1/17/2024 0 Comments Watch dogs 2 reviewIt may technically be possible to finish Watch Dogs 2 without killing anyone, but I can’t imagine anyone actually doing that as simply driving around the city will result in a few civilian casualties. I never felt good about using a gun to finish off enemies, but it’s something I had to resort to since enemies wake up pretty quickly after being knocked out. It also feels really out of place from a story perspective as none of the members of Ded Sec come across as a cold hearted murderer. Why does a super cool hacker have to resort to using guns as if he was a two-bit criminal? Relying on these generic gaming elements only hurts what is so unique and interesting about Watch Dogs. Not only does the armed combat feel a bit clunky, it feels completely unnecessary. The biggest disappointment about Watch Dogs 2 is that it suffers from a lot of the same issues that the original game did. While it’s cool to wander around the Google (or Nuble if you want to be on-brand) campus without a goal, it’s even more fun when you have to infiltrate it later in the game. Even those that don’t get bit by the adventuring bug like I did will get to see a lot of the fantastic sights the game has to offer, and in some pretty fun scenarios too. It also helps that the game’s many missions take the player all around the city. ![]() I actually had more fun exploring this virtual version of San Francisco than when I actually went to the city last month (although that might be due to the fact that I didn’t have to walk up those hills). Every inch of the Bay area was exciting to explore since I was constantly running into hilarious dialogue, seeing random events take place such as seeing people dressed up as “zombies at a cemetery, and finding myself in fun situations. As I wrote in my preview (which also touches on mechanics more in-depth), Watch Dogs 2 has one of the best open-worlds that I’ve ever experienced in a game. Since the mechanics don’t feel nearly as revolutionary as they did the first time around, they end up taking a back seat to the game’s real star: San Francisco. There are a few cool additions that the protagonist Marcus carries around, such as a flyable quadcopter, but it’s still mostly the same game from a mechanics standpoint. From causing wrecks to making cell phones overheat, the player has a lot of power at their disposal. This is still an open-world action game where the core gimmick is hacking the environment and using it to your advantage. Those that have played the original Watch Dogs should know what to expect here. ![]() Climbing to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge in order to create a giant piece of graffiti was so much more memorable than any segment where the game forced me to fight generic security guards. The game is at its best when it’s doing something new and being itself rather than a poor man’s Grand Theft Auto with hacking. My favorite moments in Watch Dogs 2 weren’t the combat sequences that I found myself in while progressing the story, but rather the calmer moments provided by the game’s side-missions. For example, I spent hours using the game’s sightseeing app to travel around the city and look at all of the small touches that Ubisoft put in the game. Once I began to accept that I wouldn’t enjoy everything about Watch Dogs 2, I started to really appreciate what I did like about the game. It’s a game without a real identity (which is understandable when you consider that hundreds of people had their hands on the game) and instead feels like a sort-of messy combination of ideas.
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