Watch Dogs - PlayStation 4

First of all, most of the previous reviews that you have read are by those who have not experienced the entire game itself. They merely played the introduction and made judgement based upon that first glance. So, hopefully I will be able to further your insight into the game and help you in your purchasing decision. Story- The story of the game is pretty in depth and makes you curious from the start. You are immediately immersed into a setting that generates feelings of mystery and intrigue. As Aiden Pearce, you manipulate the setting of the city to your advantage through the use of a high-tech network that he is able to access through his phone. With this hacking ability, you quickly learn the background of Aiden's struggle of trying to protect his sister, nephew, and his past. After Aiden went through a tragic event (I won't give away spoilers to what it is) you are on a hell-bent mission to gain your revenge. It is the internal struggle that Aiden takes you on that sets the tone of the entire game. Gameplay- The mechanics of the game are a crossbreed between Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto, with a hint of Splinter Cell (the newer versions like Conviction and Blacklist). Most of the other people that reviewed the game felt that this was a bad thing, but in my opinion, what the hell is wrong with a combination of those three games? The free-running mechanics are smooth and sometimes Aiden's moves will make you say, "That was pretty damn cool". He may not be as swift as his Assassin's Creed brother titles, but he still gets the job done. The gun play is simple, yet effective. You can brandish a weapon and shoot any person you please, but you can also pull out your gun to serve as an intimidation factor (which exemplifies the ability to choose good or evil in the game). The car chases are fun and they serve the purpose and sometimes it feels as if you are actually hiding in the shadows from the authorities. The hacking is incredible. The ability to seamlessly hack damn near everything in the city while not having to stop to do so is incredible. It is a revolutionary trait that will probably be perfected and explored over the years. Design/Presentation- The city of Chicago feels real and alive. You will walk down the streets and see people rapping on a corner, drinking a cup of coffee, talking on the phone (which you can hack and listen to), washing windows, and doing many more activities. It is the crowd mechanics where Ubisoft shines and allows you to immerse yourself into the game. The weather that you see in the game is great. A simple rain shower that blows through, to setting of the sun allows the city's design to really show. The graphics in the game are fantastic, although they may not be the next-gen experience we are looking for, are utilized very well. However, the physics that are in the game are stunning. The way the wind can blow Aiden's coat or dust in the street is something that should be noted and is refreshing to see. The lighting in the game is also exceptional and moves according to the surroundings. In the end, if you are looking for a great game to buy on either the last gen or the next gen consoles, get Watch Dogs. It is an experience that can tailor to everybody's interests and there is always something more to do. I have played the game all night long and well into the afternoon (this is probably 14 hours so far) and I feel like I haven't scratched the surface. At this rate the campaign mixed with a handful of side quests should allow give you around 30 hours of game play. This doesn't include the online capabilities. I would review the online aspect of the game, but the servers were overloaded and I couldn't get through more than two games. From what I saw/experienced, it is fantastic and is an entirely separate game. So, the answer to the million dollar question (or 60 dollar question) is: Should I buy it? My answer plain and simple is, yes. You would be doing yourself and injustice not to play the game. Here are the aspects of the game on a 1-5 rating. Story: 4.6 Design:4.7 Gameplay: 4.6 Presentation: 4.8 So what are you waiting for? Get out there and start hacking.

Just amazing the playability is perfect it runs smooth and I haven’t had a problem with it yet.

The premise of Watch Dogs is simple: vengeance. You are an elite hacker who reached out too far one day and paid a hefty price. Now you are out to find those who wronged you. Along the way you have at your arsenal a cell phone that gives you a one-button ability to access a database of information about the NPCs in the game, as well as standard RPG/sandbox fare of a gun and other items. Music & Sound The soundtrack for this game is varied, both in terms of musical styles and subtlety. What gives Watch Dogs its strength is using the environment as its soundboard. That is not to say that you do not hear music at all, rather you experience it in a vibrant world in a manner that a person normally would; walking past bars or in cars, for example. The sound effects are where the subtlety comes in. From the footsteps across gravel and the radios of the police, to Aiden Pierce's labored breathing and heartbeats when he is wounded, everything fits together to create the vibrant city that is Chicago. Graphics I won't say too much here, but the game has a gritty feel to it. I don't know too much about Chicago, so I cannot compare map-to-map, but the detailing in the city and the nooks & crannies really give you a lot of places to run and explore. In short, the game is beautiful and has a lot of amazing scenery. Gameplay In your quest to find out who wronged you, you earn experience and skill points that can be used to gain access to new abilities and to expand upon existing ones. In many ways, it felt like "Last of Us" when it came to picking up items like "electronics pieces" and "unstable chemical"; both of which (as I am sure that you can surmise) can potentially be used for nefarious and/or distraction purposes). Also like "LoU" you will be spending a lot of time sneaking around, but where "LoU" leaves you at the mercy of the movements of the bad guys, Watch Dogs gives you a fun toy in your "hacker/cell phone". Are you running from the police and need a quick distraction? Pull out your cell phone and hone in on that stoplight. Hold down a button for a moment, and suddenly the light changes from red to green, and there is an accident, slowing the cops down and buying you time. If you are a bit more evil, your phone will pick up on shorts in transistors: you can blow them up, but you could risk killing someone, and that will keep the heat on you. And just like in other games like "GTA", if your Heat level is too high, you will find yourself locked out of the game's All-Knowing version of HAL, ctOS, and suddenly information about NPCs... your fellow citizens, will be cut off to you. All that you will be able to do is minor chaos. So sure, you can run around and drive like an idiot (boy does handling ANY vehicle suck, even with some skill points added), but you will pay for your chaos by losing some of your access at first. As the story progresses and you become more powerful and gain access to more useful "hacker" abilities, you will become more resourceful for those times when you can't get to ctOS, but losing ctOS truly leaves you feeling lost... Controls If there is anything about this game that left me a bit frustrated, it was the controls. While you use the right analog stick to alternate between hacking targets, it isn't a "snap to" situation. In many ways this function acts like a mouse, creating an annoying little cursor that you having to move around to find a "hack spot", like when you are learning to use a distraction device. A second complaint involves the lack of a pure "jump" button, rather than having to get close to something and hope that you can jump on it. Oh, and if you hit the wrong button when you are sneaking around, you'd better pray that you don't reveal yourself. An early example is in the stadium; I was trying to get past the guard and was sneaking from cover-to-cover ("X") button. I got to the end and rather than having a nice, easy way to jump up to the goal I had to move around until I got the prompt ("O" button) saying that I could jump there. Way to handhold us kiddies, Ubisoft. In The End With the frustrations with the controls aside, Watch Dogs is a fun title that has some nice abilities for the player to use in an urban environment that has consequences. With a smattering of GTA, a bit of Last of Us, some Metal Gear Solid for posterity, and a with healthy dose of its own originality, Watch Dogs brings a lot to the table and doesn't disappoint. This is a unique title that has a lot of different playing styles thrown in. There are objectives that you must accomplish as you play Aiden Pierce, but as long as the heat (read: police) isn't onto you, there is a beautifully detailed city that you can explore. Do you want to hack random people and steal their money? Or will you have some morals and leave the targets alone? It really is up to you, and those decisions will affect your "Notoriety" later on. All-in-all I have found myself drawn into the story of Mr. Pierce, enjoying the difficulty curve and exploring Chicago while experimenting with the "powers" that he has, and I cannot wait to see more.

I held off on doing a review on this game because I wasn’t really sure if I would like it, and I didn’t want to do like many and give a bad review because I didn’t understand or get into it deep enough. This game is awesome… Plain and simple. It’s not perfect because like many games, when they get so complex and detailed, sometimes the control mechanics can be cumbersome and takes some adapting to use the controls. I have seen where people are saying it’s a combination of Grand Theft Auto and Assassins Creed. I can see why this comparison is made, but this game is much BETTER than both for a few reasons. The first reason is that it is not a sequel series. I am a firm believer that game sequels have a tendency to go stale unless they are online multiplayer formats. The whole hacking genre of this game is pretty sick. Like I said, it took a few missions to really get into it, but I am getting addicted to it quickly. The free roam capability that is comparable to GTA is much more advanced. I think the next generation development has allowed the game to literally allow the player to go where they want. The interactive environments are really awesome. You knock trash cans over when you are running through alleys, you can drive through chain link fences when eluding police, etc. That’s another thing, The police pursuits are exciting! The cops aren’t as easy to outrun like they are in GTA. The AI is far superior. You have to rely on the expanding free roam environment and hacking into traffic systems to get away. Which brings up the issue of controlling vehicles. The vehicle driving mechanics could be better, and I find myself losing perspective when hitting high speed turns because the camera angle puts you in blind spots. When you make vehicles crash behind you, the slow motion camera capture of the crash is cool to watch, but the down side when the perspective returns to you, you can sometimes crash yourself because the view returns you to a bad spot. But I can live with this because the game has so many strengths that outweigh this. My solution is to use the available motorcycles. They are smaller and more nimble and easier to get through traffic . Not to mention, its easier to ride a motorcycle between barriers that you trigger during police pursuits. The hacking puzzles are top notch, and makes the hacking theme seem more realistic. And people need to realize that Watch Dogs is not some boring hacking puzzle game. It is packed with high paced shootouts which are reminiscent of Max Payne on PS3, but with next gen detail. The graphics are amazing. The roads and sidewalks have cracks and stains and the leaves on the trees, the rain drops and the appearance of the roads when they are wet. You can definitely tell this is a game on a next gen console. This is a game that grows on you the more that you play it.

Watch Dogs is the new intellectual property (IP) from Ubisoft Montreal, the studio who developed the Assassin's Creed (AC) series. Watch Dogs is a rather ambitious attempt to rival Rockstar's smash-hit, Grand Theft Auto (GTA). While Watch Dogs presents a unique experience that is very polished and well presented, many fans of the GTA series will find that Watch Dogs falls shorts of expectations to improve upon the GTA series as a sandbox game. However, after playing several hours of Watch Dogs, the new IP from Ubisoft Montreal impressively stands as a new series that I am excited to see develop throughout the new generation of gaming. Fans of the GTA series who are expecting Watch Dogs to be a successor or clone to GTA will surely be disappointed in some regards to the overall presentation of Watch Dogs. However, those who will approach Watch Dogs with an open-mind and as a unique experience will be pleasantly surprised with the development that Ubisoft Montreal has put into Watch Dogs. As is expected, Ubisoft Montreal has developed Watch Dogs using many lessons learned throughout the development of the AC series. Watch Dogs borrows on many of the exploration and map completion that became popular with the AC series, and players will find themselves traversing Chicago in a wide variety of ways to stop randomly occurring crimes, steal cars, hack control terminals and break up gang hideouts. In addition to the wide variety of side quests and missions which will constantly occupy your time, the main campaign of Watch Dogs is rather compelling and provides challenge where other series have utterly failed. Watch Dogs puts you in the role of a realistic character, with realistic goals, and realistic tools. Where competitors such as GTA provide an experience that is exceptional in regards to sandbox play, Watch Dogs provides a unique and immersive experience that is sure to excite fans of the Assassin's Creed series. Simply put, Watch Dogs is not a ground breaking title and is surely not a clone of GTA as some reviewers would have you believe. Watch Dogs provides a compelling experience for those who are fans of both GTA and Assassin's Creed. Approach Watch Dogs with an open-mind and you will find that you are pleasantly surprised by the variety this new IP has to offer. This game is a must have for anyone who wants to see the benchmark for new IPs in 2014 / 2015.

I've played the game between 6 and 8 hours, and I'm really enjoying it. Some people would say it's like Grand Theft Auto (GTA) but more hacking centric. And it kinda is. There's car jacking, hiding from cops, chase chases, and stealing. But, unlike GTA, there's a big puzzle/problem solving aspect to the game. For example, there's one mission that require you to find a person with security clearance, and use that clearance to get into the servers. You can do it the old fashion way and run in there with a machine gun, kill everyone, take the clearance, and hack the server....then outrun the cops. OR you can use you surroundings, such as security cameras, forklifts, car alarms, etc.., to distract the security team so you can hack the person's clearance and gain access without even setting foot in the compound. The former way is much fast, but risky. The latter require lots of time but safer. If you must compare it to the latest GTA, GTA5, then I think this game is way better. Immediately, the dialogue, the voice acting, and the character development is better. I found GTA 5 dialogue weak and pointless/senseless, the characters are annoying and whiney. After all that time invested in the game, I'm still only on the 5th mission of the first act. There are so many side missions/tasks you can partake in. Stopping crime, playing weird VR side games, gambling, hacking people's phone, checking into places to gain mayorship (yes, just like in foursquare), or just driving around Chicago for fun. There is one thing I found to be annoying. Because you can hack/see everyone's phone on the screen, sometimes pointing you cursor to the desired target becomes a task as you will need to move around or get closer, but this sometimes alert the target. There's nothing wrong with the design, it's just sometimes, there are way too much activity on the screen as once and it's tough to get to the target you want. Overall, it's a great game. Worth a try even if you don't normally play this type of game.

I have had this game since release day. Iv done about every thing you can do on it and I got to say there is more then enough to do! In point of fact if your A.D.D you will be hours into it without even hardly playing the main missions. I probably put 50 hours in before I even completed act 2. I will say that depending on how you decide to play the game it can become repetitive I did not have this problem because i was distracted by every shiny object in the game. From playing chess, to taking digital trips, to running down random bad guys. Now I pretty much agree with every thing the top reviewer True Story has to say in his review. However for me online hacking is the funnest part of the game. And after reading his update on online hacking I tested out some tactics to see if I could still have a fun hacking experience. While versing the other players advantages. And the answer was yes. So first lets address that fact that they know u r there. Yup they sure do. They dont know exactly where you are but they have a nice big purple search area to run to. So the trick is to keep your distance. and get the hack either through cameras or get close enough to them to start your hack. Iv actual found you can take advantage of them running for your position. Now once you start the hack you will disappear off of there radar. You now have about 50 seconds to run or drive to a location that is more advantageous to u. You then need to press the down arrow and start your down load. ( and yes i agree this is not exactly how the game was probably meant to be played but for me it has been quite fun) Now I have been on both ends of this situation. So try to pick places where you have a combination of Npc characters, places to hide (preferably ones you can move away from to another spot or around it) and cars.( have a getaway plan! )You get points weather you get the full hack or not. I dont even try to get full hacks. I just try for 50 to 60 percent then i get the heck out of there! Things to help you get away. ( if you see the person hunting you approaching the front of the car you are hiding in and he has not shot you or officially identified you. Hit him with the car! I have yet to see any one die from this and it gives you more time to get away! Also sometimes even if they see you if they dont get close enough to profile u your hack will continue. If they do profile you another thing to consider is that if you stay out of their line of sight for long enough you will automatically get away. So approach hacks as if the other person knows you are in there game from the get go, watch them on your radar and look for your opportunity to hack them . Then get your distance before you start the full down load. Forget about getting full hacks ( if you want to try more power to you but it will increase the likely hood of your death) Now on to the aggravating car situation. I have found that u usually get only one opportunity to start the hack when they are just driving around every where waiting for you to time out. So a few things to help with that. Watch your distance counter on the side of the screen if they are just driving away from you when it reaches 1000 you can fast tract to to them witch may put you in a better position to start the hack.( Also my personal fave is when you start the hack and they drive away form you. This will actually buy you more time as they will have to drive back to your location just make sure you start the down load before you get caught in the red on your radar screen or you will be to far away. Now as to the campers who sit in a building or get on a roof with no camera angle. All I can say is that this is dirty pool tactics and in my opinion UBI soft should not penalize u for not getting the hack and they should stop rewarding people that do it. While that one is a low blow I actually have only encountered it a few times. Its just bad luck and really I dont think most people have the patience for it. I know I dont so U probably wont see it to often. And I have not seen it enough for it to ruin the game. Now i am by no means a top notch player of watch dogs. I just really enjoy the game and I find that the tactics I use result in about a 70% success rate. The odds are stacked against you and that is all there is to it. But you can still have fun hacking the other players. Sometimes you are going to be instant killed when you go to hack another player. I personally only go after people that are worth 150 or above points my best hack was on a player worth 500 points I got a partial hack and this got me about 350 notoriety points. Though I have had many times where going after big points got me killed within seconds. Still I learn from my mistakes and continue to have fun. The best is when you manage to get away and you know you were on the brink of death. I just really enjoy this game and want to point out that the funnest part of the game is now more difficult, but not completely hopeless and that you can still have alot of fun with this game.

Increíble

Watch Dogs gehört für mich zu meinen absoluten Lieblingsspielreihen. Ich bin ein großer Fan der Reihe, ganz egal welcher Teil. Das Spiel macht einfach Spaß, die Atmosphäre ist super und das Konzept mit der offenen Welt und dem Hacken der Stadt ist wirklich interessant. Mehr muss man eigentlich gar nicht sagen – wer dieses Genre mag, dem kann ich Watch Dogs definitiv empfehlen.

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Awesome game with awesome graphics really worth it.but the car control are little bit hard but it's ok cars looks so cool and bikes also.And the hacking concept is mindblowing.I received the greatest hit only which is shown in picture.its HDD takes 9 GB with update on PS3 if you have 500Gb PS3 then this game really worth it.update is just 150mb I was amazed when I saw the update is just 150mb.really worth buying game.

An amazing game however completed already because I'm a little swet.

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