As Marcus gains experience, you can “outfit” him with various skills that should help you tackle the game's missions much more easily. Keep in mind, though, that committing too many crimes throughout the city of San Francisco will result in a bounty put on your head, so the police will start looking for you. The aggressive approach will allow Marcus to take advantage of a rather rich arsenal of weapons: guns made with a 3D printer, a billiard ball attached to a bungee cord, or explosives. If you're playing the “good guy,” then you'll want to employ stealth tactics throughout the main story missions. However, there a couple of things that ruin an almost perfect game when it comes to mechanics, such as driving and using firearms.Īt its core, Watch Dogs 2 is an action-adventure game with stealth elements. Ubisoft has taken some of the best things from the original Watch Dogs and made them even better in the sequel. Many players will probably identify themselves with Marcus Holloway, a character who can be both good and evil, but few will be tempted to question his morality. It's very clear from the beginning that Watch Dogs 2 is aimed at a much younger audience, the rebellious one who believes in conspiracies and are angry at the system. The only downside is that they become repetitive after a while. But if you don't find joy in completing the main story, Ubisoft has done a good job with the side quests.
The best way to tackle Watch Dogs 2's story is to play it in as few sittings as possible.
I was particularly amused by one of the quests, which was a reference to the Wu-Tang Clan's “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” single copy album that was sold to Martin Shkreli, a rather controversial individual, for $2 million. Still, I have to commend Ubisoft for the quirky dialog between Marcus and his fellow hackers in the DeadSec, but also for adding some real-life events into the game. Suffice to say, the story won't necessarily be the main thing that will keep you entertained while playing Watch Dogs 2. There are loads of main story and side quest missions that you'll have to take on in order to achieve your ultimate goal: freedom for all San Francisco's citizens.Īlthough the story is much more complex than Aidan Pearce's, it's rather bland and uninteresting. This time Ubisoft has chosen the sunny California, although the San Franciso Bay Area you'll be roaming in Watch Dogs 2 is pretty much different from the real-world city.Īs Marcus Holloway, a member of the hacking group DeadSec, you'll have to overcome all odds and throw down San Francisco's advanced surveillance system, also known as ctOS (central Operating System). Watch Dogs 2 features an open world setting, but you won't be visiting Chicago again. But is that enough for Watch Dogs 2 to keep players entertained from the beginning to the end? If there are things that Ubisoft improved over the first title in the franchise, it's how the hacking works. Marcus Holloway is a jack-of-all-trades hacker, member of a group of misfits called DeadSec. Watch Dogs 2 introduces a new protagonist, so if you didn't finish Aidan Pearce's saga from the original game, you won't miss anything since the two games are not related story-wise. The French company wanted to make sure Watch Dogs 2 will be well received by fans and media alike, so it came up with a “to-do list” that will help it achieve that. There's no argue that Ubisoft's game borrows a lot from Grand Theft Auto gameplay mechanics, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. However, Watch Dogs 2's recipe is in no way original, on the contrary. Aside from a couple of game aspects that have been introduced in the first title, Watch Dogs 2 brings in a completely different formula, in an attempt to redeem the franchise in the eyes of its fans. The sequel to Ubisoft's Watch Dogs is pretty much a different game than the original.
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