Watch Dogs

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  1. pez
    May 27, 2014
    3
    I'm very disappointed. The side-by-side graphical comparison with what was shown at E3 2012 are ridiculous- it appears that Ubisoft was faking the footage as the real game doesn't look nearly that good. The campaign is boring. The online features are a joke- hacking invasions sound like an awesome idea but in reality they're not fun at all. The driving physics are about on par with GTA 3.I'm very disappointed. The side-by-side graphical comparison with what was shown at E3 2012 are ridiculous- it appears that Ubisoft was faking the footage as the real game doesn't look nearly that good. The campaign is boring. The online features are a joke- hacking invasions sound like an awesome idea but in reality they're not fun at all. The driving physics are about on par with GTA 3. I should never have trusted Ubisoft with a preorder.… Expand
  2. pokemoc
    May 28, 2014
    0
    This game not fun at all. First of all I stuck at 80% loading screen and when I play this game it very fking lag. If u think that's all? game element is sucks it like gta + saint rows without gangster and noob chat voice. **** ubisoft
  3. insanexyz
    May 28, 2014
    3
    It was inevitable that this game would be compared to GTA.

    While the game presents many possibilities and an open world, it fails enormously at letting the player experiment with them. You are guided through every step of the way, never having room for the imagination. Adding to that is the "meh" music selection. But as we all know, driving is half of what makes a sandbox game fun.    It was inevitable that this game would be compared to GTA.

    While the game presents many possibilities and an open world, it fails enormously at letting the player experiment with them. You are guided through every step of the way, never having room for the imagination. Adding to that is the "meh" music selection.

    But as we all know, driving is half of what makes a sandbox game fun. This is where Watch Dogs hits the ground and smashes its face hard.

    While driving, you will be frustrated to the point that you will prefer walking or even turning the game off. Every mission that has driving as a major component will be an excruciating experience that will leave your fingers hovering over "Alt+F4". Thankfully, a lot of these missions aren't compulsory, so you can avoid them.

    GTA IV should be taken as the standard for a driving mechanic with games such as this. It simulated realistic handling and car physics, which might have made it a little challenging for someone inexperienced with racing games or actual driving, but after a while anyone with half a brain mastered it and enjoyed driving even after the game's conclusion.
    In Watch Dogs, you will spend the whole game trying to keep the driving time to the absolute minimum so as to avoid tossing the DVD out of the window.

    I applaud anyone who can go from A to B in Watch Dogs without either
    - smashing their face into the keyboard
    - bouncing around like a rubber ball
    - crashing into pedestrians (which is especially annoying as it lowers your reputation which leads to constantly getting chased by the police and killing more pedestrians in the process)
    - crashing into a car or thirty (not really a problem as cars in Watch Dogs are made of kryptonite)
    - spinning the car out as you try to take off
    - choking on the Watch Dogs DVD

    Riding a motorcycle is especially amusing as they seem to superglue Aiden's butt to the seat every time he gets on one.

    All in all, the driving mechanic completely destroys this otherwise alright game. As I've said before, driving is half the game and receives a 0/5 from me, the rest of it I'd give a 3/5 based on the predictable story and oppressive and unimaginative but otherwise OK gameplay.    … Expand
  4. Katmandu
    May 28, 2014
    0
    AMAZING crab of perfomance on PC, i7 4930k ,16Gb ram 1866Mhz ,GTX 780 Ti. 15-45 Fps never STABLE.

    seriously do not recommend purchase.

    -Driving SOOOO bad

    -Static Shadows

    -hack is crap

    -AI .....seriusly bad.

    playing the pirate version before buying this crap optimization.
  5. Arsonist420
    May 29, 2014
    3
    Please be warned about any of the review sites giving this game high marks. Ubisoft gave Every reviewer a ton of free **** along with their watch dogs copies. A 500 $ nexus phone along with a ton of other free stuff to get high reviews. Not to mention all the ubisoft review bots making positive post.

    Lets talk about the game. Is it next-gen? Nope not even close. This game has so many    Please be warned about any of the review sites giving this game high marks. Ubisoft gave Every reviewer a ton of free **** along with their watch dogs copies. A 500 $ nexus phone along with a ton of other free stuff to get high reviews. Not to mention all the ubisoft review bots making positive post.

    Lets talk about the game. Is it next-gen? Nope not even close. This game has so many glaring bugs and inconsistency's I dont even know where to begin.

    Bad AI. AI goes full retard when you hack traffic lights its the worst thing I ever seen.
    Bad Physic's No ragdoll, barely any visible dmg to cars or things around you.
    Lighting is terrible. Gta5 had better lighting.
    Hacking not as cool as you would of hoped. Pretty much go here press a button good job you hacked!
    Horrendous PC controls. Worst mouse acceleration in history.

    The list of minor bugs is too long to list it would take me a hour. Everything from fallng through the world to **** just plain not working or glitching out.

    On top of everything the game runs like absolute **** and it doesn't make any sense. The games graphics are lackluster at best. So for this game to run so **** bad is mind boggling. Even when you get the game to a manageable frame rate the FPS drops are so insane that it ruins your gameplay.

    Run from this title. Run far    … Expand
  6. LeFred
    May 29, 2014
    3
    Buy the game for what it ''might be''
    Ubisoft have lied to his consumers once again. Created a massive hype for a game that is....ok at best. Gets repetitive after 4 hours. Full of PC bugs and slow downs. Don't believe the 8 and the 9's there is a reason why user score are 4.4/10 overall.
  7. AdamK
    May 29, 2014
    3
    Highest dissapoint of the year :( Very strange PR action in view of frustrated result. I tried find any good at the gameplay, but actually ... very hard to say any nice words about this game. Sori Ubisoft.
  8. Maksst
    May 30, 2014
    0
    Well.... Game is a huge lie. AI is stupid, driving cars makes you angry, reflections on windows are not real, car's lights don't give any shadows, cars can't damage walls, car's damage makes no sense, static shadows, boring multiplayer, city doesn't live, it's just scripted and many many many more....
  9. MaxBenevolent
    May 30, 2014
    0
    Unfortunately I've bought this "concoction" via steam. Everything I like in GTA I've missed in Watch Dogs. I was tourist trapped by the E3 trailers. I cannot express how emotionally disappointing the 'watch dogs experience' is for me. Just take a boat and try to drive to the open sea and within minutes bump against an invisible wall. Welcome to "The Trueman Show, 2014".
    This so-called    Unfortunately I've bought this "concoction" via steam. Everything I like in GTA I've missed in Watch Dogs. I was tourist trapped by the E3 trailers. I cannot express how emotionally disappointing the 'watch dogs experience' is for me. Just take a boat and try to drive to the open sea and within minutes bump against an invisible wall. Welcome to "The Trueman Show, 2014".
    This so-called open world is a cage. Why is this hobo protagonist wearing this unbearable ugly coat? Driving is a nuisance, FPS an ordeal, hacking a bad joke,the omnipresent flooding notifications distracting, the missions I've passed boring, storyline predictable, gaming freedom not existing. This "game" will be buried in my steam library.
    It will be my last time buying a game at release - hopefully.
    GTA SA is still unbeaten - even compared to GTA V - and will be my all-time favourite.
    Eventually the watch dogs are the naive customers of Ubisoft. Is this the profound message of this game?    … Expand
  10. Lunar-gaze
    May 30, 2014
    0
    How to make an awful game:
    -Add bad DRM (UPlay)
    -Don't optimize it at all (I can't even play this game properly)
    -Bad voice acting
    -Awful AI
    -Trains can stop on a dime
    -Make the key gimmick to the came completely unnecessary (I could do all of the missions more successfully by not hacking)
    -Physics? What are physics?
  11. Praetorian27
    May 31, 2014
    1
    I am extremely disappointed with this game. After all the hype, it turned out to be a horrible version of Splinter Cell. For starters...you play a dickhead. Not a cool, likeable guy. But a thief who hacks innocent people's bank accounts and steals their money. I know it's a game, but that a pretty crappy message to be sending to younger players. When you are playing, you realize thatI am extremely disappointed with this game. After all the hype, it turned out to be a horrible version of Splinter Cell. For starters...you play a dickhead. Not a cool, likeable guy. But a thief who hacks innocent people's bank accounts and steals their money. I know it's a game, but that a pretty crappy message to be sending to younger players. When you are playing, you realize that this is almost a carbon copy of Splinter Cell. You use tech to distract and sneak past NPC's...how original.

    Save your money guys.. $60 is WAAAAAY too much to pay for this crap. This is a $20 game tops. This one's headed to the bargain bin very soon.    … Expand
  12. Zetkov
    May 31, 2014
    0
    This has become one of the most frustrating games I have ever played. So frustrating that I actually just gave up and uninstalled it. Maybe the control on consoles are better but on PC I never have the feeling that I can accurately control my character. And driving? Impossible. You cannot even control a car unless you go very, very slow. You WILL hit everything around you. So bad.

    You    This has become one of the most frustrating games I have ever played. So frustrating that I actually just gave up and uninstalled it. Maybe the control on consoles are better but on PC I never have the feeling that I can accurately control my character. And driving? Impossible. You cannot even control a car unless you go very, very slow. You WILL hit everything around you. So bad.

    You will get stuck in side missions that you cannot find any way to drop. Once you pick it up and fail at it 15 times the only way to get around this is to start a new game. Then you will never play a side mission again for fear that you will be stuck in that side mission and never ever complete the game.

    The game will force you to play in ways you just don't want to play. You will spend hours on just trying to get one action done. You will even go to YouTube and watch people fail over and over on the same mission you're on and commenting how frustrating it is or how they'll have to do a lot of editing to take out the 2 hours of attempts to do this one action that is blocking them from enjoying the rest of the game.

    I've never uninstalled a game so quickly as this one. I honestly feel ripped off.    … Expand
  13. snipedhunt3r
    Jun 1, 2014
    0
    This game is absolutely terrible. Pros: Nothing... Cons: Very small environment, Hacking in this game is not hacking (One click is not hacking lol), Too much overhyped, It's more like game for kids.. dunno why It's 18+, Main protagonist is boring, Storyline is boring and not very meaningful, AI is stupid, Very bad physics of cars, Very buggy - Not much things to do in freetime, Too shortThis game is absolutely terrible. Pros: Nothing... Cons: Very small environment, Hacking in this game is not hacking (One click is not hacking lol), Too much overhyped, It's more like game for kids.. dunno why It's 18+, Main protagonist is boring, Storyline is boring and not very meaningful, AI is stupid, Very bad physics of cars, Very buggy - Not much things to do in freetime, Too short gameplay (approx. 8-9 hours), Game is too linear, Perfomance is terrible even on mid-high end PC's (My special GTX760 OC runs on 10-20 FPS on minium details but in car its like 0-1 FPS), No FPS difference between minimal and maximal details (=bad optimalization), Dead gameplay, No melee attacking (only sneak).
    I love how Critic Reviews gives positive rating but that's probably only becase they was well paid :)
    This game should be delayed for more like 1 year or so.    … Expand
  14. Carcer
    Jun 1, 2014
    0
    Shocking! Over hyped graphics, Poorly optimized that pop in is insane. Rather than ship the 2012 graphics Ubi***t gave us watered down console port (and hey don't get me wrong they buggered the console's too with 900p/720p resolutions) If you buy the game or think of buying it based on the graphics don't disappoint yourself buy something else or pirate this and then delete the copy inShocking! Over hyped graphics, Poorly optimized that pop in is insane. Rather than ship the 2012 graphics Ubi***t gave us watered down console port (and hey don't get me wrong they buggered the console's too with 900p/720p resolutions) If you buy the game or think of buying it based on the graphics don't disappoint yourself buy something else or pirate this and then delete the copy in disgust anyway haha… Expand
  15. Br4d
    Jun 6, 2014
    4
    Despite the abundant technical issues.. If you're a PC gamer, you might want to skip this one if you don't own a controller. Driving is almost impossible without it.. And you'll be driving from the mission icon, to the actual mission CONSTANTLY. This game defines 'mediocre at best' and has some of the silliest logic i've seen in a long time. One example of many. - Find someone with aDespite the abundant technical issues.. If you're a PC gamer, you might want to skip this one if you don't own a controller. Driving is almost impossible without it.. And you'll be driving from the mission icon, to the actual mission CONSTANTLY. This game defines 'mediocre at best' and has some of the silliest logic i've seen in a long time. One example of many. - Find someone with a $120,000 bank account.. Hack their pointless phone conversation.. Find someone with $32 in their account, rob them blind- ... One button Hacking is a gameplay mechanic they really let me down with.. Actually this whole game was a letdown for me. I would not recommend buying for full retail price. DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE and save your money .… Expand
  16. avrell
    May 28, 2014
    0
    Best case scenario: After 5-15 mins of putting up with assortment of BS by Uplay I actually get to play the game. THANK YOU UBISOFT! Based on little I've seen, it seems WD is a GTA V clone with less interesting protagonist(s), less humor,less attention to detail, horrible driving and one thoroughly unambitious gimmick. Hacking is truly an excellent concept. It could have been turned inBest case scenario: After 5-15 mins of putting up with assortment of BS by Uplay I actually get to play the game. THANK YOU UBISOFT! Based on little I've seen, it seems WD is a GTA V clone with less interesting protagonist(s), less humor,less attention to detail, horrible driving and one thoroughly unambitious gimmick. Hacking is truly an excellent concept. It could have been turned in to truly unique, game defining feature. It wasn't. This is a game about hacking every bit as much as Skyrim is a game about lockpicking.

    For me personally none of the above matters much; Dysfunctionality of Uplay ensures the process of trying to get to play the game is too taxing to be worth it.I'm glad I got the game free with my new graphics card. In current state of Uplay and Game combined, I'd never pay any money for this.    … Expand
  17. 911nsidejob
    May 29, 2014
    0
    Nothing like the E3 footage at all, once again we get gear boxed, whats that you ask, Colonial Marines ring a bell? They promise something they can't deliver.
  18. Witcharob
    May 28, 2014
    0
    I've never felt so robbed with a videogame! I bought the $70 Deluxe edition, just to feel I donated it to a greedy mediocre company.

    If you somehow manage to log into your UPlay account (which sucks like all DRM does), you get into a terribly developed game, which won't allow a High end PC to run any higher than Medium graphics. To make things even better, if you have an AMD card you're    I've never felt so robbed with a videogame! I bought the $70 Deluxe edition, just to feel I donated it to a greedy mediocre company.

    If you somehow manage to log into your UPlay account (which sucks like all DRM does), you get into a terribly developed game, which won't allow a High end PC to run any higher than Medium graphics. To make things even better, if you have an AMD card you're screwed, it will only be a session of one BSOD after another...

    Ubisoft should feel ashamed of the product they delivered and give everybody their money back. The game is unplayable.    … Expand
  19. Tihonovetsky
    May 28, 2014
    0
    Game **** I didnt like it! I can only hope better. It is for me crap made retarded. Couldnt make like in CTA 5! Both grafics and control! Bad game!!!!
  20. todders01
    May 27, 2014
    4
    Pretty disappointing.
    Mechanics are fine, the gameplay gets pretty boring after 2 hours. The main character lacks a personality and the story will not get you hooked. Graphics are OK if you have a powerful system. If you haven't got the game then I would consider getting it only if it is on sale.
  21. elazor
    May 27, 2014
    0
    Ubi take a half of year to finish this, but instead of getting game that working fine I'm paid for piece of Uplay crap. Blue screen crashes, long loadings, bugs, etc.
  22. CallMeSerb
    May 29, 2014
    4
    Outstanding Marketing... Looks like all the developers are taking this all-out on marketing and half-assing the gameplay route these days.

    - Easily one of the worst car handling I have experienced in about the last 6 years of gaming -"Hacking" got repetitive after less then an hour of gameplay.. So happy I didn't blow my money on this, poor friend.. btw, **** you developers, I'm    Outstanding Marketing... Looks like all the developers are taking this all-out on marketing and half-assing the gameplay route these days.

    - Easily one of the worst car handling I have experienced in about the last 6 years of gaming
    -"Hacking" got repetitive after less then an hour of gameplay..

    So happy I didn't blow my money on this, poor friend.. btw, **** you developers, I'm happy people are pirating your piece of **** games more and more, lying and stealing money from honest hard working people, you deserve it.    … Expand
  23. KatbertWanderer
    May 30, 2014
    0
    Facts about Watch Dogs:
    - Stupid NPC
    - Woods cars
    - Not interesting player's company.
    - Nothing to do in city
    - Static shadows
    It is game not about hacking. One button click is not hack. It is game not about freedom. You have only few opportunities which stay so boring after 2 hours.
  24. CrustyB
    May 30, 2014
    0
    Save your $60. I played four hours of this mess and I'm done with it. Deleted.

    My PC (Falcon Northwest) ate this game up, played it fine, so this isn't a technical beef. The gameplay is a joke. Walk & drive around, find your target, "hack" something (hacking is just pressing the Q key) and then a bunch of bozos shoot you and you die. Repeat. That's it. No actually gameplay as such. I    Save your $60. I played four hours of this mess and I'm done with it. Deleted.

    My PC (Falcon Northwest) ate this game up, played it fine, so this isn't a technical beef. The gameplay is a joke. Walk & drive around, find your target, "hack" something (hacking is just pressing the Q key) and then a bunch of bozos shoot you and you die. Repeat. That's it. No actually gameplay as such. I bought Castlevania off Amazon for $8 just to have something to do this weekend.    … Expand
  25. 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
  26. Drivolis
    May 28, 2014
    2
    Lost 13 hours of gameplay. Can't use my phone to hack, can't play multiplayer, need to start over again? For 60€ for real? Yea... for real. The mouse handling is terrible, the menu is a joke. The gameplay itself is awsome... but so many bugs, graphical also gliches. Optimalisation? Never heard of it. I play it sometimes like a comic book. I have i7 4770k + 280x gaming edition 8 GB ram.Lost 13 hours of gameplay. Can't use my phone to hack, can't play multiplayer, need to start over again? For 60€ for real? Yea... for real. The mouse handling is terrible, the menu is a joke. The gameplay itself is awsome... but so many bugs, graphical also gliches. Optimalisation? Never heard of it. I play it sometimes like a comic book. I have i7 4770k + 280x gaming edition 8 GB ram. What's wrong with Ubisoft these days?… Expand
  27. Vasot
    May 28, 2014
    4
    1) Graphics are not as good as they promised
    2) At Ultra graphics it stutters a lot even if you have a super powerful PC
    3) UPLAY is garbage it really makes the game run worse and is one of the most awful services out there and as a DRM solution it does not stop the pirates... 4) Gameplay becomes repetitive really fast 5) Car physics are very arcade and unrealistic almost worse from    1) Graphics are not as good as they promised
    2) At Ultra graphics it stutters a lot even if you have a super powerful PC
    3) UPLAY is garbage it really makes the game run worse and is one of the most awful services out there and as a DRM solution it does not stop the pirates...
    4) Gameplay becomes repetitive really fast
    5) Car physics are very arcade and unrealistic almost worse from the Need for Speed series    … Expand
  28. me-0815
    May 30, 2014
    0
    This game uses Uplay, a DRM system that has lead to several reports of players being unable to start their purchased game. Even if you buy the game from Steam, it still insists on installing and using that other DRM system. What data it might transfer and to whom, remains the secret of its developers. And as usual with account-based systems, you can't resell the software.

    Furthermore,    This game uses Uplay, a DRM system that has lead to several reports of players being unable to start their purchased game. Even if you buy the game from Steam, it still insists on installing and using that other DRM system. What data it might transfer and to whom, remains the secret of its developers. And as usual with account-based systems, you can't resell the software.

    Furthermore, the graphics aren't close to the level shown in those famous previews. Add to that the reported perfomance issues as well as the generally mediocre quality of the game, which doesn't keep many promises of the publishers, and the game isn't worth the original price. Wait until it drops significantly or ignore the game, you won't miss anything essential.    … Expand
  29. Assassin8813
    May 28, 2014
    1
    This game is a mockery to any intelligent gamers in this world. It's clear to me that Ubisoft Montreal payed the critics who gave it anything over a 70 as any semi-intelligent human being would vomit in disgust at this pathetic display of next gen. Playing the game on maximum graphics using the most up-to-date hardware on the market leaves you bitterly disappointed at this game, givingThis game is a mockery to any intelligent gamers in this world. It's clear to me that Ubisoft Montreal payed the critics who gave it anything over a 70 as any semi-intelligent human being would vomit in disgust at this pathetic display of next gen. Playing the game on maximum graphics using the most up-to-date hardware on the market leaves you bitterly disappointed at this game, giving you fake reflections, no shadows in the entire world, and sun glare through the roof of a building while on the inside! I am not kidding, you get glare from the sun while INSIDE a building. I have seen Indy games that released five years ago with better lighting and reflection than this game.

    The physics engine in this game is a joke, cars are about as indestructible as Superman's pecs, and driving any vehicle will allow you to utterly destroy a wooden telephone pole at 1mph. I am not kidding. Anybody who worked on this game and isn't ashamed is either brain-dead or corrupt. More time and money when into making the E3 trailer two years ago than actually developing the game since then. I am ashamed that I even had to watch a friend play this game. The only reason I give this game a 1 is because if you can possibly get past the glaringly obvious issues, the broken physics, and the blindingly terrible graphics, it actually functions like a game.

    TL:DR, this game blows so hard in so many categories, porn stars look like nuns standing next to this game.    … Expand
  30. 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
  31. matzy911
    May 27, 2014
    2
    Totally not worth its price.. we can all agree that we've seen this kind of laziness way to often now.. It almost feels like the developers aint that interessted in making a good product, they just want their quick buck as soon as possible for a minimal development cost...
  32. Atlars
    May 31, 2014
    2
    Before the release of Watchdogs, Ubisoft released videos on Youtube showing friends hacking each other, and other cool hacking features amongst friends in multiplayer. The only problem, this was a lie - a scam if you ask. VERY few of the promised features are actually available.

    The multiplayer part is DEAD - yes DEAD! Do not buy this game is you expect a multilayer feature! OK - the    Before the release of Watchdogs, Ubisoft released videos on Youtube showing friends hacking each other, and other cool hacking features amongst friends in multiplayer. The only problem, this was a lie - a scam if you ask. VERY few of the promised features are actually available.

    The multiplayer part is DEAD - yes DEAD! Do not buy this game is you expect a multilayer feature!

    OK - the single player campaign. Had loads of moments where I though to myself, what the F am I doing right now, and why? The all over story is a bad parody of only god know what high school play. Copied contend from famous tv-series. A total lag of originality.

    Why a score of 2? The hacking part is new! Well semi new! And its cool!

    All over! This game is a VERY bad attempt to make GTA clone.

    DO NOT waste your money on this game!    … Expand
  33. t3hp3trock
    May 28, 2014
    3
    Watch Dogs:
    Pros:
    Fun, engaging at the start, unique hacking concepts. Cons: Car chases are lack luster, story line is very short, numerous glitches, everything is made out of toothpicks. My main issue is the E3 demo to the actual game. Aside from the complete degrade of graphics, Watch Dogs doesn't support AMD drivers! I've noticed a few graphical issues and frame drops that my    Watch Dogs:
    Pros:
    Fun, engaging at the start, unique hacking concepts.
    Cons:
    Car chases are lack luster, story line is very short, numerous glitches, everything is made out of toothpicks.

    My main issue is the E3 demo to the actual game. Aside from the complete degrade of graphics, Watch Dogs doesn't support AMD drivers! I've noticed a few graphical issues and frame drops that my Invidia counterparts have not. This really infuriates me. If AMD was able to get the code to optimize the game, I'd give the game a 6/10 for PC.    … Expand
  34. FolkenVIII
    May 27, 2014
    2
    Boring ... Repetitive ... A game without a soul.
    Here are the missions :
    1 - Go to a ramdom grey building
    2 - Hack a machinethinguberprotected without being spotted
    3 - Hurray !
    4 - Repeat.
  35. semperfi1503
    May 27, 2014
    2
    All in all, this is a freaking abomination. The graphics looks nothing like the 2012 trailer, with all the poor texture and visual effects. Hell, they said that this game's engine got some parts of Assassin's Creed IV and FarCry 3's visual combined, but I'd rather play FarCry 3 or Assassin's Creed IV for better visuals. Also, the driving mechanic is a huge train wreck that I'd rather walkAll in all, this is a freaking abomination. The graphics looks nothing like the 2012 trailer, with all the poor texture and visual effects. Hell, they said that this game's engine got some parts of Assassin's Creed IV and FarCry 3's visual combined, but I'd rather play FarCry 3 or Assassin's Creed IV for better visuals. Also, the driving mechanic is a huge train wreck that I'd rather walk or run most of the time. The acceleration and turning performance is super sensitive that it's so hard to drive straight. And the cover system, I love that I could stick myself to any piece of cover I could find and then switch cover quite easily. But press C to enter cover and press V to leave cover?? What the hell is that? Ubisoft has released many games utilizing cover mechanic, and some worked really nicely and here I thought they would have taken adventage of that, but no. And the main event - hacking is needless to say, disappointing. All you have to do is press and hold one single button on your keyboard and "boom!", whatever you were aiming to hack is taken care of. No deep hacking mechanic whatsoever although it was the one thing Ubisoft has been talking about a whole lot. And performance is also a pain in the ass. When I first played this game, it reminded me of Total War Rome II on its release. It's just so bad...all around.… Expand
  36. Cepheid46e2
    May 27, 2014
    2
    i7 4930k OC 4.6
    780ti OC 1300 on Water
    ASUS Black motherboard 32GB 2100 RAM Now if you'll note my computer specs above you'll see that I am WELL above what's recommended for the game and yet it's still unplayable. On a single monitor FPS drops down to 20-30FPS (major hitching, game looks like **** even with these low FPS and unable to connect to any multiplayer functions) which is    i7 4930k OC 4.6
    780ti OC 1300 on Water
    ASUS Black motherboard
    32GB 2100 RAM

    Now if you'll note my computer specs above you'll see that I am WELL above what's recommended for the game and yet it's still unplayable. On a single monitor FPS drops down to 20-30FPS (major hitching, game looks like **** even with these low FPS and unable to connect to any multiplayer functions) which is sad because consoles (with lower specs) get 30FPS. All I can say is that I will NEVER, ****ING EVER buy a Ubisoft game again. I was even looking forward to the Snowdrop engine and "The Division" but it's obviously smoke and mirrors the same as Watchdogs. Ubisoft is apparently competing with EA for worst software company in the world. This must be their DRM tactic, make games unplayable so nobody will pirate them. Good riddance.

    Game is also very boring with predictable and dumb AI.

    /goodbye Ubisoft    … Expand
  37. monxide
    May 28, 2014
    2
    So, i bought PC verison of Watch Dogs, but i barely able to launch it on high-end spec - uplay connection issues, multiple crashes to desktop within first 10 minutes of play, weird tooltip symbols while using localization - that game simply is not worth it.
  38. 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.
  39. Ulysse
    May 27, 2014
    2
    A des années lumières des promesses faites à l'E3 2012, en plus d'être assez moche, le jeu est injouable sur PC, que celui ci soit puissant ou non. Le gameplay est finalement assez basique : un GTA like avec un bouton A pour pirater et influencer un peu l'environnement. Le scénario est aux fraises chantillis et n'a finalement rien pour lui, seuls restent les bruitages et le doublageA des années lumières des promesses faites à l'E3 2012, en plus d'être assez moche, le jeu est injouable sur PC, que celui ci soit puissant ou non. Le gameplay est finalement assez basique : un GTA like avec un bouton A pour pirater et influencer un peu l'environnement. Le scénario est aux fraises chantillis et n'a finalement rien pour lui, seuls restent les bruitages et le doublage anglais d'assez bonne facture.
    Rien que le fait d'avoir menti aux joueurs me déçoit énormément d'Ubisoft, mais le jeu n'est au final meme pas fun a jouer et c'est encore plus regrettable, dommage car l'ambiance et le trip des premières annonces avait de quoi faire un jeu phénoménal/    … Expand
  40. kryator
    May 27, 2014
    4
    No feeling in this game, its doesn't pull you, everything around you feels detached, the driving is bad, mini-games are boring and after a couple of hours you're really bored. For example AC 4 was much more fun that this. This game is only worth with a discont of 75% or more.
  41. nidvar
    May 31, 2014
    0
    It is a smaller version of GTA 4 with the ability to hack traffic lights and set off circuit explosions on the side of the street.

    Getting a bridge to rise and fall does not mean hacking a city. You can hack people but those 'people' are just randomly generated profiles that have no real significance. The city looks beautiful but you cannot enter into 98% of buildings so it is    It is a smaller version of GTA 4 with the ability to hack traffic lights and set off circuit explosions on the side of the street.

    Getting a bridge to rise and fall does not mean hacking a city.

    You can hack people but those 'people' are just randomly generated profiles that have no real significance.

    The city looks beautiful but you cannot enter into 98% of buildings so it is just a nice view.

    Enjoy 5 minutes of playing with traffic lights.    … Expand
  42. TheGhost001
    May 29, 2014
    4
    Bad GTA clone that does very few things right.

    -Super bad optimization (2500 dollar pc, cant get above 40fps maxed out) -Insane amount of bugs and glitches, youtube it I dare you -Cars feel like they are toys with 0 character -Hacking is fun for about 10 minutes -No rewards what so ever for playing stealth and non lethal (in fact you get no exp at all compared to just mowing down    Bad GTA clone that does very few things right.

    -Super bad optimization (2500 dollar pc, cant get above 40fps maxed out)
    -Insane amount of bugs and glitches, youtube it I dare you
    -Cars feel like they are toys with 0 character
    -Hacking is fun for about 10 minutes
    -No rewards what so ever for playing stealth and non lethal (in fact you get no exp at all compared to just mowing down everything with an assault rifle and raking in massive exp)
    -Cover system is very poorly presented and if you hack the enemies cameras you can even see that 50% of your body is sticking out but they just walk by.
    -All in all poorly programmed Ai
    Massive letdown and got bored playing it after just 3 hours.    … Expand
  43. Lysh
    May 30, 2014
    4
    Basically GTA: Near Future Edition, with a some ideas borrowed from AssCreed and Dark Souls series. Unfortunately the much hyped 'hacking' is basically an afterthought. Not an entirely bad game, but disappointing.
  44. phukubi
    May 28, 2014
    0
    Not a Review, more of a warning. If you are one of the large amount of gameplayers who have noticed the decline of quality with ubisoft titles(happening since Chaos Theory & GRAW, when Ghost Recon was tactical and the Tom Clancy name meant something), your concerns are warranted. Ubisoft ONLY make nice videos of products they can only dream of making. Stop being burned by this company
  45. Klun
    May 27, 2014
    0
    Watch Bugs 60$

    I was so hyped for this game and its so bad and broken that im going to roll back the charge on my cc. I upgrade my old card for a r9 290x and i cant pass beyond 30 fps in high setting, so i can only say that this game is highly highly unoptimized or its probably another lame/console port. If you want to put ports do it right or at least don't rob people with 60$    Watch Bugs 60$

    I was so hyped for this game and its so bad and broken that im going to roll back the charge on my cc.

    I upgrade my old card for a r9 290x and i cant pass beyond 30 fps in high setting, so i can only say that this game is highly highly unoptimized or its probably another lame/console port. If you want to put ports do it right or at least don't rob people with 60$ for this buggy piece of trash.

    In short bugs bugs and more bugs.
    Game features are lame and get old quick.
    Awful Ai
    Did i mention the bugs ? dont pay for this joke... time to talk with my bank ...    … Expand
  46. user82
    May 27, 2014
    4
    Story: Actually the best thing about the game. Complex enough to be a little unpredictable, simple enough to follow
    Controls: Walking and going into cover works well, Aiming is unprecise
    Graphics: Medium at best, nothing fancy Free Roam: Very Repetitive Other: Buggy and laggy, not enjoyable at all on a system better than recommended specs Total: While the concept of hacking and the    Story: Actually the best thing about the game. Complex enough to be a little unpredictable, simple enough to follow
    Controls: Walking and going into cover works well, Aiming is unprecise
    Graphics: Medium at best, nothing fancy
    Free Roam: Very Repetitive
    Other: Buggy and laggy, not enjoyable at all on a system better than recommended specs
    Total: While the concept of hacking and the story are ok, the experience diminishes due to the poor performance and the poor graphics in daylight.    … Expand
  47. hein
    May 29, 2014
    0
    General Problems: Problems with ubisoft servers, problems connecting to them, problems just logging in...problems just logging in...problems just logging in...PROBLEMS F****** LOGGING IN...
  48. macishiryu
    May 27, 2014
    0
    They must be kidding. So much hype on this game visuals and no crossfire support?? Texture flickering? No Dynamic lightning? Static shadows? And the textures, were made in 2005? The game sttuters like hell. The fps goes down from 60 to 11 in 1 second. Same in AMD 14.6 beta driver. Remind me Assassins Creed 3 optimation.

    Only two police models. The helicopter and the generic vehicle.    They must be kidding. So much hype on this game visuals and no crossfire support?? Texture flickering? No Dynamic lightning? Static shadows? And the textures, were made in 2005? The game sttuters like hell. The fps goes down from 60 to 11 in 1 second. Same in AMD 14.6 beta driver. Remind me Assassins Creed 3 optimation.

    Only two police models. The helicopter and the generic vehicle. Many bugs and stupid AI. Very repetitive.

    The game is mediocre at best.    … Expand
  49. estoufarto
    May 30, 2014
    4
    Worst pre-order ive ever spent money on i was truly disappointed, i could not believe that this much hype and 4 or 5 years of development plus 8 months delay would end up in this unpolished, unfinished and sub-par game. But i want to be fair so it gets 4/10 it pissed me off more then i enjoyed it.
  50. 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
  51. 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.
  52. Ihuarraquax
    Jun 2, 2014
    4
    Watch Dogs looks pretty nice only when in the game is rainy night. Reflections of lights and buildings are really awesome. Everything else is awful. Unplayable type of driving cars and cars are indestructible. AI is extremely stupid. This game is full of bugs. I don't recommend Watch Dogs.
  53. 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
  54. nlmike
    May 31, 2014
    0
    Just a call to metacritic to try and stop these very obvious FAKE reviews to try and get the score to a positive number. people are pissed of because we are getting RIPPED OFF yet again by the likes of Ubisoft

    I am beyond rage about these horrible media campaigns and the unfortunatly expected crappy console ports. What a bad day for gamers.
  55. MidnightsFX
    May 27, 2014
    4
    Leading up to watch dogs I was very excited to see a hacking game which would allow you to interact with a huge portion of the world. After playing for four hours I am thoroughly disappointed. Here is a quick break down of what I noticed.

    Pros: - The world is generally very detailed, which is great for a feeling of immersion. - The Skill tree does open up a number of new options for    Leading up to watch dogs I was very excited to see a hacking game which would allow you to interact with a huge portion of the world. After playing for four hours I am thoroughly disappointed. Here is a quick break down of what I noticed.

    Pros:
    - The world is generally very detailed, which is great for a feeling of immersion.
    - The Skill tree does open up a number of new options for your approach.
    - There is a good amount of variety in the missions available to play, but mimics Saints or GTA.
    - There is a distinct lack of obnoxious mini-games, which for a hacking eccentric game, is nice.

    Cons:
    - Within the first 20 minutes, you will notice the driving is absolutely god-awful, it gets a little better, but every car feels like driving a tug-boat on wheels with balded tires and an super sensitive gas pedal.
    - The skill tree is pretty disappointing, it opens up new options, but nothing is going to make you go "Ohh! that is so cool!" Its more like, "whoooh I can open gates now..."
    - The side missions, are either super freaking easy, or uncontrollably hard and obnoxious, but not the challenging hard you would get from playing dark souls, no its the challenge you get by having dial-up when playing BF4.
    - The hacking is all press and hold, which is a little too simplistic, and excessively boring, there is no simulated or other 'hacking' in the game. Just a simple mini-game to build a hacking program or hack complex devices would of been nice.

    And the controversial one.
    - Its not optimized for **** My friends who have Nvidia cards are able to run the game fine, assuming 2G of Vram and 8G+ of ram. However, having an AMD card, I can't run the game past low, even though I can run all of the other recent games at high or very high... This would be due to Nividias 'Gameworks' Libraries. Personally, if Ubisoft chooses to use this library which employs some nasty tricks I will not be buying those games, even if I end up having an Nividia card. I would like to support a competitive market.    … Expand
  56. incarno
    May 28, 2014
    0
    Verbosity aside, don't believe the hype.

    I'll put it concisely: it's nigh-impossible to get running and to get running well (I have a GTX Titan and a monster processor; 'nough said), its story is neurotypical revenge flick fare, its driving is just **** neurotic overall (think of driving in DarkRP, but double the rage inducing factor), hacking is a wishy washy gimmick that gets stale    Verbosity aside, don't believe the hype.

    I'll put it concisely: it's nigh-impossible to get running and to get running well (I have a GTX Titan and a monster processor; 'nough said), its story is neurotypical revenge flick fare, its driving is just **** neurotic overall (think of driving in DarkRP, but double the rage inducing factor), hacking is a wishy washy gimmick that gets stale after the first few car pileups and random explosions, gameplay is poorly optimized (mouse sensitivity as well as mouse smoothing is just wack, and there's no way to modify it in game, but it's easily mended with some edits to the .xml file), and combat overall is actually not fun at all, even with strong auto aim on, AND with the mouse fixes. AI is just plainly and simply completely down syndrome ridden, even on hard, and the NSA-esque digital prying becomes irking and never gets any funnier than stupid allusions to NPCs' sexual preferences. The only mildly entertaining character here was the azn with the funny hair, and even he wears thin quickly. Textures pop in and out constantly, yet this is merely a tidbit of what I've been hearing about the more common technical difficulties my brethren have been experiencing (RANDOM CRASHING; need I say more?).

    And the worst aspect of it all: even on Ultra with every setting cranked up to the max, the game looks NOTHING like the E3 2012 tech demo that we've been salivating over for 2 years. We were brokered a fairy tale by snake oil salesmen, yet again. When will we learn?    … Expand
  57. GamingApple
    May 29, 2014
    0
    I bought the game, on the release day things went bad.

    Uplay site was horrible to get on, lags and unable to connect. Took me 1 day to try and download "Uplay" and the download was corrupted. Then i restarted and tried again. Then finally after 5 hours i could "start up the game" but when i tried to play CRASH I had 5 crashed before i could even go further then the intro movies.    I bought the game, on the release day things went bad.

    Uplay site was horrible to get on, lags and unable to connect.
    Took me 1 day to try and download "Uplay" and the download was corrupted.
    Then i restarted and tried again.

    Then finally after 5 hours i could "start up the game" but when i tried to play CRASH

    I had 5 crashed before i could even go further then the intro movies. And you can't skip.
    After awhile I could but then CRASH.

    I gave up and tried to do everything possible to fix it. Re-download, install all drivers etc.

    Still no luck, this is day 3 and i still can't play this game. 2 of my friends could play it and they say it's horrible. Multi-player takes 1/2 hours before you can invade random people. Then it's broken.
    Game-play issues etc.

    for a game that got delayed for nearly 2 years you would expect them to FIX and bring a STABLE game out. where did 68 Mil $ go? how can a game that cost that much be SO horrible.

    here's a vid about the crash I'm getting

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnThC_6nKVA

    Bad launch, reminds me of Rome 2, Siims city 2013 and X rebirth. BAD and horrible launch. Great PR but did not live up to it's expectation.    … Expand
  58. sapuramura
    May 29, 2014
    3
    No physics!
    Fake dynamic lights!
    Poor/fake reflections in mirrors/glass!
    Boring story!
    Cardboard city and npc's(trying to look alive but it's fake)!
    Too repetitive!
    Hacking in WD isn’t really hacking! More like 80's movie about hacking, witch is just a joke to what hacking really is!

    But good overall concept(poor execution) and fun DRUG missions.
  59. Pier
    Jun 8, 2014
    4
    I can play this game at ultra, but the controls are simply horrible, even after semi fixing the mouse modifying a config file. It doesn't matter how good is the story if you can't play it or the games crashes.
  60. 4demon
    Jun 1, 2014
    3
    I hate this game. I'd love to rate it lower, but technically speaking, it's quite impressive.

    Pros • It's pretty looking • It's quick to load • The story is pretty good... thought admittedly, inconsistent. Cons • Randomly generated elements - This I only noticed when I died. So here's the breakdown. I get on a motorbike, ride over to a building, look around for a camera and    I hate this game. I'd love to rate it lower, but technically speaking, it's quite impressive.

    Pros

    • It's pretty looking
    • It's quick to load
    • The story is pretty good... thought admittedly, inconsistent.

    Cons

    • Randomly generated elements - This I only noticed when I died. So here's the breakdown. I get on a motorbike, ride over to a building, look around for a camera and start the hacking process. I eventually scan the entire mission area, picking up all of the enemies on my HUD. The man at the gate has explosives on him, so I hack that, he blows up, I move onto the next one. At some point, I am spotted, I get shot, and I die.

    So I reload. Suddenly, I'm in a completely different place. I turn around, and I'm stood next to a van. What happened to my bike?!?! Ok, so I hack into the camera, and... darn... I need to scout the area again, as they've all come off of my HUD. Doing this twice gets boring... let alone if you die a lot. So I have everyone in my HUD, hack into the guy by the gate again without paying much attention, only to find out that he no longer carries grenades, but is now distracted by a text message. So yeah, the game randomly chooses these characters. This means that you can't learn by your mistakes, and each mission isn't unique. You're just fighting a random array each time.

    I should point out that this also is the same for some boss fights. The boss will suddenly spawn behind you and kill you, so you reload and take cover somewhere else. Finally, after the boss has finished saying his long LONG monologue for the 5th time, he spawns in again, somewhere random, and all your planning is to waste. Rinse and repeat. DULL!!!

    • Controls - I'm using a gamepad on my PC, so this might be different for others. For me, run is Right Trigger. The thing is, shoot is also right trigger... this starts getting confusing. Also, your character cannot jump on command. He can climb over small obstacles, but that's about it. If you press A, your character will take cover by a wall. Now, this may be my fault, but I'm used to using A to run. So when I'm attacked, I instinctively press A, and my character sticks to a wall, gets shot, dies... and see the point above for what happens next.

    • Next Gen - This is NOT a next gen game. Nothing new is here. It looks worse than GTA5, in my opinion (which I also didn't care much for, I should add). I'm playing on Ultra settings on my PC, and I'm underwhelmed. When cars smash into things, whether they deform appears to be entirely random. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. You can't buy cars, as far as I can tell.

    I just feel as though this game is a poor man's GTA.

    I've just had to shelve it for a while, because I'm fed up with it. My current mission is to chase down a van... however, when I start the mission, it spawns in a random location. I should point out that this is a main campaign mission. I'm confused, because having a randomizing mission is more difficult to program than a pre-set mission. I can't see why on Earth they would do this intentionally. It means that I can't learn from my mistakes, and I can't plan a strategy. I just have to hope for the best each time.

    I've put quite a few hours into this... but I'm not going to waste my time for much longer. I only wish I bought it on a console rather than digitally, as I can't sell it anymore... and oh, how I wish to be rid of it!    … Expand
  61. bjaz
    Jun 2, 2014
    1
    biggest flop game ever
    simply waste of money and time
    gta is way faaaaaarrrrr better than this ****
    i'll play gta sa or 4 again but not this ****
    ubi down after as4 release....
  62. Diablo92
    May 28, 2014
    3
    Why both to buy this? Can't even be played at ultra high settings on a high end pc gaming rig. 8GB of ram are recommended but 6 is needed just to run it. Not as expected, expected a little more fun and the driving feels like crap (its not the lag).

    Whoever pre ordered this and then found out they don't even have enough specs to run it and not as expected should feel bad.
  63. Nexion36
    May 27, 2014
    1
    This game ended up being a total let down. After all the hype it just turned out to be a very unpolished GTA 5 clone. The car handling is terrible, the frame rate drops kill the game, and the open world movement is very boring and uninteresting.

    I'm running 2 gtx770's and a i5-4670k, plenty fast enough for this game and i still get giant frame rate drops at medium settings. This    This game ended up being a total let down. After all the hype it just turned out to be a very unpolished GTA 5 clone. The car handling is terrible, the frame rate drops kill the game, and the open world movement is very boring and uninteresting.

    I'm running 2 gtx770's and a i5-4670k, plenty fast enough for this game and i still get giant frame rate drops at medium settings.

    This game was released unfinished. Take your $60 and go buy Wolfenstien The New Order.    … Expand
  64. Temannopellaria
    May 28, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incredible stuttering with i7 2600 k 4.8 ghz,8 gb ram g.skill sniper and msi gtx 690 overclocked 1250 mhz LOL.
    Ubisoft develops games on consoles only please!    … Expand
  65. Jonathan117
    Jun 5, 2014
    4
    Honestly; The biggest waste of money so far this year, also an awful disapointment.
    Pros:
    -Voice Actors are fairly good, although a bit stiff at times. -Hacking works fairly well, even though it is fairly limited to the press of a button and really requires no skill what so ever. -Story is ok, although a bit hard to get into. -Fairly cool mechanism where you can see everyones    Honestly; The biggest waste of money so far this year, also an awful disapointment.
    Pros:
    -Voice Actors are fairly good, although a bit stiff at times.
    -Hacking works fairly well, even though it is fairly limited to the press of a button and really requires no skill what so ever.
    -Story is ok, although a bit hard to get into.
    -Fairly cool mechanism where you can see everyones background by hacking their phone.
    Cons:
    -Performance wise this is the worst I have seen in years (a patch is incoming so this might be addressed)
    -Boring side missions, ''shoot this'', ''identify that'', ''catch that car''. Not. Fun. At. All.
    -Way, way worse graphics than what we originally saw at E3
    -Only a few types of enemies, doesn't help that they are extremely easy to deal with.
    -Lack of customization in every aspect.
    -Skills you can unlock are extremely limited in scope and rarely does anything epic.
    Summary:
    The game seeks to be an original, hacking game. This however failed miserably, the hacking is decent but far from what we expected, pressing a button and ♥♥♥♥ exploding everywhere is only enjoyable for a short time. Other than the hacking this game is pretty much a scaled down version of GTA, Mafia, Saints Row. No customization, few enjoyable weapons, boring vehicles, no interesting character interaction. Want realism, great action, a decent story? Play GTA (Once, if ever, it comes out on PC #RockstarHatesPCgamers. Want fun, a great story and loads of weapons, customization, funny dialogue etc... Play Saints Row. Want a great story, great atmosphere and extremely enjoyable albeit linear gameplay? Play Mafia 2!
    This game is not recommended, waste of 70€, regretting the purchase more every second I think of it.    … Expand
  66. TwwiX
    May 27, 2014
    0
    Sloppy port is sloppy.

    Who cares about eye candy when the game runs and plays like ass? Win7 x64, i7 920 @ 3.8GHz, GTX 660 SC and 6 GB DDR3 Ram Performance has been very inconsistent for me so far. Memory leaks, maybe? Probably. Framerate drops from 80 to practically 0, especially during driving sequences. I've tried various graphics settings. It makes minimal to no ****    Sloppy port is sloppy.

    Who cares about eye candy when the game runs and plays like ass?

    Win7 x64, i7 920 @ 3.8GHz, GTX 660 SC and 6 GB DDR3 Ram

    Performance has been very inconsistent for me so far. Memory leaks, maybe? Probably. Framerate drops from 80 to practically 0, especially during driving sequences. I've tried various graphics settings. It makes minimal to no **** difference. Meanwhile i can run and play graphical, sandbox behemoths like Planetside 2 and Just Cause 2 without any **** hiccups whatsoever. The latter, albeit an older game, looks vastly superior compared to this consolified piece of **** Even on Ultra settings, it's vastly inferior compared to older titles. Anyway. This ****'s unplayable for me in this state. As if the terrible draw distance and constant pop in wasn't annoying enough. The mouse acceleration is less noticeable in-game but it's a pain in the ass when it comes to navigating the games menus. Yes, there's mouse acceleration. That alone is sufficient proof that this is a ****ty port. The car handling is floaty and the controls feel unresponsive. There's quite a delay when making turns and the cars end up sliding all over the place. Can't hit **** without starting to spin out like a carousel. I expected better from Ubisoft Reflections in terms of vehicle handling. As far as i know, they've contributed to the development and worked on the game's car physics. I just hope that they put more care and effort into The Crew than they did into this. It reminds me of the awful car handling of All Points Bulletin. It's as if you are ridding on a sluggish, clunky block of ice regardless of the car's size or type you commandeer. It's just awful. And this is coming from a long time fan of the Driver games. Do i need to even rant about Uplay?

    Good luck even launching the game if you're a ATI/AMD user! That's when happens you reward developers/publishers who are more concerned about the well being of their rich **** financiers than they're about the state of their games or their consumers.

    Downvote away, fanboys and astrosufers!    … Expand
  67. DireMelon
    May 28, 2014
    3
    Very boring missions, terrible car handling and bad performance sums this game up.

    When I played some of the missions I was like uh **** I don't want to do that let me do something fun. When driving the cars they handled horribly. The handling is comparable to that of saints row 3. When driving at high speeds my game would stutter and the game looks ugly as hell on max settings.    Very boring missions, terrible car handling and bad performance sums this game up.

    When I played some of the missions I was like uh **** I don't want to do that let me do something fun.

    When driving the cars they handled horribly. The handling is comparable to that of saints row 3.

    When driving at high speeds my game would stutter and the game looks ugly as hell on max settings.

    Overall don't buy this game. You could obtain it from elsewhere if you want to give it a try.    … Expand
  68. Repression
    Jun 1, 2014
    1
    This game is a huge letdown for what initially looked like the first real "next gen" experience at the E3. In reality this game looks and plays like something out of 2005. I'll give them that the game looks nice in the rain, but apart from this it is a huge letdown.
  69. hayungs
    Jun 4, 2014
    4
    Such a nice game concept so poorly executed. The graphics are nice, but not optimized and laggy. The Gameplay is repetive and over simplified. After a few hours of gameplay you are just frustrated with all the lost potential.
  70. Kategaru
    May 27, 2014
    1
    Ubisoft made a huge mistake backing up on Nvidia and dumping the AMD graphic card users, after trying to play this game the whole day i am very pissed off at it, i recommend to people not to buy this game, at least for now because you will only get pissed off and will probably end in reseting your PC, 10 times every 1 hours of trying to play this garbage
  71. sandstormcomes
    May 27, 2014
    1
    This game doesn't get optimizing process?
    Require PC Spec is suck.
    And have some blocking issues.
    I should bought PS4 version.
    I'm very regret about buying this game...
  72. Piratoz
    May 28, 2014
    3
    Let me start by saying I wanted to love this game, I really did.

    As far as game design goes watchdogs is a solid game but fails to make many innovations. The hacking in this game is undercooked and oversimplified and the combat plays out like any other typical third person open world shooter. The story is decent and many of the characters have fleshed out dialogue and colorful    Let me start by saying I wanted to love this game, I really did.

    As far as game design goes watchdogs is a solid game but fails to make many innovations. The hacking in this game is undercooked and oversimplified and the combat plays out like any other typical third person open world shooter. The story is decent and many of the characters have fleshed out dialogue and colorful personalities.

    If there were no other problems with this game I would recommend it. Sure, the hacking mechanics that were supposed to set it apart from other GTA-esque games were rather lacking and some strange design features such as other players being able to intrude on your single player session were incorporated. But at the end of the day this is a solid game with a decent story and interesting characters. However the thing that makes me not reccommend this game are the frustrating and clunky controls, constant crashes, poor optimization for PC, and game breaking bugs that occur constantly.

    As soon as I started playing it was evident how clunky the controls in this game felt. Mouse acceleration makes aiming difficult and slow. It is a constant fight with the game to make Aiden use the right object as cover. No, I do not want to crouch on the side of the vending machine as cover, I want to crouch behind it. The UI in this game was clearly designed for controllers, everything from the inventory wheel to Aiden's smartphone interface is very clunky to use with a mouse and keyboard. There is also a gamebreaking bug that when more than one directional key such as 'A' and 'W' are pressed when aiming at a target with your weapon, your character will not stop moving in that direction after you stop aiming which results in a retarded looking jog into walls and enemies resulting in a death. This bug occurs constantly in combat.

    Watchdogs also suffers from extremely poor GPU optimization. My machine is getting old but with 2xHD6950's and an i5 2500k I expected at least smooth performance on medium-high. Instead on medium-high settings at 1080p resolution the game stutters along sub-30 fps in outside environments. When driving there are also extremely annoying instances where the fps will spike down to 10 or so every few seconds. In addition, Watchdogs randomly crashes to desktop every so often.

    If it wasn't for these extremely frustrating control issues, optimzation issues, and random crashes I would have recommended Watchdogs, but because these exist: please please please do not buy this game until these issues are sorted out. It will only result in hours of frustration.

    Without bugs and Issues: 7/10
    Final Score: 3/10    … Expand
  73. Revelati
    May 28, 2014
    1
    Broken DRM software makes the game unplayable. Was told by support to play in offline mode, cant get offline mode until you log in online. Maybe in an alternate dimension this makes sense...

    Its just Sim City all over again, apparently Ubisoft and their non functional DRM/Spyware "UPlay" are giving EA a run for their money in the "Worst Company In America" catagory. Well guys you won    Broken DRM software makes the game unplayable. Was told by support to play in offline mode, cant get offline mode until you log in online. Maybe in an alternate dimension this makes sense...

    Its just Sim City all over again, apparently Ubisoft and their non functional DRM/Spyware "UPlay" are giving EA a run for their money in the "Worst Company In America" catagory.

    Well guys you won the prize as far as I'm concerned!    … Expand
  74. kabalneto
    May 28, 2014
    1
    Promessas não compridas ! jogo enjoativo e mal otimizado ! não vejo como uma nova franquia ! pois e jogo e muito superficial sem falar na física que não existe .. em fim jogo chato e sem graça, não da vontade de continuar jogando.
  75. EagleTiTi
    May 31, 2014
    1
    Maybe this game is good on consoles and some supercomputers, but in current state it's unplayable on many (powerful) PCs. Game have great potential but doesn't live it's potential.
  76. splitforces
    Jun 1, 2014
    0
    I registered on metaritic just so I can state my frustration with this game. Ubisoft clearly does not care about its PC consumer base as this game is barely functional with very little thought put into the PC port. Also hacking is not very fun when it boils down to a point and click QTE. Characters were not interesting. Overall an over-hyped disappointing game.
  77. FarLong
    Jun 1, 2014
    0
    Facts about Watch Dogs:
    - Stupid NPC
    - Woods cars
    - Not interesting player's company.
    - Nothing to do in city
    - Static shadows
    It is game not about hacking. One button click is not hack. It is game not about freedom. You have only few opportunities which stay so boring after 2 hours
  78. templar2143
    Jun 1, 2014
    3
    Poor optimization
    Stupid AI
    Boring gameplay
    GTAV with one button hacking and without flying
    And Where the **** is the multiplayer in singleplayer without loading screens?

    A huge disappointment i was really looking forward for this "next gen" game.
  79. Tzikas
    Jun 4, 2014
    3
    Caveat: My PC runs Watch_Dogs without crashing, and it runs it at good graphics with a good frame-rate, so this is not a "technical review".

    In other words, the low score is because the game brings nothing new to the table. Walk/run/drive around, shoot people, do random/disconnected side-missions, press a button whenever you're in the vicinity of a bridge, door, phone, grate, vent, sign    Caveat: My PC runs Watch_Dogs without crashing, and it runs it at good graphics with a good frame-rate, so this is not a "technical review".

    In other words, the low score is because the game brings nothing new to the table. Walk/run/drive around, shoot people, do random/disconnected side-missions, press a button whenever you're in the vicinity of a bridge, door, phone, grate, vent, sign (etc) to "hack" it. Oh, and the vehicle physics is horrible and makes you feel like Bambi on ice.

    It feels like someone tried to make a game, but couldn't quite decide if they wanted it to be GTA, Infamous or Assassins Creed. Then they realized they needed to make it unique, so they added "hacking". True, not all hacking is as simple as clicking a single button. For some of it you actually have to play a mini-game where you, by clicking a single button, rotate breaker switches to lead electricity from A to B.

    Gimmicky, boring, and after haven given it three serious attempts (which have taken me about 5-6 hours into the game) I find absolutely nothing that makes me want to boot it up again.    … Expand
  80. scotto808
    Jun 4, 2014
    0
    OK, so lets begin, we start the game with some guy stealing from everyday people, then move on to a scene where you learn his daughter got killed. Firstly, he deserved it, and his entire rampage is unjustified. besides a poor story, the characters are all poorly designed, the physics makes me want to cut myself, everything is the same, you are not a hacker, you simply have an app, thisOK, so lets begin, we start the game with some guy stealing from everyday people, then move on to a scene where you learn his daughter got killed. Firstly, he deserved it, and his entire rampage is unjustified. besides a poor story, the characters are all poorly designed, the physics makes me want to cut myself, everything is the same, you are not a hacker, you simply have an app, this isn't special or even feel good. Honestly, worst game i've ever played...… Expand
  81. clarky
    Jun 2, 2014
    0
    Cannot Skip Cut Scenes = Cannot Play The Game. So I give it zero for violating a core mechanic of the game development bible. If I want to watch a bad movie, with a plot, characters and lame story, ill rent one.
  82. Hckngrtfakt
    Jun 30, 2014
    0
    As other user critics have said, this game is boring and repetitive,...
    Graphics are sub-par, and the game play is... missing, there's just none.

    Bought the game played it for a good 3 days to give it a good chance but had to re-sell it on cragislist.
    Not.Worth.The.Money !!!
  83. BENZIN124
    Jun 3, 2014
    0
    Самая провальная игра года. Физики нет, оптимизации нет, завышенная цена, графика 2010 года. При убогой графике игра супер-гипер-мега требовательная к железу. Юбисофт, вам не стыдно? Где то что вы обещали в 2012 году? У вас было полно времени, куча денег и вы дали нам ЭТО? Вы наплевали на своих фанатов. Обманули их показав одно а выдав убожество 2010 года.Самая провальная игра года. Физики нет, оптимизации нет, завышенная цена, графика 2010 года. При убогой графике игра супер-гипер-мега требовательная к железу. Юбисофт, вам не стыдно? Где то что вы обещали в 2012 году? У вас было полно времени, куча денег и вы дали нам ЭТО? Вы наплевали на своих фанатов. Обманули их показав одно а выдав убожество 2010 года.
  84. inverguy
    Jun 5, 2014
    3
    Firstly I need to say that I got this game with my new graphic card for free as such enjoyed it as a free product, although as something most ppl need to pay for I would be extremely annoyed with. This is pretty much a copy of GTA5 but it is much worse. Cars drive like crap, but you can get used to this. Feels like more of a shooter with one magic button to hack stuff.

    I think the    Firstly I need to say that I got this game with my new graphic card for free as such enjoyed it as a free product, although as something most ppl need to pay for I would be extremely annoyed with. This is pretty much a copy of GTA5 but it is much worse. Cars drive like crap, but you can get used to this. Feels like more of a shooter with one magic button to hack stuff.

    I think the biggest disappointment is multiplayer (hacking and following). If you get some basic ideas how the game works there is no way for someone to successfully complete one of these successfully. Although the reward system is constructed the way you will always level up over time.

    In my humble opinion you can get more fun out of £7 indie games than this so unless the price is dropped to around £20, don't buy it.

    PS: don't get into this internet hype about this game... you will be disappointed if you expect too much.

    PS: the trailer of this game is VERY misleading. Watch some "gameplay" videos first !!!!    … Expand
  85. Wolfgrin
    Jun 5, 2014
    3
    Sadly a very boring game after you played if for a hour or two, it almost feels like that's when the developers also gave up on the game and just used copy and paste to finish it. Worse game so far I have bought from Ubisoft, feels like a EA game with all that comes with that......
  86. yY2
    Jun 6, 2014
    2
    One of worst games i ever played:

    -Story is dumb
    -Side missions have 0 creativity and are all the same
    -Gameplay is boring

    +Only interesting thing was hacking, but it got old very fast too.
    DONT BUY THIS
  87. Jonno_scout
    Jun 19, 2014
    4
    I absolutely refuse to support this game after the way ubisoft sold everyone on the games graphics last year, only to fail to deliver them. On top of which, it was recently discovered that the graphics for PC were limited on purpose - this is completely unacceptable, and I will not support a company that abuses its fan base so readily.
  88. Neromaz
    Jun 4, 2014
    1
    Firstly, this GAME is like GTA, Sleeping Dogs & maybe a few others, people saying it's nothing like these games are idiots, as it has a closer relation to these than phucking PAC-MAN.

    So what does this game DO others didn't? well it would be easier say what the other DID that this didn't. Well, this is a new game so its obviously going to look better, but only by a few degrees, I    Firstly, this GAME is like GTA, Sleeping Dogs & maybe a few others, people saying it's nothing like these games are idiots, as it has a closer relation to these than phucking PAC-MAN.

    So what does this game DO others didn't? well it would be easier say what the other DID that this didn't.

    Well, this is a new game so its obviously going to look better, but only by a few degrees, I would actually say Sleeping Dogs in some way looks better.

    Things to do, well the main point of Watch Dogs is your phones ability to hack stuff.

    Like phone junctions boxes outside peoples houses, for which you then can spy on them earning some XP while watching some cute cut scene, this was relatively amusing,but very basic. Some had a little puzzle to complete, similar to them pipe puzzle where you need to get water from one end to the other by moving the pipes, but this was electricity.

    you can also hack -

    CCTV camera: This makes sense, these are used to move around inside buildings and getting up to higher places.

    Traffic lights: This is somewhat amusing the first few times watching cars smash into each other- Dumb idiots. OK this makes sense, and its used to stop people chasing you, police and bad guys.

    Bollards: Which comes up blocking roads, also to stop cars, this also made sense.

    Drains:? or Gas Mains or 15 Pounds of C4 buried in the road? Not too sure about this one, its nice to trigger, but makes no sense seemed like a lacking in things to hack imo.

    Bridges, phuck it why not.

    Forklifts & Cheery Pickers? what? just getting stupid now desperately adding things to hack, Oh and apparently you can only make them hackable to move up and down?

    And some explosive floor bombs, wall circuit boxes and & other pointless stuff.

    ALSO, you can hack the pointless & moronic citizens of Chicago, listen in to their text and phone conversions, which is amusing but after 200+ its gets pretty dull, furthermore you can steal their bank account details and take some of their saving, but after reaching about 300k you can pretty much buy everything that can be bought, so money is useless, this is just a gimmick and a game filler, I can see people doing this for ages like it did, then release it was all for nothing.

    The Campaign or main story is OK nothing great, and the protagonist is a total arse. Most unlikable character in any genre, be it movie, books or games, his reasons & action are so poorly written, it feels so cobbled and rushed together.

    Game play: Comparing this to the other open world GTA style games, this is by far the worst, the City is open straight away which leads little to no discovery, buildings and just closed lifeless boxes, apart from the odd news stand, café or bar where you can buy a drink/snacks that fills your bullet time thing, which I never used.

    The main Campaign is 90% chase that guy or follow this guy, and escape the bad guys or police, these type of mission were the worst parts of the other games, I hated them and GTA only used them to add filler to the their games, and Sleeping Dogs never used them at all. But Watch Dogs is mainly these, and these are awful- Reason! the driving is nasty.
    Well part from those terrible missions, the other few consist of get in/out without being seen, tad like Metal Gear solid style, they see you and bam, start again time, these mission were even worst then the driving ones, and finally a very basic but and probably the best part of the game, cover shooting which worked fine, but pretty easy if you took your time.

    Side mission, were basic and dull, the gang hide out is basically a cover shooter, where you attack some goons then hit their boss with a stick, you kill him its start again time, but you can kill his goons np, this one one was ok the other 2 pretty Crappy..

    NOW THE WORST PART OF THE GAME: Wow the driving, omg, For example the boats actually handle better than the cars, absolutely awful & just embarrassingly bad.

    So Watch Dogs? An awful, cheap and hurried game, that actually takes the genre back to 2004. From the lies about the visuals in the 2012 E3 Trailer and the nasty PC optimization, and the fact that the last 2 bosses are basically QTE, or the fact that you character can't do anything in the city, apart from bump into the citizen steal pointless money, or play dull chess. or even the terribly coded Hulk mentality of the police-POLICE SMASH -. wow they literally have one line of code those guys.

    But that fact they have Released DLC for $5 without fixing Uplay or stabilizing the game for people that have paid upwards of $70    … Expand
  89. ROBerttt7567
    Jun 4, 2014
    2
    Watch_Dogs would be a pretty cool game if it was made around 2006. The game needs to be run with Ubisoft's terrible Uplay system. The visuals aren't impressive and you get terrible performance with nothing to show for. The story is boring and uninteresting. There is barely anything to do after you finish the campaign. This is a pretty big disappointment after seeing the e3 2012 gameplay.Watch_Dogs would be a pretty cool game if it was made around 2006. The game needs to be run with Ubisoft's terrible Uplay system. The visuals aren't impressive and you get terrible performance with nothing to show for. The story is boring and uninteresting. There is barely anything to do after you finish the campaign. This is a pretty big disappointment after seeing the e3 2012 gameplay. But then again, it's Ubisoft.… Expand
  90. DragonBall89
    Jun 5, 2014
    3
    The game is a major disappointment and although i can't say that there aren't any things that i like, those are nothing comparing to those that i dislike.

    I can't shot from either car or motorcycle, the driving is..... it's hard to get use to it, if its even possible. If you're playing in multiplayer and the other player has a controller you are doomed. You can practically fly    The game is a major disappointment and although i can't say that there aren't any things that i like, those are nothing comparing to those that i dislike.

    I can't shot from either car or motorcycle, the driving is..... it's hard to get use to it, if its even possible.

    If you're playing in multiplayer and the other player has a controller you are doomed.

    You can practically fly through the entire game with a silenced pistol.

    and other smaller things like crashes and so on.

    I won't get into the story but let's say it really ain't worth the money, i bought watch dogs but no way in wherever that i buy any dlc, actually i just finished the story part of the game 2 days ago and didn't even touched the game since.    … Expand
  91. DatTriple
    Jun 6, 2014
    3
    Repetitive, extremely dumbed down and over all boring game. "Hold X to hack"? Could they at least have made a mini-game sequence like in the Mass Effect series? The game is full of clichés and uninteresting characters.
  92. Temoari
    Jun 8, 2014
    1
    My score could be higher, if Ubi-soft didn't advertised this game that much.
    Ubi-soft sad that this game would be a REAL next-gen game, greater than any other sand-box game.
    And what the hell is up with the system specs? I don't even understand why they are so demanding.
    Graphics are mediocre. World is empty. Main character is a disaster. Car physics are awful.
  93. Goombaka
    Jun 9, 2014
    0
    The game doesn't even work, the lack of respect from Ubisoft is remarkable, a lot of people have the 90% bug and were left with a broken game.

    That's why people stop buying things...that's why people pirate things, because of the lack of the respect for the consumer. Sorry but this is what i'm seeing through all of this..This is my opinion, Ubisoft doesn't care about us, they already    The game doesn't even work, the lack of respect from Ubisoft is remarkable, a lot of people have the 90% bug and were left with a broken game.

    That's why people stop buying things...that's why people pirate things, because of the lack of the respect for the consumer. Sorry but this is what i'm seeing through all of this..This is my opinion, Ubisoft doesn't care about us, they already got their money...they will do the fix whenever they want.    … Expand
  94. IcyTorrent
    Jun 13, 2014
    0
    Cannot play because of uPlay (what an irony). When uPlay is up it wants to do a perpetual cycle of updating and when it isn't it just won't log on. Ubisoft support is terrible. Impossible to get a refund even though I haven't got the opportunity to play the game. Never going to buy another Ubisoft game until this terrible service is removed.
  95. reviewguyhere
    Jun 14, 2014
    0
    Never has a game ever been such a chore to finish.
    -clunky floaty controls
    -ridiculously boring plot progression -boring combat -repetitive 'hacking' -invincible super cops This game sucks and it's poorly optimized for PC. I wouldn't even rent this. Borrow from a friend or watch a let's play if you want to see what it's all about. This is not a 'game.' At best it's a buggy proof of    Never has a game ever been such a chore to finish.
    -clunky floaty controls
    -ridiculously boring plot progression
    -boring combat
    -repetitive 'hacking'
    -invincible super cops
    This game sucks and it's poorly optimized for PC. I wouldn't even rent this. Borrow from a friend or watch a let's play if you want to see what it's all about. This is not a 'game.' At best it's a buggy proof of concept. Ubisoft, if you want to make a game about hacking then make a game about hacking not an inferior GTA clone with an extra feature that amounts to nothing more than a single button press.    … Expand
  96. Natejka7273
    Jun 17, 2014
    0
    Game literally has to be hacked to play correctly. You know you're looking at a disturbingly unethical company when you can edit a few lines of code to make the game look better and run better. Use Far Cry 3's SLI profile, theworse's patch, and disable the page file to make the game play like it should rather than how Ubisoft wants to make "next-gen" consoles look good. Until UbisoftGame literally has to be hacked to play correctly. You know you're looking at a disturbingly unethical company when you can edit a few lines of code to make the game look better and run better. Use Far Cry 3's SLI profile, theworse's patch, and disable the page file to make the game play like it should rather than how Ubisoft wants to make "next-gen" consoles look good. Until Ubisoft changes its anti-PC strategies, I suggest avoiding future titles, even if you, like me, own a PS4/XOne.… Expand
  97. Apac
    Jun 18, 2014
    0
    This Game îs a LIE. The PC version has been downgraded (Bad graphics, teribble controls etc.)
    so it looks worse and makes the console users think their console worth buying.
    The E3 graphics can be unlocked (search theworsemod on Google) thing with makes it look better , but dosen't improve the overall performance. I would strongly recommend not to buy this game because you will be    This Game îs a LIE. The PC version has been downgraded (Bad graphics, teribble controls etc.)
    so it looks worse and makes the console users think their console worth buying.
    The E3 graphics can be unlocked (search theworsemod on Google)
    thing with makes it look better , but dosen't improve the overall performance.
    I would strongly recommend not to buy this game because you will be giving money away two big liers,
    Sony and Ubisoft, who made a deal to downgrade the PC version( the PS4 version has extra content and
    the Watchdogs movie will be made by Sony Pictures).
    I think the ALL the critics wich rote the Metascores review WERE bribed!    … Expand
  98. 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
  99. xTobyMc
    Jun 27, 2014
    4
    The game is okay, but the poor optimisation has ruined it for so many people. Running a GTX 780 the game barely keeps a stable frame rate on the lowest settings. There's also frame stutter at all times when driving and the game keeps crashing. In fact, I'm about 10 hours into the game and I can't continue the main storyline because it crashes every time. I'm thoroughly disappointed withThe game is okay, but the poor optimisation has ruined it for so many people. Running a GTX 780 the game barely keeps a stable frame rate on the lowest settings. There's also frame stutter at all times when driving and the game keeps crashing. In fact, I'm about 10 hours into the game and I can't continue the main storyline because it crashes every time. I'm thoroughly disappointed with Watch Dogs as it was looking to be one of the best games of the year. The game isn't even that exciting either. The story gets fairly boring, enemies are extremely weak, whilst the police are ridiculously hard to get away from. The whole idea of hacking everything around you isn't that much fun either. I'll be honest, I'm not even that annoyed that the game crashes so much that I can't play it any more. I'd probably stop playing it anyway, it doesn't excite me at all. I look forward to GTA V coming to PC, it will be much better than this for the genre.… Expand
  100. justhepark
    Jul 3, 2014
    1
    Oh look! Another GTA V clone! Watch Dogs, with all this hype, you gave this piece of garbage, what a waste of money. Do not buy this game, it is totally not worth your money.
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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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