Watch Dogs

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6.4

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  1. Freeedom
    Apr 15, 2021
    10
    Message to Ubisoft : Keep doing what you do and just ignore these haters. They have never understood your games. All they want are some mindless fast-paced nonsense games. They don't wanna think, they don't wanna explore, they don't wanna learn. They will never understand what you do. Just ignore them and focus on people who actually support / love your games. Thank you for the games youMessage to Ubisoft : Keep doing what you do and just ignore these haters. They have never understood your games. All they want are some mindless fast-paced nonsense games. They don't wanna think, they don't wanna explore, they don't wanna learn. They will never understand what you do. Just ignore them and focus on people who actually support / love your games. Thank you for the games you have done in past 10 years. This message goes to everyone who has worked on these games and who feel that fans don't respect their work. They do and i do and i have huge respect for everything you have done. Can't wait for AC Valhalla DLC's, Far Cry 6 and all your future projects.… Expand
  2. VisualsandMusic
    Apr 20, 2021
    10
    Great game overall, with some minor flaws, but it's fun and in the end that's all that matters with video games. I rather play this than depressing games like last of us 2.
  3. 1IMmortal0
    Jun 25, 2021
    10
    Such an incredible emotional based story! It really makes new comers to immerse into the hacking and vigilante based experience... Aiden Pearce - "Batman of Watch dogs series"
  4. dogswatch
    Jul 5, 2021
    10
    Very cool open-world/action/hacking game to spend to some time having fun. It doesn't have as much content as GTA V, but i doubt that was ever the intention. In my opinion it has just enough content, it's not over blown with endless stuff to do, but it's still long enough game. City is really well designed by 2014 standards, weather effects are nice, graphics are pretty good, but gameVery cool open-world/action/hacking game to spend to some time having fun. It doesn't have as much content as GTA V, but i doubt that was ever the intention. In my opinion it has just enough content, it's not over blown with endless stuff to do, but it's still long enough game. City is really well designed by 2014 standards, weather effects are nice, graphics are pretty good, but game looks generally better at sunset-night time. Would recommend.… Expand
  5. hero300
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    Све у свему, врло лепа игра би се поновила и такође препоручила другима
  6. lionkingdies
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    helvítis mjög flottur leikur myndi spila aftur og mæla líka með öðrum
  7. Iknowgamesmore
    Jul 29, 2021
    10
    Watch Dogs 1 (PC Version) is stunning open world (similar to GTA series) hacker-action game, hopefully they make WD3 about Aiden.
  8. JusticeForOnce
    Jul 31, 2021
    10
    One of my favorite modern-open world-city games, just behind GTA V. Hacking mechanics makes it fun and stand out more than games like Sleeping Dogs. Nice atmosphere, decently designed city. It could have had more, but at the same time, it has just enough content.
  9. greyor78
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    'N Prettige speletjie, 'n pragtige grafiese algehele toon en die atmosfeer van hierdie speletjie is regtig goed. Hulle behoort meer sulke speletjies te maak.
  10. restorethegames
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    Գեղեցիկ զվարճալի խաղ: Այս խաղի ընդհանուր գրաֆիկան ընդհանուր առմամբ իսկապես լավն է: Նրանք պետք է ավելի շատ նման խաղեր պատրաստեն
  11. trust_noone
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    Gözəl əyləncəli oyun gözəl qrafika bu oyunun ümumi tonu həqiqətən yaxşıdır. Bu kimi oyunları daha çox etməlidirlər.
  12. rock387
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    Lijepa zabavna igra prekrasna grafika ukupni ton ove igre je zaista dobar. Trebali bi napraviti više ovakvih igara.
  13. 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
  14. Halo4Forever
    Nov 30, 2021
    10
    Great game, got hate because entitled lazy gamers never even tried it. They were like "huh downgraded? must be trash". Actually looks pretty good for a 2014 game and has fun open world and nice story.
  15. 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).
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    8
    8/10.......................................................................
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
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  24. DecadeReviews
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    Graphics - 8.5/10
    Story - 8/10
    Variety of enemies - 7/10
    Game's length - 7.5/10
    Gameplay - 8/10
    Variety of weapons - 8.5/10
    General world design - 8/10
    Fun factor - 8/10
    How many times i have finished it - 2
    Where does it stand in my top "1000 video games of all time" list - 20
  25. europepro
    Feb 3, 2020
    10
    Una obra de arte en los videojuegos
    Forma parte de mis GOTD
    Sin palabras y tengo el honor de haberlo jugado en PC y PS4
  26. siki
    Jul 24, 2020
    8
    the story and idea is great but optimizing for pc is not very good here and there some bugs
  27. Mobile
    Dec 3, 2017
    8
    ENG
    The same game that has sparked interest in its approach in the trailer at e3 and then a huge stream of indignation at the inconsistency of the graphics, well deserved. But do not forget that each trailer is pre renderer and nothing can be done. Another thing is when in the end the game turns out not so miserable as was shown in the trailer, then the perturbations originate. I played    ENG
    The same game that has sparked interest in its approach in the trailer at e3 and then a huge stream of indignation at the inconsistency of the graphics, well deserved. But do not forget that each trailer is pre renderer and nothing can be done. Another thing is when in the end the game turns out not so miserable as was shown in the trailer, then the perturbations originate. I played only this year and it's pretty nice to play. though the dialogue is not brilliant, but not poor. Up to this point I like many believed this game, a pass or worse. But I was pleasantly surprised how the game was interesting and quite pleasant. Of the minuses can highlight the complete lack of songs on the radio, listening was nothing special and the selection of songs, very very bad, although the points in some missions with the ambient pleased. I would like to see more positive characters of the events, a bit of humor, and it turned out that the game is straight serious, even in side quests, especially not laugh. The developers have tried, the world looks alive, it has something to do, even just to go and to consider the surroundings were pleasant. As for the design, and all of the same game that I quite liked, it was nice to see a picture, and if the dialogue is in the trailer, then all that would've been sweet. All the time I was comparing the game with GTA V and quite often understood that looking dogs I prefer from a visual point of view, to recall gray and rich in GTA V (with SweetFx) the game is changing, but if you play vanilla version, all pale like that (always I was surprised) why I can made the picture brighter.In General, it was a pleasure to be in the game Chicago, hack everything you can with the help of mobile phones, artfully evade pursuit, blocking the way.
    RU
    Та самая игра которая вызвала интерес своим подходом в трейлере на e3, а потом огромный поток возмущения по поводу несоответствие графики, вполне заслуженный. Но не будем забывать что каждый трейлер является пре рендером и тут ничего не поделаешь. Другое дело когда в итоге игра получается не настолько убога как была показана в трейлере, тогда и возмущения исходят на нет. Я поиграл лишь в этом году и мне вполне было приятно играть. хоть графон и не блистательный, но и не убогий. До этого момента я как и многие считал эту игру, проходной или того хуже. Но я был приятно удивлен насколько игра оказалась интересной и вполне приятной. Из минусов могу выделить, полное отсутствие песен по радио, слушать было особо нечего да и подборка песен, совсем уж неудачная, хотя моменты в некоторым миссиях с эмбиентом порадовали. Хотелось бы увидеть больше положительных персонажей событий, толику юмора, а то получилось так, что игра прям серьезная, даже в побочных заданиях особо не посмеешься. Разработчики постарались, мир выглядит живым, в нем есть чем заняться, даже просто покататься и по рассматривать окрестности оказалось приятным делом. Что касается дизайна, и все такого же графона, то мне вполне пришлось по душе, было приятно наблюдать картинку, а уж если бы графон как в трейлере, то вообще выла бы конфетка. Все время я сравнивал игру с GTA V и довольно часто понимал, что смотрящие псы мне больше нравятся с визуальной точки зрения, вспомнить хотя бы серую и не насыщенную GTA V (с SweetFx) игра преображается, но вот если играть в ванильную версию, то все как то блекло. В общем было приятно находится в игровом Чикаго, взламывать все что можно с помощью мобилы, искусно уходить от погони, преграждая пути.    … Expand
  28. strangermoon
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    better game than any gta will be. texture quality was like e3 build but the effect and side things downed. tthe is mod actiaves soem of effects like motion blur close to e3 but overal after singleplayerfelt empty. police in this game good even have mobile app to control. stroy was 7 but game visauly was 9 level. it was next gen enough but the hardware was not ready. still after max payne 1better game than any gta will be. texture quality was like e3 build but the effect and side things downed. tthe is mod actiaves soem of effects like motion blur close to e3 but overal after singleplayerfelt empty. police in this game good even have mobile app to control. stroy was 7 but game visauly was 9 level. it was next gen enough but the hardware was not ready. still after max payne 1 best clsoest title you can get best ip after asssasiins creed. car gameplay not good as gta but its ok. the slowmotion use on game amazing but need to buff everyime with drink. hacking city was good enough but mostly escaping police or creating chos. air vehicles needed com gta only.… Expand
  29. runner
    Apr 16, 2020
    8
    After having received this for free when Ubisoft gave it away, and quite some time after release, I do believe Watch Dogs is great. It is also horrible, in some ways. But all in all, it is great - with the main problem being that, at the time of release - Ubisoft has promised some kind of gaming revolution but all we got was another title of the worrying franchise "Hey Look We've Made AnAfter having received this for free when Ubisoft gave it away, and quite some time after release, I do believe Watch Dogs is great. It is also horrible, in some ways. But all in all, it is great - with the main problem being that, at the time of release - Ubisoft has promised some kind of gaming revolution but all we got was another title of the worrying franchise "Hey Look We've Made An Open World".

    And though it seems the game was panned partially due to the serious antagonist and somewhat grim storyline, I actually found it to be one of the strong points of the game.
    I liked the main narrative and the dynamics between the characters, the opening was well crafted to get you into the atmosphere and there were some pretty well built moments throughout the rest of the game as well, Unfortunately, they were very few.

    Watch Dogs obviously *TRIED* to put more effort into the "open-world" theme with "tons" of side missions and collectibles. While I felt enthusiast at first and was keen to get to 100% completion, by the end of the first act (out of 5!) I started to grow tired of the side missions which are essentially all quite the same. Drive car from point X to Y, go kill some criminal gang or interfere a convoy. There was just way too much of it.
    And on top of it, driving control was quite awful - and while eventually I got used to it, and I admit - the police chases actually didn't get old for me for one second, there's no denying this was not the strong part of the game.

    A bit sad, because the final result is a game which feels like it's trying to be some Assassins Creed and GTA in one game instead of trying to be something new and original.

    And again, the game is *NOT BAD* and I ended up enjoying most of it, it was challenging just enough, not feeling impossible to complete, and at most of the missions there's some freedom to choose the 'stealthy' approach vs. the 'just kill everyone' approach, which I liked.

    Bottom line is - With its current content, I feel this game would have been better if it was more story-driven and had a more-than-solid 10-15 hours campaign, instead of ~40-80 hours filled of the same stuff over and over.
    Would have given 7 out of 10, but I really feel this game certainly doesn't deserve the low users' score it currently has. +1 for that!    … Expand
  30. realnewshere
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    This game is absolutely amazing compared to Cybertrash2077. Watch_Dogs actually has interesting city, graphics look good for 2014, story mission are fun.
  31. WhenDustSettles
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    Actually really decent game that has amazing graphics for 2014 video game. Depends on time of day, but at sunset / night time it looks amazing, also when it rains. Cool serious main character, not some cartoonish idiot.
  32. Facts_Feelings
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    It's crazy how evil and tasteless some people can be. Ubisoft takes years to make these amazing game and all they get back is some whining losers who give them 0 out of 10. Great game.
  33. Shimmeywill
    Feb 26, 2020
    8
    Gameplay and story is lacklustre. However, the interpretation of Chicago is gorgeous and it is fun to just wander around and appreciate the architecture.
  34. Assassin_Jedi
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    Watch Dogs is amazing game and so underrated that it's almost sad. People who say that it has bad graphics, don't understand graphics at all. Just cause it has different graphics from E3 trailer, doesn't mean it automatically has bad graphics. It looks great and is very fun game.
  35. Shadow1
    Mar 24, 2016
    10
    This is average game . This game have awesome storyline , good gameplay , but bad graphics for 2014 . Good main character Aden Pirce . Aden Pirce is Smart Hacker . Aden Pirce can break open phone , pipes , traffic lights and many different things .
  36. xlukey
    May 25, 2021
    8
    It is not a game that you will play over and over again. Due to its bad storyline you will probably complete it and not run again for months. If you ignore it, you will give yourself some pretty good time. Gameplay is not perfect (in some places is even worse than storyline) but it is definitely a very playable game.
  37. loserswinners
    Jun 2, 2021
    10
    Underrated masterpiece! It's actually really fun and i absolutely love the city design.
  38. 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
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. DEmarkDamien
    Oct 10, 2016
    10
    I find it unbearable that, at E3, the developers presented a game but when the product was on sale, there is a less delivered graphic thing. The gameplay is fun though, graphics are really nice if we add that modder's graphic pack (I really can't remember the name right now). I was really hyped about this game, W.D. had such a wonderful potential, but Ubisoft didn't take full advance fromI find it unbearable that, at E3, the developers presented a game but when the product was on sale, there is a less delivered graphic thing. The gameplay is fun though, graphics are really nice if we add that modder's graphic pack (I really can't remember the name right now). I was really hyped about this game, W.D. had such a wonderful potential, but Ubisoft didn't take full advance from hacking posibilties. This is not a bad thing, but it must be took in consideration. I'm not hyped about W.D. II anymore, after 2K Czech screwed such a beautiful series like Mafia's, I won't be hyped about any other game that is anounced. I gave it 10* only because I liked the game, it is my style.… Expand
  42. GabrielBarrosWa
    May 1, 2015
    10
    Gta é melhor euhuhewfuhuefuhefwuwheufhuewfuehwuhuefwuhehuwehuewhuhuewhuweuhweuhwheuhoweuhoewhuuhewfuhoehuwehuuhweuhuhoewhuweuhhuowehuoehuwehuwehouweuhfhuwehuwfuuoh
  43. summer_2021
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    сјајна врло лепа игра би се поново играла и такође препоручила другима.
  44. droble
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします
  45. beztgamez
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    un ghjocu super bellu bellu ghjucaria torna è cunsiglierebbe ancu à l'altri
  46. Colossus778
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    super tre bela ludo ludus denove kaj ankaŭ rekomendus al aliaj!!!!!!!!!!!!
  47. F_o_r
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    logħba super sabiħa ħafna terġa 'tilgħab u tirrakkomanda wkoll lil ħaddieħor
  48. Jazzwidow
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    Në përgjithësi më pëlqen shumë kjo lojë, është pothuajse perfekte shumë e ftohtë
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. rootz
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    1554 negatives about this game ?? Amazing…
    You f*cking baby whiners !
    You depressed baby gay s&*ckers ...nothing is good enough for you ? Disgusting people !! whiners . Better Kill Yourself than . Nobody will miss you … 1554 negatives about this game ?? Amazing… You f*cking baby whiners ! You depressed baby gay s&*ckers ...nothing is good enough for you ? Disgusting    1554 negatives about this game ?? Amazing…
    You f*cking baby whiners !
    You depressed baby gay s&*ckers ...nothing is good enough for you ? Disgusting people !! whiners . Better Kill Yourself than .
    Nobody will miss you …

    1554 negatives about this game ?? Amazing…
    You f*cking baby whiners !
    You depressed baby gay s&*ckers ...nothing is good enough for you ? Disgusting people !! whiners . Better Kill Yourself than .
    Nobody will miss you …
    Your parents will be very happy if you kill yourself
    Than they will give a big party hahahaha :)
    Your parents will be very happy if you kill yourself
    Than they will give a big party hahahaha :)    … Expand
  52. lunaticfish
    Aug 28, 2015
    10
    Absolutely solid game and I don't understand the negative reviews. Perhaps I was lucky, but I started out playing this on a 4 year old Intel i3 with a budget Nvidia card and it looked good and ran well on Medium settings. I finished playing it on a different system (loving cloud based saves) where I was able to max everything out. Visually the game looked great on both systems, theAbsolutely solid game and I don't understand the negative reviews. Perhaps I was lucky, but I started out playing this on a 4 year old Intel i3 with a budget Nvidia card and it looked good and ran well on Medium settings. I finished playing it on a different system (loving cloud based saves) where I was able to max everything out. Visually the game looked great on both systems, the storyline is pretty solid and kept my attention and it brought some interesting new mechanics to a very tired genre.

    My only negative was the car driving as others have commented, took a little getting used to, especially coming from GTA V ... but no worse than Saints Row mechanics. Oh and the soundtrack has a pretty strange selection of tunes (although great use of Ministry's Jesus Built My Hotrod).

    I was fortunate though to pick this game up on a deal for under 10 euros, I'd held off buying it before due to the negative reviews. In hindsight, I would have quite happily paid full price.    … Expand
  53. casualgamer11
    Jun 28, 2015
    8
    I have got to admit; I've played this through a couple of times on pc and ps4 (pc version better IMHO (graphics etc)) and I really like it. The story and characters are really good contrary to what many people say in these reviews. Sure the car mechanics vs something like GTA aren't great but the novel gameplay mechanics (hacking), mission structure, large open world, complex NPCs areI have got to admit; I've played this through a couple of times on pc and ps4 (pc version better IMHO (graphics etc)) and I really like it. The story and characters are really good contrary to what many people say in these reviews. Sure the car mechanics vs something like GTA aren't great but the novel gameplay mechanics (hacking), mission structure, large open world, complex NPCs are really very accomplished. I'm not normally a fan of ubisoft games which often lack substance but this I really enjoyed. The highlight for me is the dark story of vengeance which isn't clichéd and is really quite though provoking and mature. I think this game has ultimately suffered from unrealised hype pre release otherwise I think generally the review scores would be higher. I would definitely recommend giving this a go; you might like me be pleasantly surprised… Expand
  54. jelikey
    Sep 12, 2015
    9
    A great game, with good story line, good characters, and a lot of realism, where the enemies kill you with 4 or 5 shoots, Not another GTA or another Saint Row, where the only grace is to kill anyone in an easy way.
  55. PJChem
    Oct 4, 2015
    8
    Great game, love it :) Funny but with so many bugs that sometimes is a little frustrating. It's a good ideia, with lots of funny things to do, the graphics are OK, and the gameplay os good.
  56. Para_Normal
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    game super sangat bagus akan bermain lagi dan juga merekomendasikan kepada orang lain
  57. coldblueyes
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    lojë super shumë e bukur do të luante përsëri dhe gjithashtu do t'u rekomandonte të tjerëve
  58. Rondalh
    Sep 18, 2021
    10
    Watch Dogs 2 was absolutely awful and i was really disappointed in basically everything they did with Watch Dogs 2. But Watch Dogs 1 is absolutely amazing and one of the most enjoyable games Ubisoft has ever made. Highly recommending, if you like GTA 4 or GTA 5.
  59. Jezzer1801
    May 27, 2015
    10
    I don't get why all the reviews are so bad. Yes I know it didn't live up to it's expectations and hype, but what can you do. You can do so many fun things and haven't you wanted to do this stuff in a game?
    It's still a good game, but everyone is fussing too much about the graphics not being the same as at E3 2012.
    Just get over it, it's still one of 2014's best games (in my opinion).
  60. MajikkijaM
    Jul 3, 2015
    10
    For me, this was the best game of 2015. I finished it on X1 and now playing it on PC using high settings, and let me tell you, it's the best looking next gen open world game I have played. The multiplayer is really fun and there are alot of ppl playing(7-2-15), I find matches instantly. The 1v1 hacking is soooo fun, it's like hide and seek with guns!! Tons of sidequests. Very destructableFor me, this was the best game of 2015. I finished it on X1 and now playing it on PC using high settings, and let me tell you, it's the best looking next gen open world game I have played. The multiplayer is really fun and there are alot of ppl playing(7-2-15), I find matches instantly. The 1v1 hacking is soooo fun, it's like hide and seek with guns!! Tons of sidequests. Very destructable environment where everything smashes to pieces in a realistic way. Keep in mind there are very realistic adult things in this game. My only gripe....no planes or heli. 10/10… Expand
  61. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 29, 2016
    9
    Watch_Dogs
    A Great game with inexcusable flaws
    Watch Dogs unfortunately suffers from hype... It promised amazing graphics and a deep open world, this is never achieved, but the 18 hour campaign featured here is one of the best open world campaigns I’ve played in a while.. Watch Dogs is a 3r5d person open world shooter game with a dash of puzzle… You play as Aiden Pierce trying to get    Watch_Dogs
    A Great game with inexcusable flaws
    Watch Dogs unfortunately suffers from hype...
    It promised amazing graphics and a deep open world, this is never achieved, but the 18 hour campaign featured here is one of the best open world campaigns I’ve played in a while..
    Watch Dogs is a 3r5d person open world shooter game with a dash of puzzle…
    You play as Aiden Pierce trying to get to the bottom of his Nieces murder…
    The story telling in Watch Dogs is great… Especially when your focus changes from your niece to someone else that I won’t mention to prevent spoilers, but I feel like the transition was perfect due to that connection… it makes you care... it keeps you pushing forward… but at the same time you’re still going after everyone involved in the initial hit…
    And again the writing and introduction to each character in the story is so great that you’ll either really love or really hate someone… you feel pierces emotion personally which creates a great deal of immersion in this story..
    To get information on locations you have to hack into buildings and severs…
    And there’s freedom in the way you can approach this…
    Watch Dogs works great as a 3rd person shooter with an intuitive cover system… an easy to access weapons wheel, tons of weapon variety, a great amount of ammo and crafting parts for bombs… a great stealth system to silently take enemies down or take them out with a silenced pistol…
    Or you can hack cameras and explosives…
    I personally had the most fun jumping from camera to camera, waiting for opportunities to explode fuse boxes, trigger alarms for a takedown set up… activating the grenades inside of enemy pockets…
    Many times during the story I didn’t have to fire a single bullet to get everything I came for..
    I hopped from camera to camera hacked into the system and left…
    Hacking here is very simple and comes down to a pipe type puzzle of feeding a blue line into other pieces and unlocking them. And these sections are the only mandatory hacking sections as again you can just play as a third person shooter if you’d like…
    Outside of the 18 hour campaign though is the open world of Chicago and unfortunately the open world is the weakest aspect in the entire game…
    Think of this more as a hub world to extend play time by spreading out mission locations, because ubisoft took 0 note in crafting this open world as it has issues in its open world I haven’t ran into since the PlayStation 2….
    Cars will disappear from where you left them if you run into a building to start a mission and come back out…
    During chases you have to ram cars to stop them or hack the world around you... which is actually a great deal of fun during intense chases, to blow up streets, raise bridges and road blocks while youre chasing or being chased by the police…
    But you cant shoot out of your window to shoot out tires despite enemies being able to shoot while driving…
    Another annoyance with these chase missions is that if you do get the person youre chasing stuck, you cant just pull them out of the vehicle theyre in… the only way to continue is shoot them through the window or get back into your car and ram them until they get out…
    This isn’t too annoying in story, but is highly annoying in online play when you have a random player trying to hack you…
    You can turn this feature off, but anyone at any time can enter your world and you can do the same entering there’s for rep, or co-op and competitive fun like races…
    But again these are real people... not ai controlled enemies, so trying to get a head shot on someone in a vehicles is much harder to do in this instance…
    And then theres hacking npcs to profile them…. To stop crimes from happening before they happen... I personally didn’t enjoy this aspect at all, I found it to be shallow filler and had no interest in doing random chases as again the campaign created such a great deal of urgency that it created tunnel vision for me…
    While Wacth_Dogs didn’t deliver the ground breaking experience it promised.. If you can look past those promises for what it actually is, it’s a great game with a great story.
    I give Watch_Dogs
    an 8.5/10    … Expand
  62. mcplums
    Dec 21, 2014
    9
    I am a bit confused about the generally negative response of this game. I absolutely loved it. As far as I could tell, it was am improved version of GTA5, which was unanimously adored.

    Reasons I enjoyed it more than GTA: 1) The hacking is AMAZING. Completely innovative and completely fun at the same time. Raising bollards so a chasing car smashes into them was incredibly satisfying.    I am a bit confused about the generally negative response of this game. I absolutely loved it. As far as I could tell, it was am improved version of GTA5, which was unanimously adored.

    Reasons I enjoyed it more than GTA:

    1) The hacking is AMAZING. Completely innovative and completely fun at the same time. Raising bollards so a chasing car smashes into them was incredibly satisfying. Scouting an area by going camera to camera was a genius idea. Playing GTA after getting used to the hacking felt like playing with a hand behind your back.

    2) I actually liked Aiden, he felt like a good guy, unlike Trevor who was a dick. I don't like playing as the bad guy.

    3) The raw gameplay was simply more fun, I think largely due to the hacking mechanic. Whether driving through the city or in a shoot out, this game was simply more enjoyable. I will admit that the gameplay was less varied in this game compared to GTA5 (many of the campaign missions were simply repackaged side quests), but I value fun more than variety.

    4) My favorite part were the hideouts (like outposts in Far Cry 3+4). They were absolutely fantastic, and there is no equivalent in GTA5. They were so good it seemed a shame to relegate them to side quests to be honest. I also enjoyed the CTOS towers bits (similar to towers, again in Far Cry) they were similar to hideouts except more puzzle based than shooting based. Brilliant.

    5) Learning the career and salary of everyone you walked past was another genius touch, and really made it feel more immersive.

    The reason this isn't a ten is due to the plausible complaints that the PC graphics were held back to stop showing up the consoles. This isn't cool. Hopefully Ubisoft have learnt from the negative feedback and won't do it again.    … Expand
  63. gamer888
    Apr 18, 2015
    10
    One of the best games out there, maybe most similar to Deus Ex HR or Splinter Cell.Choice of how to play missions, both shooting and stealth gameplay are good and you can customize your character according to your gameplay style. Has some GTA style car chases but much more complex and challenging, where you hack into stuff to take out your pursuers, and yes at the touch of a button whichOne of the best games out there, maybe most similar to Deus Ex HR or Splinter Cell.Choice of how to play missions, both shooting and stealth gameplay are good and you can customize your character according to your gameplay style. Has some GTA style car chases but much more complex and challenging, where you hack into stuff to take out your pursuers, and yes at the touch of a button which some people have a big problem with. Story is ok, mainly about someone who wants to get revenge on a killer and ends up killing a fair few people himself, partly depending how you play him. Maybe the dialogue and characters aren't that great but it's better than some movies.

    Some good mini games that are like separate Android phone games , and other side missions that are more about game play than story.And the graphics are fine, I also only encountered one major bug that didn't affect the game at all.

    I don't understand the hate this game gets, seems like people felt for some reason that they had been promised a perfect game and got upset when it wasn't, just ignore them and get it, if you like games there is a lot to enjoy, I think in the end it has turned out to be a very underrated game, can't wait for WD2.    … Expand
  64. behi8303
    Nov 11, 2014
    8
    Gameplay (of 10) : 8
    Story (of 10) : 7
    Graphic (of 10) : 8
    Sound (of 10) : 7

    Total : 7.6 / 10

    Total score is weighted average of four factors, respectively Gameplay, Story, Graphic, Sound.
  65. TGMode
    Aug 4, 2014
    8
    I've tried really hard to like this game. I like free roaming, I like driving about and shooting **** up, but I don't like this game. It is pretty rubbish. Not just the hype either. It's pretty ****e on it's own merit. GTA5 it isn't. I've tried and tried - 10+ hours but it's a dead horse and I'm through flogging. The only way I can get anything from this game is by uninstalling it andI've tried really hard to like this game. I like free roaming, I like driving about and shooting **** up, but I don't like this game. It is pretty rubbish. Not just the hype either. It's pretty ****e on it's own merit. GTA5 it isn't. I've tried and tried - 10+ hours but it's a dead horse and I'm through flogging. The only way I can get anything from this game is by uninstalling it and playing another.… Expand
  66. JayE
    Dec 25, 2014
    8
    Forget all the low scores, this game is a polished and well thought out game that just needs a few patches to get it right.

    It does have it's problems... 1. The default mouse and keyboard control on PC needs fixing. Mouse control is plagued with console helpers such as movement acceleration and laggy unrefined movement. Don't expect to turn and shoot accurately with 1:1 ratio like with    Forget all the low scores, this game is a polished and well thought out game that just needs a few patches to get it right.

    It does have it's problems...
    1. The default mouse and keyboard control on PC needs fixing. Mouse control is plagued with console helpers such as movement acceleration and laggy unrefined movement. Don't expect to turn and shoot accurately with 1:1 ratio like with 99% of other PC games, try 30% accuracy.
    Adjusting the XML settings file helped quite a bit but it is still cumbersome... Not to the point where I stopped playing, sure it took me 10x more retries on some missions because of the bad mouse controls (quickly aiming and shooting an enemy accurately is very tricky), but I persisted purely because this game is actually a good game overall.

    2. Driving controls using the mouse+Kbd is a headache. I though GTA was bad, this game is twice as bad as GTA.
    Hold the arrow keys down a bit too long and the car slides out. Hold the arrow key a bit too short and nothing happens.

    Graphics are good, not great. In high lit areas everything looks like a 2007 game, but things looks quite good in darker lit or sunset scenario's.

    The wireless hacking idea is fresh and works well.
    I like how you can jump from camera to camera, steal ATM codes, activate bridges, etc..

    Audio is excellent, decent actors, lots of variety.

    Gameplay is questionable as pointed above.
    But ignoring the mouse problems, the path finding and overall movement is decent. No excessive "stuck in animation and cant move where I want' issues like with many other games of late (i.e. Splinter Cell).

    Missions can be quite enjoyable, especially the gang hideout missions. Drawing the cops in to take out the bad guys is challenging and rewarding when done properly.
    However after completing a mission, there is some 'ok what do I do now'. Scanning the map for something to do, ignoring the boring sub-games. Chess, 3D pacman, race from point A to point B... I would prefer more missions where you need to infiltrate buildings/hideouts, track down and chase other hackers, something that requires a bit of intelligence please...

    80/100 due to bad mouse keyboard controls.
    93/100 if they fix the mouse/keyboard problems.    … Expand
  67. Costs1129
    Nov 2, 2014
    8
    This game gets a bad rap because of the hype around it. I was lucky enough to miss all the hype and play the game for what it is. All around a solid game. I will definitely play any sequals (though none of the DLC, because I feel I have played Chicago out).
  68. Baremolop
    Dec 21, 2014
    10
    Watch dogs is a really fun game on pc if you can run it, the pc port is not amazing but I think playing on mouse and keyboard is the superior way of playing this game. First things first this game singleplayer is not that great its kind of repetitive and the shooting is very easy, including the fact you can line up headshots behind cover. The story is pretty bland and the main characterWatch dogs is a really fun game on pc if you can run it, the pc port is not amazing but I think playing on mouse and keyboard is the superior way of playing this game. First things first this game singleplayer is not that great its kind of repetitive and the shooting is very easy, including the fact you can line up headshots behind cover. The story is pretty bland and the main character Aiden is bland and sounds like Batman with a head cold. A few of the characters though feel unique and are a great addition to the bland protagonist. The hacking is quite simple and is split up into a skills tree where you can select what you find useful from wrecking vehicles with traffic lights or using bridges as a ramp. The profiler system is great and hacking into civilians bank accounts and phone calls makes the world feel alive. The singleplayer and multiplayer are integrated well as you can connect to a session via your phone and keep playing the game until you have properly connected. There are 2 modes which allow you to hack into somebodys single player world and tail them or install a backdoor installation both of these tasks require stealth and your opponents can use the cameras around them to spot you offguard. There is also a race mode which is fairly basic which Is just normal driving with nitro. My two favourite modes were online decryption and online free roam. Decryption is a competitive sort of capture the flag game mode, and you can choose to select preset loadouts for your playing style, and you can use skills you've learnt from singleplayer into effect to help you and your team win. Free roam on the other hand was one of my favourite gamemodes I felt isolated when I wasn't playing with friends, but when I was, it was amazing and you can use the uplay chat to communicate. In this mode you can use everything from you singleplayer world including cars, weapons and skills and screw around in Chicago or Pawnee. The physics in this game are quite dodgy but not gamebreaking but hilarious making things funner, by getting ridiculous airs and doing crazy stunts online. This game is worth it on sale I have a GTX 660 2GB and it runs about 40- 55 fps on high… Expand
  69. Samzig
    Oct 11, 2014
    10
    To my surprise Watch Dogs turned out to be one of my favorite games of all time. It does the majority of things really well and it has content for 100 hours if you want to do everything! Hacking brings a lot of optional ways you can tackle missions. You can hack enemy equipment and go stealthily and try to remain unseen or go guns blazing and blow everything up. There's also some greatTo my surprise Watch Dogs turned out to be one of my favorite games of all time. It does the majority of things really well and it has content for 100 hours if you want to do everything! Hacking brings a lot of optional ways you can tackle missions. You can hack enemy equipment and go stealthily and try to remain unseen or go guns blazing and blow everything up. There's also some great voice actors, great driving, surprisingly clever puzzles and even a wonderful original score, Also, Chicago is one of the best open worlds I have seen in games, it looks fantastic especially at night. A word of warning though, you will need a powerful PC to be able to fully enjoy this game. I understand why some players are mad about how the game run at launch and how buggy it was, but fortunately for me I started to play this after the patches so it was a really smooth experience for me and I couldn't be much happier with it. Game of the year material, definitely. (9.5 / 10).… Expand
  70. Nylysius
    Sep 29, 2014
    8
    At first I did not like this game, that is because the amount of hype behind it was so massive that it made the game look like toilet on release. After two and a half months without playing I decided to launch it up again, thinking with a clear head, I finished the game in one marathon sitting, and I rather enjoyed it. If you bought this game on release and did not like it then I adviseAt first I did not like this game, that is because the amount of hype behind it was so massive that it made the game look like toilet on release. After two and a half months without playing I decided to launch it up again, thinking with a clear head, I finished the game in one marathon sitting, and I rather enjoyed it. If you bought this game on release and did not like it then I advise playing it again with a clear head. You might enjoy it.… Expand
  71. BarterClub
    May 27, 2014
    9
    Im very impressed with the game so far. I think they have a great new IP with new twists of a game that has never been seen before. Watch_Dogs is a great open world experience with a fast but yet realistic world environment.

    Pros. -Gameplay -Story -Graphics if you can handle them -Sound Cons. -Guns -Towers -Same feel from different games -Not optimize for pc If you like    Im very impressed with the game so far. I think they have a great new IP with new twists of a game that has never been seen before. Watch_Dogs is a great open world experience with a fast but yet realistic world environment.

    Pros.
    -Gameplay
    -Story
    -Graphics if you can handle them
    -Sound

    Cons.
    -Guns
    -Towers
    -Same feel from different games
    -Not optimize for pc

    If you like open world sandbox style games. This is up there with GTA 5. Watch_Dogs still has its problems its still has hours of fun that you never have played before.

    Twitch.com/CyberBeeTV for live feed of game    … Expand
  72. berkeyen_1234
    Sep 6, 2014
    8
    This game is not great but good. I love it. Hacking is so fun, mini games are so good, multiplayer is so fun but the singleplayer is not enough. İf the graphics were be better that game is will be awesome ı think
  73. NevWave
    Sep 19, 2021
    9
    Aiden Pearce is legendary protagonist. I like him here and in DLC in Watch Dogs Legion. Cars physics is terrible. But story very good. Graphics looks great.
  74. supernovax
    May 27, 2014
    9
    Let me just start off that this game is one amazing game. Do not listen to the negative reviews! It's mostly people saying that their gaming rig cant handle the graphics. I have an i7-4770@3.4ghz with a Nividia Geforce GTX 760, and 16gb ram, and this is seriously the best looking game out on the market right now! Everyone just keeps comparing it to GTA which is not a credible source. TheyLet me just start off that this game is one amazing game. Do not listen to the negative reviews! It's mostly people saying that their gaming rig cant handle the graphics. I have an i7-4770@3.4ghz with a Nividia Geforce GTX 760, and 16gb ram, and this is seriously the best looking game out on the market right now! Everyone just keeps comparing it to GTA which is not a credible source. They are two totally different games, and in my honest opinion Watch Dogs is better. You feel like you are immersed in a city. Its not lifeless like people on here are saying. NPC's are not stupid, there is alot to do in the city. The gameplay, and the motion feels refreshing. Steady 60fps for me, no hiccups. The story is really interesting, and grabs you right from the beginning. I have been a gamer for over half of my life, and this is the most interesting/refreshing game out there. Everything it does is new. You feel like you are playing a game that does a good job in stepping into the new generation. The skill tree is a great addition. You feel like you are gaining progress throughout the entire game. Now I can see why people have problems with this game. If you don't have a great computer you may face some perfermance issues, but seriously guys its 2014 upgrade your PC. Less than 8 gigs ram, and I wouldn't even try to play this game. Another problem that I have is the driving. It was pretty tough for me to get used to, but eventually once I grasped the controls it actually became a real joy to drive around. Hacking is pretty linear, but it has its freedom. Honestly the free roam is endless. There are so many things to do in the game world, and I haven't even tried multiplayer yet. Please for the sake of everybody DO NOT listen to GTA fanboys. DO NOT listen to the people who have crap PCs saying this game is garbage. Play this game for yourself it is not a waste of 60 bucks. I'm giving this game a 9 because in my book no game is perfect. :D… Expand
  75. COHL7500
    May 29, 2014
    9
    I think that all these people who gives this a 0-3 Really needs to get slapped in the face as many times as possible, because this is like saying that "I dont what a game is" Because THIS game, looks fantastic, and i´ve for sure been playing this more than all other people that gave this negative. In this review, im gonna be honest, and tell you the truth. Not the **** making review thatI think that all these people who gives this a 0-3 Really needs to get slapped in the face as many times as possible, because this is like saying that "I dont what a game is" Because THIS game, looks fantastic, and i´ve for sure been playing this more than all other people that gave this negative. In this review, im gonna be honest, and tell you the truth. Not the **** making review that haven´t played this game, because people HONESTLY dont know what the **** is a 0-3 out of 10. Go see Mindjack, then you know.

    This game is a really the best graphics on the market yet, and yes, i felt like it looked bad on the livestreams, but that was just the haters making it look so bad, but the game is actually looking really good, i was actually sometimes (even at morning) strolling around for looking at the game - it looks really good on Ultra and high, and i can agree with people saying that this game is only for rich gamers, or something playing on maxed out (as i do), but that doesn´t really care, because the game looks great too on High.

    The game has a really an addicting gameplay. I was playing 10 hours straight, and i couldn´t even stop. People saying that this game is boring after 2 hours, have some ****ing problems. The game has too some kind of soul in the game, fx: When you´re walking on the streets, you´re seeing alot of people, but none of them looks the same (As cough GTA cough..), and some of them are actually doing stuff that makes you stop up, and look. The game comes sometimes with a random mission saying like "CRIME DETECTED! CLICK X FOR Destination!" Which makes the game not boring at-all; Sometimes, i was a bit stressed in the game because you really want to complete the crime, and you really want to try the Gang Hideout (Which shows the good stealth in this game), and sometimes you really want to try criminal convoy (Which is a tactical gameplay) And the criminal convoy, is exactly what that makes the game REALLY, and yes, REALLY gets the game to look look a ****ing badass movie! It works like that there´s 3 (sometimes 4) Trying to get the money/hash/armory away from the city (You´ll meet russians lol), which makes it extremely hard to complete, because people needs to be saved (like in the E3 Gameplay 2012), but TRUST me, it doesn´t work trying to **** around, even on medium they´re trolling, you, and just to say: THE. NPCS. ARE. NOT. DUMB. And why are they not dumb? Well because: 1st: They´re calling reinforcements, which makes you ****ed sometimes, because they´re coming from behind, and the front of you. 2nd: They´re not just YOLO'ing in this game. They´re going to immediatly find cover, and they´re running behind you, to **** you up. 3rd: When they´re driving, the (secret) guards will dodge your shots that you´re shooting, and try to drive as near, as possible, and they will drive behind you, to get your ass pwned 7 times in a row. 4th: If you´re in a shop, and there´s a TV Screen, and there´s coming news about you, the owner will react in 2 different ways 1st. He´s going to warn ctOS with an alarm under the desk. 2nd: He will say to you, if he knows that you´re a good guy "Hey, dont bring me in trouble. Get out of here!" Then he will hide under the desk, and not warn the police.

    The skill tree in this game is extremely helpful to survive in this game, and it has a lot of different skills to upgrade, the one im upgrading most, is combat, and hacking (which is a bit important in this game). And i really love the skill tree, and a lot more than far cry 3 Showed us.

    The first time driving in this game is really special for you when you start, but i learned it faster than i could count to 20. It´s really easy to drive in this game, and it feels like a driving game, because you will feel the difference when you´re driving in this game, in any other game, like this: Muscle cars is the most difficult to drive, and they have a handling like a leopard have. The normal racer cars, and performance cars will sometimes have a really badass driving, and handling, when the normal cars will just feel uninteresting to drive in.

    FINAL VERDICT: The game has some bugs, which all game has, and it´s not like "OMG TOO MANY BUGS KILLING MYSELF" It has like some strange bugs, which only with trying to make a glitch, or trying to **** it up. I must say, that i dont understand people that have rated this game, they should really be tortured for saying something so bad, even gamefront was stupid enough to jump on the train. Many will think, when im giving it a rate on 10: "Lol, ya dont mean it, right?" And yes, i do. This game lived COMPLETELY up to its hype, but it seems like it was only GTA Idiots that reviewed this game, and GTA, cant ****ing beat this game, at all. The history is full of surprises too: ((SPOILER)) BadBoy17 in this game will be Clara Lille, which is a really big surprise for me.

    This game deserves with a golden badge 9/10: Addicting Gameplay, extremely perfect design, AND AI/Tech too!    … Expand
  76. AngkerOne
    May 27, 2014
    9
    Watch Dogs is a great game whit the originality, Don't compare it with GTA 5 or Saints Row, those two game are good but Watch dogs is different open world game and more than that, its not only being the bad guy using a gun. Watch dogs is better than that. This game was more focusing on hacking, that never appear in other game, Enjoy the hacking, it's a nex gen game!
  77. adnane
    May 27, 2014
    9
    although there has been a lot of criticism on the graphics side (compared to the E3 2012 demo)
    but i think there very good not amazing but very good.the other important thing is the game is fun to play i a had many fun moments hacking and killing so far and thats whats important having fun
  78. JeffEagle
    May 27, 2014
    10
    iamthewizard2 is obviously lying. I have ONE 780TI (not 3 like this guy claims he has..never even heard of that anyways...) and I am running this game on max settings with 60-80FPS. The graphics are very, very good. Anyone that says otherwise has not played the PC version of this game and are probably disgruntled console players (like myself, who cancelled my pre order for the ps4 afteriamthewizard2 is obviously lying. I have ONE 780TI (not 3 like this guy claims he has..never even heard of that anyways...) and I am running this game on max settings with 60-80FPS. The graphics are very, very good. Anyone that says otherwise has not played the PC version of this game and are probably disgruntled console players (like myself, who cancelled my pre order for the ps4 after learning about 900p 30FPS). Best decision I made was to get this for PC over the ps4. This is a GREAT game so far.… Expand
  79. marsza
    May 30, 2014
    9
    Great Game.Running it on medium-high on my PC and its a pretty cheap PC.Please do a driver update on your GFX Card if you are struggling it helps. Good Graphics Good Story Fantastic Gameplay As long as you don't try and compare it to GTA you will enjoy the game.Its not GTA and not the same Genre as GTA Good BUY...For the PC Gamers complaining they cant run the game.The game stuttersGreat Game.Running it on medium-high on my PC and its a pretty cheap PC.Please do a driver update on your GFX Card if you are struggling it helps. Good Graphics Good Story Fantastic Gameplay As long as you don't try and compare it to GTA you will enjoy the game.Its not GTA and not the same Genre as GTA Good BUY...For the PC Gamers complaining they cant run the game.The game stutters everytime it tries to connect to UPLAY Servers.So simply turn off your cloud saving and/or start uplay in offline mode until the servers are fixed,and the other 80% complaining about lag should buy the original instead of playing the pirate copy,it runs much better… Expand
  80. Captain_jonno
    May 27, 2014
    10
    The more I play the more I absolutely love this game. There is so much to do, super fun and it looks absolutely amazing on PC especially when its not the middle of the day it really shows off its beauty. It also runs flawlessly!

    If people are having problems with performance get MSI afterburner/riva tuner and see how much of your videoram and your gpu % usage. etc I get 60+ fps and    The more I play the more I absolutely love this game. There is so much to do, super fun and it looks absolutely amazing on PC especially when its not the middle of the day it really shows off its beauty. It also runs flawlessly!

    If people are having problems with performance get MSI afterburner/riva tuner and see how much of your videoram and your gpu % usage. etc

    I get 60+ fps and run at 2560x1600 with textures on high (not ultra as it states 3+ vram req) and everything else on ultra, hbao+ high and Anti-aliasing on fxaa. No stuttering or any problems with the SLI just beautiful gameplay. My specs are GTX 690, i7 4770k @ 4.4 ghz, 16gb ram.    … Expand
  81. reaidstar
    May 27, 2014
    8
    What Watch_Dogs is, is what it does well. A new IP that is trying to compete with Grand Theft Auto and Saints Row, which are well established and have a big following behind it.

    What is good: + Huge open world + Story is well written + Acting is brilliant + Hacking is fun as all hell, and helps interaction in the world + It's beautiful (Even if it's not as good as E3, it still has    What Watch_Dogs is, is what it does well. A new IP that is trying to compete with Grand Theft Auto and Saints Row, which are well established and have a big following behind it.

    What is good:
    + Huge open world
    + Story is well written
    + Acting is brilliant
    + Hacking is fun as all hell, and helps interaction in the world
    + It's beautiful (Even if it's not as good as E3, it still has graphics on par to GTA V)

    What it does... not so good:
    - Optimisation is abysmal. Even on the best rig possible, Ultra won't hold a frame rate above 60FPS. People that have obnoxious rigs want 120FPS, and if they can't get that, that's bad.
    - Logic. You can steal a high performance car while everyone is around and run them down. No cops.
    Aim a gun at someone, or steal a car, every cop in Chicago!
    - Reputation System is pointless. Kill people, Save people; there is still no influential consequences or rewards for it.
    - Even though it's beautiful, render distance of objects are terrible

    The big thing about this is the morality choices you are given from seeing the personal information from Profiling them makes you not want to kill people like you do in GTA V and Saints Row, and that is a good reason to try to be a good person.

    As I said, as a new IP it's amazing. There are things Ubisoft can improve on exponentially, and they will be working on patches maybe for the next six months, and I would see that Watch_Dogs 2 will improve the series beyond anything we've seen already. Don't be so hard on a game that has the potential to knock Grand Theft Auto off their pedestal, because I already see their tower getting a few dints from this game already.    … Expand
  82. Dampwater
    May 27, 2014
    9
    Ubisoft's Watch Dogs for me is a brilliant game. Even though it shows alot of room for improvement since i was walking up a transparent staircase!! ¬¬ Ignoring that, there is plenty to do in watch dogs, as long as you understand what this game is about. The trailers do this best but the whole purpose of the free roam is to be a realistic hero with all the cities gadgets at your fingertips.Ubisoft's Watch Dogs for me is a brilliant game. Even though it shows alot of room for improvement since i was walking up a transparent staircase!! ¬¬ Ignoring that, there is plenty to do in watch dogs, as long as you understand what this game is about. The trailers do this best but the whole purpose of the free roam is to be a realistic hero with all the cities gadgets at your fingertips. Walking around the city you can profile every person, listen to their phone calls, read their texts, hack into their bank accounts and occasionally you come across a criminal. Vigilante justice is then in your hands. This is what watch dogs offers.
    The way Watch Dogs blends multi-player into single player is genius, I almost got hacked twice whilst I was free roaming between missions. TBH free roaming has gripped me more than the story-line so far but I'll see where it goes.
    This game is compared to GTA 5 which in my opinion is not fair considering Rockstar have not released a PC version of GTA 5. If they did, I reckon it would be as demanding on high end game PC's as Watch Dogs which is why they haven't done so. The fact is, watch dogs is an open world game with to many elements to count for. It has elements similar to the free running of Sleeping Dogs, the driving of GTA IV, alongside the gun mechanics of mafia 2, with the similar ambient lighting affects of far cry 3 as well as the new hacking system. Alot of bang for your buck. The stealth side of Watch Dogs to me felt alot like Hitman Absolution. I was running this game on a GTX 660, with 4GB of ram and an AMD FX processor, for a gaming rig it is not great but walking the streets was fluid, I didn't bother driving because I had a stupidly low fps.
    This is the type of game I expected when Rockstar released GTA IV, so yes, Watch Dogs map is small(er) compared to GTA V but Watch Dogs a few updates down the line will be quality.
    It is an incredibly demanding PC game considering just to run the game textures on high you need 2 GB of GPU memory and 3GB for Ultra. My rig does run it on ultra at around 10 fps and it is truly a work of art. I have not been this impressed into a games aesthetics since Farcry 3, but at-least that runs smoothly.
    I would like to of seen some physical restraint to the amount of weapons you can carry because for a realistic game, to be able to carry three sub-machine guns and three pistols is a little bit 90's. Considering the availability of money in watch dogs it would not make a difference if Aiden could only carry 25 bullets. He could easily buy more at the store after he's robbed a few citizens.    … Expand
  83. asdasdasda
    Mar 7, 2015
    10
    the game is great ! It have many question to play a lot of cars like gta sainst row ... .the story is good interesting ! the world is very colorful ! i like this game very much
  84. Soulece
    Jun 1, 2014
    9
    Most of the player reviews on here are troll reviews for whatever reason. The only flaws in Watch Dogs are a couple graphical anomalies like flashing lights on rare occasions and not so polished driving when using the mouse and keyboard. To fix the driving problem, I just used a Xbox 360 controller to play Watch Dogs.

    I'm tired of everyone trying to compare Watch Dogs to GTA. It's not    Most of the player reviews on here are troll reviews for whatever reason. The only flaws in Watch Dogs are a couple graphical anomalies like flashing lights on rare occasions and not so polished driving when using the mouse and keyboard. To fix the driving problem, I just used a Xbox 360 controller to play Watch Dogs.

    I'm tired of everyone trying to compare Watch Dogs to GTA. It's not GTA. The only thing they have in common is they are an open world game set in an urban environment as opposed to being set in the past like AC or in tropical settings like Far Cry.

    As for people saying that Watch Dogs graphics are bad, then they have clearly not played the game on max graphics. I've played Watch Dogs with Ambient Occlusion on highest quality, AA on MXAA x8 and everything else on max and my game ran as smooth as butter except for the occasional random fps drop, however, it was usually only for a second and didn't happen that often. For the most part, the games graphics are well optimized but it has a few rare graphical issues but the problems are probably to do with the graphics drivers and not the game itself.

    The game is gorgeous on max graphics, especially at night or when it's raining. When you ride through Chicago at night when it is raining, it's incredibly beautiful. The lights of the city reflecting off the water pooling on the streets and side walks, the fog hanging in the air, it's amazing. I've seen the PS4 graphics first hand at my friend's house and they don't hold a light to the PC versions graphics at max settings.

    For those claiming that Watch Dogs is unoptimized and they can't play the game except on low settings even with a powerful computer, most of them are using AMD cards. It's not just Watch Dogs that AMD has had issues with. There have been too many games to count that AMD drivers fail at playing on. If you cheap out and buy an AMD graphics card, you shouldn't be outraged when it has problems playing a game. My Nvidia GTX 780 plays the game perfectly fine at max settings.

    I also saw a review that claimed that the game has no physics, which is an obvious lie. Aiden's clothes have physics on them. His coat blows in the wind and when you ride a motorcycle. Also, when you crash into another car while riding a motorcycle, you go flying through the air with ragdoll physics. When you neutralize other vehicles, you can see the physics in the crash scenes, with several times seeing cars being launched in the air and flipping.

    The game gives you total freedom to do what you want, when you want. There are plenty of side missions to keep you busy between main campaign missions. The multiplayer is always fun when you invade another unsuspecting player.

    In conclusion, the game is great and has all the hallmarks of becoming an amazing franchise. As with any first game in a franchise, it does have it's problems but they will most certainly be improved in future installments. If you are looking for a good game that will occupy you for endless hours, then you should definitely buy this game. As for most of the other reviews that are very low on here, most of them are either GTA fanboys that feel threatened by a game that isn't trying to compete with GTA or they are people who are using AMD graphics cards that are outraged the game doesn't work when it's an AMD driver problem and not a Watch Dogs problem.    … Expand
  85. TheTiidMachine
    May 27, 2014
    9
    Good game, the only problem with the game is the driving and the car damage system it's pretty dull. Everything else is pretty amazing. And to everyone that gives a bad score because they can't run it, it's not your graphics card it's your cpu that needs to be good, I run the game on high with a gtx 650 ti 1 gb. People now a days are so stupid they just buy graphics cards because theyGood game, the only problem with the game is the driving and the car damage system it's pretty dull. Everything else is pretty amazing. And to everyone that gives a bad score because they can't run it, it's not your graphics card it's your cpu that needs to be good, I run the game on high with a gtx 650 ti 1 gb. People now a days are so stupid they just buy graphics cards because they think that's what is going to run the entire game, to all those people... GO TO SCHOOL!… Expand
  86. Emphatic
    May 28, 2014
    9
    Regardless of the the Hype, this game provides a rich, fun and interesting experience. Yes, at times it feels like something you have played before, but at others it feels like something you never have, the graphics are amazing, the driving takes a bit to get used to, but is also great, the combat system is Good but has its flaw, particularly in the cover system which feels rather clunky.Regardless of the the Hype, this game provides a rich, fun and interesting experience. Yes, at times it feels like something you have played before, but at others it feels like something you never have, the graphics are amazing, the driving takes a bit to get used to, but is also great, the combat system is Good but has its flaw, particularly in the cover system which feels rather clunky. The hacking and mini games are where this title shines, you really feel like your in that world snooping about finding secrets and discovering crimes, the mini games are fun and nice change of pace. The story is by far the most redeeming quality of the game, you really feel that Aiden Pearce is a torn, with a haunting past, try to correct the mistakes of his past, while bringing those responsible for it to justice.… Expand
  87. danielaggie2010
    May 27, 2014
    9
    If you expect it to be like a copy of GTA5, then look somewhere else, if you are expecting that the game needs you to know programming and other things so you can do a "real hacking" stay away! dumb people saying one button is not hacking.. its a game! it has to be easy to do some stuff!! Geez..... Graphics are not bad at all, you want photorealism in an open world?? How many really haveIf you expect it to be like a copy of GTA5, then look somewhere else, if you are expecting that the game needs you to know programming and other things so you can do a "real hacking" stay away! dumb people saying one button is not hacking.. its a game! it has to be easy to do some stuff!! Geez..... Graphics are not bad at all, you want photorealism in an open world?? How many really have 4 GTX Titans to be able to handle the game steady? Seriously driving is like in GTA, no complains at all. You want full realism? go play forza or gran turismo or arma 3... Geez people are just trolls thinking this game had to be 100% realistic! they never said that! No graphic problems or framerate drops at all for me... Come on if you pc is **** and u want full hd 60 fps with all ultra settings, upgrade your damn PC!… Expand
  88. jssrfx
    Aug 2, 2014
    9
    First of all let me say that I cannnot for the life of me understand why people are flaming this game so much. Maybe the expectations were too high, or people are just expecting something that is not really their genre, but I honestly don't understand it.

    I also have no performance issues whatsoever, and I am playing on a QuadCore Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM and a GeForce GTX 650 1 GB.    First of all let me say that I cannnot for the life of me understand why people are flaming this game so much. Maybe the expectations were too high, or people are just expecting something that is not really their genre, but I honestly don't understand it.

    I also have no performance issues whatsoever, and I am playing on a QuadCore Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM and a GeForce GTX 650 1 GB. Sure, not at the highest resolution and on medium to low settings, but that still makes the game look better than GTA IV. Frame rate is consistent and ultimately that is all that matters. I guess I'm also from a generation that played games before terms like "anti aliasing", "shaders" and "HD" were even terms used, so my expectation might be different. Each and every single GTA game was a benchmark for its time, and I'm sure GTA V will be doing the same upon release for the PC. So why should Watch_Dogs be different?

    As far as the game is concerned, I find it absoutely addictive, similar to the GTA games. To me it feels like a combination out of GTA, Batman Arkham City, Assassin's Creed and Max Payne. You can argue about the cliches, but that is part of most computer games. I find it ridiculous that most reviews appear to be based on day one performance of a game. When has there ever been a game that was bug free on day one? How many games have required patching in the past and are now absolute classics with an excellent replay value?

    I expected a GTA style game from Watch_Dogs, with some added, different features and for once not a mob, or gang background. A game that is fun and lets you play the way you like, when you like, and that is precisely what I got. If they had made the "hacking" any more complicated, the game would not have been accessible to the "normal user", to someone who doesn't necessarily need an understanding of how networks, computers and mobile devices work together. It all works well, and I have probably a good 25 to 30 hours under my belt so far, without even so much as having completed ACT 1, let alone the DLC content that's available. If a game is that much fun, that I can spend hours playing it without actually doing any of the campaign missions, that means it's entertaining and a good game to me.

    I find the missions fun, the combat satisfying and interesting, the city feels alive and even the driving makes for a fun diversion. Sure, there could have been a bit more damage to the cars and I would have liked an option to repair and/or customize cars, but then maybe that would be overkill. I'm glad Ubisoft combined elements from their other games and to me personally it's definitely a nice addition to my game collection.

    I think people need to stop being so ridiculously whiny about releases, and the developer can't be blamed for not meeting people's expectations. I watched the demo videos of Watch_Dogs months ago and knew then I would love this game. So far there was nothing shown in the early gameplay videos, that the game does not allow you to do. Watch_Dogs delivers what it said it would, no more, but definitely not less. If you don't like the game, that's one thing, but it does not deserve the 0-5 score marks it has been getting. Definitely not.    … Expand
  89. Cowson
    May 28, 2014
    9
    I love this game. They have done such a great job. The attention to detail is phenominal. Do not listen to people complaining about poor performance connection issues. I have had no issues with this game. I think people need to understand their hardware and their capabilities before reviewing a game.

    If your PC can handle it; the graphics are immense. I love the Nvidia TXAA is bloody    I love this game. They have done such a great job. The attention to detail is phenominal. Do not listen to people complaining about poor performance connection issues. I have had no issues with this game. I think people need to understand their hardware and their capabilities before reviewing a game.

    If your PC can handle it; the graphics are immense. I love the Nvidia TXAA is bloody brilliant for my system. Looks so much nicer than the other options and less power hungry.

    Can't wait to play with some friends. Gonna be great.    … Expand
  90. Jeimaiku
    May 29, 2014
    9
    Watch Dogs isn't perfect by any means. There's little things here and there that are a bit off, but at the end of the day, it's a genuinely fun and engrossing experience.

    Graphically, the game is stunning. Admittedly, my PC can only assure good framerates on medium to high settings, but I did pump them to ultra to check them out and it really is pretty breathtaking visually. My only    Watch Dogs isn't perfect by any means. There's little things here and there that are a bit off, but at the end of the day, it's a genuinely fun and engrossing experience.

    Graphically, the game is stunning. Admittedly, my PC can only assure good framerates on medium to high settings, but I did pump them to ultra to check them out and it really is pretty breathtaking visually. My only complaint was the reflections in windows, but it wasn't what I'd consider immersion-breaking. One of those things you notice initially but it doesn't really bother you. I've heard stories that you need a little bit of tweaking to fix the framerate problems on certain high-end devices but it's nonetheless possible to achieve.

    The gameplay is quite enjoyable. I hear complaints about driving compared to the GTA games, but the driving is very similar to GTA V in my experience, with the added perk that I've yet to see a car in Watch Dogs fly 40 feet into the air during a collision. Other complaints I heard were around the simplicity involved in hacking, but I find that preferable given that your focus with the hacking mechanic is the ends, not the means. I don't really care for the standard hacking minigames/quick time events to get what I want done. I'd rather just, you know. Make that power box explode at the right time. That seems to have been the intent behind the mechanics and it works well in that capacity. Hanging out across the street from a compound while all the machinery inside is going haywire like there's a deranged poltergeist makes for really fulfilling gameplay.

    The world and NPCs seem great to me. Admittedly, Chicago is smaller than the expanses of some other games, but feels significantly more alive. Thanks to the profiling mechanic, each person has detail about them, conversations you can listen in on, to an extent, back story. If there's an accident or gun fire, people react very naturally, and it creates a strong sense of realism. As inconvenient as it was, it was great slamming into a car to see someone call the police. And further to see the police doing a realistically good job of tracking me down.

    I considered dropping the score because of the UPlay shenanigans around launch, but there's been enough online launches to understand that it's probably an inevitability for an online launch (although this was still one of the smoother online launches in recent history). Also, that 3 days of inconvenience around such a system have no impact on the game itself after that period of time, and reviewing otherwise is akin to giving a store a negative review because you couldn't find what you wanted on Black Friday.

    Bought based on recommendations from friends who bought it, would buy again.    … Expand
  91. MaxBressler
    May 28, 2014
    9
    Okay.
    This game is great. I really don't know what people are talking about. This Chicago is full of life, and the only semi-bad thing I have seen is the driving, however I still have a crap-ton of fun still.
    There is very little bad about this game, and you feel like a badass while playing. People are just stupid sometimes. This game is worth your money, unlike Battlefield Four. How    Okay.
    This game is great. I really don't know what people are talking about. This Chicago is full of life, and the only semi-bad thing I have seen is the driving, however I still have a crap-ton of fun still.
    There is very little bad about this game, and you feel like a badass while playing.
    People are just stupid sometimes.
    This game is worth your money, unlike Battlefield Four. How could that game get a 5.9 by users and this a 4.4? Anyways, this game is deserving of a 9.5/10 in my humble opinion.    … Expand
  92. ici_chacal
    May 29, 2014
    9
    The game is good but not perfect. There are no many games on PC like this one. GTA V were never released on PC so we should have not compare them two. We should rather compare it vs. the first trailers we saw 2 years ago. So what I noticed only as an disappointed is the Graphic - a little bit worse than presented. All the rest is the same. My score for this game is 8.
  93. Kosheus
    Jun 2, 2014
    10
    If you want to play it on PC then you need to make some changes in settings file (one option change from "console" to "pc" and turn on rain render).
    Game is good. My first impression was disappointment.. but then. i like it more and more
  94. Loggrim
    May 28, 2014
    10
    I'm about 10 hours in with 14% completion. Only 3 out of like 40 (I think) story missions done, and still several types of missions that I haven't started yet, as well as several more of each type I have tried.

    There is a lot to do, some stealthy, some shooty, some trippy, some hacky, some goofy, some serious... sersiouly a lot to do in Watch_Dogs. So, I feel pretty darn good about    I'm about 10 hours in with 14% completion. Only 3 out of like 40 (I think) story missions done, and still several types of missions that I haven't started yet, as well as several more of each type I have tried.

    There is a lot to do, some stealthy, some shooty, some trippy, some hacky, some goofy, some serious... sersiouly a lot to do in Watch_Dogs.

    So, I feel pretty darn good about this games length.

    I continue to have a blast just wondering around hacking people for money, listening to their phone calls, reading their texts, peeping into their homes and apartments. lol.

    I see a lot of complaints about the driving, but I think that's just because it "feels" different than GTA or Saints Row, so you kind of have to re-learn how to play. I guess people hate that. Learning.

    But I love the WAY it works, hacking streetlights so it takes out an armored convoy that didn't even know I was there. Or slamming on the brakes and firing a barricade so my chasers fly by me and slam into it. Raising a bridge with juuuust the right timing so that I can jump over but they cannot follow. Time it just right and you get an awesome slow down so you can admire your hacking (timing) skills.

    It's fast, its dynamic, you always have options over the GTA/Saints Row staple of "drive fast" and I love it.

    Tried some of the Multiplayer, it's interesting, kinda like AC but you are trying to stay in range without getting spotted, or trying to spot who is after you. The matchmaking system is kind of a bummer, because you are locked out of a lot of activities while you are queued in the MP system but its another thing to do in the world and it (and all the other activities) is better than ALL of those "things" to do in GTA.

    The game continues to run great for me, no lag, no stutter, no crashes, no memory leaks, no bugs aside from a tiny bit of open world funk here and there, I haven't had to get new drivers or anything, just install and play.

    Really hoping the buzz on this game turns around a bit.

    Yes it sounds like AMD users are having more trouble. Yes it sounds like there is some weird FPS issue with PCs that should completely overpower this game's engine. Yes Uplay was down for a while today a couple of times causing some trouble for some people to download the game.

    But that's no reason for people to give 1 or 2 star reviews. Or even to not recommend it to others.

    That said Watch_Dogs might not appeal to every single GTA/Saints Row/AC fan out there... but I liked those games a lot... and I can't wait to have some free time tomorrow to play more.    … Expand
  95. SenshudoTV
    May 28, 2014
    9
    One-button hacking brings new and simplistic abilities to the table that make playing through Aiden’s dark and lengthy story feel powerful and fun. With the variety of side missions and multiplayer it all adds up to a huge adventure and stealth options let you play smart if you prefer. With car chases aside, Watch_Dogs is very well made, and has many unique ideas to make it an awesomeOne-button hacking brings new and simplistic abilities to the table that make playing through Aiden’s dark and lengthy story feel powerful and fun. With the variety of side missions and multiplayer it all adds up to a huge adventure and stealth options let you play smart if you prefer. With car chases aside, Watch_Dogs is very well made, and has many unique ideas to make it an awesome open-world action game.… Expand
  96. mezdejek
    May 31, 2014
    10
    Yesterday i completed this game and I can say that it's the best story i have ever played. This game has some problems but people that give it bad note only shows how stupid they are. This game should have solid 8/10 (I gave 10 because there are to much idiots there that gave 0 because... i don't know what)

    + amazing story - actually one of the best stories so far i have ever played +    Yesterday i completed this game and I can say that it's the best story i have ever played. This game has some problems but people that give it bad note only shows how stupid they are. This game should have solid 8/10 (I gave 10 because there are to much idiots there that gave 0 because... i don't know what)

    + amazing story - actually one of the best stories so far i have ever played
    + smart and flanking npc
    + spider tank!!!
    + a lot of cars ( a lot of "budget" cars! )
    + enough weapons
    + amazing multi-player free roam (but they should at least add poker there)

    - cannot modify weapons (scope, magazine, silencer, laser etc )
    - cannot do some simple stupid things like sit on bench this could be event greater durning hacking other player (like in assasin's creed but without stupid gray colors...)
    - only one item at normal shops -> for eg you can only buy beer ( alcohol should negatively influence the "focus" not add it...) beer should take one point of focus for some time, vodka should take 5 )
    - has typical sandbox errors (big car spawned blended with fence and disappeared (when i did enter)

    For those which want "radio" from gta 5 you have application for music where you can remove all songs from list and add only those which you want (it is organized in music types so you can add all pop or soul whatever you want)

    If you don't want to play - it's your problem, but don't give not < 5 because this game does not deserve it!    … Expand
  97. Peniaga
    May 27, 2014
    10
    Wow, the game really delivers what it promised for. Played it on the most superior platform for gamers which is my PC, and it's totally worth it preordering. You really feel like an unstoppable hacker where you literally kill everyone with your iPhone! Also, it even has more cars than GTA V, so I personally think this game is far more better! The graphics are pretty beautiful, beautifullyWow, the game really delivers what it promised for. Played it on the most superior platform for gamers which is my PC, and it's totally worth it preordering. You really feel like an unstoppable hacker where you literally kill everyone with your iPhone! Also, it even has more cars than GTA V, so I personally think this game is far more better! The graphics are pretty beautiful, beautifully crafted dialogues and memorable characters so I think the devs really put much thought into this. The driving physics really up to par with some driving simulator sims like Gran Turismo, and the combat is far more intense (and even better than Max Payne series!). Ubisoft never fails to make a good game!

    Buy this game, you won't regret it for the awesome adventure of chicago!    … Expand
  98. magetron
    May 27, 2014
    10
    It was just incredible to see so many NPCs alive with their own backgrounds, and the city in Chicago was amazing.
    It's not only a game about hacking but also reflects the recent issues that just happened in reality.
  99. xSmoshi
    May 27, 2014
    10
    Don't listen to the negative reviews. This game, in my opinion, will be nominated for Game of the Year. The amount of content they put into this game blows my mind. Aside from the main missions, there are a plethora of side missions, hacking jobs, mini games, and even collectibles to find that will unlock additional missions. I have completed the game, and am about 90% done with the extraDon't listen to the negative reviews. This game, in my opinion, will be nominated for Game of the Year. The amount of content they put into this game blows my mind. Aside from the main missions, there are a plethora of side missions, hacking jobs, mini games, and even collectibles to find that will unlock additional missions. I have completed the game, and am about 90% done with the extra content. I would give the story an 8/10, gameplay an 8/10, and graphics a 9/10. If you are still unsure whether you should buy this game or not, I highly recommend a rental. I guarantee you, once you play even just an hour, you will be hooked.

    Happy Hacking    … Expand
  100. oxumozka
    May 29, 2014
    9
    Things about Watch Dogs:
    - Very nice graphics
    - A good variety of cars
    - Nice guns
    - Interesting plot
    - Chicago
    - The hacking is too easy

    Almost everything in the game is very good except the hacking. It's really too easy. The NPC is sometimes a little weird, but often it works fine.
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#20 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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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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