Watch Dogs

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5.8

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  1. DrXfort
    Jul 4, 2023
    8
    I liked the game, only the cars are still **** and the plot is not very I LOVE YOU WD
  2. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
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  3. AR021
    Nov 26, 2022
    10
    I think this was one of the best games of Ubisoft ( it’s like this : watch dogs = 10 watchdogs 2 = 8.5 watchdogs 3 = 5 )

    I hope Ubisoft make watchdogs 4 exactly a copy of watchdogs 1 ( a good story + great gameplay like watchdogs 1 + ability to have all weapons not like watchdogs 3
  4. filipp_21
    Nov 7, 2022
    8
    Really original concept with a feature of hacking, In fact, the whole game revolves around it. Alsi a lot if side missions and an interesting reputation system that can be annoying. Great game all in all!
  5. Nameyyer122
    Sep 15, 2022
    10
    Просто Скажу что рекомендую, если проходить все сразу было даже весело но потом уже вышки stos надели но по сравнению с 2 частью это шедевр
  6. Domdom21br
    Aug 7, 2022
    8
    curti a historia, curti o estilo gta 5 e curti os graficos, uma pena que é limitado mas em geral é muito bom
  7. TenAdrian
    Jun 26, 2022
    9
    Awesome game. Loved the main character. Liked the story. While game play is not perfect everything else makes the game worth the 9 ranking
  8. Bethrewhy
    Apr 10, 2022
    8
    However you say, Watch Dogs definitely sham us in the trailer but as the result of the game is not disappointed as much. The storyline is basically of new system for citizens personality management call CTOS, Which is really dark scenery for hacker topics. The gameplay is branches way to do, strategy way or brutal way, gunshot or hacked system. The soundtrack isn't really noticeable due toHowever you say, Watch Dogs definitely sham us in the trailer but as the result of the game is not disappointed as much. The storyline is basically of new system for citizens personality management call CTOS, Which is really dark scenery for hacker topics. The gameplay is branches way to do, strategy way or brutal way, gunshot or hacked system. The soundtrack isn't really noticeable due to dull and unclear volume.… Expand
  9. cheloveknamarse
    Dec 26, 2021
    9
    This game is really addictive with its new gameplay, but if you look in more detail at Aiden's motivation, you can understand that he is a great egoist. Although the developers did not want to say this, Aiden is ready to kill hundreds of people for the sake of his family, by the end of the game we forget that we are not a murderer, but a family man who wants to save his family
  10. CRUM
    Dec 8, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Idk why people dont like Aiden Pearce he is a great character and I love how the game gives you backlash for killing when your nephew sees you kill the bad guys and views you as a monster
    I love this game    … Expand
  11. tabletojopek
    Aug 4, 2021
    4
    This version has terrible optimization, the game can crash, I don't hear 50% of sounds. Story is not the worst, and not the best. Graphics are good, Destroying of the car is bad. Health system is good. I don't recommend this version of this game.
  12. JottaSP
    Feb 5, 2021
    8
    O jogo é bom o gráfico não tanto mas a experiencia é incrível a história é também muito boa também.
  13. PopsV
    Oct 4, 2020
    8
    Es un buen juego, completo y con una historia buena, recibió un gran haré por su "downgrade" pero a pesar de eso sigue siendo bueno.
  14. DavidHoltzer
    Aug 7, 2019
    4
    This game has very good graphics and details but that's about it.The driving is just bad, you collide with another car and the other gets destroyed and your vehicle remains intact, the controls aren't the best plus the camera can harden the driving as well.The open world and the missions have nothing interesting to offer.The melee system is repetitive hence the people you fight with can'tThis game has very good graphics and details but that's about it.The driving is just bad, you collide with another car and the other gets destroyed and your vehicle remains intact, the controls aren't the best plus the camera can harden the driving as well.The open world and the missions have nothing interesting to offer.The melee system is repetitive hence the people you fight with can't fight back when an animation started.Over all the driving sections makes this game below mediocre.… Expand
  15. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 29, 2016
    9
    Watch_Dogs
    A Great game with inexcusable flaws
    Watch Dogs unfortunately suffers from hype... It promised amazing graphics and a deep open world, this is never achieved, but the 18 hour campaign featured here is one of the best open world campaigns I’ve played in a while.. Watch Dogs is a 3r5d person open world shooter game with a dash of puzzle… You play as Aiden Pierce trying to get    Watch_Dogs
    A Great game with inexcusable flaws
    Watch Dogs unfortunately suffers from hype...
    It promised amazing graphics and a deep open world, this is never achieved, but the 18 hour campaign featured here is one of the best open world campaigns I’ve played in a while..
    Watch Dogs is a 3r5d person open world shooter game with a dash of puzzle…
    You play as Aiden Pierce trying to get to the bottom of his Nieces murder…
    The story telling in Watch Dogs is great… Especially when your focus changes from your niece to someone else that I won’t mention to prevent spoilers, but I feel like the transition was perfect due to that connection… it makes you care... it keeps you pushing forward… but at the same time you’re still going after everyone involved in the initial hit…
    And again the writing and introduction to each character in the story is so great that you’ll either really love or really hate someone… you feel pierces emotion personally which creates a great deal of immersion in this story..
    To get information on locations you have to hack into buildings and severs…
    And there’s freedom in the way you can approach this…
    Watch Dogs works great as a 3rd person shooter with an intuitive cover system… an easy to access weapons wheel, tons of weapon variety, a great amount of ammo and crafting parts for bombs… a great stealth system to silently take enemies down or take them out with a silenced pistol…
    Or you can hack cameras and explosives…
    I personally had the most fun jumping from camera to camera, waiting for opportunities to explode fuse boxes, trigger alarms for a takedown set up… activating the grenades inside of enemy pockets…
    Many times during the story I didn’t have to fire a single bullet to get everything I came for..
    I hopped from camera to camera hacked into the system and left…
    Hacking here is very simple and comes down to a pipe type puzzle of feeding a blue line into other pieces and unlocking them. And these sections are the only mandatory hacking sections as again you can just play as a third person shooter if you’d like…
    Outside of the 18 hour campaign though is the open world of Chicago and unfortunately the open world is the weakest aspect in the entire game…
    Think of this more as a hub world to extend play time by spreading out mission locations, because ubisoft took 0 note in crafting this open world as it has issues in its open world I haven’t ran into since the PlayStation 2….
    Cars will disappear from where you left them if you run into a building to start a mission and come back out…
    During chases you have to ram cars to stop them or hack the world around you... which is actually a great deal of fun during intense chases, to blow up streets, raise bridges and road blocks while youre chasing or being chased by the police…
    But you cant shoot out of your window to shoot out tires despite enemies being able to shoot while driving…
    Another annoyance with these chase missions is that if you do get the person youre chasing stuck, you cant just pull them out of the vehicle theyre in… the only way to continue is shoot them through the window or get back into your car and ram them until they get out…
    This isn’t too annoying in story, but is highly annoying in online play when you have a random player trying to hack you…
    You can turn this feature off, but anyone at any time can enter your world and you can do the same entering there’s for rep, or co-op and competitive fun like races…
    But again these are real people... not ai controlled enemies, so trying to get a head shot on someone in a vehicles is much harder to do in this instance…
    And then theres hacking npcs to profile them…. To stop crimes from happening before they happen... I personally didn’t enjoy this aspect at all, I found it to be shallow filler and had no interest in doing random chases as again the campaign created such a great deal of urgency that it created tunnel vision for me…
    While Wacth_Dogs didn’t deliver the ground breaking experience it promised.. If you can look past those promises for what it actually is, it’s a great game with a great story.
    I give Watch_Dogs
    an 8.5/10    … Expand
  16. OldSchoolReview
    Aug 31, 2016
    8
    This game is really underrated, I don't understand why all the hate against this game, the game itself is just like another sandbox, but has something special, yes, is not Aiden pearce, is a new IP, with left a seed for a sequel, I hope the history gets repeated, AC1 a mess, AC2 masterful, I will sit here, waiting for watch dogs 2, meanwhile, enjoy this game, you can get it for 5 bucks onThis game is really underrated, I don't understand why all the hate against this game, the game itself is just like another sandbox, but has something special, yes, is not Aiden pearce, is a new IP, with left a seed for a sequel, I hope the history gets repeated, AC1 a mess, AC2 masterful, I will sit here, waiting for watch dogs 2, meanwhile, enjoy this game, you can get it for 5 bucks on markets or garage sales.… Expand
  17. BananaReviews
    Jun 15, 2016
    8
    Eu não criei Hype pelo jogo,e gostei bastante do que joguei,história envolvente e boa liberdade no mundo,apesar da cidade morta e da jogabilidade de hackear estranha,mais vale a pena,não é o que foi mostrado na E3 mas é bom
  18. kratoscarl
    Apr 13, 2016
    7
    My hype was huge for this game and bought it with high expectations, but it was disappointing. Watch Dogs has a generic revenge story with mafia and gangs involved in it, starring a uncharismatic Aiden Pierce, who isn't a hacker, he just have a pretty cool cell phone. Some missions are repetitive, it has way too much collectibles, radio songs are awful, it has texture problems, but despiteMy hype was huge for this game and bought it with high expectations, but it was disappointing. Watch Dogs has a generic revenge story with mafia and gangs involved in it, starring a uncharismatic Aiden Pierce, who isn't a hacker, he just have a pretty cool cell phone. Some missions are repetitive, it has way too much collectibles, radio songs are awful, it has texture problems, but despite that it is entertaining because of the innovative hack system (it has also 15 good secondary missions that requires you to infiltrate a gang and kill everyone, preferably through stealth). Watch Dogs would be just a cheap Grand Theft Auto clone without it.

    This is one of those games that you complete once and then you move to another. Maybe you would complete it again after several months like I did. I know that this is the PS3 version, but the only thing that changes between platforms is the graphics and resolution, so Watch Dogs wasn't a good way to start this gen. I would recommend Watch Dogs if you find it at a low price or if somebody gives it to you. I would give the game a 7,5.    … Expand
  19. grrrr
    Feb 18, 2016
    8
    I was avoiding this game because of the unbelievable hype. The hype is gone and I have to say this game surprised me in a good way. Interesting story.
  20. roaldkaspers
    Jan 5, 2016
    8
    This Game has an intriguing and exciting Story, the Gameplay isn't going to satisfy you for a very long time but the Hacking is definitely fun. Although the Graphics are disappointing, Ubisoft delivered us an awesome Techno Thriller.
  21. GamergodsFail
    Jun 30, 2015
    8
    I'm one of the few people who seem to have liked what Watch Dogs had to offer. It had very smart ideas even if some things weren't the way they could've been. I personally enjoyed the main story and the characters. I never came across any technical issues that were enough for me to quit. If you have never played this game but keep your expectations low, you will enjoy this game. It's GTAI'm one of the few people who seem to have liked what Watch Dogs had to offer. It had very smart ideas even if some things weren't the way they could've been. I personally enjoyed the main story and the characters. I never came across any technical issues that were enough for me to quit. If you have never played this game but keep your expectations low, you will enjoy this game. It's GTA meets Assassin's Creed. I look forward to a sequel. And a spiritual successor.… Expand
  22. 90s_oldschool
    May 2, 2015
    7
    I am a big fan of Deus Ex 1 and Human Revolution. And I was hoping Watch Dogs would be alike in most ways. There are some good points like the free-roaming the city. In the campaign you are forced to kill. The chase scenes aren't this fun. Enemy spawns are like in Rainbow Six Vegas. Means they pop up inside an area even they were behind you all the time. One thing is really worthI am a big fan of Deus Ex 1 and Human Revolution. And I was hoping Watch Dogs would be alike in most ways. There are some good points like the free-roaming the city. In the campaign you are forced to kill. The chase scenes aren't this fun. Enemy spawns are like in Rainbow Six Vegas. Means they pop up inside an area even they were behind you all the time. One thing is really worth mentioning: The graphics for PS3-era are really good. Bottom-line here is: It's not the hoped for new Deus game. But it's an ok-/good game.… Expand
  23. gamingfanatic
    Apr 8, 2015
    6
    I can understand and see the flaws in this game but honestly the story has me gripped and the endless police chases and hacking somebody elses game and laughing as they run straight past where you are hiding but i have seen better games. i feel that Ubisoft didn't truly think about what they were doing with this game and needs to consider change if they want to save the franchise withI can understand and see the flaws in this game but honestly the story has me gripped and the endless police chases and hacking somebody elses game and laughing as they run straight past where you are hiding but i have seen better games. i feel that Ubisoft didn't truly think about what they were doing with this game and needs to consider change if they want to save the franchise with Watch Dogs 2.

    That being said it is one the best games i have ever played on the PS3 and one of games that i just keep going back to as i always get the urge to go back and kill a few more men. I am happy but also disappointed with this game and i'm not going to buy Watch Dogs 2 unless i see some serious change. However i would say buy this when the price is at £5-£10 as it does have it's fun side    … Expand
  24. MustafaTouny
    Mar 20, 2015
    6
    there is nothing special about this game. the game doesn't have ideas even hacking isn't well used. side missions are totally boring .. the same thing every time.
    it reminds me with assassin's creed.
    i thought it would be better than that
  25. LocoGuy107
    Jan 7, 2015
    7
    It's actually a very good new idea. It might have not given people the adrenaline rush they'd hoped for, but it's worth it if you want to either see how this experiment unfolds or if you're a teen living with a mother who doesn't like GTA's strip clubs.
  26. beatlemnkyhuman
    Nov 27, 2014
    6
    horrible voice acting, ok story, ok visuals, horrible combat, horrible puzzles.

    There's time that this game has made me sick.

    Motion sickness should not happen to a hardcore gamer like myself.

    it's not good.
  27. Armis
    Nov 14, 2014
    6
    Horribly overhyped dull piece of crap. Add to that the horrible police rubberbanding (which makes it utterly impossible to ever, EVER lose the cops unless you have a gadget to prevent them spotting you in the first place. Just not fun.
  28. alekzd
    Nov 14, 2014
    8
    It's a very decent game, I enjoyed it. But I liked it more when it was called GTA V. Or I guess a more appropriate title would be GTA 4.5, judging by the graphics and the setting. Don't get me wrong, it's not awful...just really seems like Ubisoft stole a *lot* from Rockstar. I can't help but impress that upon you in this review.
    GTA comparisons aside, judging the game in its own right,    It's a very decent game, I enjoyed it. But I liked it more when it was called GTA V. Or I guess a more appropriate title would be GTA 4.5, judging by the graphics and the setting. Don't get me wrong, it's not awful...just really seems like Ubisoft stole a *lot* from Rockstar. I can't help but impress that upon you in this review.
    GTA comparisons aside, judging the game in its own right, it's pretty fun! I love the real life city of Chicago, so half the fun for me was riding a motorcycle around the Loop, using my hacker prowess to turn drawbridges into huge ramps. As many people have already stated, the graphics don't quite seem like they're up-to-the-minute for 2014. But many gamers are also incredibly entitled; the graphics are by no means **** although I'm sure they're orgasmic on the PS4. I thought the actual city of Chicago and it's neighborhoods were very well rendered, even if they've summarized the entire L network into a general loop around the map.
    I would say one of the game's strongest points, and probably one it does at least as well as GTA V, is its side content. The Digital Trips are hilarious and awesome. From ballooning around the city on giant bouncy plants to driving a muscle car through a hellish landscape full of demons, they're very entertaining. The Cash Runs and NVZN are also a lot of fun in between missions. Some of the spying side-missions kinda make me feel like a voyeur, but some of the hacked files are pretty humorous. There's also 100 different City Hotspots to check in at. On top of having little rewards at each one, like money or ammunition or meds, they also have some (often tongue-in-cheek) information about Chicago.
    I haven't gotten far enough in the actual game to really comment on the campaign missions, but they seem solid enough. Nothing too inventive or novel so far, but they're, well, missions. Lots of hacking into ctOS servers, shooting, escaping and busting criminal convoys. All pretty fun, and it even has "Focus," which would be akin to the characters' Special Abilities from, you guessed it, GTA V. Except in Watch Dogs it only applies to Aiden during shoot-outs.
    Speaking of Aiden, and most other characters in the game, he wasn't too memorable for me. He seemed to be doing his own thing, and he had an air of mystery about him, which is cool, fits the game...but his character really didn't speak to me on any particular level. I couldn't really associate much with him. Even the other characters, like the cyber-punk Lille, were cool visually, but weren't blessed with much personality. For Aiden, you can purchase new outfits for him, some of which are kinda neat, but all of which look virtually the same.
    The mechanics of the game are decent, nothing special. Typical cover, run-and-gun, stealth, physical takedowns, etc.
    Now, I appear to be seriously nitpicking the game, and in a more negative way, but I still gave it an 8. The fact of the matter is, if I could give it a 7.5, I would. Watch Dogs is a very decent and enjoyable game in its own right. It's just that compared to Grand Theft Auto V (which came out, what, 8 months before?), it seems like it had the same ideas but executed them with less panache (at best), or shamelessly stole them outright (at worst).
    Having said that, if you can find it for a discount price, get it.    … Expand
  29. MetaRogue
    Nov 11, 2014
    6
    It was only a matter of time before Ubisoft decided to approach the modern day action open world. But what largely damages Watch Dogs track record is that it took a while to reach us. And when it did we are assailed by inadequate graphics for a game of 2014. Granted that a game is game and we shouldn't complain, but a little bit of hard work goes a long way.

    The big question is why are    It was only a matter of time before Ubisoft decided to approach the modern day action open world. But what largely damages Watch Dogs track record is that it took a while to reach us. And when it did we are assailed by inadequate graphics for a game of 2014. Granted that a game is game and we shouldn't complain, but a little bit of hard work goes a long way.

    The big question is why are the graphics so poor when we hear that other 'clever' people have got the graphics to work 'properly'. You start to ask what exactly is going on?

    I've played the game and have not finished yet. The story tries to be compelling, but I will agree with another a critic and say that Aiden Pierce is a man who reacts and doesn't initiate anything beyond a personal revenge hack or facial smash to 'protect' his family when he shouldn't have endangered them in the first place by becoming a criminal.

    It is very much 70% GTA, 20% Far Cry 3 and 10% Assassin's Creed. There should be a sequel to rectify this dog, so that in the future, it will have it's day.    … Expand
  30. entertheziggy
    Nov 9, 2014
    6
    I like the concept of this game, but it lacks character, it lacks a great story line and the game itself is plagued with bugs and glitches. Physics with cars is also lacking. This game lacks detail and execution. You become very aware that you are no where close to playing a GTA game.

    The concept of stealing people's information and being a "hacker" is interesting, especially in this    I like the concept of this game, but it lacks character, it lacks a great story line and the game itself is plagued with bugs and glitches. Physics with cars is also lacking. This game lacks detail and execution. You become very aware that you are no where close to playing a GTA game.

    The concept of stealing people's information and being a "hacker" is interesting, especially in this age of NFCs. But the actual hacking that is done is nothing more than merely pressing a button. The environment of Chicago offers some bars and parks, where you can play mini games, but the games are not very realistic and have nothing to do with being a "hacker."

    The other thing i have a gripe with is the repetition in gameplay. This isn't new to a Ubisoft game, as we have seen with the Assassins Creed franchise. You accomplish the same tasks over and over again, which is supposed to a method for the developers to give you something different from the central story line. This becomes repetitive and just flat out boring. I probably should have known that they would do something like that.

    The main character himself, Aiden Pearce is probably the worst protagonist to any store i have ever seen or read or played. Very "grey," is probably the best way i can describe him. Not interesting and not uninteresting, just plain. The motivations for him doing what he does is also a bit convoluted. His neice died, and now he is on a complicated plot to take down a criminal organization. When you play, you become less and less interested as to why, what and where.

    overall the game itself felt like a chore to play and there is so much more that is wrong with it, including all the side missions, where there are only 3, which are played over 20 times!!!

    I am definitely going to be weary of buying another Ubisoft game in the future.    … Expand
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  1. IGN
    May 29, 2014
    75
    Car chases aside, Watch Dogs would be a great and memorable open-world action game if not for persistent performance problems.
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  2. Gameblog.fr
    May 27, 2014
    70
    The Watch_Dogs experience on PS3 is good but it does not match our expectations from a technical perspective. The definitive version is definitively on Next Gen platforms.
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