Emphasis on OK.
The one thing i adore about open world games, is that you can do anything. Grand Theft auto, RedDead Redemption, Sleeping dogs, Skyrim (mother of all open world games, can't wait for their next real installment) and etc. WatchDogs is ok. it falls in this category, doesn't really add anything to the plate though.
WatchDogs was claimed, numerous times, that this was a next gen game, that we were getting something we've never seen. The first footage shown at E3 astounded us, and we believed them. Then they showed us gameplay about half a year ago, and we hated it because it looked nothing like the demo, so it was delayed. Do the graphics look good now that they delayed it to fix it up? Well again, it's ok. It doesn't look bad, but modded skyrim looks better, and yes thats a cheap blow because those are mods.
Now to me, both these images suck.
Without spoiling anything, after my first mission i got to wander out in the world. I didn't want to start the next mission because i felt that'd be boring, so i walked around. I found an Augmented Reality cell phone game in the game, played it. Did i enjoy it? Meh, i probably wont play it again, unless it becomes a mission later. And for my knowledge i did not actually get any rewards from that game, so to me it's pointless time killer in a game, which games are used to kill time. You know you're in a weird era where there are time killers in a game, like an obvious no gain scenario, zero.
Now enough about that, the thing i like about this game is the bar meter thingie-ma-dinger or whatever. Pretty much do good things you're a more loved person, same for the opposite end of the spectrum. I helped people a lot. But you have to wait until the criminal actually does something before you can stop them eg. Pull out a gun/almost beat someone up, so you have to wait. Oh and here's another thing, if you are spotted or are too close to this criminal, he'll bolt and you won't have evidence and therefore cannot Take him down. Now, the reason i say this is because a lot of these criminals pull out guns and are killing a victim and running at them from a far distance usually means the victims gonna die.
Save the person get points. Cause that's what hackers do.
I haven't actually played much of WatchDogs, so i'm only reviewing what i have played, and let me tell you this, I was surprised. I stole a car with a person inside of it, and she called the police. Now i never played GTA5, so i don't know if that was in it, but a person called the cops on me for stealing their car. Astounding. Now logically you should be thinking, "well that's the sane thing to do, i'd do that" and good, you should! that's the smart thing to do, but here's the reason i was surprised. I had stolen at least 20 cars before that happened. If it happened more frequently maybe i'd be less willing to run into the street and pull a random person out of the car.
Now for the the selling point of the game. Hacking. This is an interesting concept. Many people have said it's a gimmick and it dies out later and gets boring. I haven't gotten that far so i still enjoy it, but i can see what they mean. Sometimes i want to steal money from everyone i walk by, but the hack icon doesn't show up. minor details but still.
Killing civilians = bad rep
Saving civilians = good rep
stealing money from clinically depressed people who have filed for bankruptcy = huh.
Now if you read that, that's what you also get from this game, when you steal money, you get a small bio of a person, this bio could range from drug-dealer to janitor. And since you have a Reputation meter, you'd think, well if i steal from a bad person nothing happens, and you'd be correct. But if you steal from a clinically depressed person, you'd also have no consequence.
This game is OK.
Is it triple A title material? No.
Did it deserve that many collectors editions and deluxes on a new IP? No
Is this Next gen material? No.
Should you buy this? If you expect the game to wow you at every corner: No
The many, MANY editions of WatchDogs, Which i may remind, is a new IP. (Intellectual Property)
If i knew nothing about it,
7.5 or 8/10
Because of the hype and expectations
6/10
Bonus Review:
Dark souls 2.
11/10
