the game felt at first like a movie series, I mean the cutscenes. The goal of the game's story is about revenge and fighting corrupt bandits and so on, but story - writing was sometimes funny or dumb, without logic. Personally, I liked and disliked how they made the game's gameplay. The most interesting thing was to hack certain things you could. The story mission of the game was very boring, those missions kept repeating only there were a few missions that really felt like a good game, even the side missions were better than the story mission was, and some game missions were repetitive and were boring. But what I really disliked in the game, the Auto Aim, on the PC platform - WHAT Really? Auto Aim annoyed me a lot because it was too easy to play and very uncomfortable. The enemy's AI was very bad, they only knew how to shoot very accurately and think dumb. The game had quite a few bugs that interfered with playing the game.

    So the game isn’t too bad I still remember what event happens that day, when Ubisoft cheated players that Watch Dogs would have brutally good graphics, but things were different. I may have played the older version, maybe everything is fine now, but I wanted to start with the older version. I enjoyed the details of the city and that life in the game felt like the future. The game has problems, and it is not the best. I would dedicate 7/10 to this game.    … Expand
  18. Zatch_
    Nov 15, 2021
    7
    A game with an interesting story and decent game play, but a lacking open world. The story kept me interested until the end with enjoyable missions and memorable characters. Making the environment interactive through hacking explosive pipes, bollards, and other world objects is a great idea and it's fun to do. There's a good soundtrack to go along with the game. My biggest issue with thisA game with an interesting story and decent game play, but a lacking open world. The story kept me interested until the end with enjoyable missions and memorable characters. Making the environment interactive through hacking explosive pipes, bollards, and other world objects is a great idea and it's fun to do. There's a good soundtrack to go along with the game. My biggest issue with this game is that after everything with the story and side missions are done, there isn't anything else interesting to do. This isn't the kind of open world game where you can simply wander the world and find something to play with. The NPC AI is basic. The only good part about the AI is how the police AI can weave traffic like it's nothing, something all other games with vehicular pursuit I've played struggle with. Overall, I enjoyed it, and it's a game worth playing for the story and missions.… Expand
  19. AlexeySoltan
    Oct 14, 2021
    6
    monotonuos and boring but GREAT graphics and optimisation. gta 5 su cks in this case
  20. Dnische
    Sep 25, 2021
    7
    A typical Ubisoft game no more, no less. I wonder why it is keeping gain so much hate even today, 7 years afterwards. Dowdy plot, boring characters, poor gameplay mechanics - everything in the best traditions of Assassin's Creed games, nothing new. But... That neo-noir style the game was made in kept me glued to screen throughout whole campaign. Only because of aesthetics i'll give it 7/10.
  21. MrPajamas
    Apr 18, 2021
    6
    Watch Dogs was one of the games I was just looking forward to. The game had huge marketing and today I laugh backwards at how I thought in 2014 at the time that Watch Dogs could compete with GTA. Why not, when I have an open-world GTA style, it's just spiced up with the possibility of hacking. Unfortunately, today I already know that it is not a competitor. Not only that, but alsoWatch Dogs was one of the games I was just looking forward to. The game had huge marketing and today I laugh backwards at how I thought in 2014 at the time that Watch Dogs could compete with GTA. Why not, when I have an open-world GTA style, it's just spiced up with the possibility of hacking. Unfortunately, today I already know that it is not a competitor. Not only that, but also disappointment. I would start with graphics. She's going? It's not bad, but what the hell is that compared to what we saw at E3? At that time, Ubisoft simply showed us something completely different in the trailer, which we finally got, and not only that. Not only does the game not look as it should, but it doesn't run properly either. When the developers downloaded the graphics, I would expect some better optimization, which unfortunately does not apply here, and at that time you needed quite a powerful PC for the game. Let's just say you have these things and you're ready to be disappointed in the form of graphics and you have enough machine for this game, but what hits you in the face after a few hours or at least hit me was the story. He's just like that… meh? I don't know how much to describe it. It sounds pretty good on paper and I'm definitely not saying it's bad, but the main problem is the characters, especially the main one. Yes, especially the main one. The one for which you play the whole game. Your character Aiden Pearce doesn't say much and it simply seems to me that he doesn't have much character and doesn't develop during the game. Unfortunately, the problems do not end there. Shooting from weapons is also not the best, but thanks to the possibility of slow-motion, it is actually great, but what does not benefit the game too much is the control of the vehicle. It's not really bad, but of all the open-world games I've ever played, it was perhaps the worst. That's my opinion. Overall, therefore, it is an above-average game. I believe he will find his fans. I myself like Watch Dogs 1, but I personally would not recommend the game. This is simply not what was presented to us at E3 and it's a shame.… Expand
  22. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    7
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  23. AventorV13
    Feb 4, 2021
    6
    Generalne odczucia z gry mam bardzo pozytywne. Główna mechanika hakowania - praktycznie wszystkiego, jest wielkim urozmaiceniem podczas rozgrywki. Możliwość infiltracji, rozpraszania przeciwników czy likwidowania celów za pomocą tej mechaniki daje dużo frajdy. Misje poboczne są wspaniałym sposobem na pogłębienie immersji i wczucie się w opowiadaną historię. Jeśli ktoś lubi uzupełniaćGeneralne odczucia z gry mam bardzo pozytywne. Główna mechanika hakowania - praktycznie wszystkiego, jest wielkim urozmaiceniem podczas rozgrywki. Możliwość infiltracji, rozpraszania przeciwników czy likwidowania celów za pomocą tej mechaniki daje dużo frajdy. Misje poboczne są wspaniałym sposobem na pogłębienie immersji i wczucie się w opowiadaną historię. Jeśli ktoś lubi uzupełniać rozgrywkę o zadania poboczne, na pewno będzie zadowolony tak jak ja. Oczywiście, jeśli ktoś nie jest nastawiony na maxowanie gry, to najpewniej po kilku misjach mu się znudzą, gdyż są powtarzalne i często monotonne. Jednak ja zawszę znajdowałem w tym wszystkim dla siebie jakieś urozmaicenie. I tak, aby zrobić grę na 100% trzeba się oddać pewnym nudnym i nic nie wnoszącym zadaniom, ale reasumując, da się to przeżyć. Sam wątek główny jest ciekawy, może nie jakoś bardzo pociągający ale poprawny. W kilku sekwencjach naprawdę się wciągnąłem, ale na ogół po prostu z przyjemnością bez większego podekscytowania szedłem dalej, bez większego zżycia z bohaterami. Jeśli chodzi o aspekt mechanik takich jak jazda pojazdami, strzelanie czy poruszanie się to jest po prostu poprawnie. Postać czasami zachowuje się "drewnianie" - przykleja się do osłon i nie che się od nich oderwać, spada z krawędzi, i wspina się pozbawiona dynamiki. Model jazdy, nie jest zbyt innowacyjny i rozbudowany, ale potrafi sprawić przyjemność. Feeling strzelania wypada naprawdę okej. Nie ma w nim większych rzeczy do których mógłbym się przyczepić. Dużym ułatwieniem jest drzewko rozwoju postaci, którego rozwój jest konieczny do uwolnienia faktycznego potencjału gry i jej mechanik. Największym minusem jest tryb on-line. W jego skład wchodzi kilka różnych "trybów" ale żadny mnie nie wciągnął, a przeszedłem przez nie tylko aby dostać osiągnięcie. Jedynie wróciłem kilka razy do hakowania on-line - ten tryb wypada najlepiej spośród wszystkich dostępnych w grze. Podsumowując, jest to całkiem dobra gra z otwartym światem, masą zadań pobocznych, ciekawą mechaniką pozwalającą na przejście misji w nietypowy sposób, poprawnymi modelami walki, jazdy i sterowania, bez wymiernie wciągającej fabuły i treści zadań pobocznych. Według mnie najlepiej będą się z tą grą bawić osoby, takie jak Ja :). Takie, które lubią obserwować jak mapa powoli oczyszcza się z miliona wskaźników, zgłębiając przy tym stworzony przez twórców świat. Które potrafią przymrużyć oko na powtarzalność i zwykłą poprawność podstawowych mechanik na rzecz wielogodzinnej zabawy, z umiejętnością urozmaicenia jej sobie, przez nietypowe, kreatywne podejście. Pozdrawiam… Expand
  24. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    7
    its a fun game like gta were you can jsut go around messing with the city and having fun.
  25. PrincessRose
    Jan 7, 2021
    6
    This game seems to have a interesting concept, I gave it a good go, but overall Iam finding the game boring and mediocre. Iam not enjoying it and would rather play something I would enjoy.
  26. Fallconex
    Dec 17, 2020
    6
    Mixed feelings after this game. The plot and setting were OK for me, an interesting idea. But the performance in graphics and gameplay was pretty weak, especially comparing to what was early announced about this game in the first place.
  27. Alayek
    Dec 16, 2020
    7
    The story in game was really good. Game work well on modern PC. Really annoying was system of hiding behind covers. Once you try to hide and you will either miraculously peel off the cover or you will run from one to the other.
  28. cezar88augusto
    Dec 5, 2020
    7
    I played that game a few years ago. It was not the best game I have ever played in my life. But it brought me entertainment. It is certainly not a very remarkable game.
  29. Aryan_Shukla
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it is a decent game with a decent story. most of the hacking during driving Is just QTEs. The open-world is ok, the driving sucks, FYI I play hardcore sim racing and arcade racing games, you only meet the villain of the story 3 times, and the third time you kill him, also he is just evil for the sake of being evil no actual motivation. most of the fun in this game is during spider tank ( a side mission ) and gang hideouts (also side missions). no one should play this if you have the option to play watch dogs 2, it is way better in every way imaginable with better hacking, better open world and no false graphics tease.… Expand
  30. Crisener
    Jul 28, 2020
    6
    6.5/10. The core gameplay is really weak, though the hacking puzzles can be enjoyable. It's a shame that this game does not present a cohesive story and the main character is so dull as it could have been an important entry in the world of Internet dangers that are developing faster and faster. Still fun at times.
  31. PanMrkvicka
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    surprisingly not as terrible as people say, story is cliche but its not different from any hyped blockbuster. gameplay is solid shooting is nice and hacking adds some cool elemtns into it. nothing groundbreaking but okay
  32. jugabo
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    Graphics are average, but the gunplay and the driving is horrible. The story is boring. Hacking things is fun, but don't buy the game, wait until it's free.
  33. Kujin
    Jul 15, 2020
    6
    This is a fairly unique, fun-to-play and memorable overall package. Unfortunately, the game's heart wasn't in the right place: not really embracing it's themes of hacking, mass surveillance, corporate and government corruption, Watch Dogs instead chose to be a grey, gloomy and slow crime drama, it's world being an awkward mesh of GTA's big cities and Assassin's CreedThis is a fairly unique, fun-to-play and memorable overall package. Unfortunately, the game's heart wasn't in the right place: not really embracing it's themes of hacking, mass surveillance, corporate and government corruption, Watch Dogs instead chose to be a grey, gloomy and slow crime drama, it's world being an awkward mesh of GTA's big cities and Assassin's Creed repetitive-quests-riddled maps. The gameplay is intriguing, but not allowing for a lot of creativity in approaching mission completion. At the end of the day, like the first Assassin's Creed game, Watch Dogs 1 is a beginning of something potentially great, something able of realizing all of it's potential… Expand
  34. MrAndyARG
    Jun 28, 2020
    7
    Otra gran polémica en la entrada de los juegos de nueva generación de Ubisoft, nos presentaban una nueva saga en la que esta vez tendríamos la posibilidad de visitar la ciudad de Chicago pero no solo eso, podríamos hackear a todos sus habitantes y utilizar las tecnologías urbanas a nuestro favor. Cuando Watch Dogs finalmente se lanzo, no había otra cosa que encontrar mas que criticas a suOtra gran polémica en la entrada de los juegos de nueva generación de Ubisoft, nos presentaban una nueva saga en la que esta vez tendríamos la posibilidad de visitar la ciudad de Chicago pero no solo eso, podríamos hackear a todos sus habitantes y utilizar las tecnologías urbanas a nuestro favor. Cuando Watch Dogs finalmente se lanzo, no había otra cosa que encontrar mas que criticas a su rendimiento y el downgrade que la empresa le termino haciendo a su nuevo titulo. La historia, con una introducción bastante corta y el fugaz tutorial de sus nuevas mecánicas, nos mostraba el potencial que podía tener el juego en cuanto al sigilo y la forma en que podemos completar las misiones. Pese a todos sus altibajos con el pasar del tiempo se fueron actualizando algunos de los errores hechos en su salida, pero la plataforma en la que surgirían mayor efecto seria la PC ya que las actualizaciones en su mayoría era para Uplay PC. Actualmente se puede modificar el juego para que se vea aun mejor que su presentación en el demo de E3, lastima que haya quedado olvidado, ya que si bien el apartado gráfico fue la mayor decepción que obtuvo, no fue un mal juego.… Expand
  35. DantasVGabriel
    Jun 27, 2020
    7
    ainda gostei do jogo apesar dos problemas e da propaganda falsa da Ubisoft em relação ao que ela tinha mostrado antes de ter sido lançado, outro problema é a física do jogo, e a história é fraca mas não é das piores então deu pra eu aproveitar
  36. Crimert
    May 10, 2020
    7
    Please don't expect a GTA experience from this game. Because this isn't close. But it's not a bad game. I didn't regret. I like the story and characters. 35hrs on record.
  37. Lazyyybone
    Apr 19, 2020
    7
    할 거 많은 보조 게임과 흥미로운 해킹 배경의 전투요소 및 스토리, 그리고 아름다운 시카고까지! 그리고 곳곳에 숨어있는 유머와 귀여운 보조물들이 좋았음. 하지만 유비 오픈월드는 거의 비슷하구나 역시.
  38. DrawidsAR
    Jan 13, 2020
    6
    Сюжет неплох, неплох. Во всяком случае он сделан не по заезженному шаблону. По поводу стрельбы, с одной стороны вроде бы хочешь стрелять, но как начинаешь это делать, то сразу становится противно, и один приятный звук ситуацию не исправляет. Дизайн уровней по сути своей не очень то и однообразен, город, пригород, тюрьма, остров, но из-за растянутости игры и это успевает надоесть. СтелсСюжет неплох, неплох. Во всяком случае он сделан не по заезженному шаблону. По поводу стрельбы, с одной стороны вроде бы хочешь стрелять, но как начинаешь это делать, то сразу становится противно, и один приятный звук ситуацию не исправляет. Дизайн уровней по сути своей не очень то и однообразен, город, пригород, тюрьма, остров, но из-за растянутости игры и это успевает надоесть. Стелс очень хорошо сделан на удивление, не в плане что он сложен и ИИ хорошо справляется с задачей, а в том плане, что разработчики не ставят перед вами рамки как проходить миссию. Можно в пулемётом на перевес бежать сломя голову, можно краться с глушителем или взламывать камеры. Открытый мир открыт, есть что делать, правда нет вменяемых сайд квестов, зато есть утомительные и однообразные миссии от устранителей. DLC 0 из 0… Expand
  39. showt
    Dec 9, 2019
    7
    Банальная история. Интересная идея хакинга, неплохая реализация, но во второй части игры становиться однообразно. Активности в городе есть, но как по мне половина из них безсмысленнна. Побочные задания ниочем. Управление трансопртом - говно.Банальная история. Интересная идея хакинга, неплохая реализация, но во второй части игры становиться однообразно. Активности в городе есть, но как по мне половина из них безсмысленнна. Побочные задания ниочем. Управление трансопртом - говно.
  40. Genek13
    Nov 20, 2019
    7
    Not a masterpiece, not an terrible one.
    Just a decent GTA type of game, with different mechanics, world and hero, which is boring as hell...
  41. matdimond
    Aug 9, 2019
    6
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  42. Bottlecaps
    Jun 23, 2019
    6
    watch-Dogs is a weird mixed bag of great ideas awful execution and a burning passion by the Devs. the potential is there for sure and as a first outing it was moderately successful enough to gain a cult following and a sequel or 2. mostly because of the really good marketing that just ended up being a lie and tricked people into spending money but i think ubisoft has learned their lessonwatch-Dogs is a weird mixed bag of great ideas awful execution and a burning passion by the Devs. the potential is there for sure and as a first outing it was moderately successful enough to gain a cult following and a sequel or 2. mostly because of the really good marketing that just ended up being a lie and tricked people into spending money but i think ubisoft has learned their lesson and this game was a turning point for them.

    Story: you play as edge lord supreme aiden pierce whos good at killing people some how and has batman like success. but because he is bad at hiding his identity his family gets in trouble and even killed so hes angry. unfortunately the story makes little sense rather than making it a straight revenge tale it mixes that with a conspiracy and although this definitively made the world itself more interesting the main story suffers hard because of it because of a lack of focus. characters are dull as hell with the exception of 1 or 2 but adrian is not an interesting character.
    Story: 4/10

    Worldbuilding: I am a sucker for a good world and the best thing to come out of watch dogs is definitively its criminal underworld of fixers cleaners and hackers . some even get famous and a militaristic type organization runs the city and is the nightmares of any conspiracy theorist. its a wonderfully violent world that has a multitude of potential. the foundation laid in this first game is really good but its definitively under utilized. hope for when i play the sequel though.
    Worldbuilding: 8/10

    Graphics: the graphics were not as good as the trailers and thats what most people hated about this game , hell the graphics are not even that great. launch was even worst some how , witch i was only able to read about cause i picked this game up 4 years later. they are good enough that the games playable and i guess thats all it needs to be now. to much bloom. character models are hit and miss , animations are decent at best , clunky at worst.
    Graphics: 4.5/10

    Gameplay: gameplay had a lot of potential with the hacking mechanic and i do think a lot of it was well done even if some opportunity were missed, hacking the street lights and blockers was fun , and car physics was good enough that car chases were a lot of fun. unless it was the cops , the cops were way to hard to escape from. not impossible but difficult. gun play could have been better but it was fun enough that combat encounters were fun and combat had some strategy to it. most locations seem to have 1 or 2 paths , the sneaky path or the straight up guns blazing path and many don't deviate from that , story missions seem, to have 1 path only sometimes would have liked to see a better variety. there is a VERY GOOD variety of guns , and i think in modern games this should be a standard. each gun behaves differently even if its slightly and subtle. the guns aren't perfect but the variety makes up for a lot of the weapons short comings. i think the best animations in this game are the executions witch to that i say SUCH sakuga( google it) . this games really not well optimized for PC , mine stuttered a lot and froze multiple times. game play was a doozey and thats because there was alot too it
    Gameplay: 7.5/10

    Sound design: acting was cheesy and too serious. i think its upcoming installment watchdogs legions has the tone set perfectly having a player character die but then also be an old British lady who takes the bus to go commit "terrorist" activity's. thats the tone i wanna see a game thats not afraid to laugh at it self and its self seriousness this game has is pretty annoying. the music chose was really good , i liked how you can chose your music from your playlist not just a radio like in gta , it makes a little more sense in the more modern setting and the music chosen is so varied that it kinda makes me relate to aiden a little bit , it reminded me alot of my own playlist for my car, and i even added some songs from this game to it cause i liked the music.
    Sound design 6.5/10

    4+8+4.5+7.5+6.5= 30.5
    30.5/5= 6.1

    The watch dogs IP still has alot of potential and i am excited to see what watch dogs legions has instore and i am excited to play the sequel. the first game falls flat in a lot of ways but i think its done enough right and sold well enough to warrant a sequel. id recommend buying this game on a good discount, if you can pick up this game for under 10 dollars then id say you can get your moneys worth    … Expand
  43. JaydenPickens
    May 22, 2019
    5
    The game isn't bad, but it isn't good either. It lacks identity, the only thing, that Watch Dogs has that is original is the hacking stuff... and yeah it was fun, but the game is really boring. Like, I finished it few months ago and I can't recall almost anything from it... the game is just average. Heard the sequel is better, gonna play it in 2022 when I'll have time. Pickens yawns.
  44. nyeven
    Nov 5, 2018
    7
    I pre-ordered this game and I am thankful for the launch **** because it taught me not to pre-order games...

    That being said, I overall liked the game. Hacking was a nice add-on to a GTA-esque style gameplay. The world felt alive due to your ability to hack people to overhear about their personal lives, and the driving aspect was OK. I loved Aiden's style also. That coat is cool!    I pre-ordered this game and I am thankful for the launch **** because it taught me not to pre-order games...

    That being said, I overall liked the game. Hacking was a nice add-on to a GTA-esque style gameplay. The world felt alive due to your ability to hack people to overhear about their personal lives, and the driving aspect was OK.

    I loved Aiden's style also. That coat is cool!

    I also liked the dystopian critique technology inside the game's story.

    But there were a lot of things I didn't like. For starters, the fact that multiplayer didn't work for the first three days after launch...

    Then, the story starts really interesting but then gets clichéd to oblivion.

    So overall, I liked the game, hacking invasions were the best thing ever -- I loved seeing the "You're being hacked" message -- the graphics were awesome even though they were downgraded from the demo, and freaking loved that slow motion event when the police's car gets destroyed.    … Expand
  45. MrMicrochip
    Aug 10, 2018
    7
    I liked this game! Obviously there are issues, starting from the failed promises the E3 Demo made. I played the game last year (2017) with graphical mods so I propably had a little better experience on technological wise than the gamers that played the game when it was released. Mouse is still terrible in this game, fortunately they fixed it for Watch Dogs 2.

    Anyway, the game was better    I liked this game! Obviously there are issues, starting from the failed promises the E3 Demo made. I played the game last year (2017) with graphical mods so I propably had a little better experience on technological wise than the gamers that played the game when it was released. Mouse is still terrible in this game, fortunately they fixed it for Watch Dogs 2.

    Anyway, the game was better than I expected. Graphics are nice (with "E3" mods) , story is weak, but not annoying at least. Gameplay is the best part of the game, there could be more ways to hack etc but for the most part gameplay is just what can be expected, it is the first game of the series after all.    … Expand
  46. Sweetard
    Jul 11, 2018
    5
    It´s a more bad than good game. I would say it is playable and it may have much potential but I´m not rating potential in a fully released game.It could be worse but there is nothing in it where I say that this game does it better than any other game of this genre. All in all it´s a more or less good attempt to "attack" the GTA series but with it´s bad driving physics and bloody screen itIt´s a more bad than good game. I would say it is playable and it may have much potential but I´m not rating potential in a fully released game.It could be worse but there is nothing in it where I say that this game does it better than any other game of this genre. All in all it´s a more or less good attempt to "attack" the GTA series but with it´s bad driving physics and bloody screen it stays behind GTA and is more like the "stupid little brother".… Expand
  47. KARF4GEN
    May 10, 2018
    6
    то фееричный маркетинговый монстрик от Убейсофт.
    Господа потратили миллиард на маркетинг и еще один миллиард на чтобы обрезать графику, которую на первый миллиард рекламировали.
    Весьма остроумно со стороны Убисофта было и предложить взлом в виде Press X to Win, предел игровой механики современности и аплодисменты обеспечены. Не жалуюсь на оптимизацию, хотя знаю не все запустили на    то фееричный маркетинговый монстрик от Убейсофт.
    Господа потратили миллиард на маркетинг и еще один миллиард на чтобы обрезать графику, которую на первый миллиард рекламировали.
    Весьма остроумно со стороны Убисофта было и предложить взлом в виде Press X to Win, предел игровой механики современности и аплодисменты обеспечены.
    Не жалуюсь на оптимизацию, хотя знаю не все запустили на старте, у самого достаточно мощная система и игра работала без фризов, но я так и не понял куда тратились ресурсы видеокарты и оперативной памяти.
    Я вынимал планки и тихо удивлялся, 8 Гб установлено - забиты 8 Гб, 16 Гб - прогружают и их. Смех один.
    Что касается самой игры, едва сюжет раскачался, ты прочувствовал повествование - история заканчивается.
    Шикарно.
    Игре 6,5 ассасинов из 10 фаркраев.    … Expand
  48. user12
    Nov 26, 2017
    5
    WATCH_DOGS is an incredibly disappointing and overhyped game. I don't hate it or anything, and it's not a bad game at all, the reason why I'm rating a 5 is because we were promised so much more. WATCH_DOGS' story is a generic, cliched tale of revenge. That's it. It's so boring and uninvolving that you just daydream through it. I think what sucked me out of the story the most is when IWATCH_DOGS is an incredibly disappointing and overhyped game. I don't hate it or anything, and it's not a bad game at all, the reason why I'm rating a 5 is because we were promised so much more. WATCH_DOGS' story is a generic, cliched tale of revenge. That's it. It's so boring and uninvolving that you just daydream through it. I think what sucked me out of the story the most is when I realized that Aiden Pierce is an uncharismatic, boring, hollow shell. Generally speaking, the graphics look like **** The game looks good at night time, in the rain, but that's about it. The open world is dead and empty. There are around five pedestrian models, and the pedestrians have no human personality to them. They just walk around, drive around, and sit. The pedestrians on trains and at train stations never get on or off. You can go to a bus stop and see them waiting for buses, even though there are none in the game. The side missions are quite fun, but the main campaign missions are just awful.
    So, all things considered, WATCH_DOGS is a huge letdown, which is not worth playing.    … Expand
  49. Alex0001
    Jun 28, 2017
    7
    сначала игра была прикольная хоть какаято атмосфера но потом идеи ссякли есть только 3-4 вида заданий это надоедает чарез час одно и тожн одно и тоже СКУЧНО БЛЯ
  50. TerranGuy93
    Jun 24, 2017
    6
    A relatively entertaining game that has its problems.

    The good: Its a fun, beautiful open world with a lot of interactable environment. Very few things are as satisfying as stopping a chase in its tracks by hacking the traffic lights or the bridges at just the right time (though this does become a bit repetitive. The story is entertaining enough, not uber special but not bad. The    A relatively entertaining game that has its problems.

    The good:

    Its a fun, beautiful open world with a lot of interactable environment. Very few things are as satisfying as stopping a chase in its tracks by hacking the traffic lights or the bridges at just the right time (though this does become a bit repetitive. The story is entertaining enough, not uber special but not bad.

    The bad:

    The hacking could be a little more varied from person to person. IE: some NPCS have the option to be hacked, but unfortunately it means click Q and you'll get a reward. I would have preferred more advanced options, perhaps a minigame that will net you more but risk detection etc.

    The big thing other reviewers are getting upset at are the graphics. This is a fair criticism as the game is not what was advertised at E3 and despite the downgrades, the game still runs fairly poorly.

    Overall its a fun game for people that enjoy open world, but it is a bumpy ride that won't be worth it for everyone.    … Expand
  51. antoniofernando
    Jan 28, 2017
    7
    Watch Dogs é o típico jogo com ótimo conceito e promissora inovação, mas que perde seu "brilho" por conta da básica optimização e desenvolvimento, para PC pelo menos.
  52. AndreRLZ
    Dec 26, 2016
    7
    (SENZA SPOILER) Questo gioco secondo me é stato criticato cosí aspramente per 2 cause: l'eccessivo enorme hype (soprattutto a livello tecnico, dove Ubisoft ha chiaramente mentito) e la qualitá della storia, che soprattutto all'inizio del gioco da molto poco grip. Nel complesso peró, non é affatto un titolo da buttare, anzi! La trama si, ok, non é la migliore che abbia mai visto, ma non é(SENZA SPOILER) Questo gioco secondo me é stato criticato cosí aspramente per 2 cause: l'eccessivo enorme hype (soprattutto a livello tecnico, dove Ubisoft ha chiaramente mentito) e la qualitá della storia, che soprattutto all'inizio del gioco da molto poco grip. Nel complesso peró, non é affatto un titolo da buttare, anzi! La trama si, ok, non é la migliore che abbia mai visto, ma non é neanche cosí male come si dice, se si ha la pazienza di superare la fase iniziale. Verso la fine si scoprono intrecci, si conoscono nuovi personaggi (T-Bone su tutti) che riescono a fare apprezzare di piú il tutto. Ha sicuramente dei difetti, tra cui alcune incongruenze che lasciano un po' perplesso il giocatore , e sembra mancare di "fondamenta", cioé non si riesce bene a capire il perché Aiden (il protagonista) stia facendo tutto questo casino per la nipote. Andando avanti col gioco peró impariamo a conoscere meglio il personaggio e chi gli sta intorno e capiamo che Aiden non é normale, é una persona paranoica, che conosce gente strana e pazza come Jordi e Damien. Aiden stesso é un hacker che hackera tutto ció che gli capita sotto mano rubando soldi alla gente e perfino alle banche, facendo scherzi telefonici anche macabri e scurrili, oppure infiltrandosi all'interno delle case delle persone per spiarle e derubarle. Ció che il gioco fa male é rendere chiaro al giocatore che stiamo controllando un pazzo circandato da pazzi, secondo me. Al di lá di questo comunque il gioco, su PC , é ottimizzato molto male. Per poterlo fare andare decentemente e per potere usare la vera grafica per PC occorre modificare un file .ini nei documenti , se non si fa questo il gioco ha questi problemi: mouse lag severissimo, mouse acceleration, texture e qualitá grafica generale identica a quella di One/PS4 (che su PC rende veramente male), fov bassissimo. Modificando il file si puó ovviare a tutti questi problemi, anche se rimane in generale un leggero stuttering (non rovina l'esperienza di gioco). Una volta risolti questi problemi comunque graficamente é un titolo valido. La colonna sonora é molto buona. La capacitá di hackerare praticamente ogni cosa non annoia mai ed é sempre divertente. Gli inseguimenti sono senza armi , si puó solo hackerare la cittá per poter seminare i nemici, il che li rende abbastanza piú difficili che su GTA. Dialoghi scritti abbastanza bene, scene anche molto fighe a volte. Longevitá buona. Nel complesso un bel gioco, rovinato da alcuni difetti che si potevano tranquillamente evitare con un po' piú di chiarezza da parte degli sviluppatori, meno downgrade grafici e un porting diverso su PC. Comunque un titolo da provare, consigliato! 7.5/10… Expand
  53. Theblackhawk658
    Dec 14, 2016
    6
    PRO:-Good mechanic(the hacking is suprisingly good)
    -Good gameplay
    -The city is full of stuff to do -Some of the minigames are pretty cool -NPC that walks around actually have personality with the hacking system -Good animation CON:-Poorly optimized -Main Character is uninteresting and boring -Many of sidequest is pretty much the same -Graphics look good but nowhere near the E3    PRO:-Good mechanic(the hacking is suprisingly good)
    -Good gameplay
    -The city is full of stuff to do
    -Some of the minigames are pretty cool
    -NPC that walks around actually have personality with the hacking system
    -Good animation
    CON:-Poorly optimized
    -Main Character is uninteresting and boring
    -Many of sidequest is pretty much the same
    -Graphics look good but nowhere near the E3
    -Story isn't that good, it's actually rather boring
    -Lack of interesting character to make you feel care    … Expand
  54. dandalis
    Oct 25, 2016
    5
    Pretty abysmal PC port, awful and inconsitent performance on any hardware configuration, graphics them selves are pretty mediocre in final product and reveal foul play in game's advertising. However Chicago is very well detailed for the most part, downtown area especialy, to be fair game can look pretty damn good when its raining and storm hits.

    The story is a huge MEH and only couple    Pretty abysmal PC port, awful and inconsitent performance on any hardware configuration, graphics them selves are pretty mediocre in final product and reveal foul play in game's advertising. However Chicago is very well detailed for the most part, downtown area especialy, to be fair game can look pretty damn good when its raining and storm hits.

    The story is a huge MEH and only couple of characters are memorable enough to remember them after crediots roll. Aiden completely fails as main character or even anit hero, he just that bad and horribly written.

    Gameplay is super mega casual, it treats you like an brainless fool with insane hand holding and hacking takes no effort whats so ever. Driving feels like youre comandeering a boat no matter its a minivan or a super car. Shooting feels unsatisfying and stealth gameplay is pretty bare bones, enemy AI have no traces of intelligence also. Overall theres huge lack of detail in world interaction with wonky physics and stuff.

    Biggest let down of 2014 to say the least. I have no idea whats happening in people's heads who praise this game so much.    … Expand
  55. zx_zone
    Jun 7, 2016
    6
    Lots of things to do. - A decent illusion of choice regarding how to approach missions. - Multiplayer invasions are fun for a few times. Cons: - The story. My brain, it hurts. So many cliches. I thought the first two acts were bad
  56. jgr94
    Mar 26, 2016
    7
    Despite all the bad reviews I actually enjoyed the game, the story was great. Yes its not optimized wary well but I was still able to run it on high with about 60 fps with my 770. Assassin’s creed 4 was far worse. And I agree Ubisoft needs to focus more on optimisation WAY MORE. But still I think this game was great and it defiantly does not deserve a 0.
  57. isg1983
    Mar 15, 2016
    7
    Finished the game in 2016. Seeing that in 2014 technical issues caused mayhem amongst reviewers and my review for 2016 (which plays without problem) goes like:
    1. Story is passable, plays a bit repetitive, other than that, it is really ok, good ideas on sci-fi side but not much on the action side.
    2. Overall atmosphere is also not bad and brings you in, side quests are fun and so much to    Finished the game in 2016. Seeing that in 2014 technical issues caused mayhem amongst reviewers and my review for 2016 (which plays without problem) goes like:
    1. Story is passable, plays a bit repetitive, other than that, it is really ok, good ideas on sci-fi side but not much on the action side.
    2. Overall atmosphere is also not bad and brings you in, side quests are fun and so much to do.
    3. Driving has issues solely because they tried to make it realistic and failed. Sometimes it plays so good and sometimes really bad. I assume no one wants a realistic driving experience in a open world game. Also collisions and fog still cause weird fps drops.
    4. Shooting is not bad but gives you a hard time unless you unlock some skills.
    A nice game overwhelmed by technical issues in the past but you can play it without hesitation now.    … Expand
  58. MrRino
    Mar 4, 2016
    7
    The game is good, graphics are ok, I liked the story and the abilities of hacks, but driving is really bad in all vehicles, shooting is not bad too, so generally it's not bad
  59. oz4n
    Jan 27, 2016
    5
    First of all, I didn't really care about downgrade of the graphics... I was okay with that, but story and gameplay were unbelievable. Hacking and playing the God were some fun elements of the game at first, but then it became so boring. Storm into some place, hack into some system, bad guys comes in then kick some asses with your weapon and leave the place. Play same **** rescuingFirst of all, I didn't really care about downgrade of the graphics... I was okay with that, but story and gameplay were unbelievable. Hacking and playing the God were some fun elements of the game at first, but then it became so boring. Storm into some place, hack into some system, bad guys comes in then kick some asses with your weapon and leave the place. Play same **** rescuing civilians and fixing missions to hurt your butt and gain some experiences. The big story-line itself had also become boring at some point. I couldn't complete the third memory and removed the game. Game seems to give you a lot of freedom and a big open-world, but you realize that you're doing the same thing all the way around. Not good...… Expand
  60. renogza
    Dec 27, 2015
    5
    Horribly unoptimised for the PC. Chugs along like a fat guy with asthma. Add to that the horrible police rubberbanding (which makes it utterly impossible to ever, EVER lose the cops unless you have a gadget to prevent them spotting you in the first place. Just not fun.
  61. Mahdiar
    Dec 12, 2015
    7
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 8
    Story : 6
    Sound : 9
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    Overall : 7
  62. sashaCZ1
    Dec 7, 2015
    6
    I really liked the concept, it was something new and unique. But then, don't forget it's Ubisoft.. They cannot compete to GTA. This games' graphics are good, some of the multiplayer modes were fun to play. And now, the horrible story, optimization, car physics came across. I cannot give Watch_Dogs a better score than 6. Altough, I'd like to see a new Watch_Dogs game, hopefully moreI really liked the concept, it was something new and unique. But then, don't forget it's Ubisoft.. They cannot compete to GTA. This games' graphics are good, some of the multiplayer modes were fun to play. And now, the horrible story, optimization, car physics came across. I cannot give Watch_Dogs a better score than 6. Altough, I'd like to see a new Watch_Dogs game, hopefully more polished.. 6/10.… Expand
  63. tigerskin84
    Nov 11, 2015
    5
    Its no so bad the problem is that people tend to compare it with the much superior gta 5 and is not even a fair fight, if you can let that behind maybe you can enjoy the game, has a lot of mistakes of course but also has fun and sad moments, the main character is an @sshole ok, the gunplay is mediocre, the city is also quite small,cars sucks!!..you can spy on almost everyone, hackingIts no so bad the problem is that people tend to compare it with the much superior gta 5 and is not even a fair fight, if you can let that behind maybe you can enjoy the game, has a lot of mistakes of course but also has fun and sad moments, the main character is an @sshole ok, the gunplay is mediocre, the city is also quite small,cars sucks!!..you can spy on almost everyone, hacking mechanics are a disaster and boring, the problem is ubisoft promised too much.… Expand
  64. bleublimpgaming
    Sep 22, 2015
    7
    Not a bad game as people have been calling it, its certainly not gta 5 but the story is good enough to hold your focus and the bugs aren't even notable after a while. People give it a bad rap because of how amazing Gta 5 was and how this was nothing in comparison.

    Story:9
    Gameplay: 6
    Map: 6
    Graphics: 8
  65. idanidan123
    May 22, 2015
    5
    Not gonna lie, it's a really good game, but it's not a surprise it got an average score. This game uses technology in a way we haven't seen yet: You can hack into people's bank accounts and steal money, you can complete puzzles and hack private house's cameras and other nice stuff. This game also has fun and awesome mini-games. My only problem with this game is that after you finish theNot gonna lie, it's a really good game, but it's not a surprise it got an average score. This game uses technology in a way we haven't seen yet: You can hack into people's bank accounts and steal money, you can complete puzzles and hack private house's cameras and other nice stuff. This game also has fun and awesome mini-games. My only problem with this game is that after you finish the story- there's not much else to do. Sure, you can use cheats, play the mini-games and a bunch of people, but after about 20 min or less it gets boring. Overall the game is fine, but if had the potential to be better.… Expand
  66. braindamage
    May 18, 2015
    6
    its not the worst game Ive ever played, and im not sure what people are complaining about I got it for free and it was something that kept me entertained back in the summer of 14
  67. iropan
    Apr 22, 2015
    5
    This game is made to look good in screen-shots, but the game mechanics are very clunky, combat is frustrating and jerky, and so is driving. Watch Dogs doesn't bring anything new to the table. Everything here has been done better by other games, and what's worst of all, Watch Dogs is never fun.
  68. Amitashi
    Apr 12, 2015
    7
    Most realistic open world game I played. Car driving is smooth. Music is very good. Characters that won't leave you indifferent. Beautiful city, weather changes, daytimes change. Hacking features are really special thing of this game.
  69. planas14
    Feb 24, 2015
    7
    The game start very slow, but despite of this after half of it, when you unlock the best skill it start to be fun and enjoyable. It isn't for sure the revolution announced by ubisoft but and at a decent price is a good game to have.
  70. LostSandwich
    Dec 5, 2014
    6
    Though this game did not live up to expectations it is not a horrible game. It does deserve the hate it is getting due to semi-false advertising (Trailers and Demos at E3 had much better graphics than the actual game), but it is still a decent game. There are issues with this game, lots of 'em, poor performance, crappy story, bland character, but it has its good sides. The combat is fun,Though this game did not live up to expectations it is not a horrible game. It does deserve the hate it is getting due to semi-false advertising (Trailers and Demos at E3 had much better graphics than the actual game), but it is still a decent game. There are issues with this game, lots of 'em, poor performance, crappy story, bland character, but it has its good sides. The combat is fun, stealth is executed decently, it is fun to roam around the world doing side quests though they do get repetitive after some time. Watch Dogs' multiplayer is bad, it is not creative in the slightest and feels tacked on to the game just so it has multiplayer. Watch Dogs does contain a fun online mini-game where players can hack into each others single player games and hack the main player and steal money and such from him whilst trying to remain hidden, if there was more like this in Watch Dogs, they would have a stellar multiplayer. The hacking in the game can be quite fun and really adds to the game making it more than just an attempt to copy other sandbox games such as Grand Theft Auto V, it makes things such as car chases much more entertaining than in a game like Grand Theft Auto V, though the physics to the cars in Watch Dogs are questionable and can really take away from the fun and immersion. The hacking is fun but far more simplistic than i had hoped. There is not too much to hack, lights, barriers, steam pipes and security cameras are basically the 4 main hacks you'll use the most. The player is able to hack into security cameras and link from one camera to the other, adding to the stealth aspect, you can use the cameras to plan your moves, which can be very helpful. Ubisoft have already announced a sequel to the game and there are a few things they REQUIRE to make it a successful game:

    - Better Graphics
    - Better Protagonist and Story
    - Better and more creative Multiplayer
    - More in-depth hacking
    - Better Performance
    - Better driving physics    … Expand
  71. tomasz009
    Nov 24, 2014
    7
    First of all, these **** giving the game an instant 0 because of performance issues are stupid. Yeah, I know, it can ruin your experience of the game, but does it eliminate all its merits? I have the privilege to run this game with an i7 4770K and a GTX 780, so I know I probably lack some perspective, but it still doesn't make sense.

    Anyway, Watch Dogs is a solid game. Solid hacking,    First of all, these **** giving the game an instant 0 because of performance issues are stupid. Yeah, I know, it can ruin your experience of the game, but does it eliminate all its merits? I have the privilege to run this game with an i7 4770K and a GTX 780, so I know I probably lack some perspective, but it still doesn't make sense.

    Anyway, Watch Dogs is a solid game. Solid hacking, gunplay, plot, setting, and graphics. While, like many others, I'm disappointed with the downgrade in graphics from the E3 2012 trailer, it still looks good, especially at night. Only thing I'm scared about is Ubi downgrading The Division, which would be blasphemy. The 'press button to hack' feature works pretty well, and I had some cool moments taking down traffic with them. It's not really as exciting as you'd think hacking would be, but it's alright.

    Guns are good, with a wide, meaty selection, but apart from some scripted 'waves of enemies' moments, I pretty much beat the game with headshots from a pistol. If you can beat the game with an M1911 you get a quarter into the game, it's a bit broken. Stealth works well though, except why even use take downs if they attract every damn enemy when you use them on just one guy...

    Environment-wise, Chicago feels like a gritty urban city with a wide variety of socio-economic classes. Pawnee...ehh, does every open world GTA-like game have to have a rural area a la San Andreas, who did it first? The story missions used Chicago well. Apart from that, I felt no need to explore the city; it was just darting from story mission to story mission. I didn't touch the vigilante missions (except for the introductory one) and unless I run out of games to play, I probably never will.

    Finally, characters and story. The game is presented as ~ultra-hacking thriller~ but it barely has sense of humour. When it does, it comes from the stereotypical characters, which don't get me wrong, I liked, but it was a bit too predictable. Jordi Chin, the wise-cracking Asian-American; Clara Lille, the 'punk/underground' chick; T-Bone, the trailer trash. Now they did have unique features, particularly Clara and T-Bone, but surprisingly, my favourite character was Jordi.

    Aiden Pearce himself? Bastard needs to smile. I mean, I get the game is meant to be hard-hitting and ponderous, but his stoicism just made him dull most of the time. He's a badass, sure, but I don't careeeeeeeeeeee about his damn nieeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeee...why should I? I heard her talk for like 10 seconds. Why is her death so affecting? Take the time to make us care Ubisoft. Also Damien is **** annoying and not in an interesting way.

    Yeah...game was solid, but not fantastic. Ubisoft needs to stop rushing/confusing endings as well, as yet again, Watch Dogs' is. I'd give it like, 6.8/10.    … Expand
  72. SirCesar
    Nov 20, 2014
    6
    Even though the game is fun to play, it has serious problems with PC compatibility. Ubisoft keeps showing that they don't care about PC gamers anymore.
  73. RMDsilva
    Nov 17, 2014
    6
    Game looks good. But what else?
    Open world GTA-like games have been plenty and this one tries to be a little original with the hacking theme. Comes off as an "okay" game.
    Story/theme-wise, it's interesting. Superficially. Characters are quite 2D and the revenge thing just.. makes less and less sense the more the story goes on. Dedsec (anonymous) and Blume (the IT evil corporate guys    Game looks good. But what else?
    Open world GTA-like games have been plenty and this one tries to be a little original with the hacking theme. Comes off as an "okay" game.

    Story/theme-wise, it's interesting. Superficially. Characters are quite 2D and the revenge thing just.. makes less and less sense the more the story goes on.
    Dedsec (anonymous) and Blume (the IT evil corporate guys who watch everything) are just there, there's no development or deeper questions.

    Gameplay-wise, hacking was.. well, press Q for everything. If I wanted to do something quick, I really had to use "focus" (bullet time, slo-mo, wtv) to not hack a camera instead of exploding a wall or something completely unrelated. Not to mention it's not too easy to "aim".
    Bit silly, and while it's fun that you can do it at all times (getting credit card info from random people while chasing someone? check) it's also quite limited to specific environment cues. So, meh.

    That said, the driving and shooting and the generic open world thing is just "okay". I miss the driving experiences of GTA, for example. Especially when running away from the police in this one. Just, urgh. Because with the hacking theme, they just seem to always know where you are, unless you get offroad or do something silly. Pro tip: grab a boat and get the helicopter disable. No more chases.

    So, in the end, it was alright. But definitely not beyond that.    … Expand
  74. matheusmrx
    Nov 17, 2014
    7
    At the beginning, i thought it was boring and pointless, but after a couple of hours it turned out to be kind of fun. I like the characters' emotions and natural dialogs, not robotic speeches like I've seen on The Evil Within, though i didn't really enjoy the story itself. I also like the kind of "puzzle killings", when you have to study how to get through rooms full of enemies withoutAt the beginning, i thought it was boring and pointless, but after a couple of hours it turned out to be kind of fun. I like the characters' emotions and natural dialogs, not robotic speeches like I've seen on The Evil Within, though i didn't really enjoy the story itself. I also like the kind of "puzzle killings", when you have to study how to get through rooms full of enemies without being spotted. This and other things are cool, but are basic and flat.

    As everyone said, it is badly optimized for PC. I could only enjoy it after using a joystick. Also, it doesn't deliver it's best performance even on a good machine, keeps randomly lagging and with some lights/shadows bugs.

    They could have improved many of the challenges and the gameplay, so it wouldn't get that repetitive. With so many flat challenges, it seems more like a fun and extensive demo than a full developed game.

    PS: Do not play it expecting an alternative GTA, you will get disappointed.    … Expand
  75. Peter6666
    Nov 3, 2014
    7
    Firstly I would like to say that what the game tries to accomplish by bringing realism into a dynamic landscape; allowing one to explore to a certain degree; is commendable to the efforts of the ple that produced this game. My system had no problems at all coping with the games resource requirements, with my AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series graphics easily up to the task. The story could haveFirstly I would like to say that what the game tries to accomplish by bringing realism into a dynamic landscape; allowing one to explore to a certain degree; is commendable to the efforts of the ple that produced this game. My system had no problems at all coping with the games resource requirements, with my AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series graphics easily up to the task. The story could have done with a little more imagination; as the sideline stories; but for me it provided enjoyable light entertainment. Not the the best RPG going around, but satisfactory. Cheers.… Expand
  76. LEG
    Oct 13, 2014
    7
    I love this game.
    But too much delayed release in Asia.(Due to JAPANESE voice acting version) - 1 month delayed.

    Ubisoft-korea, What are you doing???
  77. DerAleckz
    Oct 11, 2014
    5
    Here's my rating for Watchdogs (played on XONE)

    +open world design
    +missions
    +storyline
    +realistic new-media-references

    -graphics
    -character development
    -tutorials
    -controls
  78. lonewolfs2
    Sep 29, 2014
    5
    le jeu n'est pas mauvais, mais il n'est pas bon non plus... il est moyen en tout sauf pour les graphismes qui sont horriblement moche, sauf avec le fameux mod qui ameliore tous cela MAIS au prix oú on achete le jeu j´aurais voulu avoir ce resultat au debut lors de l´achat, sans mod...

    j´ai abandonner apres 20 h de jeu . j´espere qu´il se rattraperont pour le numero 2, mais hors de    le jeu n'est pas mauvais, mais il n'est pas bon non plus... il est moyen en tout sauf pour les graphismes qui sont horriblement moche, sauf avec le fameux mod qui ameliore tous cela MAIS au prix oú on achete le jeu j´aurais voulu avoir ce resultat au debut lors de l´achat, sans mod...

    j´ai abandonner apres 20 h de jeu . j´espere qu´il se rattraperont pour le numero 2, mais hors de question de precommander encore cette serie, j´attendrai la sortie et les avis !    … Expand
  79. paul_
    Sep 26, 2014
    7
    I need to write - I do not complete this game - but its not so bad like most of users are saying. If you will not compare it to GTA5 you will be find and maybe you will fins a little fun playing this sandbox
  80. Kamilo505
    Sep 23, 2014
    7
    The game's great, maybe the story line wasn't as interesting as in other similar titles but the game play was spot on and very enjoyable for many hours. Oh, and a small tip to people that say there's nothing to do in the city CHECK THE MAP.
  81. SmattyCore
    Sep 23, 2014
    7
    It's a nice game. First of all the best of is it's graphics, it's look. Although a new game, 21:9 ratio / 2560*1080 resolution isn't supported well. But that's Ubisoft, the same problem in Assassins' Creed.

    The story is weird and not the best, it's okay but is it worth hacking and killing people just because of that? Who would do that? Probably nobody, mostly. Driving a car is pretty    It's a nice game. First of all the best of is it's graphics, it's look. Although a new game, 21:9 ratio / 2560*1080 resolution isn't supported well. But that's Ubisoft, the same problem in Assassins' Creed.

    The story is weird and not the best, it's okay but is it worth hacking and killing people just because of that? Who would do that? Probably nobody, mostly.
    Driving a car is pretty **** After I upgraded my graphics card it was a bit better but still ****.

    So if you have set up your details too high then you'll probably have a car which will steer very crazy.

    Apart from the small main story with just some missions (compare GTA's more than 100 missions, here about 50 or less I don't know exactly) and the opportunity which isn't existing. There are some online missions which you can play with friends but, well, there is nothing for single players.

    All in all it's okay, graphics amazing, it's worth a try. Weapons are cool, story okay but not more. But it's not worth 70€ for digital deluxe edition and not 60€ for the standard edition.    … Expand
  82. DrugsMeazureTim
    Sep 17, 2014
    5
    this game is good.. but BEYOND DISAPPOINTING !
    the game had a FAVORITE MOMENTS BUT STILL DISSAPPOITING, unfortunetly this is better than ride to hell so i won't even bother asking
  83. cristiadu
    Sep 16, 2014
    5
    Honestly, it does give you the feeling of "I wish I could do more". All the hacking is a little bit repetitive, and you cannot have most of the things you can get on GTA V. It was supposed to be a open world game with unlimited possibilities, but in fact the game just always sound a little bit annoying, and with the same AI GTA Vice City had. The car accidents fade away in the moment youHonestly, it does give you the feeling of "I wish I could do more". All the hacking is a little bit repetitive, and you cannot have most of the things you can get on GTA V. It was supposed to be a open world game with unlimited possibilities, but in fact the game just always sound a little bit annoying, and with the same AI GTA Vice City had. The car accidents fade away in the moment you change streets (literally, you just go to the other street, go back, and everything disappeared). The voices are repetitive, the character is not so enjoyable, etc... It is all about playing 30 minutes, and already getting sick of the game.

    Worst 50 dollars product that I've ever paid.    … Expand
  84. Garfoodle
    Sep 12, 2014
    5
    Meh it's all right.Not great,but not down right awful.There is some real problems with the port,but really,it's not that bad.Id call this one a miss,but I'd still buy it again,if it was$30
  85. Leon354
    Sep 6, 2014
    5
    Very boring and not interesting, crazy story, the game boring 5 hours of play. Played 2 days in 2h 30m then threw boring, boring ... (Ubisoft forgotten how to make games !!!)
  86. DingPow
    Sep 6, 2014
    7
    It didn't live up to all the hype but its not a bad game. The one thing I could never get past was the driving. The vehicles are squirrelly and there is no getting around it. It isn't bad with a controller but I don't like playing with one like a console, getting used to it and then switching back and forth for shooting. I can't play shooting games with a controller. The city is beautifulIt didn't live up to all the hype but its not a bad game. The one thing I could never get past was the driving. The vehicles are squirrelly and there is no getting around it. It isn't bad with a controller but I don't like playing with one like a console, getting used to it and then switching back and forth for shooting. I can't play shooting games with a controller. The city is beautiful and big, I would have played the game a lot longer if only the driving was fun. It reminds me a lot of a bigger version of Sleeping Dogs, they would both be great games if the driving worked with keyboard/mouse.… Expand
  87. speedster911t
    Aug 29, 2014
    5
    A **** game with same **** graphics the trailer was deaf to peace and final release different :S doesn't even utilize or also not optimized for SLi properly even for high end cards like 780ti. One time play.
  88. ausgebombt85
    Aug 18, 2014
    6
    Is this a good game? Well, yes... barely.

    Watch Dogs is an entertaining ride for a while, but its open world concept is misplaced. Yes, you can go anywhere in Watch Dogs' Chicago, but if its not servicing the story, then there's not much to do. You can hack people, listen in on random conversations, stop thugs and petty bad guys, play lame barely fleshed out mini games and go on digital    Is this a good game? Well, yes... barely.

    Watch Dogs is an entertaining ride for a while, but its open world concept is misplaced. Yes, you can go anywhere in Watch Dogs' Chicago, but if its not servicing the story, then there's not much to do. You can hack people, listen in on random conversations, stop thugs and petty bad guys, play lame barely fleshed out mini games and go on digital trips. This last part is the most engaging part of all the "randomness" of Watch Dogs, most specifically the Spider Tank is really fun and weirdly satisfying.

    Watch Dogs graphics are overall very good, but its not what was advertised. Even if you dont care all that much about graphics, you should feel strongly about fake advertising, and this is where its at.

    Even the highly publicized fact sheet you get from citizens, as much as it is amusing for the most part, has zero to do with the plot and its randomization is inexplicable for the most part (it seems that, according to Watch Dogs, most people in Chicago have a weird sex thing going on).

    The driving is forgettable at best, even Mafia 2 had better driving than this.

    For Ubisoft's Watch Dogs it was all about the flare, the particles, the wind blowing and lights exploding (although the best is saved for the rupturing of underground pipes, that's an amazing effect for a skill you pick up a bit into the game). Not a lot of the budget went into the story itself, or the gameplay for that matter.

    Should you play Watch Dogs? Yeah, why not.

    Will you love it? Maybe, if you're just getting into gaming... but being let down is more likely, especially if you've been following this release since E3 2012, thinking it would be the be all end all of open world games.

    Spoiler: Its not.    … Expand
  89. Banhammer0
    Aug 13, 2014
    7
    >GOOD<
    Watch_Doges, while it does underdeliver quite a bit especially in the graphics department (no doubt downgraded so console peasants didn't feel left out), isn't really a bad game.
    Free roaming in the city is quite cool, the hacking while simple is satisfying and the story is acceptable. The city is a little to small but very detailed and feels truly alive, bested probably only by    >GOOD<
    Watch_Doges, while it does underdeliver quite a bit especially in the graphics department (no doubt downgraded so console peasants didn't feel left out), isn't really a bad game.
    Free roaming in the city is quite cool, the hacking while simple is satisfying and the story is acceptable.
    The city is a little to small but very detailed and feels truly alive, bested probably only by GTA V.
    Multiplayer is surpirisingly original and good, best hide and seek I've ever played !
    Selection of weapons, cars and other unlockables is very good.
    Bugs are few but there are some issues in multiplayer connection.
    The bad part is for example side missions are extremely lazy and repetetive, grindy feeling they bring, game being too easy (to conform retarted casuals probably), story feeling cheesy, main character being sorta underdeveloped, most minigames are plain bad and pointless (apart from unlocks), day-1 greedy DLCs marketing. Meh.

    It's a fun game but ruined by slopiness and greed (which game today isn't though)
    Gets a flat 7/10.    … Expand
  90. Razark9
    Aug 5, 2014
    6
    This game is not all that bad, well, at least not for me. The game ran decent on my computer.

    Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 i7-3820 CPU 3.60GHz 16GB ram. It's not perfect either though. I felt that Aiden was a very cliched and boring character and the story was ¨ok¨. Gameplay was pretty good and I liked using the environment to my advantage, but it gets boring after a while. The online    This game is not all that bad, well, at least not for me. The game ran decent on my computer.

    Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
    i7-3820 CPU 3.60GHz
    16GB ram.

    It's not perfect either though. I felt that Aiden was a very cliched and boring character and the story was ¨ok¨. Gameplay was pretty good and I liked using the environment to my advantage, but it gets boring after a while. The online is hopeless. It takes forever to find a match and there's a few hackers. When you first find a match with 6 or more people without hackers it can be really fun. Back to singleplayer. A lot of people didn't like the side missions, but I adored them. :)    … Expand
  91. JacksonHugo
    Jul 17, 2014
    6
    The game is good for the first chapter, but starting from chapter 2 onward i feel the games attractiveness has degradated greatly, lack creativity in mission. However the graphic is ok
  92. FredPL
    Jul 13, 2014
    7
    The game isn't so bad as every one says. It just isn't what they told us it would be. Still it's a good game, only good. The campaign is short and not worth remembering. But you will still have a lot of fun from hacking, running from police, shooting and hacking other players.
  93. chrispDUCK
    Jul 13, 2014
    6
    Graphically fantastic once modded, overall story okay but game gets rapidly repetitive and unsatisfying. Earn lots of money but not much to spend it on - outfits all look largely the same, weapons can't be upgraded and much of the time spend with grenade launcher and silenced handgun. Devs could learn a lot from games like Skyrim that have more configurable gameplay.
  94. captainkane
    Jul 12, 2014
    7
    Watch Dogs is competing in a genre created by Rockstar’s GTA series. So how does it hold up? Underneath the hood, Watch Dogs is a hybrid of Deus Ex Human Revolution, Sleeping Dogs, and Far Cry 3. Well, I find it more enjoyable than Ubisoft's Far Cry 3 and the combat mechanics superior to Sleeping Dogs.

    For the most part, I'm like the game. Fictional Chicago feels real. The visuals and    Watch Dogs is competing in a genre created by Rockstar’s GTA series. So how does it hold up? Underneath the hood, Watch Dogs is a hybrid of Deus Ex Human Revolution, Sleeping Dogs, and Far Cry 3. Well, I find it more enjoyable than Ubisoft's Far Cry 3 and the combat mechanics superior to Sleeping Dogs.

    For the most part, I'm like the game. Fictional Chicago feels real. The visuals and lighting are impressive. Although graphic quality is a sticking point with gamers lately, most are over zealous. Watch Dogs maintains high graphic fidelity while simultaneously pushing cool visual effects. When Aiden's profiler app is active, information is constantly streaming in about people and environments. Viewing Chicago thru a hacked camera takes mere seconds as the whole world is shifted to different perspectives. Even fast traveling is speedy. These seamless transitions are handled in true Ubisoft fashion. That's a good thing. Despite the huge world, it only takes up 22gb of space. THANK YOU UBISOFT!! I'm tired of 50gb+ games that offer less and look worse.

    Hacking is easy, unlike the cumbersome minigames in Dues Ex HR. In combat, hacking can be combined with stealth to provide tactical advantages. Players can craft items that will distract opponents or knock out the power grid. Hacking bridges and stoplights while driving allows speedy getaways. So one touch hacking makes sense and keeps the pacing brisk. Or players can use lethals and blow up everything in sight. And focus mode slows down time long enough for players to pick off a few baddies. The cover system is perfect for stealth, and focus mode is a treat for those who like to place headshots. However, driving is clunky and cars handle horribly. Unfortunately, players are forced to complete dozens of frustrating chases.

    There are side missions, but they don't feel quite as repetitive as Far Cry 3. There are different online game modes such as racing, and players can invade other people's games. Fortunately, the invasion mode can be turned off for those who only want to focus on the missions.

    Unfortunately, the game is not PC optimized. There is micro stuttering, fps drops, and sound hiccups. Thankfully, ATI’s latest beta driver address those. Now, I generally only experience problems if textures are set to Ultra. For now, I'm forced to leave textures at High. Occasionally, the game force quits and frames still stutter. Without ATI's effort, Watch Dogs would be unplayable. The game is extremely RAM hungry. My system RAM will peak at 5gb but my GPU's VRAM won't go past 70% load. That's a console port legacy and explains the issue with Ultra textures.

    Although gameplay is fun, there are frustrations. I can't tell Aiden which car door to exit. I've automatically exited the side of a car taking all the gun fire. Stupid. I wanted to exit the passenger door and use my car as cover while placing a few shots. Nope. And I agree with critics that hacking is superficial. It seems most beneficial while evading pursuers. However, I really think Ubisoft is trying to force players to use multiple play styles. If all enemies could be hacked, the game would be too easy. If hacking was complicated, then it becomes Deus Ex. The dilemma for Ubisoft was establishing the right balance. It wants players to engage in combat. So hacking is only advantageous for gaining intel, thinning out enemies, or escaping.
    Aiden's carries every gun, lethal, and hacking device he touches. Also, his phone (the primary hacking device) has an infinite power supply. Even if the battery drains, recharges quickly. Need grenades? Just craft those on the go. Get the point? It’s way too easy. The missions can be challenging depending on the approach players take. But there is always the temptation to take the easy route: Blow everything up and shoot survivors. There is one huge annoyance. If Aiden dies during a mission, his car disappears. So players can be stuck with a POS clunker for one of the dozens of chases unless they restart the mission.

    The story is OK. It doesn’t have the depth of Sleeping Dogs, but it’s more enjoyable than FC 3. The ceaseless propaganda is annoying . Even if car radios are disabled, advertising and "news" will still play conveying the same message over and over: Is technology evil? Are we giving up privacy for convenience? I'm tired of hearing that every 2 minutes. The lack of subtlety is irritating after the 10th time it plays. Dues Ex did a much better job conveying a similar message.

    Watch Dogs is a great effort by Ubisoft into GTA's world. In fact, I say it’s a must own. Despite the gimmicky hacking, the game is fun. I'm disappointed by the buggy PC launch. The PC gaming market is much larger than big publishers acknowledge, just look at Steam's success. ATI did what it could, but Ubisoft needs to push more patches now. The game deserves an 8 out of 10, but poor optimization and poor driving mechanics are impossible to overlook.    … Expand
  95. BoTheMastaOfAll
    Jul 12, 2014
    7
    Could have been great but has AAAisms. Final encounter is a slomo QTE, Aiden is hypocritical, and I never got to see the goth girls boobs.

    Seriously though, some elements are **** stupid. Yes the AI is pretty damn good. Some mechanics like hiding in your car are awesome, but most times the game is just damn inconsistent. How is it that enemies who don't know who I am are able to get    Could have been great but has AAAisms. Final encounter is a slomo QTE, Aiden is hypocritical, and I never got to see the goth girls boobs.

    Seriously though, some elements are **** stupid. Yes the AI is pretty damn good. Some mechanics like hiding in your car are awesome, but most times the game is just damn inconsistent.

    How is it that enemies who don't know who I am are able to get alerted because they see me? This is in public, in broad daylight, and unless Aiden is wearing some invisible sign that only enemies can see that says "Shoot me I'm the main character", he looks just like every other joe walking around.
    Nikki is broken out in a stealth sequence that you direct her in, kinda like in Blops 2 with the SR71 scene. Just shooting enemies would have been more fun.

    Legend of Zelda-style zoom ins. Seriously I think every time a new enemy walked into the fray it required its own 10 second clip of me watching them enter. Hell there was one time in a campaign mission when the last remaining bad guy outside a warehouse was supposed to drive off, initiating a chase sequence. The game required me to watch him drive ~100 yards from the warehouse to the street before I could control Aiden again.

    The game yelling at me to stay within the mission zone, with timers if I leave it. Seriously wtf.

    Gears of War slow walk. Remember how in GoW Marcus has to walk super slow to talk on the phone. This game does that... a lot.

    Zoom in on vehicle kills. If you take down a vehicle using your hacks, it zooms in on that vehicle in slo-mo, which since their often behind you, causes an inordinate amount of car crashes/civilian deaths when the camera returns to your perspective.

    Story from a high level is awesome, but the details make no sense. Literally everyone in the city knows you're the vigilante before your sister does. Hell during one mission where you need to prevent some dudes from telling on your identity (even though they only saw your face and don't know your name) I had a lady on the street say "Hey you're Aiden Pearce, the vigilante". Wtf.

    Also, despite the fact that the FREAKING RADIO says Aiden's the vigilante but has the support of the people, when your nemesis posts that to public tv, everybody goes bat **** crazy and tries to call the cops on Aiden.

    Side note, somebody deserves a medal for Lucky Quinn's character design. He's perfect.    … Expand
  96. Onimor
    Jul 12, 2014
    7
    Watch Dogs. An attempt to innovate without being all that innovative.

    I am a fan of Ubisoft, I love the Assassins Creed games. Watch Dogs was misleading from the get go. It lured players into a fall sense of what type of game this was going to be. It turns out this game was restricted by the very thing that apparently made it fresh Hacking - while being able to hack into things is a    Watch Dogs. An attempt to innovate without being all that innovative.

    I am a fan of Ubisoft, I love the Assassins Creed games.

    Watch Dogs was misleading from the get go. It lured players into a fall sense of what type of game this was going to be. It turns out this game was restricted by the very thing that apparently made it fresh Hacking - while being able to hack into things is a cool concept, other than pressing a button at the right time, it in no way felt like a hack from a players 'gaming' perspective. (The game attempts to deal with this by giving what I think are supposed to be puzzles to break into networks, but are to easy to be granted that title.)

    Hacking then directs the story. The story is what really lets this game down. A single Uncle putting his sister and her kid in danger, whilst in the process of trying to avenge the death of the other kid . It''s the dumbest story for a video game I have ever seen. To the point I stopped caring about why I was killing people and breaking into places.

    What's worst is the games only difficulty is avoiding the police. That's it. And this doesn't matter what setting you are on. You use hacks to get away from them. This can be very difficult later in the game and may ruin the enjoyment for some.

    I feel if the development team during the making process consulted players and asked for feedback during; they could have or would have made a very decent game.

    Instead. If Sleeping Dogs was about Kung Fu to rip off Grand Theft Auto, then you have to think Watch Dogs was about Hacking to do the same. You cannot try and innovate by coping another working model and editing it. People will see right through this.

    I think that's what is going on with all these mixed reviews. The "bugs" and low scores are just peoples way of venting frustration. I didn't have any bugs during the process of playing this game. The overtly high scores are I think other peoples way of combating the stupid low scores people are giving. This game is a solid 7.

    Buy this game once its reduced in price. It was and is not worth the full RRP. Play it for the gaming experience that it is. It is not a horrible game and does not deserve the score of 4.6 by users.

    Ubisoft should learn from this failure. Invest in better programmers, artists, story writers. They need to connect more with the people they make games for. Otherwise they risk repeating the same mistakes with future titles. Failure is hard on anyone, Especially a large company, but you come from a position of strength by admitting you didn't get it right.    … Expand
  97. strigoi1958
    Jul 10, 2014
    6
    I love this type of game I've played over 300 hours of farcry 3 and this game is virtually identical but with a different setting so why am I disinterested with watch dogs ? Well other games have a tutorial or little hints about what to do but when you don't know what to do or how to do it.... it becomes boring. No crafting help so I didn't know how to get up inventory or craft or useI love this type of game I've played over 300 hours of farcry 3 and this game is virtually identical but with a different setting so why am I disinterested with watch dogs ? Well other games have a tutorial or little hints about what to do but when you don't know what to do or how to do it.... it becomes boring. No crafting help so I didn't know how to get up inventory or craft or use comms jam so I died over and over again trying to stop a convoy. A drinking game I didn't know you had to press the corresponding numbers while hovering over them. The characters are boring except Jordi who has little input... and the game got very old very quickly.... I found myself just running round tapping the q key to hack phones but then you get a bounty put on you from other human players but you lose or gain nothing relevant to the game so I just ignored it. The graphics are great the rest is average... but like a film you need to involve your audience within the first 10 minutes and WD doesn't. Potential exists for future games to be awesome but this one is far from polished… Expand
  98. brook2006
    Jul 8, 2014
    7
    Watch Dogs is not just another GTA clone. It attempts to create an open world game that is more intellectual. GTA would never be like Watch Dogs due to its lack of sophistication and obsession with gang violence. Walking the streets of Watch Dogs' Chicago might initially look and feel like GTA, but it is quite different. For a start the game provides you with the names, occupation, salaryWatch Dogs is not just another GTA clone. It attempts to create an open world game that is more intellectual. GTA would never be like Watch Dogs due to its lack of sophistication and obsession with gang violence. Walking the streets of Watch Dogs' Chicago might initially look and feel like GTA, but it is quite different. For a start the game provides you with the names, occupation, salary and some random bit of information (maybe they are into dog grooming) of all the citizens you walk past on the street. This humanises the citizen a little, but the citizens will help you in a minor way if you don't kill them on purpose. Because if your reputation is good with them then they won't immediately report you when they see you with a gun or when driving recklessly. This means that you start to respect the lives of the people around you, something that I haven't experienced in an open world game before. Normally my favourite thing to do is to drive down a pavement and kill as many joggers as I can, but in Watch Dogs I haven't done this because I don't want the hit to my reputation. I actively avoid killing people in car chases and avoid using explosives and causing collateral damage.

    Many reviewers have complained about the unnecessary stealth sections, but in a similar way to the encouragement to not kill civilians, I found this to be a refreshing change to both GTA's gang warfare and Saint Row's madness. It encourages more of a Splinter Cell style of gameplay where you explore the area, setup your encounter and then execute a plan, often with gadgets to aid you. Watch Dogs is not about killing hookers or running around naked. It is about exploring a more realistic city and manipulating its systems.

    The hacking in Watch Dogs is more limited than I would have liked. I really wanted to steal from the rich and give it to the poor, but this isn't possible as you can't give money or dig into a civilian's life like that. The citizens exist, but not beyond their name, age, occupation and income value. These aren't people you can follow home to meet the family. It would be overly to be able to be more intrusive into the civilian's lives, but obviously this shows the limitations of the current game simulation. Hopefully in sequels Ubisoft will start opening this up, but at the moment you are limited to playing with traffic lights, blowing stuff up, changing traffic lights, controlling automatic bollards and playing with computer controlled bridges.

    For the PC version you need to get the graphics patch as Ubisoft has purposefully changed and degraded the graphics on the PC version of Watch Dogs to make it look similar to the console releases. To achieve this they removed a few shaders, changed the fogging effects, the lighting, shadows and degraded the texture quality. Get the community graphics mod, trust me. Plus it runs better with the mod.

    Some of the side quests are a little lame, but it is a big game with many different side missions, Chess puzzles, drinking games, poker that you can partially cheat on, slot machines that you can't hack, gang racing matches, gang hideout missions and random crimes to stop. One of the unique Watch Dogs experiences is driving around and then having another player invade your game. This takes the form of another player connecting to your game and you having to find them before a progress bar reaches its limit. Then when you find them, you have to chase them down. This is a fun and sometimes an annoying surprise, but refreshing and different as it doesn't feel scripted or forced. Hacking is the central theme of the game and this enforces that theme more than anything else that Watch Dogs does.

    There is an Android and iOS app that allows tablet and phone users the ability to connect to games and play a cat and mouse game where the app user tries to control the city resources to catch the hacker, but as the hacker I had so many disconnects that it wasn't worth my time to play. I suspect players were disconnecting before I won the matches because Watch Dogs takes experience points from players for poor performance.

    Some of the characters in Watch Dogs lengthy story are cool like his sister and nephew, and his ex partner Damien, but Pearce himself is very bland and although given a reason to hunt down the people who tried to kill him, the game never shows why he is drawn to hacking as an individual or why he is called a vigilante and not just a normal hacker or criminal by the police. I would have liked to see more motivation and more demonstration on the vigilante part of his character. Or even an explanation of how he got the vigilante label.    … Expand
  99. Allexio
    Jul 8, 2014
    7
    I find it shameful that people actually rated this 0/10.
    This is just being childish.
    And so I say: grow up guys! Does this title deserve anywhere under 6? no. why? Because this is actually a good game if you manage to play it. Am I disappointed by this game's graphics? A bit, I expected better. Did I try to compare it to the E3 demo? no, because the point is not to compare the game to    I find it shameful that people actually rated this 0/10.
    This is just being childish.
    And so I say: grow up guys!
    Does this title deserve anywhere under 6? no. why? Because this is actually a good game if you manage to play it.
    Am I disappointed by this game's graphics? A bit, I expected better. Did I try to compare it to the E3 demo? no, because the point is not to compare the game to it's E3 demo, it is TO RATE THE GAME AS IT IS.
    The whole "fake E3 demo" thing doesnt show that this game is bad, it shows that some guys at ubisoft are liars. You know what? welcome to the world kiddoes, because it is common knowledge to not believe everything you see or hear !
    And it's not the first time there are blatant differences between an E3 demo of a game and the published game itself.
    There are, I'll admit, some issues with the game performance wise, I had some lag spikes myself, however, Skyrim has lag spikes too, do you see me giving it a 0/10 because of that? no!
    I haven't had any other problems apart from some very rare crashes (only three times during my playthrough of the game).
    If you had any more than that, considering the average age of the people who reviewed, I'm guessing you didn't check to see if your PC had the minimum specs for running the game.

    This was my message to the +1000 who came here just to give this game a 0/10

    Now to my review.
    The game is quite good, the gameplay is innovative and interesting, though there are some problems like the fact that police can sometimes be evaded too easily with the use of a boat.
    The game comes loaded with side content: the girl rescue missions, the Augmented Reality mini games the High-on-drugs mini-games.
    It's definitely a fun game to play, even if it doesnt last very long.
    Gunplay wise, I appreciate the fact that you can use cover everywhere and stealthily approach your enemies, though I believe that maybe having access to 20 weapons at once is a bit exaggerated.
    I personally thought that Aiden Pierce was quite a realistic character (obviously not many people think the same way), he shows that he has human emotions and throughout the game he has difficulties coming to terms with his actions.
    I personally love the way cars handle, I might as well remind you that this is NOT a racing game.

    Would I recommend this game for purchase? Absolutely, if you like GTA-like games that is, However I strongly recommend you try out Saints Row and Sleeping Dogs first if you haven't already because those two games deserve more praise than this one.
    Still, this game is far from bad and shame on the people who say otherwise.    … Expand
  100. MaskedMetal01
    Jul 7, 2014
    7
    I'll be honest. I didn't like this game all that much. I didn't get into depth with all the main characters. The hacking was a good concept but the story was lackluster. The driving mechanics were passable.
    The graphics downgrade was disappointing, but at least it could be re-enabled through a mod for PC.
    I liked the gunfight mechanics. I liked how you could go for either guns blazing    I'll be honest. I didn't like this game all that much. I didn't get into depth with all the main characters. The hacking was a good concept but the story was lackluster. The driving mechanics were passable.
    The graphics downgrade was disappointing, but at least it could be re-enabled through a mod for PC.

    I liked the gunfight mechanics. I liked how you could go for either guns blazing or choose stealth.
    The cut scenes are some of the best I've seen in a video game, very cinematic. Animations are really good, especially of that of NPCs, disregarding some.

    Side missions, at first, seemed nice, but they get really repetitive later on.

    Overall, the hype surrounding the game kinda made it a disappointment, but it was definitely enjoyable.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
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  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 3, 2014
    79
    Ubisoft's flagship title has a really, really repulsive protagonist. The entire storyline feels like it was cranked out of a automated story generator. On the positive side, Watch Dogs looks really good on PC, especially after modding the graphics to match the visual splendor of the early E3 demos. [Aug 2014]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Jun 29, 2014
    70
    There are some strong gameplay elements in Watch Dogs, but overall it's merely an adequate open world game. [July 2014, p.46]
  3. GameCritics
    Jun 23, 2014
    80
    Nothing could have realistically lived up to the immense level of hype that Ubisoft stirred up for this game, and while I value strong narratives and envelope-pushing technological advancements, I place just as much importance in the ability to enjoy the gameplay that's being offered to me. Watch Dogs is one of the more exciting sandbox games of the last few years, and if this is to become Ubisoft's next big franchise, I'm excited to see where they take it.
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