User reviews

I really like this game, and I don't know why other people hate it so much. I really like the online aspects, and I think they are handled really well. The dialogue is a bit cringe sometimes, but over all the missions are fun, even if they are all very similar. I still love hacking everything, and pulling of awesome hacks still feel satisfying.The shooting could use some tweaking. But all a great game.

I really like this game, and I don't know why other people hate it so much. I really like the online aspects, and I think they are handled really well. The dialogue is a bit cringe sometimes, but over all the missions are fun, even if they are all very similar. I still love hacking everything, and pulling of awesome hacks still feel satisfying.The shooting could use some tweaking. But all a great game.

The 1st game had a slightly slugging first half but I ended up liking it a lot overall. The often ridiculed and deliberately unlikable Aiden Pearce and the near nihilistic story stood out to me. The game had an identity, plain and simple. I only need a bit more gameplay variety for a sequel and I certainly got that… but at what cost! The admittedly more involved hacking is now suddenly Pipe Mania and the overall game fully transformed into Ubi-Collect-a-Thon No.X. It work fine, most Ubi-games do, but what makes this one special? I am willing to praise the variety of ways missions can occasionally be solved and the involved multiplayer component is downright fascinating. What can't get my blessing are the story and characters. This is basically Lizard Squad "The Video-Game" and a Best Memes of 2015/16 collection. A rarely skip cutscenes but I ended up being physically incapable of watch this rubbish. The tone is quite broken too. The game is about these oh so "diverse" 20-something hackers and their PC Culture enforcement adventures but multiple trophies demand to kill, despite most enemies being simple security guards. The protagonist even carries a gun on the cover and his stealth attacks only kills too. Again, nothing makes sense and diversity ain 't a checkbox dear developers. I myself am half black and the well done San Francisco setting is appropriately chosen but I abide no pandering, which this 100% is. I ultimately finished the campaign, these Ubi-games tend to work well after all, but the devs need to go back to the drawing board. They made 2 steps forward and 4 steps back. 7,5/10

Greetings from Lithuania.

I loved "Watch Dogs" 2 (2016). That said, this game offered for me even more then i expected. And i did not expected very much knowing (but not playing) how disappointing 1st game was considering how hyped it was by Ubisoft by its fake trailers at E3 back in the day.

"Watch Dogs" 2 is a superb open world game, aka GTA 5 style but with a twist - instead of gun blazing every mission you must relay on your hacking skills - sure you can also go gun blazing here as well, but its more fun to use environment to create distractions, traps, or even a gang wars (and i used a lot of those) to achieve your objective. There are also a tons of fun activities in this world. You can play co-op - which is very fun, but there isn't that much of variety in co-op. Dialog were clever and also funny - this game is funny and its approach is very lighthearted.

Overall, "Watch Dogs 2" is a very fun game. It has great and involving open world with fun activities, good story and superb game play. Hacking itself was very creative and overall experience felt like a breath of fresh air. Highly fun and addictive game overall.

Pros: +Good Gameplay +Good Graphics +Open World +Great improvment over the first installment +Awesome NPCs (LifeLike!) +Great Online Activities

Cons: -Funny physics! -Not very good Soundtracks (but mediaplayer is great!)

9/10 Definitely Recommended!

Seriously, the random dialogue you hear out in the street are freaking hilarious. I mean, if you just roam around the city and stand next to people, you're bound to have a damn good time.

I would agree the story is not as powerful as the first games was but I would say this game is more fun than the first game. Gameplay amazing, story somewhat weak.

Probably enjoyed the individual stories merging into one larger more than the directly following story of the first the only problem I had was with the driving in the first and that was fixed also absolutely superb and loved every second playing it!

This one definitely has better gameplay and equally interesting missions compared to the first one however the story is quite weak in this one. In fact this one has no story at all.

The characters are very poorly written especially the character of Marcus. The jokes are lame and what made it even more annoying was that every few minutes someone was cracking a joke.

I have had this game for about a 1 day and I am already addicted. It is amazingly fun and so open and hilarious. The graphics are amazing and honestly breathtaking. Would recommend 1000 times over Watch Dogs 1. 10/10

Watch Dogs 2 decides to go far a more light hearted and humorous route rather than the dark tone of the first game. Most of the time I would be fine with this if the humour in the game wasn't so bad. Most of the jokes fall flat and the characters seem to be forgettable excluding Wrench. The game has many improvements over the first. The Driving for one is greatly improved and hacking has much more importance unlike the first WD. Though due to Watch Dogs 2 being an online game even when playing single player has its problems. Due to this, slow mo shooting has been completely taken out. This was a pretty essential gameplay feature that was very fun to use in the 1st WD. Watch Dogs 2 seems to be a downgrade in gunplay which is sort of a problem but at the same time not, as watch Dogs 2 makes u rely more on hacking then shooting but it's still an obvious downgrade. I have a problem with the story line as the characters will kill countless innocent people/guards for their cause which is not major enough to excuse their actions. In the game you'll go from murdering 20 innocent guards at a corporate office to making jokes and laughing with your buddies in the next cutscene. It just doesn't work for me. Depends on how much you care for stories in games. But if you play games solely for the gameplay aspect this probably won't bother you.

To be fair i only played for maybe 4 hours. So maybe its getting better later in the game. But its really just the same stuff over and over again. Gameplay is like in the first game. So far so good. But even the first game was very repetitive. You walk around and hack NPC phones and pretty much anything that has ctOS installed. You follow the instructions of your mission to hack something and then you do it again for hours. And its not really fun. The characters are not interesting. Storywise there is not much going on so far. Very early you get a mission to steal 10M! You dontate that money, sounds fine... but why not fund your "operation"? I still have to steal little sums by phone from normal people to buy stuff? Also i'm supposed to be a hacker. But i have a gun! I can pretty much shoot every NPC and go through all levels no problem. So you are actually just a villain who thinks he is above the law? I think a lot is wrong with the game in this form. Overall it doesn't pull me into the game and there are so many other better games out there so don't worry if you skip that one.

I cannot believe how underrated this game is. I've had an absolute blast playing this. GTA but you're hacking. One of my favorite games i've played.

No wonder why Epic Games gave this game for free, it's full of bugs and glitches, AI is dumb asf they literally start fighting in front of you and get you killed. Graphics are great but then again a lot of bugs especially playing on 3 monitors

Starting with the character you play as, Marcus, he immediately has more emotion than the first character, Aiden. Next, San Francisco is alive and it feels incredibly immersive. You can witness crimes going down, people getting sick of one another and fighting, etc. The missions are fun and the hacking aspect is fun. I would definitely recommend this game to people

After getting PS Now and playing this game I fell in love with it, I haven't played the 1st, but I am now a fan of the series. The story/missions where great they was very fun to play some of the hacking puzzles I enjoyed a lot. The characters was my favourite part they are entertaining, likeable and you get attached to them. I hope they get another story but I highly doubt it. 8/10 would have rated higher but the npc's are very annoying especially the police.

B tier, 7/10. I hate dead sec and their edgy hacker theme. They are memorable but definitely are really over the top and trying to be edgy. The main character isn't that Interesting or memerable either, I don't even remember his name. The story was really basic and just a typical bad big business guy.

Despite these major flaws I stole enjoyed the game. The shear over the top chaos you can cause by hacking is really fun. You can get the police to arrest strangers, blow up has vents, control cars, controll a drone and all kinds of robotic equipment I remember simply modifying the traffic lights to cause chaos.

Just experimenting with this stuff is really fun. The world of San Francisco in the game is really detailed, It looks incredible and just exploring it was enjoyable to me. I love the sightseeing things where you had to take a photo of a landmark.

The customisation is very limited, with clothes feeling like they were very pre set, some outfits looked really cool and the suits were great, I just wish you could have more freedom in choosing what you wear. I distinctly remember the guns in this game being really realistic, shooting a civilian felt awful, a bit to realistic. The customisation for them was just ok but the noise and how everyone reacts to them was shockingly real.

Honestly I really did enjoy the game, despite a weak story I found it really fun. Just messing around and exploring the city was great. The story was basic but was serviceable and I didn't mind completing it to unlock more things. One of the first games I got on PS4 and I just think it gets a bad rep. Had a great time with this game, definitely weak from a story perspective but found it enjoyable.

I had bought the first Watch Dogs for $60 and never really got around to playing it but when the second one came out I bought it and did play it and was instantly hooked. I liked it because it was similar to GTA but it seemed a little more advanced and how when your playing you are still online but there isn't someone always trying to blow up your vehicle like it seemed in GTA V online but I bought it for Xbox One first and PS4 after I got a PS4 and beat both the series of missions.

I really liked the first game, but the second game was not developed. Car driving is the same as in the first game, too many bugs, boring game atmosphere, stupid AI, repetitive missions. This game is a complete fiasco.

Best watch dogs game, i would go as far to say best Ubisoft game. The world is so beautiful and realistic, sometimes i just load up the game to go exploring. Definitely recommended by me.

I highly recommend this game. The map is so big that it feels like you're really in San Francisco.

The characters are really likable and fun, and that is why you should definitely get the game.