Watch Dogs

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  1. TahaAxe
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    When I finished this game It become my best game ever played maybe this game hated when cameout because of E3 graphics not the same in original graphics but graphics still nice
  2. Rahataah
    Jun 4, 2023
    10
    The best story game I've ever played. Recently Ubisoft haven't came up with any good story game
  3. threeoftendie
    May 8, 2023
    8
    Не знаю как вам (если вы вообще проходили), а мне в целом и частностях понравилась эта игра. Да, в трейлере все выглядело немного лучше. Да, в трейлерах Ubisoft такое случилось не в первый и не в последний раз. Но они не одни этим грешат. Тем не менее по своему непосредственному содержанию эта игра во многом инновационна. Стоит ли объяснять, почему? Прямо сейчас я прохожу GTA IV, наНе знаю как вам (если вы вообще проходили), а мне в целом и частностях понравилась эта игра. Да, в трейлере все выглядело немного лучше. Да, в трейлерах Ubisoft такое случилось не в первый и не в последний раз. Но они не одни этим грешат. Тем не менее по своему непосредственному содержанию эта игра во многом инновационна. Стоит ли объяснять, почему? Прямо сейчас я прохожу GTA IV, на очереди после нее GTA V. Первая в свое время "сносила крышу" наличием мобильного телефона, с которого можно было звонить, отвечать на звонки, на который можно было получать SMS-сообщения, с которого можно было заносить встречи в органайзер, да блин, там даже можно было установить одну из предложенных мелодий на звонок! Вторая делает все то же самое со смартфоном, добавляя присущие ему фичи. Но в Watch Dogs смартфон нужен не просто как еще один элемент взаимодействия с игровым миром, более того, с его помощью мы совершаем невероятные вещи, которые возможно совершить в мире реальном. Взлом камер, взлом систем водоснабжения, взлом домашних сетей, которые не являются неприступной крепостью от слова совсем и, разумеется, блэкаут. Эти операции может провернуть тот, кто умеет обращаться с "умной" техникой на уровне "выше среднего", а также обладает доступом в сеть, которую он непосредственно взламывает. Все это я привожу, естественно, в общих чертах, но это не может не пугать. В целом механики игры, связанные с хакерством, доставляют удовольствие и заставляют собой любоваться. Открытый мир сделан неплохо. И да, это все же не GTA, но этой игре и не нужно ею быть, она совершенно про другое. Также мне понравился сюжет, его общая направленность и подача. Ну и, как я отмечаю почти во всех своих обзорах, то, что связано со стрельбой и боями, мне пришлось по вкусу. Я думаю, к Watch Dogs иногда можно возвращаться, пока эта игра окончательно не стала реальностью.… Expand
  4. skjold27
    Apr 4, 2023
    10
    One of the few jewels that exist among video games. With the garbage that there is today, that this Watch Dogs has received so much criticism is an injustice, even more so for a simple supposedly misleading E3 trailer that has not fooled me, because what I saw in the trailer matched what I later played. Worse are the subsequent Watch Dogs, which lost all that vigilante feature that AidenOne of the few jewels that exist among video games. With the garbage that there is today, that this Watch Dogs has received so much criticism is an injustice, even more so for a simple supposedly misleading E3 trailer that has not fooled me, because what I saw in the trailer matched what I later played. Worse are the subsequent Watch Dogs, which lost all that vigilante feature that Aiden had for some silly children who play at being rebels.… Expand
  5. DreamOfHero
    Apr 3, 2023
    8
    Watch Dogs is a game that still has a lot to offer even today, despite the fact that the main character may seem a bit stiff. While you're busy hacking into other characters' houses or phones, you can't help but wonder how Ubisoft managed to predict certain social trends with such precision, like the No-Vax grandma on "Tutte" or the onlyfanser/tiktoker taking selfies in front of a car inWatch Dogs is a game that still has a lot to offer even today, despite the fact that the main character may seem a bit stiff. While you're busy hacking into other characters' houses or phones, you can't help but wonder how Ubisoft managed to predict certain social trends with such precision, like the No-Vax grandma on "Tutte" or the onlyfanser/tiktoker taking selfies in front of a car in the garage. Additionally, the phone call about a girl, her hair, and a bird will forever be etched in my mind, making me wonder just how deviant the developers at Ubisoft must be.

    However, there are a few flaws worth mentioning. For example, there's no option to completely disable aim assist, which can make the gaming experience feel a bit too assisted, even when set to the minimum level. Furthermore, I had to drop the game due to the only mandatory drinking game in the main quest (Act 3). Unfortunately, it's not possible to customize the keys for mini-games, which put me in a difficult situation, especially considering my handicap that prevents me from using my left hand. Despite my two-hour effort to find a solution, I couldn't resolve the problem and had to abandon the game.

    In summary, Watch Dogs is a fantastic game, but it's a shame that certain technical limitations prevented me from fully enjoying the gaming experience.    … Expand
  6. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
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  7. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    8
    Great game. The story is decent. The scoring is great, visual is really amazing, the voice & sound is also amazing
  8. bar0yka
    Dec 20, 2022
    8
    hikayesi güzel grafikler güzel oynanış güzel ama yine büyük eksiklikler hissettiren bir oyun. Ona rağmen 8 puan man
  9. Kuzya_Zeleniy
    Sep 26, 2022
    8
    An underrated game. Ubisoft promised players so much that everyone expected the game to be no worse than GTA V. But it turned out not at all what they expected.
    The graphics that were shown in the trailer were exactly the same in the release of the game. Although the graph still turned out to be good.
    Also, many did not like the main character. Everyone said he had no character. The    An underrated game. Ubisoft promised players so much that everyone expected the game to be no worse than GTA V. But it turned out not at all what they expected.
    The graphics that were shown in the trailer were exactly the same in the release of the game. Although the graph still turned out to be good.
    Also, many did not like the main character. Everyone said he had no character.
    The plot is generally not bad. Although everything looks banal. Throughout the game, we want to avenge the death of our niece.
    This game had good prospects, but in many ways it did not fulfill them.
    But overall I liked the game! Everyone expected a masterpiece, but it turned out to be just a good game.    … Expand
  10. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    8
    8/10.......................................................................
  11. sirgamer44
    Aug 2, 2022
    10
    This was actually great game. Feels bad that some people got triggered for it not being like trailer, but it still looks good. graphically one of the better looking games from 2014, Ubisoft of course did it even better with Unity same year, but still. Good game, that feels like GTA, but with hacker twist.
  12. Listrebd
    Jul 13, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра отличная Сюжет интересный, местами провисает но всё же игра стоит того чтобы ее пройти.… Expand
  13. CoolBR
    Jul 8, 2022
    9
    It is one of my favorite games of all time. I know it has many flaws like the physics of driving is really bad and the graphics of the game was downgraded but none of these things affected my enjoyment at all.

    Watch Dogs has one of the things I love the most in the games. A great story, I loved the story of this game from beginning to the end, Aiden Pierce is a badass vigilante fighting    It is one of my favorite games of all time. I know it has many flaws like the physics of driving is really bad and the graphics of the game was downgraded but none of these things affected my enjoyment at all.

    Watch Dogs has one of the things I love the most in the games. A great story, I loved the story of this game from beginning to the end, Aiden Pierce is a badass vigilante fighting evil gangs using technology and his hacking skills. It is an incredible story very cinematographic and with a good plot.

    The gameplay isn't bad either, the stealth system is great the hack skills are cool, and a good innovation.

    The open world is kinda empty and dead, there are not many things to do aside from missions but at end of the day, the only thing that matters is personal enjoyment.

    So, if you like me that like a good story with a badass protagonist and good stealth gameplay with FC3 takedowns style, I think it is worth giving a shot in Watch Dogs.    … Expand
  14. kyomehuang
    Jul 7, 2022
    10
    I played through at least 10 times, I'm not bothered by the over-hype, this is a very good game, I don't care what others say.
  15. summernightz
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Extremely and unfairly underrated. This game wasn't GTA V level (obviously), but it wasn't bad at all. I personally love both watch dogs and GTA V.
  16. NordicSpirit
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    Great fun game, has solid graphics by 2014 standard. Anyone expecting this to have 2022 graphics is delusional, it look perfectly fine even now and gameplay holds up well. Overall this game is way better than empty, modern open world games like Cyberpunk 2077 or Elden Ring.
  17. AwAtF
    Mar 13, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Personally, I think this game its overrated. The story shows to you a criminal who lost her sister-in-law, the only person who was happy with him. For his fault, Maurice killed her, and Aiden thinks that the only way to redeem is the revenge. But thats a big mistake. He tries to kill maurice, a few days, her sister gets kidnapped and he tries to go after damien, but hes does criminal things. After a while, he mets clara lile, her helper, after, he meet T-Bone, unfortunately, he starts to loose, things at the end of the because his obsession to kill damien, he loses clara, she is killed; he loses his family because they don't wanna be on risk, he loose his dignity and finally, when he kills damien, he kills his friend, jordi-chin. I personally think that the story represents how bad is the revenge, and how a criminal, usually can't become good person. Honestly, i hate the end because jordi-cin for no reason is still alive, but the story is breaking-down, you feel bad for the characters around Aiden pearce. The graphics are generic, in 2014 were good, but nowadays, i recommend to put graphical mods because some moments growned very bad at the time. The world is interesting, has some interesting activities but are very short and its easy to get the final trophie (platinum, in ps4, for example). The gameplay its very good, and the car persecutions are spectacular, with all of the hacks and slow motion, the final boss its very original, because you needd to drive around the city escaping and trying to go places wich in a short time, get hacked. The atmposhere is good, and dark. The game has a lots of bugs. Good performance. I recommend it, but only for 30$… Expand
  18. zyllus
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    The game is set in Chicago, the man-hole blowing capital of the world. The sprawling open world with a touch of rural area makes this an amazing open-world. The story is not the strong suit of the game as it is based on revenge for your family but the real deal is hacking in an open world environment. The whole city is connected to an Operating System called CtOS. You play as a hacker whoThe game is set in Chicago, the man-hole blowing capital of the world. The sprawling open world with a touch of rural area makes this an amazing open-world. The story is not the strong suit of the game as it is based on revenge for your family but the real deal is hacking in an open world environment. The whole city is connected to an Operating System called CtOS. You play as a hacker who can hack into any security camera, phone, and a lot of stuff. The funniest thing is hacking some poor blokes bank account while walking on the street and after a few seconds when they realize their bank is hacked, they cuss and lose their temper which is hilarious. The ATM side missions are the most hilarious. Every human has a different name and you can get their brief details which makes you realize how much information we give away for free to the internet. Your phone is your super-weapon and hacking around the world is more fun than the storyline. The side-missions start as fun but are way too repetitive which loses its glamour after a while.… Expand
  19. Kotofon
    Feb 23, 2022
    8
    Симулятор хакинга в мире экшн-боевика от третьего лица — Watch Dogs — это идеальная история про человека, по имени Эйден Пирс, который попытался остановить правительственную систему ctOS. Внутри этой операционной системы есть вся информация о каждом жителе города, о событиях внутри штатов, переписках людей и всё, что может быть интересно правительству. Объединенная группа хакеров решилаСимулятор хакинга в мире экшн-боевика от третьего лица — Watch Dogs — это идеальная история про человека, по имени Эйден Пирс, который попытался остановить правительственную систему ctOS. Внутри этой операционной системы есть вся информация о каждом жителе города, о событиях внутри штатов, переписках людей и всё, что может быть интересно правительству. Объединенная группа хакеров решила положить этому конец, дабы освободить людей от оков, но сюжет поворачивается в другую сторону.… Expand
  20. obviousAssassin
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    This game shouldn't be called Watch_Dogs, it should be called "Underrated", because that's what it is. One of the most atmospheric open world cities (modern) of all time. I like GTA 4 and GTA 5 more, but Watch_Dogs is very closely behind them in 3rd spot.
  21. Iowntheworld
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    Great open-world AAA GTA style hacker gamer, that is unique enough to stand on it's own from GTA series. I'm saying all this as a hardcore GTA fan btw. Aiden is very cool, serious, deep main character. He is not you average hero who saves the day and acts nice. No. He is serious vigilante on revenge quest and that's what makes him actually interesting and cool. People often say that he isGreat open-world AAA GTA style hacker gamer, that is unique enough to stand on it's own from GTA series. I'm saying all this as a hardcore GTA fan btw. Aiden is very cool, serious, deep main character. He is not you average hero who saves the day and acts nice. No. He is serious vigilante on revenge quest and that's what makes him actually interesting and cool. People often say that he is "bad take on Batman" NO. Unlike Batman, Aiden actually kills his victims and that's no hate on Batman, i like Batman and that's whole another debate, but Aiden is very, very cool and likable character. Anyone who wanted him to be perfect hero, can look for some other game, Sims maybe. There's lots of similarities between Max Payne and Aiden, i have never seen anyone whining about Max Payne or maybe these haters have just never played that masterful shooter series, that is Max Payne. Either way Watch Dogs is already a classic and has huge fanbase. Two sequels were absolute garbage, only Aiden DLC was decent. Hopefully Ubisoft want actually make money again and next WD game will be prequel with Aiden as a main character.… Expand
  22. MetalRobot69
    Jan 30, 2022
    9
    It is one of my favorite games of all time. I know it has many flaws like the physics of driving is really bad and the graphics of the game was downgraded but none of these things affected my enjoyment at all.

    Watch Dogs has one of the things I love the most in the games. A great story, I loved the story of this game from beginning to the end, Aiden Pierce is a badass vigilante fighting    It is one of my favorite games of all time. I know it has many flaws like the physics of driving is really bad and the graphics of the game was downgraded but none of these things affected my enjoyment at all.

    Watch Dogs has one of the things I love the most in the games. A great story, I loved the story of this game from beginning to the end, Aiden Pierce is a badass vigilante fighting evil gangs using technology and his hacking skills. It is an incredible story very cinematographic and with a good plot.

    The gameplay isn't bad either, the stealth system is great the hack skills are cool, and a good innovation.

    The open world is kinda empty and dead, there are not many things to do aside from missions but at end of the day, the only thing that matters is personal enjoyment.

    So, if you like me that like a good story with a badass protagonist and good stealth gameplay with FC3 takedowns style, I think it is worth giving a shot in Watch Dogs.    … Expand
  23. TheBasicReviews
    Jan 27, 2022
    9
    Story: 80/100
    Gameplay: 90/100
    Graphics: 90/100
    Music/Soundtrack: 80/100
    Main Character(s): 85/100
    Side Characters: 80/100
    Regular Enemies: 75/100
    Bosses/Boss fights: 75/100
    World/Level Design: 90/100
    Playability (Bugs and optimization after patches): 100/100
    Would I Play It Again?: Yes
    Where Does It Rank In My Top 500 Video Games of All Time List?: 27

    Rating: 90/100
  24. JakeFoxUwU
    Jan 22, 2022
    8
    Не сказал бы, что согласен с большинством критикующих эту игру. Да, сюжет не огонь, но атмосфера хороша (её бы к сюжету второй части).
  25. gineizs822
    Jan 14, 2022
    10
    я просто не знаю,что написать,так что,я просто напишу рандомные буквы или цифры. вввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввввв
  26. AC_ValhallaisAC
    Jan 9, 2022
    10
    Atmosphere in this game is just next level, i really like this game. At times i enjoy this even more than GTA V.
  27. AModernMyth
    Dec 30, 2021
    10
    Watch Dogs obviously reminds GTA 4/5, but what makes it stand out and it's own thing is hacking element. There's also unique world design, cool outfits you can wear, lots of guns and while it's story might not be amazing (it's decent), there's still lots of fun to be had and many well designed missions. Graphics actually look pretty good, especially at night time, rain effects are great,Watch Dogs obviously reminds GTA 4/5, but what makes it stand out and it's own thing is hacking element. There's also unique world design, cool outfits you can wear, lots of guns and while it's story might not be amazing (it's decent), there's still lots of fun to be had and many well designed missions. Graphics actually look pretty good, especially at night time, rain effects are great, etc. This game has this unique atmosphere that i haven't really felt in any other game. It's dark and serious, very similar to Max Payne to be honest, but still different enough. Real star of this game is obviously ability to hack almost anything, unlock cars, change traffic lights, stop or make trains move and so on. Overall very cool game. Sadly sequels were awful, but hopefully WD 4 will be something similar to Watch Dogs 1.… Expand
  28. WinterSolider
    Dec 17, 2021
    10
    I was playing Watch Dogs all night yesterday and i just can't get over how good and underrated this game really is. City design is absolutely fantastic for this 2014 video game. Graphics are solid on PC, story is fun enough. Gunplay feels great, i really like lots of different outfit colors you can use on main character, there's so many different cars you can steal, weather effects areI was playing Watch Dogs all night yesterday and i just can't get over how good and underrated this game really is. City design is absolutely fantastic for this 2014 video game. Graphics are solid on PC, story is fun enough. Gunplay feels great, i really like lots of different outfit colors you can use on main character, there's so many different cars you can steal, weather effects are amazing, city at night looks simply stunning. Hopefully Watch Dogs makes comeback one day and they make something similar to this first game. Maybe even Prequel with Aiden in Watch Dogs 4 would be perfect.… Expand
  29. Shockerr
    Dec 12, 2021
    10
    --------------------------------------------------------------Pretty Good-------------------------------------------------
  30. SpiderMan4
    Dec 11, 2021
    10
    One of my favorite games of all time, seriously well made game. Yeah not perfect, but nothing is.
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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  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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