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Watch Dogs
Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. Using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. Chicago's overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it contr...
Details
- Released
- May 26, 2014
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Genres
- Shooter · Action · Adventure · Open world
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
How it plays
Time to beat · 8 player times (IGDB)
Up to 2 players
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Watch Dogs Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Let the dogs out.Watch Dogs is a very ambitious take on the open world action game. Its initial reveal showed a [...]
The ability to hack anything with a single device made playing through Aiden’s journey fun and dynamic. However, it’s not revolutionary. Instead, it’s a complementary approach to the open world gameplay. Watch Dogs doesn’t do any one thing spectacularly, but when seen as a whole, it’s a fun game with a lot to do. So get out there and start stealing some data.
If you were expecting Watch Dogs to take the genre in new directions then you’re going to be sorely disappointed. With that being said, Watch Dogs is still an engaging and often times surprising action game. The hacking component doesn’t offer a lot of depth despite it being such a big theme in the game, but there are plenty of moments where it adds a refreshing spin on a few of those same old, open-world tropes. It’s well-crafted, highly polished and a very strong debut for a new franchise. We’re going to be seeing a lot of Watch Dogs in the future, and that’s a far more exciting prospect tha...
The core gameplay of Watch Dogs is very entertaining (and relatively unique), but the overall package is harmed by numerous detractions.
“Watch Dogs makes up for a snooze-worthy story with heaping amounts of smartly designed diversions scattered around its gorgeous open world.”
Undoubtedly enjoyable, but it won't linger long in the memory.
Watch_Dogs on Wii U is a tricky one. The game isn't bad, far from it even, but the six month wait is a bitter pill to shallow. Not much has been added to make it truly different from other systems and the overall presentation could have been slightly better. The large amount of missions, the huge world to traverse and additional functions give this game a solid running time of 20 hours. There are problems here and there, but if you decide to pick it up, you can have potentially fun with it. If you have another console, however, you might Watch_Dogs on that platform instead. The online support…
I can’t say that I was disappointed just because of the visual downgrade. For me, it’s not all about graphics, but I won’t deny that I was really sold because of how the game looked at E3 2012. Watch Dogs was graphically disappointing on launch from how it was presented in E3 2012 but what it offered in terms of gameplay and replayability, the game does not disappoint. You’ll have a lot of things to do in Watch Dogs to keep you company and that overshadows the flaws of it. We hope to see more better gameplay, improved driving, and an interesting story in Watch Dogs 2 this year.
Watch Dogs was probably never going to be the ground-breaking “next-gen” experience many had envisioned back in 2012. It’s hardly run-of-the-mill but at the same time only makes a few genuine attempts to break the mould. However, in these areas – such as the online multiplayer – there are genuine glimmers of innovation worthy of merit, and if you look anywhere else, players will still find an open-world game backed by a unique premise and solid core gameplay.