- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Release Date: May 26, 2014
- Also On: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 5182 Ratings
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Positive: 2,662 out of 5182
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Mixed: 913 out of 5182
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Negative: 1,607 out of 5182
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Dec 8, 2020I really like first Watch_Dogs game, second and third game are trash sadly, so i don't have high hopes for 4th game, because feels like they have no idea how to make it good anymore. But at least first one was actually really cool with it's dark atmosphere and pretty good graphics for 2014 (on PC of course, i know console versions looked worse).
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Dec 14, 2020This game is absolutely amazing compared to Cybertrash2077. Watch_Dogs actually has interesting city, graphics look good for 2014, story mission are fun.
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Dec 17, 2020Actually 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.
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Dec 21, 2020Very good game with really cool dark atmosphere in the city. graphics hold up even in 2020.
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Jan 22, 2021Really cool open-world game, not gta 5 level, but still million times better than games like cyberpunk 2077.
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Jan 22, 2021Recently tried it and i'm impressed. Is it gta 5 ? No. But does it innovate in terms of 2014? Hell yeah. People who act like it didn't innovate never played it. First time ever you can control bridges, trains (move around inside train), hack people's phones in video game. These things were never done before watch dogs came out.
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Jun 21, 2021Chicago is really nice to wander and smooth combat system. I think Ubisoft doing really good for digital tourism.
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Feb 12, 2021Best Watch Dogs on whole series, if you are interested in watch dogs, play this one!
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Feb 12, 2021Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game Good Game
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Feb 12, 2021There's something special about Watch Dogs 1 that makes me going back to this game over and over again.
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Feb 12, 2021
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Feb 12, 2021I like the darker tone of first game. At times looks really realistic actually, keep in mind it's 2014 game. Not GTA V, but still unique in it's own right.
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Feb 12, 2021It'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.
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Feb 12, 2021
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Feb 12, 2021I'm not even slightly surprised for this low user score. After all it's not some Sony studio that buys reviews (that happened with demon souls remake, go check if you don't believe me). But yeah, it's Ubisoft, most underrated game developer on planet earth. Watch Dogs (2014) is nice enough game, i like it, it's not perfect, but i don't mind that. It has still enough content and solid graphics.
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Feb 19, 2021
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Feb 20, 2021Best game in the series. It's like gta, but different. Hacking is really cool element and makes it stand out.
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Feb 24, 2021Watch Dogs 1 is great open world hacker game. Graphics look really solid considering it came out early 2014. gameplay is fun enough, shooting feels great, outfits have cool color variations. It's not perfect, but hardly anything is.
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Feb 24, 2021Positives - Graphics. Main Character, Overall serious feel of the game, Fun missions
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Feb 25, 2021Solid game, reminds me gta series, but with hacking. Open world looks really cool, i love exploring in this game.
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Mar 14, 2021Solid futuristic open world game, i really like it. GTA V did it way better, but that doesn't mean that Watch Dogs is bad, hell no. It's very much good game and hacking ability makes it stand out from other games.
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Mar 16, 2021
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Mar 30, 2021in fact, watch dogs 1 made the error only in the E3 trailer, except that I think both the graphics and the physics engine, I think it is very successful. A lot of people compare it to gta but this is wrong GTA is separate watch dogs are separate. in addition, the graphics are also very good in ultra and the smooth story is already successful, so I think 10/10 game
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Mar 30, 2021As (almost) always Ubisoft delivers beautiful and fun open world to free roam in. Missions are fun enough.
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Jul 7, 2022I played through at least 10 times, I'm not bothered by the over-hype, this is a very good game, I don't care what others say.
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Apr 13, 2021Best of three Watch_Dogs games (ironically). City is actually well designed and maxed out on PC, it looks actually really good.
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Apr 15, 2021
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Apr 20, 2021Solid open-world game, it's not GTA 5 level, but it had it's own cool things that GTA 5 doesn't have. Like you can ride inside train and actually walk around there, GTA 5 doesn't have that. GTA 5 is obviously better game, but Watch Dogs is still great.
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Apr 20, 2021Great 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.
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Apr 20, 2021Watch Dogs is one of the better games Ubisoft has made over the years, fun missions, interesting city, solid graphics.
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Jul 15, 2021
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Jun 2, 2021Underrated masterpiece! It's actually really fun and i absolutely love the city design.
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Jun 4, 2021Nobody even cares about that stupid E3 trailer anymore. That was million years ago. Game looks still great on PC no matter what. City is well designed and gunplay is fun. Hacking makes this game stand out of other similar games.
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Jun 6, 2021Watch_Dogs is better game than Legion and WD 2 combined. I have lost all hope for this series, but at least there will be always this game to play. Strong doubt Ubisoft can fix this series, if they even want to make next game.
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Jun 6, 2021Despite some flaws, it's actually pretty good game, specially for Ubisoft. Would recommend even.
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Jun 6, 2021good video game, hacking feels great and graphics are nice by 2014 standards!!!!!
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Jun 6, 2021Aiden is best protagonist of watch dogs series, they should make watch dogs 3 (or is it called 4 now?) about him.
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Jun 6, 2021I strongly doubt half these people who left negative review even tried this game lol. Good game.
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Jun 25, 2021Such 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"
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Jul 5, 2021
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Jul 8, 2021One of the best games of 2014, hopefully next one in the series will be more like this. Please Ubisoft.
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Jul 9, 2021
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Jul 12, 2021Good GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood GameGood Game
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Jul 12, 2021Very edgy but nice graphics, nice worldbuilding and overall amazing experience
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Jul 12, 2021Would highly recommend buying, i had so much fun with this game, amazing. nice.
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Jul 12, 2021If you wanna spend some time playing great games, this would be it. Very enjoyable experience.
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Jul 12, 2021There's something special about this game, that almost no other game has made care so much.
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Jul 12, 2021graphics 10, characters 10, overall very enjoyable and cool game, not sure what's with this stupid hate towards masterpieces like this.
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Jul 12, 2021graphics are very nice, i think story could be little bit better but that's forgivable because overall everything else was amazing okay.
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Jul 12, 2021Graphics in this game were ahead of it's time, looking at trash games like cyberpunk2077 makes me like games like this even more (and overall open-world as well)
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Jul 12, 2021Nice,nice,nice,nice and i mean it. What a fantastic great game, hopefully they make more games like this.
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Jul 12, 2021Very addictive game, i have played it for hours and i just can't get enough of it, more addictive than drugs.
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Jul 12, 2021Solid world design, outstanding graphics, good characters, enjoyable story, good music.
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Jul 12, 2021I like this game a lot, it has so much that others games never had, not going into details but it is very good.
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Jul 12, 2021Like many people here have already said it's actually absolutely decent or even great game, haters can go home.
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Jul 12, 2021Who cares if some losers hate these games honestly? Majority of actual gamers seems to enjoy these games a lot, so who cares really, absolutely nobody cares about these whiners lol.
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Jul 12, 2021great masterful gamegreat masterful gamegreat masterful gamegreat masterful gamegreat masterful gamegreat masterful gamegreat masterful gamegreat masterful game
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Jul 12, 2021If you are looking for fun to be had, it would be this game for sure, i'm dead serious, it's worth it.
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Jul 12, 2021Not regretting trying it, here's the lesson, never take negative reviews seriously on metacritic until you have tried certain game for yourself. You might miss out on many outstanding games that are hated for dumb reasons.
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Jul 12, 2021If you are like me and wanna just have some fun, i might recommend trying this game, worth it.
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Jul 12, 2021What an absolute masterpiece of a game. Hell yeah! Worth the wait and dlc is good too.
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Jul 12, 2021xxxxx i love this game xxxxxxxxxxxx i love this game xxxxxxxxxxxx i love this game xxxxxxxxxxxx i love this game xxxxxxxxxxxx i love this game xxxxxxxxxxxx i love this game xxxxxxxxxxxx i love this game xxxxxxx
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Jul 12, 2021Best game in the history of games, if you hate this game then i hate you, it's that simple.
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Jul 12, 2021One of the best games ever made, i'm so glad these games finally get respect that they deserve, better than Skyrim.
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Jul 12, 2021GTA 5 might be best game of all time overall, but game like this will be forever in my heart no matter what. Highly recommending!
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Jul 12, 2021Very decent video game, beautiful graphics, nice world design, would highly recommend
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Jul 12, 2021No amount of hate will take away absolute masterful craft of these amazing games.
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Jul 12, 2021If you feel like bored and there's not much to do in your life, you might wanna try out this great game.
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Jul 12, 2021I was surprised to find out that so many on steam and youtube actually really like this game, i thought it got some hate, but haters are always pathetic minority
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Jul 12, 2021Sound/music 10/10------Graphics 10/10-------Story 8.5/10----------Characters 9/10
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Jul 12, 2021Better than witcher 3 easily Better than witcher 3 easily Better than witcher 3 easily Better than witcher 3 easily Better than witcher 3 easily Better than witcher 3 easily
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Jul 12, 2021I honestly don't care if some people hate this game, these haters couldn't find good games even if they tried looking for them.
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Jul 12, 2021Long Live this Masterpiece! Long Live this Masterpiece! Long Live this Masterpiece! Long Live this Masterpiece! Long Live this Masterpiece! Long Live this Masterpiece!
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Jul 12, 2021Beautiful game, is it absolutely perfect? No, no it's not (but no game is btw). Is it good game tho? Absolutely.
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Jul 12, 2021I wish when i'm 80 years old, i would still go back and play this game or some other similar games that they made in 2010s, good stuff.
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Jul 12, 2021“Every strength is also a weakness. The opposite is true as well.”- Neil Strauss
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Jul 12, 2021Све у свему, врло лепа игра би се поновила и такође препоручила другима
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Jul 12, 2021солидна врло лепа игра би се поновила и такође препоручила другима!!!!!!!!!!
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Jul 12, 2021сјајна врло лепа игра би се поново играла и такође препоручила другима.
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Jul 12, 2021helvítis mjög flottur leikur myndi spila aftur og mæla líka með öðrum
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Jul 12, 2021game super sangat bagus akan bermain lagi dan juga merekomendasikan kepada orang lain
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Jul 12, 2021lojë super shumë e bukur do të luante përsëri dhe gjithashtu do t'u rekomandonte të tjerëve
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Jul 12, 2021gioco super molto carino giocherebbe di nuovo e consiglierei anche ad altri
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Jul 12, 2021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
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Jul 12, 2021un ghjocu super bellu bellu ghjucaria torna è cunsiglierebbe ancu à l'altri
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Jul 12, 2021super tre bela ludo ludus denove kaj ankaŭ rekomendus al aliaj!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jul 12, 2021logħba super sabiħa ħafna terġa 'tilgħab u tirrakkomanda wkoll lil ħaddieħor
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Jul 12, 2021Në përgjithësi më pëlqen shumë kjo lojë, është pothuajse perfekte shumë e ftohtë
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Jul 29, 2021Watch Dogs 1 (PC Version) is stunning open world (similar to GTA series) hacker-action game, hopefully they make WD3 about Aiden.
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Jul 31, 2021One 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.
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Aug 4, 2021'N Prettige speletjie, 'n pragtige grafiese algehele toon en die atmosfeer van hierdie speletjie is regtig goed. Hulle behoort meer sulke speletjies te maak.
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Aug 4, 2021Lojë e bukur argëtuese grafika e bukur toni i përgjithshëm dhe atmosfera e kësaj loje është vërtet e mirë. Ata duhet të bëjnë më shumë lojëra si këto.
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Aug 4, 2021لعبة ممتعة جميلة رسومات جميلة لهجة بشكل عام لهذه اللعبة جيدة حقًا. يجب أن يصنعوا المزيد من الألعاب مثل هذه.
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Aug 4, 2021Գեղեցիկ զվարճալի խաղ: Այս խաղի ընդհանուր գրաֆիկան ընդհանուր առմամբ իսկապես լավն է: Նրանք պետք է ավելի շատ նման խաղեր պատրաստեն
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Aug 4, 2021Gözəl əyləncəli oyun gözəl qrafika bu oyunun ümumi tonu həqiqətən yaxşıdır. Bu kimi oyunları daha çox etməlidirlər.
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Aug 4, 2021Lijepa zabavna igra prekrasna grafika ukupni ton ove igre je zaista dobar. Trebali bi napraviti više ovakvih igara.
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Aug 4, 2021Bel gioco divertente, bella grafica, il tono generale di questo gioco è davvero buono. Dovrebbero fare più giochi come questi.
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Aug 4, 2021Watch 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.
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Aug 4, 2021One of my favorite open world games of all time. Seriously, it's great. there's almost no other game with dark and gritty atmosphere like Watch Dogs has. It's raining all the time, it has interesting city design. It's almost like Max Payne, but it's open world and you can hack everything. Amazing.
Awards & Rankings
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Pelit (Finland)Sep 3, 2014Ubisoft'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]
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PC PowerPlayJun 29, 2014There are some strong gameplay elements in Watch Dogs, but overall it's merely an adequate open world game. [July 2014, p.46]
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Jun 23, 2014Nothing 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.