Watch Dogs

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  1. DecadeReviews
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    Graphics - 8.5/10
    Story - 8/10
    Variety of enemies - 7/10
    Game's length - 7.5/10
    Gameplay - 8/10
    Variety of weapons - 8.5/10
    General world design - 8/10
    Fun factor - 8/10
    How many times i have finished it - 2
    Where does it stand in my top "1000 video games of all time" list - 20
  2. mwak
    Jul 15, 2014
    4
    This is not a very bad game. It's just like if the developers tried to make something and then switched to make something else. There are plenty of things to do but nothing feels like it's completed. For example the cars physics are terrible but the crs acceleration feelings are great. The background story seems deep but the campaign scenario and the characters are so B-movie like ... InThis is not a very bad game. It's just like if the developers tried to make something and then switched to make something else. There are plenty of things to do but nothing feels like it's completed. For example the cars physics are terrible but the crs acceleration feelings are great. The background story seems deep but the campaign scenario and the characters are so B-movie like ... In fact nothing intends you to stay in the game, it's not serious, it's not funny, it's repetitive. Passed the 3 first hours of fun and discovery you will be bored.
    The most impressive is the city, it's big, but yet you don't fell atracted to play in it. The game felt a little like "infamous" for me but really more boring.
    There are some good ideas (the prison for example) but yet ... it's only some minutes of fun in hours of game ...
    Moreover if you want to play an ethical hacker forget about it, you will take gun and shoot people ... ho and the police doesn't care, so ...
    This game is a good concept, had a very impressive commercial team and finally is disappointing.
    Buy it when it will be around 20/30$ else is too much expensive.    … Expand
  3. Sinuage
    Jul 22, 2014
    0
    Game could be decent, no where near 2014 AAA standards. Pretty far from it actually. Ubi will burn for this one, such a bad PC port when PC was supposed to be the lead platform. Many users on high end rigs are still waiting for optimization patch from UBI. As other reviews have said some people are dumb and don't know how to use their computers. However that user is on a 660 and there areGame could be decent, no where near 2014 AAA standards. Pretty far from it actually. Ubi will burn for this one, such a bad PC port when PC was supposed to be the lead platform. Many users on high end rigs are still waiting for optimization patch from UBI. As other reviews have said some people are dumb and don't know how to use their computers. However that user is on a 660 and there are no issues with that card. Easy to say it is user issue when your card isn't one that has issues. Cards in the 700 series and especially the 780 ti and titan are having issues.

    Such a fail game.    … Expand
  4. TheAlgerian
    Jul 18, 2014
    4
    I really have a hard time understanding how anyone could think this game is anywhere near good.
    I gave it a try twice, one or two months appart. One after intensively playing "Volgarr The Viking", a magnificient old school arcade game, and one after beating "Max Payne 3" several times.
    Watch dogs looked already pretty bad the first time, but after "Max Payne 3", wow. If the driving    I really have a hard time understanding how anyone could think this game is anywhere near good.
    I gave it a try twice, one or two months appart. One after intensively playing "Volgarr The Viking", a magnificient old school arcade game, and one after beating "Max Payne 3" several times.
    Watch dogs looked already pretty bad the first time, but after "Max Payne 3", wow.
    If the driving looks horrendous by itself, the gunplay is really put to shame by this game. And it really didn't even need MP3 for that.

    Ubisoft should stop with the lazyness and the re-branding of their Assassin's Creed games.
    They should, will they though? No. Why would they? They still manage somehow to trick a lot of people into thinking their game is good and still manage to make money out of it.    … Expand
  5. ImFarza
    Jul 4, 2014
    3
    It's fun to play for a few days but after that it's nothing more to do.
    The missions get you stuck, The side missions are almost all the same.
    I won't buy this now. Maybe if they add some DLC's or more updates

    Negatives:
    NPC calling 911 system fails (Too OP)
    Nothing to do in the city (Only A few games)
    Not so many cars
  6. Pushistick
    Jul 23, 2014
    0
    One of the most boring games i've ever played. Primitive and boring story, boring hacking, repetitive and uninteresting missions, boring characters. Very poor optimization. Very bad physics.
    If you want to have wasted $47 - buy it.
  7. Shpongle
    Jul 22, 2014
    0
    Abysmal performance for a game that looks nothing like what we were shown two YEARS ago. The game play is original and intriguing however it's impossible to enjoy it when the game stutters like Jimmy Vulmer. The driving mechanics are even worse than GTA IV and the "Ultra Quality" reflections are still the same pre-rendered crap but with a higher resolution texture. Even with a GTX 780 ti IAbysmal performance for a game that looks nothing like what we were shown two YEARS ago. The game play is original and intriguing however it's impossible to enjoy it when the game stutters like Jimmy Vulmer. The driving mechanics are even worse than GTA IV and the "Ultra Quality" reflections are still the same pre-rendered crap but with a higher resolution texture. Even with a GTX 780 ti I get stutters that range anywhere from .1 seconds to a ridiculous 3 seconds along with textures that flicker through walls. The stuttering occurs even more frequently when driving fast which only adds on to the horrible driving mechanics. I've tried downclocking everything and I've tried the latest WHQL and Beta drivers to no avail. Two months after release and they still haven't fixed the stuttering. What a joke, Ubisoft. Too bad we're the butt of that joke. If you haven't bought the game yet, don't. Even for $5 this game isn't worth it with all of it's atrocious performance issues.… Expand
  8. uforoboso
    Jul 19, 2014
    1
    Ok, I am giving a 1. The game itself is rubbish. Except 2 things: 1) the graphics. The city is awesome, it is a pleasure to randomly wander around and discover all the nice places. it's much better than GTA V for this aspect, and I even did not have tech issues to run it at ultra even on a poor 660M GPU. 2) a few of the missions (and side activities) are actually good, the ones where youOk, I am giving a 1. The game itself is rubbish. Except 2 things: 1) the graphics. The city is awesome, it is a pleasure to randomly wander around and discover all the nice places. it's much better than GTA V for this aspect, and I even did not have tech issues to run it at ultra even on a poor 660M GPU. 2) a few of the missions (and side activities) are actually good, the ones where you have to use strategy, hacks and stealth to get to the objective. All the rest.. is just a pain in the a**, and you can't skip it. So.. I think you should actually play this, but only when it's 80% discounted on Steam, as there is so much good stuff in life than this game (even other games, for instance).… Expand
  9. ogower
    Jul 13, 2014
    4
    This game looks pretty good but that is about where the positives end for me. I wanted to like this but after playing the Saints Row and GTA games I found this lacking. The cut scenes are long and dull, the back story daft and out of context with a lot of things the character does and the missions and core game concepts are poorly explained, poorly executed and ultimately just pureThis game looks pretty good but that is about where the positives end for me. I wanted to like this but after playing the Saints Row and GTA games I found this lacking. The cut scenes are long and dull, the back story daft and out of context with a lot of things the character does and the missions and core game concepts are poorly explained, poorly executed and ultimately just pure frustrating. Nothing is fun, not driving, shooting, stealth, any part. I find myself playing this because it looks amazing before quitting in annoyance. As a last point, U-Play...why? Just go with Steam and make it so much easier.… Expand
  10. billtoledo567
    Jul 7, 2014
    1
    I have a very capable PC (I7 4960X 3.6GHZ 6 CORE 15MB, G.SKILL 32 GB 1866MHZ DDR3 - RIPJAWS,ASUS X79 DELUXE MOTHERBOARD,EVGA GEFORCE GTX TITAN BLACK - 6GB, etc) so my PC is not a problem...this game sucks as much of the game is dependent on driving, and this game fails miserably...there is NO CONTROL over the driving using mouse and keyboard, no way to modify it, its either throttle upI have a very capable PC (I7 4960X 3.6GHZ 6 CORE 15MB, G.SKILL 32 GB 1866MHZ DDR3 - RIPJAWS,ASUS X79 DELUXE MOTHERBOARD,EVGA GEFORCE GTX TITAN BLACK - 6GB, etc) so my PC is not a problem...this game sucks as much of the game is dependent on driving, and this game fails miserably...there is NO CONTROL over the driving using mouse and keyboard, no way to modify it, its either throttle up full speed like a rocket, and crash into everything...the driving controls ruin this game and I have wasted $60 as a result...I would caution anyone considering this game to buy something else...this is absolutely the worst PC game I have ever owned and it does NOT live up to its advertised hype… Expand
  11. chelonia
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    I wanted this game to be good but unfortunately that wasn't the case. It's the same game as Far Cry and Assassin's Creed re-skinned. The graphics have been considerably downgraded to be the same on consoles. And between the bugs, childish memes, and boring gameplay, this is quite possibly the worst game I've ever played.
  12. Hornet
    Sep 16, 2014
    3
    Abysmal release on PC. More technical glitches than you can shake a powerful gaming rig at, and even that won't help. As usual, Ubisoft gives zero f***s about the PC community and hasn't done any significant patch work (not excusing the horrible release state in the first place). Let's not forget that, once again, Uplay was a disaster at launch.

    The technical problems are shocking - I    Abysmal release on PC. More technical glitches than you can shake a powerful gaming rig at, and even that won't help. As usual, Ubisoft gives zero f***s about the PC community and hasn't done any significant patch work (not excusing the horrible release state in the first place). Let's not forget that, once again, Uplay was a disaster at launch.

    The technical problems are shocking - I can't believe how horrible the driving physics are considering Ubisoft has proven once before that they can do a good driving game (Driver: San Francisco).

    Aside from that, the on-foot traversal is clumsy, the shooting mechanics mediocre, the hacking elements asinine, and the storyline and characters completely lacking. Only minimal fun can be eked out in short bursts before the tedium sets in.

    Just about the only thing that can be said is that the environment artists did a fair job of detailing the city, but this is let down by a poorly optimised graphics engine.

    Sadly this generated massive sales for Ubisoft and this is apparently all they care about, so we can expect more dross like this in future. I won't be foolish enough to fall for it again.    … Expand
  13. darkknight1577
    Aug 16, 2014
    1
    This game makes me mad . Bad graphics , unoptimized , and stupid NPC .Why i can't run this game even on high settings with my R9 290x OC it crashed after 5-10 minutes and there are so much glitches and bugs . Worst game on PC
  14. AzzyTheCharger
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    I would like to start by saying that this game is an absolutely terrible port on the PC regardless of the downgraded graphics i performs utterly bad. The story was quite enjoyable at first but then in gets slow and really boring.
    in short, the game was over hyped and disappointed many gamers including myself.
  15. gwolf14
    Sep 14, 2014
    3
    The theme of this game showed so much promise but fails to deliver on a number of levels. The hacking mechanic was interesting but soon lost its appeal after the 100th time of pressing X. The characters and story were uninteresting and cliched but worst of all was the playability of the whole thing.
    The game does look amazing with everything turned up to ultra, but good luck playing it    The theme of this game showed so much promise but fails to deliver on a number of levels. The hacking mechanic was interesting but soon lost its appeal after the 100th time of pressing X. The characters and story were uninteresting and cliched but worst of all was the playability of the whole thing.
    The game does look amazing with everything turned up to ultra, but good luck playing it with those settings. The game is poorly optimized for the PC (if you can call it optimized at all) and is truly unplayable with the settings.

    I have an i7 4770K, GTX 780 and 16Gb and experienced stutter even on the lowest graphics settings. This is after doing everything in my power to fix the issues and speed up the game. Changing the settings to medium caused game breaking lag and on ultra my entire system was brought to its knees.

    If you have a top end system (and I mean seriously top end) then give this game a go. Otherwise, give it a pass. It's not worth the time or the hassle to try and play.    … Expand
  16. safteygamerpro
    Jul 5, 2014
    4
    how did this game get such good ratings it was a terrible plot no fist fighting terrible driving way too easy hacking way to easy killing civilians (one shot anywhere) but i had a blast at the very beginning of the game running from cops hacking crap saving people from crimes but after a while its just way to repetitive
  17. deweee
    Jul 20, 2014
    4
    While first impression of the game makes it look like a rip-off of GTA IV, side missions an arcade games makes it a little bit fun. But that fun ends when game becomes unbelievably repetitive. Also story is not fun after couple missions, hacking is absurdly easy. AI is not fun to play with. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS GAME.
  18. TUHD
    Aug 23, 2014
    4
    Do not come ANYWHERE near this game yet.
    As of 23/8/2014, the game is still about unplayable with medium-end AMD systems. The GPU use is horrendous, even at the lowest settings possible. Try to launch at 1920x1080, and chances are high your system will just crash due to an infinite memory crash loop. I doubt even an 4GB GPU will handle that with ease.
    As of now, Watch Dogs is an far cry    Do not come ANYWHERE near this game yet.
    As of 23/8/2014, the game is still about unplayable with medium-end AMD systems. The GPU use is horrendous, even at the lowest settings possible. Try to launch at 1920x1080, and chances are high your system will just crash due to an infinite memory crash loop. I doubt even an 4GB GPU will handle that with ease.
    As of now, Watch Dogs is an far cry from optimized - it's still as bugged as it can be. Optimisation isn't there, and still feels like béta-state.    … Expand
  19. montana
    Sep 6, 2014
    1
    There are lots of things in this game that is worth criticizing, but the most important thing is the fact that this game is a poorly optimized consoll port. There is no way to turn off mouse acceleration and the movement off the character is horrible to control with a mouse - you cant turn without moving 2 meters around in a circle. And where the fu%k is my FOV slider!!!? - The camera isThere are lots of things in this game that is worth criticizing, but the most important thing is the fact that this game is a poorly optimized consoll port. There is no way to turn off mouse acceleration and the movement off the character is horrible to control with a mouse - you cant turn without moving 2 meters around in a circle. And where the fu%k is my FOV slider!!!? - The camera is so close to the caracter its like you are breathing down Aidens neck. To add insult to injury these are easy fixes and a big middle finger to pc gamers.… Expand
  20. Vayra
    Aug 26, 2014
    4
    Watch Dogs in its current state, with post-release patch, is playable and runs fine on PC. This review is written based on a modded and patched Watch_Dogs, which eliminates the poor performance and lackluster graphics of the original release. However, the game itself and its core mechanics still suffer from a simplicity that destroys the game's (re-) play value.

    When you first start    Watch Dogs in its current state, with post-release patch, is playable and runs fine on PC. This review is written based on a modded and patched Watch_Dogs, which eliminates the poor performance and lackluster graphics of the original release. However, the game itself and its core mechanics still suffer from a simplicity that destroys the game's (re-) play value.

    When you first start playing this game and the possibilities of hacking open up to you, it all seems very promising and fun. The city of Chicago is quite large, the setting is interesting, the game looks great (with E3 graphics mod, that is) and runs smooth. An absolutely *massive* amount of mini-games, collectibles and other small events becomes available quite fast, and before finishing the first Act of five of the games' story, it is very likely you will have explored all of these options. It is also very likely that you will hack everything and everyone you come across (simply because there is no effort involved) which will quickly fill your bank account and allows you to unlock every single weapon in the game.

    And then... then you've played 4-5 story missions, done some random events, and you stumble upon the fact that this is it. The game won't get any more interesting. The game won't surprise you at any time. The difficulty of missions is only ramped up by linking a number of repetitive objectives together. The best moments of creativity consist of walking around looking for cameras to hack a ctOS tower, or a QR code. All of the side missions are just variations on the same objective set, which is extremely limited: kill or knock down a target, drive a time trial, avoid cops, hit Q to hack something.

    At its core, Watch Dogs is an open-world cover-based shooter with some gimmicks added to it that make the game far too easy and straightforward. Within the first three hours of play, the endless rinse-and-repeat of objectives and collectibles makes the otherwise well detailed city a boring place. The story itself is not bad, but the protagonist is a lifeless shell with zero personality that directly detracts from the great setting and potential of the narrative.

    For those who approach games like these with a sandbox- attitude, here is what your gripes with the game will likely be:

    - Every single thing in this game is a recap of things you have done in other Ubisoft free roamers like AC and Far Cry. Capturing watchtowers, taking camps, time trial races, and a crapload of collectibles that have no impact on the game in any way.

    - Every bit of creativity that could go into hacking is lost due to the incredible lack of skill needed to do so. Hit Q to hack world, really.

    - With hacking being repetitive and overly simplified, all this game has going for it is cover-based gunplay and driving vehicles.

    - Driving vehicles is not too bad, but even on PC will work far better with a gamepad. I played this game with a dualshock PS3 gamepad, and it felt like the way it should be played. Keyboard/mouse driving is horrible, overly responsive and poorly implemented.

    - Shootouts are only challenging if you choose to use the cheapest weaponry and stay off the 'Focus' button. What 'Q' is for hacking, 'Focus' is the shortcut to facerolling every encounter in combat.

    At its core, Watch Dogs feels like a complete rinse-and-repeat of other Ubisoft titles and game concepts. Lazy, boring, repetitive and an utter waste of such a promising setting and game world.

    Watch Dogs could have been, should have been so much more than this.    … Expand
  21. NeedForsleep
    Aug 19, 2014
    3
    Such an awful game. So i wonder what ubisoft were doing in those extra months to "Polish" The game? Well i know what they were doing **** IT ALL UP this game is so so so overhyped when i saw the trailer i was amazed on how good the game looked alot of action. And what do we get? **** is what we get the characters in this game are so cliched and badly acted its almost funny aiden pierce isSuch an awful game. So i wonder what ubisoft were doing in those extra months to "Polish" The game? Well i know what they were doing **** IT ALL UP this game is so so so overhyped when i saw the trailer i was amazed on how good the game looked alot of action. And what do we get? **** is what we get the characters in this game are so cliched and badly acted its almost funny aiden pierce is as dull as can be it's like Aiden and Conner from ac3 are related because they are so **** boring i can go watch the ants on the ground and get more entertainment. The gamplay is not the greatest but its alright the cover system is a great feature in the game. I certainly love the whole hacking thing where you can use your phone to stop your pursuers or use for a distraction to slip past guards without knowing. There are these radio tower things which act like assassins creed synchronization points which you have to unlock the tower to be able to access some things that i cant even remember and when get to the box thingy to unlock it you have to play some sort of mingame sometimes which can be very very annoying at times. he multiplayer is pretty fun roaming Chicago with your friends causing mayhem is very fun to do. And holy **** is this game badly optimized for pc! I have the Asus G750JM and this game runs like crap on ultra settings with AA off And Ubisoft has had a history of ****ty pc ports barley and pc optimization. And if you think that watch dogs looks like a ugly game try the Worse mod for watch dogs it makes the game look so much better! So if you are going to go out and buy this game for 60$ dont your wasting your money until ubisoft optimizes this game with patches and makes it less buggy dont buy it!… Expand
  22. Perigorn
    Aug 19, 2014
    4
    I suppose at this point I dont really need to "Pile on" the bad reviews, BUT this game was very disappointing. It has such potential on the PC but fails with all the graphics issues and bugs.
  23. Kittensausage
    Jul 20, 2014
    2
    This game is the reason nobody should trust the hype. The game could have been so much more, but it turned out to be simply awful. Here's why :

    The game looks like a AAA game from two or three years ago. Some people often compare it to another GTA-like with a neat but underdeveloped gimmick that also happens to have "dogs" in its name... And that also happens to look better. However,    This game is the reason nobody should trust the hype. The game could have been so much more, but it turned out to be simply awful. Here's why :

    The game looks like a AAA game from two or three years ago. Some people often compare it to another GTA-like with a neat but underdeveloped gimmick that also happens to have "dogs" in its name... And that also happens to look better. However, the optimization was left to two starving interns to do and the game suffers from every optimization problem you could imagine : a whole lot of input lag, a huge memory leak on most configs, lots of stutter, terrible FPS even at the lowest settings, no DX9 support...

    The game itself is an average GTA-like built around a gimmick that is very limited in use. Whereas the game could have been an open-world Hitman with lots and lots of ways to get around an enemy or kill them directly using your environment as a weapon, most of the hacking is either mandatory or unnecessary (because a run and gun approach is just much simpler). You can't use a combination of hacks to kill an enemy (say, reversing the escalators time and time again to make him panic before he decides to take the elevator that you then proceed to drop a few hundred feet). It just ends up feeling like an other way of killing civilians when you get bored looking at the amazing trench coats physics.

    It's overall a very shallow game with a badly integrated gimmick that is just gonna end being a dumb franchise that will slowly die off.    … Expand
  24. KAOS661
    Sep 4, 2014
    2
    This game is just awful.All there is to it is a guy hacking traffic lights. What a terrible game. A waste of time and money. Worst game of the year without a doubt!
  25. europepro
    Feb 3, 2020
    10
    Una obra de arte en los videojuegos
    Forma parte de mis GOTD
    Sin palabras y tengo el honor de haberlo jugado en PC y PS4
  26. DuraboITA
    Aug 26, 2014
    0
    The game is amazing!!! This is the nextgen!!! The cars are handling like a brick and missing the deformation. Those amazing pedestrians with the same walking animation. The boring storyline, and press to win hacking. Oh god 10/10!!!
  27. siki
    Jul 24, 2020
    8
    the story and idea is great but optimizing for pc is not very good here and there some bugs
  28. Mobile
    Dec 3, 2017
    8
    ENG
    The same game that has sparked interest in its approach in the trailer at e3 and then a huge stream of indignation at the inconsistency of the graphics, well deserved. But do not forget that each trailer is pre renderer and nothing can be done. Another thing is when in the end the game turns out not so miserable as was shown in the trailer, then the perturbations originate. I played    ENG
    The same game that has sparked interest in its approach in the trailer at e3 and then a huge stream of indignation at the inconsistency of the graphics, well deserved. But do not forget that each trailer is pre renderer and nothing can be done. Another thing is when in the end the game turns out not so miserable as was shown in the trailer, then the perturbations originate. I played only this year and it's pretty nice to play. though the dialogue is not brilliant, but not poor. Up to this point I like many believed this game, a pass or worse. But I was pleasantly surprised how the game was interesting and quite pleasant. Of the minuses can highlight the complete lack of songs on the radio, listening was nothing special and the selection of songs, very very bad, although the points in some missions with the ambient pleased. I would like to see more positive characters of the events, a bit of humor, and it turned out that the game is straight serious, even in side quests, especially not laugh. The developers have tried, the world looks alive, it has something to do, even just to go and to consider the surroundings were pleasant. As for the design, and all of the same game that I quite liked, it was nice to see a picture, and if the dialogue is in the trailer, then all that would've been sweet. All the time I was comparing the game with GTA V and quite often understood that looking dogs I prefer from a visual point of view, to recall gray and rich in GTA V (with SweetFx) the game is changing, but if you play vanilla version, all pale like that (always I was surprised) why I can made the picture brighter.In General, it was a pleasure to be in the game Chicago, hack everything you can with the help of mobile phones, artfully evade pursuit, blocking the way.
    RU
    Та самая игра которая вызвала интерес своим подходом в трейлере на e3, а потом огромный поток возмущения по поводу несоответствие графики, вполне заслуженный. Но не будем забывать что каждый трейлер является пре рендером и тут ничего не поделаешь. Другое дело когда в итоге игра получается не настолько убога как была показана в трейлере, тогда и возмущения исходят на нет. Я поиграл лишь в этом году и мне вполне было приятно играть. хоть графон и не блистательный, но и не убогий. До этого момента я как и многие считал эту игру, проходной или того хуже. Но я был приятно удивлен насколько игра оказалась интересной и вполне приятной. Из минусов могу выделить, полное отсутствие песен по радио, слушать было особо нечего да и подборка песен, совсем уж неудачная, хотя моменты в некоторым миссиях с эмбиентом порадовали. Хотелось бы увидеть больше положительных персонажей событий, толику юмора, а то получилось так, что игра прям серьезная, даже в побочных заданиях особо не посмеешься. Разработчики постарались, мир выглядит живым, в нем есть чем заняться, даже просто покататься и по рассматривать окрестности оказалось приятным делом. Что касается дизайна, и все такого же графона, то мне вполне пришлось по душе, было приятно наблюдать картинку, а уж если бы графон как в трейлере, то вообще выла бы конфетка. Все время я сравнивал игру с GTA V и довольно часто понимал, что смотрящие псы мне больше нравятся с визуальной точки зрения, вспомнить хотя бы серую и не насыщенную GTA V (с SweetFx) игра преображается, но вот если играть в ванильную версию, то все как то блекло. В общем было приятно находится в игровом Чикаго, взламывать все что можно с помощью мобилы, искусно уходить от погони, преграждая пути.    … Expand
  29. rudiedirkx
    Aug 9, 2014
    2
    The 'hacking' is horrible, the health/hurt is horrible, the driving and cars are horrible. After a while, everything's the boring same. The AR mini games are fun, thank god for those, but only once or twice. The problem isn't just not living up to the enormous hype, it's just not a good game. The story is ridiculous and I can't help but HATE the very self absorbed, annoying main character.The 'hacking' is horrible, the health/hurt is horrible, the driving and cars are horrible. After a while, everything's the boring same. The AR mini games are fun, thank god for those, but only once or twice. The problem isn't just not living up to the enormous hype, it's just not a good game. The story is ridiculous and I can't help but HATE the very self absorbed, annoying main character. Zero replay value.… Expand
  30. Dralidan
    Aug 1, 2014
    2
    There's hardly anything good about this game. The AI is absolutely horrid, the hacking isn't even all that interesting, and nearly all of the missions are the same. It's kinda fun for about 2 hours, but then things get repetitive. The city isn't that interesting and doesn't look that good either. It's a good game to pick up if you manage to find it for $5 or less.
  31. triplex01
    Jul 17, 2014
    0
    1) The most over hyped game ever? Yes, it is! 2) Next Gen graphics? No, it is not here. 3) Realistic physics? LOL, physics is the same as in Sleeping Dogs. 4) Interesting story? No, the story is very boring and full of clichés. 5) This game is good polished? No, it's not. Bugs and glitches everywhere! 6) Interesting missions? No, they are not. There are just boring and1) The most over hyped game ever? Yes, it is! 2) Next Gen graphics? No, it is not here. 3) Realistic physics? LOL, physics is the same as in Sleeping Dogs. 4) Interesting story? No, the story is very boring and full of clichés. 5) This game is good polished? No, it's not. Bugs and glitches everywhere! 6) Interesting missions? No, they are not. There are just boring and repetitive. 7) This game is well optimized for the PC? No, damn it! It is a console port! Bad console port! This is one of the most poorly optimized games!
    Conclusion: 0/10
    Ubisoft fu*ked us. Again.    … Expand
  32. FWordFizz
    Oct 2, 2014
    0
    Ubisoft. Give it up. You are an EA. You ruin every good idea you touch. Just let Dev teams finish their games before they put it out and you will be fine. Don't throw us an alpha and say its a finished product.
  33. strangermoon
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    better game than any gta will be. texture quality was like e3 build but the effect and side things downed. tthe is mod actiaves soem of effects like motion blur close to e3 but overal after singleplayerfelt empty. police in this game good even have mobile app to control. stroy was 7 but game visauly was 9 level. it was next gen enough but the hardware was not ready. still after max payne 1better game than any gta will be. texture quality was like e3 build but the effect and side things downed. tthe is mod actiaves soem of effects like motion blur close to e3 but overal after singleplayerfelt empty. police in this game good even have mobile app to control. stroy was 7 but game visauly was 9 level. it was next gen enough but the hardware was not ready. still after max payne 1 best clsoest title you can get best ip after asssasiins creed. car gameplay not good as gta but its ok. the slowmotion use on game amazing but need to buff everyime with drink. hacking city was good enough but mostly escaping police or creating chos. air vehicles needed com gta only.… Expand
  34. runner
    Apr 16, 2020
    8
    After having received this for free when Ubisoft gave it away, and quite some time after release, I do believe Watch Dogs is great. It is also horrible, in some ways. But all in all, it is great - with the main problem being that, at the time of release - Ubisoft has promised some kind of gaming revolution but all we got was another title of the worrying franchise "Hey Look We've Made AnAfter having received this for free when Ubisoft gave it away, and quite some time after release, I do believe Watch Dogs is great. It is also horrible, in some ways. But all in all, it is great - with the main problem being that, at the time of release - Ubisoft has promised some kind of gaming revolution but all we got was another title of the worrying franchise "Hey Look We've Made An Open World".

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

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

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

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

    Bottom line is - With its current content, I feel this game would have been better if it was more story-driven and had a more-than-solid 10-15 hours campaign, instead of ~40-80 hours filled of the same stuff over and over.
    Would have given 7 out of 10, but I really feel this game certainly doesn't deserve the low users' score it currently has. +1 for that!    … Expand
  35. Mystery
    Sep 20, 2014
    0
    TERRIBLE, Worst game ever never even runned after 13 hours of trouble shooting , patching and **** downloaded it still dont work THEY RELEASED 2 DLCS INSTEAD OF FIXING IT, graphics let down terribly worst game ever i wasted £45 and didn't even get a **** refund
  36. Tobi_Whatever
    Nov 13, 2014
    4
    This game is a typical modern Ubisoft release.
    A lot of broken promises, E3 bullshots and graphical downgrades to increase console sales.

    The game is a bad, buggy mess of a GTA clone with "press x to awesome" feature.
    This game doesn't just feel unfinished, it actually is.
    4/10 since you can at least walk and shoot bug-free most of the time.
  37. realnewshere
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    This game is absolutely amazing compared to Cybertrash2077. Watch_Dogs actually has interesting city, graphics look good for 2014, story mission are fun.
  38. WhenDustSettles
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    Actually really decent game that has amazing graphics for 2014 video game. Depends on time of day, but at sunset / night time it looks amazing, also when it rains. Cool serious main character, not some cartoonish idiot.
  39. Facts_Feelings
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    It's crazy how evil and tasteless some people can be. Ubisoft takes years to make these amazing game and all they get back is some whining losers who give them 0 out of 10. Great game.
  40. MooseSpoon
    Aug 15, 2014
    4
    I'm generally a fan of Ubisoft. Splinter cell and Assassin's creed have recently wowed me so I decided to give this game a try. I saw the reveal and demo for this and it looked amazing. I liked the idea of a vigilante character dishing out his own justice because of some vendetta. Enter Aiden Pearce.

    The graphics, though less than I expected were good. The open landscape and    I'm generally a fan of Ubisoft. Splinter cell and Assassin's creed have recently wowed me so I decided to give this game a try. I saw the reveal and demo for this and it looked amazing. I liked the idea of a vigilante character dishing out his own justice because of some vendetta. Enter Aiden Pearce.

    The graphics, though less than I expected were good. The open landscape and architecture gave me enough of a feeling of chicago although it is quite hard to compare to the real thing. The cars, though unlicensed nonsense names, were neat. The weapons were interesting enough. People having real conversations was great. The idea of hyper connectivity and the flaws of technology was a great idea. Hacking though oversimplified was mild fun.

    However, I found some things rather disturbing...

    Driving. An open world game like this has driving. Great. I hate driving. In watch dogs I often found myself choosing to run or take a train rather than drive. If I did drive, I often found myself drinking myself to blackout because it was dreadful. Every vehicle has three speeds: stop, go, and reverse. That is all. There is no driving like a normal person. Tap the accelerator and the tires squeal. I like that for when I have to get going quickly for chases, but that is it. Vehicle handling was so bad I felt like it was a government concept. Turning was often difficult unless you came to a dead stop at each intersection. You can't do that when someone is driving away from you and has a two hundred meter head start.

    Stealth. Considering I'm a big fan of Splinter Cell and Assassin's creed, I figured there would be an element of stealth and I was not wrong. However, stealth is limited to sitting in a corner while you step away from the PC to take care of something. Very few weapons are silenced. Enemies often found ways to walk on top of you and call for help. This frustrated me deeply as going loud and proud generally lead to death.

    Survival. I never noticed an actual health bar, but that is fine. I felt you were often gunned down way to quickly. An enemy with a basic bullet resistant vest can somehow live through a full magazine without being knocked down but being shot at for three seconds was the end for me. I understand the character doesn't wear armor but this is ludicrous. Even more so on missions where your target is in the middle of a five vehicle motorcade with heavily armed guards.

    Online. Dreadful. Annoying. Not balanced.

    Citizens. I cannot count the times citizens actually ran in front of my vehicle or stood in the middle of the road when I was driving. Even more bothersome was how some people would see my weapon from the next city block and call the police on me.

    Character development. More of it or any development at all would have been nice. Aiden's past and present felt disconnected. His contacts often made no sense. A romance with Clara would have been nice.

    I could go on for a while. Instead, I will leave it at the game had amazing potential. Sadly, that potential was not reached or even glanced at. I will finish the game as I tend to dislike not finishing things I start. I'm disappointed in Ubisoft. Instead of a dynamic story with thrilling action, we got a flat story with a shaky plot. This is not the quality I expect from Ubisoft. If I were them, I would be ashamed my name was on this.    … Expand
  41. AlexTaranov
    Jul 2, 2014
    4
    Всё сделано слишком плохо.Всё,что есть интересного в этой игре - задумка.
    Не думаю,что перечислить все недостатки игры я смогу,а вот плюсы ещё уложусь.
    + На ультре игра выглядит красиво ; +Интересная задумка (но слишком кривой сюжет :( ) ; +Интересно исследовать Чикаго ; +Хорошая музыка :D .    Всё сделано слишком плохо.Всё,что есть интересного в этой игре - задумка.
    Не думаю,что перечислить все недостатки игры я смогу,а вот плюсы ещё уложусь.

    + На ультре игра выглядит красиво ;
    +Интересная задумка (но слишком кривой сюжет :( ) ;
    +Интересно исследовать Чикаго ;
    +Хорошая музыка :D .
  42. TheBlastPassage
    Jul 14, 2014
    3
    At first seemed like an amazing concept, but was disappointing and poorly executed. I really looked forward to this game but it failed to deliver.

    The NPCs aren't that great
    The vehicle physics feel very clunky and off
    The game feels quite boring and fails to grip the player
  43. peterf28
    Oct 31, 2014
    2
    Stupid and boring game. I start to hate Ubisoft. The open world is limited and does not feel real .They dont make good games, very boring . I also hate other ubisoft games .
  44. chazmire
    Jul 15, 2014
    3
    I got a quest to stop a villain. I was told I would get extra credit for not killing him. I thought to myself "This is an advanced game, surely it has some kind of advanced body targeting." I shot him in the calf...he kept running completely unhindered...I shot him in the calf again...he fell over dead. I stopped playing the game. Just one example of unrealisticness that ruins games forI got a quest to stop a villain. I was told I would get extra credit for not killing him. I thought to myself "This is an advanced game, surely it has some kind of advanced body targeting." I shot him in the calf...he kept running completely unhindered...I shot him in the calf again...he fell over dead. I stopped playing the game. Just one example of unrealisticness that ruins games for me. Add to this all the other bugs and lameness and you get a pretty lame game....but I guess hacking was kinda cool for the first 4 minutes.… Expand
  45. Roemerquelle
    Nov 8, 2014
    1
    To be honest: I was very excited when Watch_Dogs was announced. The trailers and everything made my jaw drop down to the core of the earth. I'm not a graphic whore, but I couldn't stop thinking about how great this game looks. So I pre ordered it for PC and was very excited when it eventually came out..
    So I installed the game and I could turn graphic settings on maximum. "How great!", I    To be honest: I was very excited when Watch_Dogs was announced. The trailers and everything made my jaw drop down to the core of the earth. I'm not a graphic whore, but I couldn't stop thinking about how great this game looks. So I pre ordered it for PC and was very excited when it eventually came out..
    So I installed the game and I could turn graphic settings on maximum. "How great!", I thought. "It runs smooth on those settings? Wow!", I thought.. But something was wrong. The graphics looked very bad. Not nearly as good as in the announcement. Few weeks later it became clear that they just downgraded the game on PC, to make it look like the PS4/Xbox One version (more or less). Thanks to some modders, the PC-com could play the game now how it was supposed to be. It even ran smoother with those mods. But again: I'm not a graphic whore. If the rest would've been great, I wouldn't have been complained. But the rest sucks too.
    In short:
    - Boring story
    - boring characters (Aiden seems like he doesn't care about anything..)
    - Boring hacking (Press Q to hack everything!)
    - The worst car handling ever.
    - Considering that you're the hacker vigilante, it's pretty stupid that it's much easier to clear a base of enemies by just rushing in and shooting everyone.

    But hey, there are also some positive things:
    - Digital Trips. Funny as hell.

    In my opinion one of the most disappointing and boring games of the last few years.    … Expand
  46. Shimmeywill
    Feb 26, 2020
    8
    Gameplay and story is lacklustre. However, the interpretation of Chicago is gorgeous and it is fun to just wander around and appreciate the architecture.
  47. Dareviewer12
    Jul 22, 2014
    4
    this game is dumb and not next gen AT ALL
    -it is completely downgraded form GTA 4
    -worst physics ever
    -stupid reputation system
    -no encrypted data mode on 360/PS3
    -hacks get boring
    - missions are so repetitive
    - and graphics have been downgraded from the e3 2012
    EVEN GTA SA IS BETTER THAN THIS. DONT BUY IT
  48. UND34DxTR41T3R
    Jan 19, 2015
    3
    This game has an interesting idea of what it wants to be but it failed massively

    my PC can run this game no problem but it sometimes crashes my PC no patch has ever fixed this! The story is stupidly short and the ending is terrible Its filled to the brim with glitches like falling trough the map the game not loading properly and its not only on PC my friend has a ps4 and it    This game has an interesting idea of what it wants to be but it failed massively

    my PC can run this game no problem but it sometimes crashes my PC no patch has ever fixed this!

    The story is stupidly short and the ending is terrible

    Its filled to the brim with glitches like falling trough the map the game not loading properly and its not only on PC my friend has a ps4 and it crashed alot of time and fell through the map 5 times

    the open world it empty with nothing to do i fell into the hype and i was sad once i bought the game

    it feels like an boring gta game this costs too much and you should just buy gta    … Expand
  49. r00n
    Feb 24, 2015
    4
    Good game, but not what I've expected. Played this for several hours. After a while, connecting from one camera to another is getting boring. The menu to upgrade skills is hard to understand in the beginnning. What made me upgrading skills in the wrong order, and there is not much to do that a few standard things. I like the graphics and the open world.
  50. DevinTakkar
    Apr 1, 2015
    3
    This game is just a big disappointment.
    Yes, the core idea is good and yes, the hacking is the best part of the game...but that's the only thing that's actually fun and it's just not enough to carry this game. The gameplay besides hacking is clumsy, the controls on pc are annoying, driving feels wrong and the gunplay is awkward..
    And yes, the story is boring and the main character not    This game is just a big disappointment.
    Yes, the core idea is good and yes, the hacking is the best part of the game...but that's the only thing that's actually fun and it's just not enough to carry this game. The gameplay besides hacking is clumsy, the controls on pc are annoying, driving feels wrong and the gunplay is awkward..
    And yes, the story is boring and the main character not interesting, so no way I'm going to finish this.
    Don't bother with it.    … Expand
  51. Assassin_Jedi
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    Watch Dogs is amazing game and so underrated that it's almost sad. People who say that it has bad graphics, don't understand graphics at all. Just cause it has different graphics from E3 trailer, doesn't mean it automatically has bad graphics. It looks great and is very fun game.
  52. Ihatefifa14
    Dec 8, 2014
    0
    This game got me bored after i had played for less than an hour. Im glad i got it for free with my PS4 traded that **** in the next day. It was so **** bad holy ****
  53. HuntingArt
    Nov 18, 2014
    3
    Do you want to be a cool baddass hacker like the ones you see in the movies?
    Did you buy this game to feel like an awesome hacker with 1337 skillz where you can be cool and even do what the government chooses not to do in order to be a great vigilant?
    Or even to just do whatever the **** you want, and feel like you've got power on the tips of your fingers? Yeah me too. What I described    Do you want to be a cool baddass hacker like the ones you see in the movies?
    Did you buy this game to feel like an awesome hacker with 1337 skillz where you can be cool and even do what the government chooses not to do in order to be a great vigilant?
    Or even to just do whatever the **** you want, and feel like you've got power on the tips of your fingers?
    Yeah me too. What I described sounds awesome. Too bad what you're really going to get is Magic Button to Steal (worthless) Money From People, pointless and barfed up car chases, mixed in with killing people from afar that you need two serious patience through boredom for.

    Somehow this game was not as I expected it would be after I saw the breathtaking E3 footage. Nnnnope. This game, had I known how completely-and-utterly boring it would be, I'd have only purchased it for $15 USD. Like, yeah! Yeah this game sure is fun! But you know what's more fun? Nintendogs. At least currency in that game actually worth something. Yeah, you heard me.

    Hacking in this game is nothing more than pressing A to Jump. That is to say, hacking isn't hard. Hacking isn't interesting. Hacking is so easy that it actually feels kind of pointless. There's a couple of things you can do to hack in this game; press button to steal money, press same button to listen in on phone call, press same button to create a distraction, press same button to explode a transformer, press same bu- do you get it? In five minutes, you've gotten enough money to buy every gun in the game. You are not a cool hacker, either. You're just a person who times somebody stepping on a pipeline before making it go off but not in a cool I'M A HACKER way but in a "I pressed jump before I got to the goomba" way. When you finally do get to hack into a computer sort of thing- you get presented with what I must conclude is their attempt at a "puzzle". Most of them are timed but... as long as you don't click anything you get to stare at it for as long as you'd like until you get it. If you don't get it in time, then you get to start over. So it's POINTLESS. It's not even complicated either. It's like one of those old pipe games where you move the pipes so water goes through. Not exactly a puzzle...

    You're expected to ""hack"" when you're infiltrating buildings, but by that I mean; you need to kill everyone in an area, and conveniently people are standing around a lot of explosives that you can "jump the goomba" on. They also expect you to shoot people here though. I go for the sniper. Granted, if it didn't take so much patience and annoyance on top of that, this would probably be fun for me. I explode who I can, and then I snipe out the rest. It is all rather tedious though.

    Then after that you have these Car Chase Scenes!!!1!1!11 They are completely unimpressive. They expect you to hack while you're doing these car chases? But with the exception of making draw bridges go up or turning green lights red and a few others, you can't really have the control to hack. I don't even understand what it wants me to do when it tells me to press my jumping goomba button. Like what am I doing? Granted if I could drive while looking behind my car, it would probably make sense, and I could understand why their car blew up; but I can't as it is. If you don't go to international waters, then these chase scenes are long, and their boring, and they're INCREDIBLY redundant. Actually the hacking and sniping is redundant too but.. this is more so.

    These are the two main game play things we get in the game. "Car Chase, Hack/Snipe, Car Chase, Car Chase, Hack/Snipe, Car Chase, Car Chase", UGH.

    The plot though... is awful. Like it really is. But not as awful as our really bad main character. Lackluster plot aside, our main character is not just "morally gray", he's downright **** After his sister's daughter dies because of HIM (why they didn't kill him instead of his neice who ****ing knows) she asks him to stop all of this **** because it got her daughter killed and it's going to get her and her son killed! He's all "But vengeance!!!!" and then wouldn't you know it it literally puts his sister and her son in danger. Again like why don't these people just kill this dude instead of "punishing him through people around him"? Ah right game devs are incompetent and don't know how to motivate characters, right. Anywho- I'd be fine playing a really **** character if the game I was playing them in didn't KEEP MAKING THEM OUT TO BEING HEROES. Cause this guy? He's despicable. He doesn't care about ANYONE except his reputation! Like, hope you weren't planning to get mugged today! This guy doesn't care and even though he knows you're getting mugged he wont lift a finger until you're already ****ed over. You're welcome! ..literally that's in the rules. If you save the person too soon you're penalized.

    This game could have been something great but instead it's just churned out old and tired tropes and gameplay.    … Expand
  54. Vadim1989
    Jul 2, 2014
    0
    Russian: Вы помните уёбищную оптимизацию GTA IV для ПК? Оптимизация Watch Dogs ещё уёбищнее!
    Вы помните геймплей с Е3 2012? Это просто наебалово!
    Уёбищный сюжет. Уёбищная физика. Уёбищное управление. Скучные и повторяющиеся миссии. Уёбищный геймплей. Уёбищная концовка. Уёбищный хакинг. Безмозглые NPC. Press X to Hack. Дохуя багов! Что за факт? Эта игра просто наебалово! English: You    Russian: Вы помните уёбищную оптимизацию GTA IV для ПК? Оптимизация Watch Dogs ещё уёбищнее!
    Вы помните геймплей с Е3 2012? Это просто наебалово!
    Уёбищный сюжет. Уёбищная физика. Уёбищное управление. Скучные и повторяющиеся миссии. Уёбищный геймплей. Уёбищная концовка. Уёбищный хакинг. Безмозглые NPC. Press X to Hack. Дохуя багов!
    Что за факт? Эта игра просто наебалово!
    English: You remember the terrible optimization GTA IV for PC? Watch Dogs optimization in even worse!
    Do you remember the gameplay from E3 2012? This game is a lie!
    Poor story. Terrible physics. Horrible driving. Boring and repetitive missions. Boring gameplay. Stupid ending. Boring hacking. Stupid AI. Press X to Hack. A lot of bugs and glitches!
    What the Fuсk? This game is just disappointing!    … Expand
  55. ibbie
    Sep 27, 2014
    1
    This game is like Cancer, You don't wan't it but you still get it in the end...

    This game is **** **** **** and even more ****!
    If you have a beast rig then expect 30 fps as a max on ultra and 50 fps on low!
    Uplay is the reason for Japan's high suicide rate! -_-
  56. reowner
    Oct 10, 2014
    3
    crappy PC optimizatiion, requires a 780ti or higher just to run this game on ultra settings and smooth as butter.
    bought this game expecting to run on ultra settiings with a 680...nope..get 10-10 fps tops. as crazy as it sounds, it's true. even when turning vsync off, have to play on lowest settings just to get decent FPS. story and gameplay is not all that great, played and beat gta v    crappy PC optimizatiion, requires a 780ti or higher just to run this game on ultra settings and smooth as butter.
    bought this game expecting to run on ultra settiings with a 680...nope..get 10-10 fps tops. as crazy as it sounds, it's true. even when turning vsync off, have to play on lowest settings just to get decent FPS. story and gameplay is not all that great, played and beat gta v and it feels too much like gta v, driving mechanics and everything else, seems just liike another rehash, hope ubisoft does not let me down with far cry 4 or tom clancy's highly anticipated the division.    … Expand
  57. ruediger
    Oct 19, 2014
    3
    Overhyped piece of donkeysh*t. Unoptimized gameengine, unoriginal and tedious gameplay are just a death sentence for any game. I'm glad I got that game for free in a hardware bundle else I would have felt like Ubisoft dropping a big fat deuce on on my face.
  58. JadeRegent
    Oct 20, 2014
    3
    --The Characters--

    Watch Dogs is a game full of wonderfully creative characters with interesting motivations and backgrounds, unfortunately the main character isn't one of them. Attempting to get away from the whole "dead wife and kids" theme that many games that feature male protagonists that have lost someone go with they really didn't hurt anything going instead with "dead niece".    --The Characters--

    Watch Dogs is a game full of wonderfully creative characters with interesting motivations and backgrounds, unfortunately the main character isn't one of them. Attempting to get away from the whole "dead wife and kids" theme that many games that feature male protagonists that have lost someone go with they really didn't hurt anything going instead with "dead niece". Iraq is an Iraq war vet who took what he learned and brought it back to his neighborhood, turning a group of average gangbangers into a well trained army. Lucky Quinn is an aged Mob Boss who clawed his way to the top. Despite being well into his late 70's he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty when work needs to be done. Aidan Pierce is a hacker with a niece who died entirely because of him, who blames everyone else instead of himself (the person actually responsible) for her death.

    --The Story--

    The story is pretty generic, man with lost loved ones begins searching for those responsible but along the way is faced with a moral dilemma about whether he's doing the wrong things for the right reasons and whether or not at the end of the day he's the bad guy but it's livened up by a pretty interesting cast of supporting characters.

    --Gameplay--

    The gameplay was really hit or miss for me, the combat works really well and while the inclusion of a bullet time ability a little disappointing the ability to use hacking with it helped get me over it. I really enjoy the way the enemy reacts when you fire off some rounds, move to a different location and they'd still be looking for you at that old position, it really made the whole experience feel very organic. Unfortunately, the same thing cannot be said for the driving mechanics. With most cars its like the roads were made of ice most of the time with the way the car's back ends would just go spinning out whenever you'd turn at anything faster than a slow jog. Not sure if this happened to anyone else very often but if the car is moving at anything other than a dead stop, when you get out you'll be doing a combat roll out of the car moving slower than people on the sidewalk, more than once Aidan decided to dive out of this incredibly slow moving car directly into an oncoming garbage truck.

    I say thing about every sandbox game that takes place in a city but its really disappointing how many buildings I can actually walk into. In the Chicago metropolitan area I can walk into MAYBE about one in every 15 buildings. Maybe instead of making the game look so pretty, we work on actually having places to go into.

    Finally the hacking, while an interesting concept most of the time you'll forget about interacting with the environment via hacking unless the game is forcing you to. Why hack the streetlights or a bridge when you can just use the Jam Comms ability and prevent the police from even being called in the first place. Why use environmental explosives when I have a pump action grenade launcher.

    --Summary--

    Watch Dogs plays like a cross between Grand Theft Auto and Assassins Creed with the little hacking gimmick thrown in. Unfortunately the various pieces of this game do not coalesce into anything more than mildly entertaining. It gets boring a few hours in after you've tried most of the hacking tricks out a few times and realize how shallow the system actually is.    … Expand
  59. BigBossReviews
    Feb 3, 2015
    3
    Another piece of overhyped trash released by UBISOFT, I made the mistake of preordering this game, and threw my $60 dollars down the fu*king drain. This game is a prime example of terrible PC ports, since this game is an avid supporter of console parity, although, this being the PC, modders are in the works, trying to fix this game, and yet Ubisoft is putting out patches to wipe these modsAnother piece of overhyped trash released by UBISOFT, I made the mistake of preordering this game, and threw my $60 dollars down the fu*king drain. This game is a prime example of terrible PC ports, since this game is an avid supporter of console parity, although, this being the PC, modders are in the works, trying to fix this game, and yet Ubisoft is putting out patches to wipe these mods out. FU*K THIS GAME, AND FU*K UBISOFT!… Expand
  60. Jacktes
    May 30, 2015
    4
    A poorly optimized mess of a game that disappoints on all levels. I genuinely put the game in my toilet and pissed on it to show how happy pre-ordering it made it.

    Hey, at least it managed to turn me off of pre-ordering entirely now, so that's a plus side.
  61. EricFate
    Jul 18, 2015
    1
    A waste of potential from beginning to end. Inconsistent writing, non-sequitur mini games, a lead character with no redeeming characteristics, and a tedious open world in which there is no joy to be had from simple exploration. Save your money and get Sleeping Dogs or Saints Row instead. They both understand that games require an element of fun first and foremost. All this game does isA waste of potential from beginning to end. Inconsistent writing, non-sequitur mini games, a lead character with no redeeming characteristics, and a tedious open world in which there is no joy to be had from simple exploration. Save your money and get Sleeping Dogs or Saints Row instead. They both understand that games require an element of fun first and foremost. All this game does is demonstrate why the marketing team should never be given sway over the design team. Once you get past the hype, this game reveals itself to be nothing more than a pile of hot garbage.… Expand
  62. domadordepollos
    Jul 13, 2014
    3
    THIS LOOKS AMAZING! in the trailer ;)
    Graphics are sincerely dreadful, unfinished edges, unpolished textures... lacking detail.
    Its true that you can hack, but its not worth for the 60 bucks you spend on it.
  63. Rizwan
    Jun 29, 2015
    0
    Actually, I was waiting for this game from 2013. The release date was always making late. At last it was released in May 2014. I was eagerly waiting for it. But when I played it , it greatly disappointed me. The graphics of the trailer was great, But in the game, Huh !!!!! Really a disappointing piece of **** !!!!!
  64. BoltarCavanaugh
    Jul 12, 2014
    0
    The story and the characters are made on a OK-quality level, the graphics are OK too, the gameplay is working, so are the mechanics. Its a bit like GTA, but in a hippster-dress. There are some annoying bugs and the physics are just..funny.
  65. baevar
    Dec 27, 2014
    0
    Sigh Metacritic site error on first review, so here's the short version:

    Would never play because it has Uplay...and I have an AMD card. Never had a chance to earn points, 0/10 wake the F up Ubisoft, your brand is tanking over DRM that only hurts paying customers and offers literally zero benefit to the consumer. Yes I know there's points and unlock rewards; but Ubi is extracting    Sigh Metacritic site error on first review, so here's the short version:

    Would never play because it has Uplay...and I have an AMD card.

    Never had a chance to earn points, 0/10 wake the F up Ubisoft, your brand is tanking over DRM that only hurts paying customers and offers literally zero benefit to the consumer. Yes I know there's points and unlock rewards; but Ubi is extracting those reward elements from a normal game, and sticking it into its DRM; completely unnecessary; let me unlock things for the games I play because of things I do in the game, not add some unnecessary reward points layer just to justify really bad and invasive DRM that has in the past not even let me play games I own because it can't connect to its own servers even though I'm online, or the stupid Uplay client crashes in the background. Clean up your act Ubi; here's an old addage about customer service for ya "Ignore your customers and they'll go away"    … Expand
  66. asdgfasgagag
    Sep 11, 2014
    0
    No spoilers. Honest and quick review. Hello. OK first things first. Most of us were hyped about this game. Maybe we expected more than it delivers. As this is a review for the PC version, I have to inform you that the port is a sloppy job.
  67. E71
    Jul 22, 2014
    1
    Very poorly optimized for PC:

    - It doesn't allow binding of certain keys (backspace, enter, pgup, pgdn, etc) so if you're an old-school gamer using arrow keys, you may need to resort to clumsy solutions like AHK (allows you to rebind but it won't change in-game on-screen prompts). - Runs poorly even on high-end systems with the most annoying stuttering (sinuous frame rate). Tested    Very poorly optimized for PC:

    - It doesn't allow binding of certain keys (backspace, enter, pgup, pgdn, etc) so if you're an old-school gamer using arrow keys, you may need to resort to clumsy solutions like AHK (allows you to rebind but it won't change in-game on-screen prompts).

    - Runs poorly even on high-end systems with the most annoying stuttering (sinuous frame rate). Tested both "High" and "Ultra" @ 1080p on a Core i7-3770K with 32GB DDR3 memory, R9 290 4GB GPU, HW RAIDED SSDs, felt like my computer was seriously outdated.

    - Uninnovative control scheme... One too many individual binds. For example, the cover system is a frustratingly awkward mess -- press one key to take cover, another to exit?! Why not a single key for both, like Mass Effect 3's cover system? This is only made worse by the inability to bind other keys in that area of the keyboard...

    - Forced (negative) mouse acceleration... when you're trying to "fine aim" the crosshairs at your target, it feels like you're moving your mouse in thick mud. The GamerProfile.xml "fix" doesn't really help that.

    - Can't adjust/change mouse wheel up/down ("next weapon"/"previous weapon"). I use the mouse wheel too but I need it inverted.

    At least it never crashed on me, for which I give it 1 point out of 10.

    All in all, games are supposed to be fun but I experienced frustration for much of the play through so...

    TRY HARDER UBISOFT!!    … Expand
  68. flexy123
    Jan 8, 2015
    3
    It looks like a GTA game from 2004, except that in 2004 games looked already better than this crap. Gameplay is also boring and unrealistic. It's like a poor man's GTA. Deleting from HD.
  69. DaveAus
    Sep 3, 2014
    1
    While it tries to make the open world genre feel more modern and relevant. It takes what could of been a great social media privacy commentary and turns it into a generic shooter, with an open world that is incredible empty and lifeless.

    The brief and random descriptions you get from street walking NPC's seems more like an attempt to hide how dumb and pointless they are, then add    While it tries to make the open world genre feel more modern and relevant. It takes what could of been a great social media privacy commentary and turns it into a generic shooter, with an open world that is incredible empty and lifeless.

    The brief and random descriptions you get from street walking NPC's seems more like an attempt to hide how dumb and pointless they are, then add individuality to them.

    The 'Press x to hack' aspect is almost completely useless in actual game play apart from scripted segments in a few missions. Unlike the misleading trailers, hacking the world around your opponents is more of a waste of time then tactically useful. Popping out from cover and shooting/throwing grenades is the most efficient way to kill enemies, nothing new.

    The graphics are sub par, and it can't help but draw comparisons to Grand Theft Auto 5, a game that came out a year earlier, yet looks better and has more to do.    … Expand
  70. Gawee08
    Nov 25, 2014
    2
    Watch_Dogs had a lot of potential but Ubisoft managed to somehow mess up Watch_Dogs in a way they have never done before (Including Unity, which was a great game but it had bad optimization). I love Ubisoft (Even if they make terrible PC ports) but Watch_Dogs is a terrible game that no one should have to play, even on PC. It was filled with glitches, poor optimization, missing featuresWatch_Dogs had a lot of potential but Ubisoft managed to somehow mess up Watch_Dogs in a way they have never done before (Including Unity, which was a great game but it had bad optimization). I love Ubisoft (Even if they make terrible PC ports) but Watch_Dogs is a terrible game that no one should have to play, even on PC. It was filled with glitches, poor optimization, missing features that they showed at E3 and bad graphics compared to today's standards.

    Watch_Dogs follows Aiden Pearce, a man who's niece was killed which made Aiden Pearce go on a quest to find the man who murdered her and take revenge. Aiden Pearce is a hacker who uses his phone to hack objects such as traffic lights, transformers, street pipes and generally most electronics in the futuristic city of Chicago.

    Gameplay for Watch_Dogs was average, but hacking was terrible. The hacking puzzles were mediocre and unoriginal, the normal hacking was just hold Q to hack and the shooting was.. meh.

    Aiden Pearce is the blandest character Ubisoft has made, he is more bland than Connor from Assassin's Creed 3. Aiden Pearce does not have any personality, his story is filled with cliches and he never shows any signs of emotion. Aiden Pearce is not likable or relatable due to the fact that he shows no signs of emotions or any personality.

    Watch_Dogs has many bugs, poor optimization, bad graphics, average gameplay and a terrible story. No one except for diehard Ubisoft fans should play Watch_Dogs as it is just not fun to play and the ending is a major let-down. I recommend you don't play this game unless you really want to. Ubisoft showed many great things at E3 but in the end, they downgraded graphics and took out many features that would've been great.    … Expand
  71. NickPreveza
    Aug 23, 2014
    1
    Is this game bad ? No .
    Does it deserve 1/10 ? Hell , no - its a 6 .
    Is the pc version any good ? No , NOPE , NO .
    There is nothing to talk about this , just dont buy it for pc - go console or just dont . Even the ridiculous amound i paid for it ( 15 ) is not worth it .
  72. Shadow1
    Mar 24, 2016
    10
    This is average game . This game have awesome storyline , good gameplay , but bad graphics for 2014 . Good main character Aden Pirce . Aden Pirce is Smart Hacker . Aden Pirce can break open phone , pipes , traffic lights and many different things .
  73. xlukey
    May 25, 2021
    8
    It is not a game that you will play over and over again. Due to its bad storyline you will probably complete it and not run again for months. If you ignore it, you will give yourself some pretty good time. Gameplay is not perfect (in some places is even worse than storyline) but it is definitely a very playable game.
  74. loserswinners
    Jun 2, 2021
    10
    Underrated masterpiece! It's actually really fun and i absolutely love the city design.
  75. AModernMyth
    Dec 30, 2021
    10
    Watch Dogs obviously reminds GTA 4/5, but what makes it stand out and it's own thing is hacking element. There's also unique world design, cool outfits you can wear, lots of guns and while it's story might not be amazing (it's decent), there's still lots of fun to be had and many well designed missions. Graphics actually look pretty good, especially at night time, rain effects are great,Watch Dogs obviously reminds GTA 4/5, but what makes it stand out and it's own thing is hacking element. There's also unique world design, cool outfits you can wear, lots of guns and while it's story might not be amazing (it's decent), there's still lots of fun to be had and many well designed missions. Graphics actually look pretty good, especially at night time, rain effects are great, etc. This game has this unique atmosphere that i haven't really felt in any other game. It's dark and serious, very similar to Max Payne to be honest, but still different enough. Real star of this game is obviously ability to hack almost anything, unlock cars, change traffic lights, stop or make trains move and so on. Overall very cool game. Sadly sequels were awful, but hopefully WD 4 will be something similar to Watch Dogs 1.… Expand
  76. NordicSpirit
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    Great fun game, has solid graphics by 2014 standard. Anyone expecting this to have 2022 graphics is delusional, it look perfectly fine even now and gameplay holds up well. Overall this game is way better than empty, modern open world games like Cyberpunk 2077 or Elden Ring.
  77. sirgamer44
    Aug 2, 2022
    10
    This was actually great game. Feels bad that some people got triggered for it not being like trailer, but it still looks good. graphically one of the better looking games from 2014, Ubisoft of course did it even better with Unity same year, but still. Good game, that feels like GTA, but with hacker twist.
  78. SimpleGamer
    Aug 11, 2014
    4
    The game was supposed to be one of the best games of 2014 but the game disappointed me big time. The graphics were okay but it downgraded a lot from the e3 2012. For me the stealth part was really boring after a few hours. It just got repetitive. The voice of Aiden sounds like Batman and the main character doesn't have much of a personality. The storyline is pretty bad. It's just about aThe game was supposed to be one of the best games of 2014 but the game disappointed me big time. The graphics were okay but it downgraded a lot from the e3 2012. For me the stealth part was really boring after a few hours. It just got repetitive. The voice of Aiden sounds like Batman and the main character doesn't have much of a personality. The storyline is pretty bad. It's just about a guy named Aiden who's daughter was killed because of his hacking for money. But he decides to keep on hacking things and trying to get revenge on the guy who ordered a guy to kill Aiden's daughter. I mean, that's it. Also, when i decided to take a break from the story and decided to do some side missions and activities. The side missions were all just stealthing and hacking. (which got boring after a few times of doing the same thing) There weren't many good activities either. (Except for the phone games.) So I DON'T recommend this game. Just get gta 5.… Expand
  79. AngusMacAskill
    Nov 18, 2014
    4
    Such high expectations for this game, for it to have fallen so low is a disgrace. Ubisoft has never had qualms to leave their PC consumers hanging but to actively sabotage the PC versions of their games is inexcusable.

    Yet, that is the least of the problems with Watch_Dogs. Very bad AI. Some NPCs will not even react to you throwing a grenade or even shooting at them. Very sloppily done    Such high expectations for this game, for it to have fallen so low is a disgrace. Ubisoft has never had qualms to leave their PC consumers hanging but to actively sabotage the PC versions of their games is inexcusable.

    Yet, that is the least of the problems with Watch_Dogs. Very bad AI. Some NPCs will not even react to you throwing a grenade or even shooting at them. Very sloppily done collision and texture mapping. The sheer amount of bugs is one of the only constants in Ubisoft games left. The story is virtually non-existent. Dialogues are abominable.

    The only redeeming factor, if it can be called as such, is the freedom to shoot anyone in the face, which has resulted in quite a few amusing youtube videos.

    All in all, cannot recommend this game but if you're partial to mindless violence you may enjoy the game.    … Expand
  80. volcomfrak1348
    Jun 23, 2014
    5
    apenas hay mejoras graficas respecto a las versiones de ps4-xone la gente tiene la IA de un perro con sindrome de down y encima necesitas una central nuclear para mover el puto juego, en realidad esta bastante bien durante los dos primeros dias pero luego te pasas la campaña (el protagonista es un lloros y un capullo) hackeas un puente levadizo te cansas del online en dos horas y luego teapenas hay mejoras graficas respecto a las versiones de ps4-xone la gente tiene la IA de un perro con sindrome de down y encima necesitas una central nuclear para mover el puto juego, en realidad esta bastante bien durante los dos primeros dias pero luego te pasas la campaña (el protagonista es un lloros y un capullo) hackeas un puente levadizo te cansas del online en dos horas y luego te vas cagandote en los muertos de ubisoft camino al GAME para vender el juego. en general no cumple las expectativas, en tu puta vida vas a poder jugar a la demo de la E3 2012, que era lo mejor que habias visto en tu vida.… Expand
  81. DEmarkDamien
    Oct 10, 2016
    10
    I find it unbearable that, at E3, the developers presented a game but when the product was on sale, there is a less delivered graphic thing. The gameplay is fun though, graphics are really nice if we add that modder's graphic pack (I really can't remember the name right now). I was really hyped about this game, W.D. had such a wonderful potential, but Ubisoft didn't take full advance fromI find it unbearable that, at E3, the developers presented a game but when the product was on sale, there is a less delivered graphic thing. The gameplay is fun though, graphics are really nice if we add that modder's graphic pack (I really can't remember the name right now). I was really hyped about this game, W.D. had such a wonderful potential, but Ubisoft didn't take full advance from hacking posibilties. This is not a bad thing, but it must be took in consideration. I'm not hyped about W.D. II anymore, after 2K Czech screwed such a beautiful series like Mafia's, I won't be hyped about any other game that is anounced. I gave it 10* only because I liked the game, it is my style.… Expand
  82. DerAleckz
    Oct 11, 2014
    5
    Here's my rating for Watchdogs (played on XONE)

    +open world design
    +missions
    +storyline
    +realistic new-media-references

    -graphics
    -character development
    -tutorials
    -controls
  83. GabrielBarrosWa
    May 1, 2015
    10
    Gta é melhor euhuhewfuhuefuhefwuwheufhuewfuehwuhuefwuhehuwehuewhuhuewhuweuhweuhwheuhoweuhoewhuuhewfuhoehuwehuuhweuhuhoewhuweuhhuowehuoehuwehuwehouweuhfhuwehuwfuuoh
  84. RMDsilva
    Nov 17, 2014
    6
    Game looks good. But what else?
    Open world GTA-like games have been plenty and this one tries to be a little original with the hacking theme. Comes off as an "okay" game.
    Story/theme-wise, it's interesting. Superficially. Characters are quite 2D and the revenge thing just.. makes less and less sense the more the story goes on. Dedsec (anonymous) and Blume (the IT evil corporate guys    Game looks good. But what else?
    Open world GTA-like games have been plenty and this one tries to be a little original with the hacking theme. Comes off as an "okay" game.

    Story/theme-wise, it's interesting. Superficially. Characters are quite 2D and the revenge thing just.. makes less and less sense the more the story goes on.
    Dedsec (anonymous) and Blume (the IT evil corporate guys who watch everything) are just there, there's no development or deeper questions.

    Gameplay-wise, hacking was.. well, press Q for everything. If I wanted to do something quick, I really had to use "focus" (bullet time, slo-mo, wtv) to not hack a camera instead of exploding a wall or something completely unrelated. Not to mention it's not too easy to "aim".
    Bit silly, and while it's fun that you can do it at all times (getting credit card info from random people while chasing someone? check) it's also quite limited to specific environment cues. So, meh.

    That said, the driving and shooting and the generic open world thing is just "okay". I miss the driving experiences of GTA, for example. Especially when running away from the police in this one. Just, urgh. Because with the hacking theme, they just seem to always know where you are, unless you get offroad or do something silly. Pro tip: grab a boat and get the helicopter disable. No more chases.

    So, in the end, it was alright. But definitely not beyond that.    … Expand
  85. LEG
    Oct 13, 2014
    7
    I love this game.
    But too much delayed release in Asia.(Due to JAPANESE voice acting version) - 1 month delayed.

    Ubisoft-korea, What are you doing???
  86. Peter6666
    Nov 3, 2014
    7
    Firstly I would like to say that what the game tries to accomplish by bringing realism into a dynamic landscape; allowing one to explore to a certain degree; is commendable to the efforts of the ple that produced this game. My system had no problems at all coping with the games resource requirements, with my AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series graphics easily up to the task. The story could haveFirstly I would like to say that what the game tries to accomplish by bringing realism into a dynamic landscape; allowing one to explore to a certain degree; is commendable to the efforts of the ple that produced this game. My system had no problems at all coping with the games resource requirements, with my AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series graphics easily up to the task. The story could have done with a little more imagination; as the sideline stories; but for me it provided enjoyable light entertainment. Not the the best RPG going around, but satisfactory. Cheers.… Expand
  87. matheusmrx
    Nov 17, 2014
    7
    At the beginning, i thought it was boring and pointless, but after a couple of hours it turned out to be kind of fun. I like the characters' emotions and natural dialogs, not robotic speeches like I've seen on The Evil Within, though i didn't really enjoy the story itself. I also like the kind of "puzzle killings", when you have to study how to get through rooms full of enemies withoutAt the beginning, i thought it was boring and pointless, but after a couple of hours it turned out to be kind of fun. I like the characters' emotions and natural dialogs, not robotic speeches like I've seen on The Evil Within, though i didn't really enjoy the story itself. I also like the kind of "puzzle killings", when you have to study how to get through rooms full of enemies without being spotted. This and other things are cool, but are basic and flat.

    As everyone said, it is badly optimized for PC. I could only enjoy it after using a joystick. Also, it doesn't deliver it's best performance even on a good machine, keeps randomly lagging and with some lights/shadows bugs.

    They could have improved many of the challenges and the gameplay, so it wouldn't get that repetitive. With so many flat challenges, it seems more like a fun and extensive demo than a full developed game.

    PS: Do not play it expecting an alternative GTA, you will get disappointed.    … Expand
  88. SirCesar
    Nov 20, 2014
    6
    Even though the game is fun to play, it has serious problems with PC compatibility. Ubisoft keeps showing that they don't care about PC gamers anymore.
  89. LostSandwich
    Dec 5, 2014
    6
    Though this game did not live up to expectations it is not a horrible game. It does deserve the hate it is getting due to semi-false advertising (Trailers and Demos at E3 had much better graphics than the actual game), but it is still a decent game. There are issues with this game, lots of 'em, poor performance, crappy story, bland character, but it has its good sides. The combat is fun,Though this game did not live up to expectations it is not a horrible game. It does deserve the hate it is getting due to semi-false advertising (Trailers and Demos at E3 had much better graphics than the actual game), but it is still a decent game. There are issues with this game, lots of 'em, poor performance, crappy story, bland character, but it has its good sides. The combat is fun, stealth is executed decently, it is fun to roam around the world doing side quests though they do get repetitive after some time. Watch Dogs' multiplayer is bad, it is not creative in the slightest and feels tacked on to the game just so it has multiplayer. Watch Dogs does contain a fun online mini-game where players can hack into each others single player games and hack the main player and steal money and such from him whilst trying to remain hidden, if there was more like this in Watch Dogs, they would have a stellar multiplayer. The hacking in the game can be quite fun and really adds to the game making it more than just an attempt to copy other sandbox games such as Grand Theft Auto V, it makes things such as car chases much more entertaining than in a game like Grand Theft Auto V, though the physics to the cars in Watch Dogs are questionable and can really take away from the fun and immersion. The hacking is fun but far more simplistic than i had hoped. There is not too much to hack, lights, barriers, steam pipes and security cameras are basically the 4 main hacks you'll use the most. The player is able to hack into security cameras and link from one camera to the other, adding to the stealth aspect, you can use the cameras to plan your moves, which can be very helpful. Ubisoft have already announced a sequel to the game and there are a few things they REQUIRE to make it a successful game:

    - Better Graphics
    - Better Protagonist and Story
    - Better and more creative Multiplayer
    - More in-depth hacking
    - Better Performance
    - Better driving physics    … Expand
  90. planas14
    Feb 24, 2015
    7
    The game start very slow, but despite of this after half of it, when you unlock the best skill it start to be fun and enjoyable. It isn't for sure the revolution announced by ubisoft but and at a decent price is a good game to have.
  91. idanidan123
    May 22, 2015
    5
    Not gonna lie, it's a really good game, but it's not a surprise it got an average score. This game uses technology in a way we haven't seen yet: You can hack into people's bank accounts and steal money, you can complete puzzles and hack private house's cameras and other nice stuff. This game also has fun and awesome mini-games. My only problem with this game is that after you finish theNot gonna lie, it's a really good game, but it's not a surprise it got an average score. This game uses technology in a way we haven't seen yet: You can hack into people's bank accounts and steal money, you can complete puzzles and hack private house's cameras and other nice stuff. This game also has fun and awesome mini-games. My only problem with this game is that after you finish the story- there's not much else to do. Sure, you can use cheats, play the mini-games and a bunch of people, but after about 20 min or less it gets boring. Overall the game is fine, but if had the potential to be better.… Expand
  92. sashaCZ1
    Dec 7, 2015
    6
    I really liked the concept, it was something new and unique. But then, don't forget it's Ubisoft.. They cannot compete to GTA. This games' graphics are good, some of the multiplayer modes were fun to play. And now, the horrible story, optimization, car physics came across. I cannot give Watch_Dogs a better score than 6. Altough, I'd like to see a new Watch_Dogs game, hopefully moreI really liked the concept, it was something new and unique. But then, don't forget it's Ubisoft.. They cannot compete to GTA. This games' graphics are good, some of the multiplayer modes were fun to play. And now, the horrible story, optimization, car physics came across. I cannot give Watch_Dogs a better score than 6. Altough, I'd like to see a new Watch_Dogs game, hopefully more polished.. 6/10.… Expand
  93. summer_2021
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    сјајна врло лепа игра би се поново играла и такође препоручила другима.
  94. droble
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします
  95. beztgamez
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    un ghjocu super bellu bellu ghjucaria torna è cunsiglierebbe ancu à l'altri
  96. Colossus778
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
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  97. F_o_r
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
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  98. Jazzwidow
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    Në përgjithësi më pëlqen shumë kjo lojë, është pothuajse perfekte shumë e ftohtë
  99. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    8
    Great game. The story is decent. The scoring is great, visual is really amazing, the voice & sound is also amazing
  100. Iowntheworld
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    Great open-world AAA GTA style hacker gamer, that is unique enough to stand on it's own from GTA series. I'm saying all this as a hardcore GTA fan btw. Aiden is very cool, serious, deep main character. He is not you average hero who saves the day and acts nice. No. He is serious vigilante on revenge quest and that's what makes him actually interesting and cool. People often say that he isGreat open-world AAA GTA style hacker gamer, that is unique enough to stand on it's own from GTA series. I'm saying all this as a hardcore GTA fan btw. Aiden is very cool, serious, deep main character. He is not you average hero who saves the day and acts nice. No. He is serious vigilante on revenge quest and that's what makes him actually interesting and cool. People often say that he is "bad take on Batman" NO. Unlike Batman, Aiden actually kills his victims and that's no hate on Batman, i like Batman and that's whole another debate, but Aiden is very, very cool and likable character. Anyone who wanted him to be perfect hero, can look for some other game, Sims maybe. There's lots of similarities between Max Payne and Aiden, i have never seen anyone whining about Max Payne or maybe these haters have just never played that masterful shooter series, that is Max Payne. Either way Watch Dogs is already a classic and has huge fanbase. Two sequels were absolute garbage, only Aiden DLC was decent. Hopefully Ubisoft want actually make money again and next WD game will be prequel with Aiden as a main character.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 3, 2014
    79
    Ubisoft's flagship title has a really, really repulsive protagonist. The entire storyline feels like it was cranked out of a automated story generator. On the positive side, Watch Dogs looks really good on PC, especially after modding the graphics to match the visual splendor of the early E3 demos. [Aug 2014]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Jun 29, 2014
    70
    There are some strong gameplay elements in Watch Dogs, but overall it's merely an adequate open world game. [July 2014, p.46]
  3. GameCritics
    Jun 23, 2014
    80
    Nothing could have realistically lived up to the immense level of hype that Ubisoft stirred up for this game, and while I value strong narratives and envelope-pushing technological advancements, I place just as much importance in the ability to enjoy the gameplay that's being offered to me. Watch Dogs is one of the more exciting sandbox games of the last few years, and if this is to become Ubisoft's next big franchise, I'm excited to see where they take it.
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