Watch Dogs 2

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2007 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 371 out of 2007
  3. Negative: 240 out of 2007
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  1. ElementalSoldie
    Nov 16, 2016
    3
    Completely uninspired artwork featuring most of the same rinse, wash, repeat gimmicks from the first game (similar to the yearly installments of the Assassin's Creed series). The game's style almost feels like it's mocking and laughing at the hip, trendy, holier-than-though populous of SF.
    I guess it appeals for the young "I-hate-my-parents" kids out there who want to rebel. Definitely selling.
  2. apandasbut
    Nov 16, 2016
    4
    Gameplay is good, the game crashing on me constantly not so good. I would not reccomend this game or any Ubisoft product until they have fully patched the game so it doesn't crash
    I own the game on PS4.
  3. Skydog
    Oct 23, 2022
    1
    So worried about being woke that they forgot what FUN f-ing gameplay is. Jesus christ does Ubisoft even knwo what they are doing? Can tell in the last 6 years that they are clueless on how to make a good game. That Alcatrez m ission has to be the worst **** I've seen in my life.
  4. Shadowsoal
    Dec 27, 2016
    1
    Avoided this game for fear of extreme views and racial baiting dialogue.
    Decided I was being an idiot and had a try.
    Every fear realised.
    Nothing changed much from Watchdogs original.
    Presumably the gameplay isn't what people hated about the original.
    I rather liked Aiden... Not sure I like a single person other than the quiet nerd here.
  5. deplorable
    May 3, 2020
    1
    I wanted to like it, as i enjoyed the first instalment but no it's terrible. The game looks good, and that's about it. You have the same gameplay you've done before in every other ubisoft game since time immemorial; there is nothing new here. The jokes are terrible, the story is downright cringeworthy as it tries so hard to be "hip" and "edgy", as for the missions just buy GTA 5. They'reI wanted to like it, as i enjoyed the first instalment but no it's terrible. The game looks good, and that's about it. You have the same gameplay you've done before in every other ubisoft game since time immemorial; there is nothing new here. The jokes are terrible, the story is downright cringeworthy as it tries so hard to be "hip" and "edgy", as for the missions just buy GTA 5. They're better designed and fun. One of the first missions in this game is to steal a cybercar (i know) and escape the police. It's actually easy to do, but if anything happens to the car while you're out (you can't escape the police in the car; i mean they spawn on the roads in front of you.. it's enough to make Ghost Recon 2 blush) then it's a mission failure. The whole thing feels poorly thought out, don't worry there's a premium store for your real money, if anyone has ever bought anything from it, they should be tagged and helped by the government for their mental illness.

    This is lazy open world development at it's worst, it's over cliched and the physics look designed by a 12 year old. The truck i drove, was 90% tipped over then righted itself. I'm not sure how that's possible.

    This game is great for 12 year olds (although given the rating of the game, it makes you wonder). I'd rather have my teeth pulled out than have to play this    … Expand
  6. KenanOgan
    Aug 18, 2020
    2
    Characters and the story is 2 dimensional. Story is poor. Gameplay has improved since the first game but the story got worse. Caharacters are so shallow that I for the first time in a long time I have skipped quite a lot of cutscenes.side stories are not interesting either. Glad it is finished.
  7. p1r
    Nov 29, 2016
    4
    I played watch dogs (1), and thought that is was an "unfinished" game... didnt feel solid at all.
    This time I thought that yeah, maybe this IS the version 1 but all done. But no, it is kind of boring, the story doesnt catch me at all. this is sad as i can see that it is a great game, somewhere. Parts of it is even worse than watch dogs 1...
    The AI is at a very basic level. the enemies    I played watch dogs (1), and thought that is was an "unfinished" game... didnt feel solid at all.
    This time I thought that yeah, maybe this IS the version 1 but all done. But no, it is kind of boring, the story doesnt catch me at all. this is sad as i can see that it is a great game, somewhere. Parts of it is even worse than watch dogs 1...
    The AI is at a very basic level. the enemies are just plain stupid mostly all of the time.
    The collisions with cars are just dumb, you can ride your motorbike right into a truck and.. well nothing happens... at all... you just bounce away...
    Might be my worst buy this year.
    Sorry.    … Expand
  8. chubacu
    Nov 22, 2016
    2
    I don't see any advantages over 1st game. The atmosphere is fine just like in first game(different though)

    Hipster theme and California didn't affect the way WD itself is done. The problem is dead Open World and Primitive gameplay itself.It's not even about bad graphics or stupidiest representation hacking nihilists(because current gen is really weak + second one is you artistic    I don't see any advantages over 1st game. The atmosphere is fine just like in first game(different though)

    Hipster theme and California didn't affect the way WD itself is done.

    The problem is dead Open World and Primitive gameplay itself.It's not even about bad graphics or stupidiest representation hacking nihilists(because current gen is really weak + second one is you artistic vision on hacking society, okay)

    Open World is still imitated and not alive. No ragdoll, no physics, no random NPC behavior, no such sandbox. I'm not saying you should make complete GTA clone or even Bethesda's Open World TES of Fallout but if you create open world - it must be sandboxic and with nice physics for interesting free roam in 2016...

    There's no such sandbox in Open World but cheap imitation of life in scripts and sprites which makes free-roam very boring. A lot of scripted NPC's with different movements but still unfree and so dead. Why can't you get that they need freedom and intellect, like in GTA.

    Gameplay is still scripted and way to casual. And when I say casual i'm not saying it's just easy to complete. Casual is gameplay itself. There's lack of inner mechanics. No such manual parkour but sctript that works by just holding one button. No combat system and lack opportunity to decide what to do with enemy(grab, stun, punish) but just take it down with yo-yo-script turned on by pressing single button.

    Tapping hacks is okay but press X to parkour and press X to take down - is just boring.

    Game lacks other activities, like kind of business, micro-economic model, may even deweloping our own webs of infrastuctures etc. Yes, I do understand, maybe it's not about your vision of Marcus but you could make special ingame mechanics of different side activity).

    That's all yet. The biggest problem is with gameplay and Open World.    … Expand
  9. ktjayhawk77
    Oct 31, 2018
    1
    Hands down the WORST PS4 game I own, and have played. Wish I hadn’t got the digital version so I could return this piece of **** game. The first one was decent, but this game is absolute garbage - typical of Ubisoft.
  10. carbinePRO
    Dec 1, 2016
    4
    No, I'm sick and tired of this game getting good reviews. I've never really experienced buyers remorse before I bought this game. I got the game earlier this week because I mistakenly hopped on board the hype train. I played the first one all the way through, and was sorely disappointed with the lack of features and content. It was this massive open world with not much to do. I mean, itNo, I'm sick and tired of this game getting good reviews. I've never really experienced buyers remorse before I bought this game. I got the game earlier this week because I mistakenly hopped on board the hype train. I played the first one all the way through, and was sorely disappointed with the lack of features and content. It was this massive open world with not much to do. I mean, it has the (now) infamous Ubisoft style outposts and the gazillion collectibles the developer has become known for. The driving sucked, the story was cliche, and the missions were so repetitive. The gameplay could be summarized as "bang, bang, vroom, vroom, hack." What did the sequel do about this? Sorta nothing. It copy and pasted the hacking style of gameplay, and didn't change anything about the shooting mechanics. Also, the driving is still garbage, and bikes are the dominant form of transportation. Bikes can literally break the pvp invasion mode. If the invader is caught in mid-hack, and gets on a bike, they can weave in and out of traffic, and they control better than any car in the game. Literally every car controls as if the road is ice. It's terrible and annoying. Just go play any good open world game with driving like GTA V or Sleeping Dogs and you will immediately understand what I mean. Why is Ubisoft getting away with selling a mediocre game? It's practically the same as the first game, just with parkour and hipster clothing. In it's defense, San Francisco looks absolutely gorgeous and the parkour animations are very fluent. The game looks great, but that's about it. There are practically no changes to the multiplayer, which was one of the biggest problems with the first game. The E3 trailer for the first Watch Dogs had me hooked immediately. Seriously, go watch it, and you'll immediately understand why this game got so much hype. The multiplayer is what sold me on it. The ability to romp around Chicago with your buddies and hack your way through various missions seemed really fun, but that never existed. I don't know why, but there were no co-op missions in the game. The second game has these, but they are all just outposts. Why even give the missions different names if they are all just outposts? It's like Ubisoft put no effort into designing the "fun" aspect of the game. The design aspect is on point, and everything looks like it should, and the NPCs behave like they should, but it's not fun. It will get old very quickly. Every missions can be boiled to to "drive here, infiltrate this, hack that, done." Play the game and tell me I'm wrong.This completely diminishes whatever replay value this game had. There is no story variety, and the characters are just unlikable. There is no depth to them. Marcus is just a hacker and hacks for the sake of hacking. Aidan at least had the revenge arch going for himself. That's the difference between Marcus and Aidan. Aidan has a purpose. Yeah, you could argue that Marcus has one too, but it's not as powerful as Aidan's struggle. yes, his was cliche, but it was powerful and relateable none the less.

    Bottom line, this game sucks. Don't buy it. It's only slightly better than the first one. You'd be better off buying GTA V or Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition if you want you're pew pew, open world, driving fix.    … Expand
  11. MaxPayneIsGod
    Nov 11, 2021
    4
    It looked good, but hipster protagonists using a yo-yo as a weapon and making guns with a 3D printer does nothing for me, hard pass
  12. Danieljreid1987
    Dec 17, 2016
    4
    I was hoping for good things hoping they would have changed things from first game but it's pretty much the same if not worse things that are in the first game no longer exist enemies are either idiots or really aware and swarm you without warning hacking is basically button pushing with limited options just like the first game characters of plain and boring story is so Unforgettable worldI was hoping for good things hoping they would have changed things from first game but it's pretty much the same if not worse things that are in the first game no longer exist enemies are either idiots or really aware and swarm you without warning hacking is basically button pushing with limited options just like the first game characters of plain and boring story is so Unforgettable world is full of people doing the same thing gunplay is no longer an option thanks too overpowered enemies and weak guns cars are slow and handle like shopping trolleys Ubisoft milking the cow again instead of spending time developing a proper sequel… Expand
  13. Vulcanize
    Jan 21, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of: The tutorial of the game is almost non excistent. they dont show you the basics except for taking cover. FAAAAAAANTASTIC for your everyday hacking skills.

    Second: The Free roaming is absolutly one of the most boring things ived ever come across.
    the car chases is not thrilling or exciting in any way.

    Third( and this might just be me, but): the steering of vehicles are "fat" and "clunky". and when you drive into stuff (on a motorcycle fx.) you dont fall off. not even remotely realistic in any way, what so ever.

    Forth: ffs ubisoft, let us skip the **** cut scenes if we want to !!

    Fifth: npc's are zombies, no ragdoll physics, and everybody you steal money from have between 40-60 dollars ??? are people in san fransico broke or something?

    although the graphics actually do look good, and the whole concept of hacking into the government is great.

    but the execussion of the idea, not so much!!

    the game deserves a solid 1. not only because its not finished but also because there is no difference from the first game. right now they are just milking the franchise instead of coming out with new and improved game that you should feel excited about.

    Step it up Ubisoft.    … Expand
  14. jugadorhardcore
    Sep 6, 2018
    0
    is insane make a secual of the first wacth dogs. just for this, WD2 is worst than WD
  15. FrostyM99
    Aug 15, 2020
    3
    Terrible AI, shooting and driving mechanics.Cringe story and uninteresting, boring and unlikable characters.
    Nice open world though.
  16. TheFrog
    Apr 12, 2018
    4
    Didn't finish the first game. After reading this one has improved, decided to give it a try after its price went down. Quickly realized it hasn't really improved much.
    Stealth isn't feasible, with a density of five guards per square ft and being unable to hide bodies, they always go on alert very quickly. Combat isn't feasible: with INSTANT infinite reinforcements, you are always    Didn't finish the first game. After reading this one has improved, decided to give it a try after its price went down. Quickly realized it hasn't really improved much.
    Stealth isn't feasible, with a density of five guards per square ft and being unable to hide bodies, they always go on alert very quickly. Combat isn't feasible: with INSTANT infinite reinforcements, you are always surrounded. What are you left with? Jumping from camera to camera, trying to do as much as possible without physically entering hot zones. May sound interesting, it's just boring.
    Exploring the city boils down to finding money and research points, and figuring out how to get to them, since they are almost always on high areas. This usually involves using the RC jumper and possibly external devices such as scissors lifts (investing early into device hacking skills is a good idea, because otherwise you are cut off from most of the goodies). Unfortunately, once again it's really boring.
    Driving is another important activity but it never "feels" right, and anyway there's a reason we use steering wheels and not joypads on real cars. For me, this part of the game is just an annoyance.
    Coming from the masterpiece that was Assassin's Creed Origins, with its refined combat and stealth mechanics, I can't help but feel that the Watch Dogs IP should be either completely reinvented or simply dropped.    … Expand
  17. JayDarbz
    Feb 22, 2020
    0
    1 of the worst games I've ever played! And a whole new low for ubisoft! Absolutely horrendous in almost every aspect bar graphics! Disgusting! Abysmal game!
  18. Dandan2212
    Dec 29, 2020
    4
    Watch dogs 2 pra mim foi a pior decepção em um game que já tive na vida! colocaram personagens imbecis,sem história,medíocres e com falta de carisma no jogo. não estimula a continuar jogando e tão chato que parei com 80% de jogo pois não aguentei mais me torturar jogando essa porcaria!achei o watch dogs 1 fantástico boa história e relevante mas esse foi 140 reais jogados no lixo poisWatch dogs 2 pra mim foi a pior decepção em um game que já tive na vida! colocaram personagens imbecis,sem história,medíocres e com falta de carisma no jogo. não estimula a continuar jogando e tão chato que parei com 80% de jogo pois não aguentei mais me torturar jogando essa porcaria!achei o watch dogs 1 fantástico boa história e relevante mas esse foi 140 reais jogados no lixo pois comprei a mídia digital/gold edition se arrependimento matasse estaria morto a tempos!
    dei nota 2 porque gostei dos gráficos só!    … Expand
  19. Sunrider37
    Jan 27, 2020
    0
    I bought this game for 20$ on discount and it ain't worth 5. For 5 hours that i spent playing this piece of utter garbage, i had stuck 10+ times and couldn't get out,because the hero CAN'T **** JUMP unless it's scripted.Why not make the same system as in all AC games??? Overall **** game,**** story,**** protagonist,**** quests,**** soundtrack,the city is nice,but that's it.DONT BUY THIS GAME!
  20. gamingmachinery
    May 21, 2021
    0
    pretty sh1t, tries to be GTA but fails like every other ubisoft open world game
  21. TwizzleShnizzle
    Jul 28, 2020
    2
    Uninspired tripe. Un-skippable cutscenes, and the forced use of Ubisoft Club to be able to play online. Sadly 'Ubisoft Club' experiences online issues so frequently you'll be lucky to ever get online with friends. Last straw for me, no more of my hard earned money going on games from Ubisoft for uninspired rinse and repeat gameplay.
  22. Irunga
    Jan 6, 2021
    0
    The game has a more solid gameplay, as more variants to play every mission. I felt that it's harder also on normal mode. Some missions required me to take my time to complete them and sneak around because if not 95% sure i'm dead. Also, it has a ton more side-quests to do. And the intresting part it's that you can make the mission by step, while you jump to other main or side-.quest, soThe game has a more solid gameplay, as more variants to play every mission. I felt that it's harder also on normal mode. Some missions required me to take my time to complete them and sneak around because if not 95% sure i'm dead. Also, it has a ton more side-quests to do. And the intresting part it's that you can make the mission by step, while you jump to other main or side-.quest, so you can do what you want at the moment you want.
    While it has a different approach to the reasons of the existing hacker group, i felt the story wasn't up to the game and it's predecessor. It's not obligatory to play WD1 to play this game, but you will understand more if you do. Specially with one of the characters that joins your group.

    The final mission was disappointing for me. It wasn't hard at all, and it was done very quickly. The history ending was bitter to me too. I felt that was ok, but I kept thinking "ok... i did all of this and the antagonist only says a few words and thats it, bye?"

    Post-game you can play the sidequests if you want, but besides that, you aint have much more to do. I wouldn't keep playing for the side quests.

    The bright side of the game, joining the improved gameplay, its the city of San Francisco. I think its quite beautiful and the landscape varies a lot, I really liked that.

    Overall, I think it's an overrated game. It's ok for chilling, it has some intresting things, but nothing too crazy for me.    … Expand
  23. stasweb
    Jan 14, 2022
    2
    Nice decoration design, but game is dull. Story is super boring. It doesn't give any motivation to move on.
  24. Carloss1997
    Mar 31, 2022
    4
    If you are a hardcore gamer and have a bit free time and cannot decide what to do it is a very good game for that.
  25. Midnightmare
    Feb 3, 2017
    4
    This is no gta thats for sure.....there are some nice things here.
    Like the world feels quite alive and the NPC act fairly realistic.....but it does feel pretty lackluster.
    Cops are really dumb the hacking is still dumb....and the cast is annoying as hell. The physics in the game is horrible especially when it comes to driving. Bikes are like race car tanks and you cant even tip a car    This is no gta thats for sure.....there are some nice things here.
    Like the world feels quite alive and the NPC act fairly realistic.....but it does feel pretty lackluster.
    Cops are really dumb the hacking is still dumb....and the cast is annoying as hell.

    The physics in the game is horrible especially when it comes to driving. Bikes are like race car tanks and you cant even tip a car without it rolling back on its wheels.

    Just get GTA :P    … Expand
  26. Primbleshanks
    Mar 12, 2020
    2
    Horrible writing, driving mechanics, interpretation of the Bay Area and overall gameplay. Ubisoft sandbox fever-dream of a game.
  27. treken1
    Mar 16, 2018
    2
    Otro mundo abierto carente de vida, con unas físicas lamentables y unas misiones repetitivas y aburridísimas. Que este juego sea mejor que el Watch Dogs 1 no significa que sea bueno, y por esa razón todos le han dado notas positivas. El juego sigue siendo un mundo abierto de Ubisoft con la misma fórmula que no termina de cuajar. Sinceramente, va siendo hora de que empiecen con nuevas ideas.
  28. CoreGamer1408
    Nov 15, 2019
    4
    Better than Watch Dogs 1, but not better enough for me to even give a crap about this IP. Another generic open world contemporary crime driven game. Beyond the hacking gimmicks this genre/style been done to death in GTA/Saints Row and better.
  29. DreadRage
    May 31, 2022
    0
    Типичная юбисофтовская отрыжка. При всей простоте игры, существует масса моментов, которая рвет тебе сраку, ибо баланс для лохов. В очередной раз жалею, что отдал деньги этим дегенератам.
  30. MannWithNoEyes
    Oct 7, 2017
    3
    Watch Dogs 2 is repetitive and boring, but an absolute improvement on the original Watch Dogs. For such a good idea, however, Ubisoft seems to miss what exactly is so great about it. In my opinion what makes the idea of a hacking vigilante appealing is the idea that the player doesn't need guns because the environment is their weapon. Watch Dogs 1 missed the opportunity to do somethingWatch Dogs 2 is repetitive and boring, but an absolute improvement on the original Watch Dogs. For such a good idea, however, Ubisoft seems to miss what exactly is so great about it. In my opinion what makes the idea of a hacking vigilante appealing is the idea that the player doesn't need guns because the environment is their weapon. Watch Dogs 1 missed the opportunity to do something truly special the moment it decided to include guns, and Watch Dogs 2 is not much better in this regard. The story, on the other hand, is clearly improved from the original. In my opinion, a major positive is the fact that they chose to focus on crafting more lighthearted characters and themes, so they used the cheesy, dialogue to their advantage while crafting the story. The nonlinear missions allow for a more unique approach to the story, yet it negatively effects the pacing, and does not work nearly as well as if they allowed the entire story to be avoidable and blocked the final mission with a skill barrier rather than an arbitrary number of followers. That would have undoubtedly been the optimal way to experience Watch Dogs 2, because every mission in the game is extremely similar to the one before it. Very few use unique mechanics or structure to distinguish themselves, instead they use songs to set a tone. It's an interesting idea because it gives each mission a unique style, but it can't mask how repetitive the format of the mission is. Most of the missions essentially amount to sneaking around an area, pressing a button, and waiting for a progress bar. As a result, the main story got old extremely quickly, and because there was very little structure to the level progression, nothing feels like it's changed from the beginning of the game to the end. Even the final mission hardly changes the formula. It simply puts the player in a different environment that functions and effects the player in exactly the same way as all other environments. It can be fun to arrest the gang members or order a hit on security guards and sneak past while the mayhem is unfolding, however this can be easily exploited to remove every enemy from the mission. As a result, many missions can be cleared with very little challenge. The only other aspect of the game is the overworld, which is in essence there to put to put space in between the missions and pad the game out. There is nothing organic to find in the world, and no purpose to exploring. The only reward for looking through the city is money, which can be obtained from any person walking down the street. I can understand the appeal that this game has, but it has very little of what I look for in an open-world game, so I'm going to give this game a 3 out of 10.… Expand
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#43 Best PS4 Game of 2016
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 95 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 95
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 95
  3. Negative: 0 out of 95
  1. BaziCenter
    Feb 14, 2017
    80
    Despite a few flaws, Watch Dogs 2 delivers where the original game failed. The game has improved on every aspect and provides a vibrant city with lots of hacking fun. The story is dull without any special moments but the immersive open world with lots of quests will keep you entertained.
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  2. TrueGaming
    Jan 15, 2017
    85
    Watch Dogs 2 brilliantly solves the main issue the first game had while providing a world full of enjoyable missions. We faced some problems with the camera, especially during the car race. We also faced some issues with connectivity and online play. In the end, Watch Dogs 2 is a game that delivers in most aspects and provides hours of enjoyable content.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jan 8, 2017
    70
    Despite the MP issues, Watch Dogs 2 hacks this series back on track with its gorgeous locales, and silly emergent fun. Marcus isn’t *quite* our cup of tea, but he sure beats the hell out of the last guy. [January 2016, p71]
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