Watch Dogs

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5182 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,607 out of 5182
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  1. cobblers76
    Dec 6, 2015
    0
    The developers spent their money on marketing rather than making a good game.

    This is all I have to say, so I'll just keep on typing until this review is over 150 character and I can post it.

    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.
  2. VoxPaladin
    May 27, 2014
    0
    Worst game of 2014? Could be. I thought Thief was bad but oh man, this game thinks way too much of itself as being the coolest open world action game out there. For a "next-gen" game, it lacks detail, reflections and atmosphere. The downgraded graphics aren't even the worst part... The game suffers major slowdowns, especially while driving and even on the lowest settings you'll be sittingWorst game of 2014? Could be. I thought Thief was bad but oh man, this game thinks way too much of itself as being the coolest open world action game out there. For a "next-gen" game, it lacks detail, reflections and atmosphere. The downgraded graphics aren't even the worst part... The game suffers major slowdowns, especially while driving and even on the lowest settings you'll be sitting around 15-30 fps, and this is all on a high end system.. The controls aren't any better, with forced mouse acceleration, smoothing and lack of cursor in certain menus for navigation.

    What about game play? Hahahahaha, you must be joking if you think there's anything to do in this maze-like city they call an "open world". Driving is the worst of any open world game I've played. Car physics are so bad, it feels like you're driving a slab of concrete on ice. And the profiling crimes that take place are a joke. It's so repetitive and stale: Go help the woman being harassed, go chase the criminal with string A.I. No thanks.

    Digital trips are probably the worst aspect of all this. Cause mayhem with your spider tank! Run over demons with your car! But why? To compete in online leader boards. These side activities have nothing to do with the game itself and feel tacked on more than anything else. They are stupid, uninspired mini-games trying to be over-the-top and whacky just for the sake of it, without giving you any real benefit. I'd rather play Mario Party.

    Then there are the bugs and the horrible A.I. I just don't know what to say about this game anymore. It's a joke that's asking you for $60 and a few hours of your itme, a pathetic attempt at trying to be something profound and unique that just ends up embarrassing itself for all it's shortcomings.

    Avoid. Like. The. Plague.    … Expand
  3. Rumblefish
    May 27, 2014
    0
    So I pay £45 for this game and find that I can't even play it because Ubisoft's servers are down all night.

    Fine, well implementing DRM was your choice Ubisoft, as was deciding not to ensure you had sufficient servers when launching a major title. Scoring this game a 0, well, that's my choice.
  4. Onikami
    May 27, 2014
    0
    Don't buy this!! The game might be great but we'll see if you can run it. Many people are complaining that the game can't run on AMD cards, which is a very valid complain, however I own a top line Nvidia card (GTX 780) and I still can't play this.

    It may very well work better on any console but for the PC this port is a joke; the port of Dark Souls one ran better than this. First    Don't buy this!! The game might be great but we'll see if you can run it. Many people are complaining that the game can't run on AMD cards, which is a very valid complain, however I own a top line Nvidia card (GTX 780) and I still can't play this.

    It may very well work better on any console but for the PC this port is a joke; the port of Dark Souls one ran better than this.

    First off, for whatever reason the moment I loaded the game the camera zoomed in to about twice what it should and made cutscenes akward and gameplay unplayable. PC gaming is more complex than console but I have no idea how slipped Ubisoft by.

    Second off, I own a GTX 780 and computer to use it and I can't run this game on ultra. I've even seen reports of people with the same high end card having trouble running the game on low. Not only are the graphics lower than what was shown in trailers but it's optimized like a joke. If you have a high end pc don't think this is another great game for you.

    You may have noticed my review had nothing to do with the game and that is true. This is because I cannot play the game!! I can't even speak of the controls, story, or system of the game as I can't get to them in a manor that they were meant to be played. How can a game that achieved gold before relasing and had this much hype fail harder than the PC port for Dark Souls or even Battlefield 4?

    It's very rare I preorder a game unless the compnay or ip has proven to be worth it (aka Valve or Bioshock) but this has taught me a lesson I should have already guessed. Never preorder anything from Ubisoft because I never will again after this failure.    … Expand
  5. FogCityRoller
    May 27, 2014
    0
    I'm an NVIDIA user and I still hate this game. It's another boring, derivative entry in the Rockstar library of games for 15 year olds. I'm not going to pull out my nerd card and crap on this game's sad presentation of hacking. I mean come on, even Titanfall's "hacking" is minimized to a knife being jammed into a computer's circuit. Who really gives a crap if the hacking is accuratelyI'm an NVIDIA user and I still hate this game. It's another boring, derivative entry in the Rockstar library of games for 15 year olds. I'm not going to pull out my nerd card and crap on this game's sad presentation of hacking. I mean come on, even Titanfall's "hacking" is minimized to a knife being jammed into a computer's circuit. Who really gives a crap if the hacking is accurately portrayed. The bottom line is the story is boring, the characters are uninspired, and the hype/advertising this game received was WAY beyond measure. It falls flat on its face. Thank god I got this game for free with my new card, not that I would have paid for it anyway. Avoid this poop.… Expand
  6. themans
    Jun 23, 2014
    0
    A really terrible game with absolutely no good quality's whatsoever... I really can't even believe it was released. I can't remember a more boring pointless game even if I tried. The game delivers absolutely nothing.. Terrible vehicles handling, terrible shooting mechanics that make it feel really weird, terrible soundtrack, terrible story, terrible everything. Absolutely nothingA really terrible game with absolutely no good quality's whatsoever... I really can't even believe it was released. I can't remember a more boring pointless game even if I tried. The game delivers absolutely nothing.. Terrible vehicles handling, terrible shooting mechanics that make it feel really weird, terrible soundtrack, terrible story, terrible everything. Absolutely nothing happening in this game AT ALL. No activities to do for a supposed open world type of game... The most boring game I can ever remember playing... Wish I didn't download it so I could just sell it back.. You really can't say enough bad things about this game... A real disgrace.… Expand
  7. killazz2630
    May 27, 2014
    0
    It starts out really promising, but of course this game is utter **** Read all of the other reviews, and you'll understand.

    Even a game from 2008 could beat this.
  8. SethEvandor
    May 27, 2014
    0
    Those people voting low are not just voting low for no reason. When you pull out a gun, people will suddenly turn around and look at you and people will see you take it out through a wall. When you shoot at a vehicle window, it doesn't do anything if you're not fairly close to it... When you're driving, people will just run out the way without turning their head, it's so incrediblyThose people voting low are not just voting low for no reason. When you pull out a gun, people will suddenly turn around and look at you and people will see you take it out through a wall. When you shoot at a vehicle window, it doesn't do anything if you're not fairly close to it... When you're driving, people will just run out the way without turning their head, it's so incredibly unrealistic. Damn we're talking about a game which fails on a basic level. There are a plethora of problems, stated already in the other reviews here.… Expand
  9. Valko
    Jun 16, 2014
    0
    Damn, it runs so **** on my AMD card and 4670k. Bad optimising, boring story and awesome promo company = 1 of 10 points. Good luck with Far cry 4, Ubi!
  10. Ozone021
    May 28, 2014
    0
    Ubisoft just gave the middle finger to 40% of the PC community who use AMD Radeon cards like myself. I won't blame Nvidia for ruining the industry with their proprietary crap and closed environment. I'm blaming Ubisoft for ignoring us. I'll update my review once the game gets patched, and if not I'll be requesting a refund.
  11. johnnyjoint
    May 27, 2014
    0
    The game is amazing!!! This is the nextgen!!! The cars are handling like a brick and missing the deformation. Those amazing pedestrians with the same walking animation. The boring storyline, and press to win hacking. Oh god 10/10!!!
  12. albertoberto
    May 27, 2014
    0
    Ubisoft is not giving a shiet about PC and thats enought for me to give it a big fat zero. Also the graphics are awful and this is important in a game that was marketed as "next-gen". What a load of bull crap.
  13. FWordFizz
    Oct 2, 2014
    0
    Ubisoft. Give it up. You are an EA. You ruin every good idea you touch. Just let Dev teams finish their games before they put it out and you will be fine. Don't throw us an alpha and say its a finished product.
  14. Hydrus
    May 28, 2014
    0
    This is unacceptable. The game doesn't even start! It's not a problem of my computer, the issue is common among many gamers on Ubisoft forums. And this isn't the first time neither.
    Really, someone at Ubisoft needs to be fired. As soon as possible.
  15. ptolemaeus11
    May 30, 2014
    0
    I was very excited for this game. Wasn't playable on release and is not yet. DON'T BUY IT!!
    Ubisoft really messed it up. I want my money back ! Relase a game like this is a slap in the face of every honest customer. People who downloaded it on the pirate bay played without any problems.
  16. kstud1
    Jun 1, 2014
    0
    Bait and switch from E3, playing watch dogs I jumped into the river to escape cops, the water disappeared and i was running on the bottom of the river ground with no water and looking up I could see boats but sense there's no water I could not swim up to them, what was the extra six months for?
  17. Yegwen
    May 31, 2014
    0
    As of today - very poorly executed port. It may sound like whining, but this game runs on ultra in very unstable 20-50 FPS on my rig with gForce 780Ti and i7 4770.

    Plus the u-play nonsence that noone wants drives me nuts. Oh yeah - you could argue - this is a next gen title, it has fancy graphics. No it doesn't. It looks good, but not revolutionary, and the constant FPS drops are    As of today - very poorly executed port. It may sound like whining, but this game runs on ultra in very unstable 20-50 FPS on my rig with gForce 780Ti and i7 4770.

    Plus the u-play nonsence that noone wants drives me nuts.

    Oh yeah - you could argue - this is a next gen title, it has fancy graphics. No it doesn't. It looks good, but not revolutionary, and the constant FPS drops are very annoying. Same kind of drops happen on medium settings.

    Talking about a poor console port!    … Expand
  18. DuraboITA
    Aug 26, 2014
    0
    The game is amazing!!! This is the nextgen!!! The cars are handling like a brick and missing the deformation. Those amazing pedestrians with the same walking animation. The boring storyline, and press to win hacking. Oh god 10/10!!!
  19. victorator
    May 28, 2014
    0
    Repetitive, too easy, boooring. Lots of technical issues. Skip this title. It was overhyped and it is a sh itty GTA wannabe clone that doesn't come close to the original. Boycott ubisoft.
  20. Lugalab
    May 28, 2014
    0
    How is it not criminal offense to release this putrid trap for honest ppl paying with hard earned money - BRIBED professional reviews=they should hang ;E - seems like we really live in free world -FREE of any
    any sense or self awareness ;(((((
  21. MrAro
    May 29, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awful management, game it isn't optimized.
    At you it turns out to play? At me isn't present. I not came to look at graphics, and at a good plot, a wonderful world and opportunities presented in this game. From this I didn't receive anything. Game is really awful.    … Expand
  22. amuadr
    May 28, 2014
    0
    The Graphics aren't that good to be honest, the graphic sare like saints row 2 on high and like saints row 3 on ultra both games who runs way better than this piece of **** it's so poorly optimized that it really destroys the immersion. even if the game had good optimization it wouldn't even be that good, it has hurrendous view bobbing, like things render like 5 feet away from you even onThe Graphics aren't that good to be honest, the graphic sare like saints row 2 on high and like saints row 3 on ultra both games who runs way better than this piece of **** it's so poorly optimized that it really destroys the immersion. even if the game had good optimization it wouldn't even be that good, it has hurrendous view bobbing, like things render like 5 feet away from you even on everything maxed out. i wasn't even looking forward to this one because i've gotten used to the insane ammount of lieing game companies now throw at us. it looked better at E3 and that was almost a f''king year ago, you'd think that they had improved the graphics by then, but no. i bet they worked 1 month on it and then watched TV whilst eating pizza the rest of the time.… Expand
  23. DJFTL
    May 29, 2014
    0
    Hello dear company Ubisoft . When, in August last year, I did pre-order your game watchdogs , and then heard that you'll optimize the game only under the same manufacturer as a card (Nvidia). You not only that almost a year! Detained edition of the game , so even just a couple of weeks obmyavili that everything will be under the (Nvidia) is optimized . This action on your part for whichHello dear company Ubisoft . When, in August last year, I did pre-order your game watchdogs , and then heard that you'll optimize the game only under the same manufacturer as a card (Nvidia). You not only that almost a year! Detained edition of the game , so even just a couple of weeks obmyavili that everything will be under the (Nvidia) is optimized . This action on your part for which you want to spit in the face. I am the person who paid you yesterday morning coffee and dinner. But your swinish attitude for what gave me the confidence to buy games that your company is no longer . and I think that a lot of people now just configured. And let no one more pc users will never believe in your development . And let your life, in your families will be the same as ordinary users of your products .

    (RUS)

    Здравствуйте дорогая компания Юбисофт. Когда в августе прошлого года я делал предзаказ вашей игры Сторожевые Псы, то и не слышал что вы будите оптимизировать игру только под одного производителя виде карт (Nvidia). Вы мало того что почти на год! Задержали выпуск игры, так ещё и только за пару недель обmявили о том что всё будет под (Nvidia) оптимизировано. Это с вашей стороны поступок за который хочется плюнуть вам в лицо. Я тот человек который оплатил вам утренний кофе и вчерашний ужин. Но ваше свинское отношение за то дало мне уверенность в том что покупать игры вашей компании больше не стоит. и я думаю что очень много людей сейчас точно так же настроены. И пусть ни один больше пользователь пк, никогда не будет верить в ваши разработки. И пусть в вашей жизни, в ваших семьях будет происходить тоже самое что и у рядовых пользователей вашей продукции.    … Expand
  24. Repulsive
    May 28, 2014
    0
    his game deserves a 4-5/10 at most, the city feels so damn lifeless, the car physics are worse than Sega racing games from the 90's, the story is generic at best, the characters are poor, its dumbed down, the hacking is done with just a tap of a button not in depth hacking like Ubisoft said there'd be, the 'hacking' (pressing a single button) while fun for 20 minutes or so just feels likehis game deserves a 4-5/10 at most, the city feels so damn lifeless, the car physics are worse than Sega racing games from the 90's, the story is generic at best, the characters are poor, its dumbed down, the hacking is done with just a tap of a button not in depth hacking like Ubisoft said there'd be, the 'hacking' (pressing a single button) while fun for 20 minutes or so just feels like a tacked on gimmick, the visuals are bland, the animations are horrible, the AI is terrible, the game is CHOCK full of bugs, the pop-in is insanely terrible even on PC and last but not least Uplay. They pretty much lied to their customers through false advertising and what they delivered was FAAAAAAAAAR from what they promised. Remember it was Ubisoft that set the bar. The fact that they lied gives this an instant zero.… Expand
  25. chelonia
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    I wanted this game to be good but unfortunately that wasn't the case. It's the same game as Far Cry and Assassin's Creed re-skinned. The graphics have been considerably downgraded to be the same on consoles. And between the bugs, childish memes, and boring gameplay, this is quite possibly the worst game I've ever played.
  26. FantasicGamer
    Jun 29, 2014
    0
    It seems Ubisoft never make a game with a charming story. This game is just like AC4, in which the story should be great, if it follows the way of what is depicted in the trailer. Unfortunately, this game fails in the same way as AC4, with a poor story completely deviated from the one mentioned in trailer.

    Lazy works can be clearly observed in this game. There are great deviations in    It seems Ubisoft never make a game with a charming story. This game is just like AC4, in which the story should be great, if it follows the way of what is depicted in the trailer. Unfortunately, this game fails in the same way as AC4, with a poor story completely deviated from the one mentioned in trailer.

    Lazy works can be clearly observed in this game. There are great deviations in lighting from various environment, either too dark or bright. Vehicles or NPCs get jammed in street. Crazy physic like people or vehicle flying like a rocket when being hit, is also present in this game.

    The game mechanic is also an epic failure. The character animations and control are apparently direct clones from AC4 and Splinter Cell Blacklist. The hacking and driving mechanics are both laughable, you can just play the game as a mediocre TPS without any compromise in mission objective, in the ways limited by the developer, e.g. can't shoot when driving vehicle.

    I won't talk more about the technical issues of this game, as it is mentioned by other reviewers many times already.

    Basically, PC players are doomed due to some "nice" works by their "beloved" developers.

    A game of such low quality with intention to play trick on PC players, can even break the sales record of the developers. Do you think that it is ridiculous? This presents a serious problem in the game community. Buyers, please learn to read the reviews, don't believe the trailer blindly and just pre-order. And most importantly, do not forget what the unethical companies have done to you, and boycott them in future.    … Expand
  27. johnangel
    May 27, 2014
    0
    0/10

    - Horrendous controls with m/k ,mouse acceleration. - Bad story / Bland characters, unimaginable cliche storyline. - Gimmick hacking. - UPLAY - At the time I am writing this you can not actually play online because it's down. - Bad gameplay from bad driving mechanics to bad shooting mechanics to bad hacking mechanics to AI problems. - The game is an abysmal port    0/10

    - Horrendous controls with m/k ,mouse acceleration.

    - Bad story / Bland characters, unimaginable cliche storyline.

    - Gimmick hacking.

    - UPLAY - At the time I am writing this you can not actually play online because it's down.

    - Bad gameplay from bad driving mechanics to bad shooting mechanics to bad hacking mechanics to AI problems.

    - The game is an abysmal port (general bad coding. cpu leaks etc.).

    For the above reasons the game gets a 0 / 10 .    … Expand
  28. Yaysuz
    Jul 6, 2014
    0
    What an absolute disgrace of a game! Saying **** You" to everyone who is playing it. Absolutely sickening. Did not even deliver what they promised us.
  29. avil172
    May 30, 2014
    0
    -unnecessary/abnormal rain/thunder and its occurs more often
    -stealth , kill and escape
    -not optimized as always...expected from ubisoft
    -repeatitious missions
    -no shooting while driving
  30. Timkinut
    May 27, 2014
    0
    The game is boring. It has bad graphics and physics (worse than GTA IV does), stupid and repetetive gameplay. NPCs and cars are spawning right in front of the player.
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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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