Watch Dogs 2 Review

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Published on December 1, 2016 8:39:35 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4NH3XNUC8

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Watch Dogs 2 (2016)

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Review

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A sequel to Watch Dogs is here and Aiden Pearce is no where to be found! Is the sequel worth your time and hard earned cash? Join our host Brock McLaughlin as he reviews Watch Dogs 2.

Gameplay:
Similar to its predecessor, Watch Dogs 2 is an action-adventure game with stealth elements. Played from a third-person perspective, the game features an open world set in a fictionalized version of San Francisco, an area more than twice as large as the setting from Watch Dogs. The city of San Francisco consists of six different areas: the downtown area, Civic, Coast, Oakland, Marin, and Silicon Valley, all of which have different characteristics and aesthetics. Players can navigate the city on-foot or by the various vehicles featured in the game, such as cars, trucks, motorbikes, quad bikes and boats. The driving mechanic was overhauled and was designed to be more accessible. The players can also shoot their weapons while driving. Marcus also has improved acrobatic skills, and has the ability to parkour around the city.

Players can use different methods to approach the game's missions. Players can choose between the aggressive approach, in which they defeat enemies with guns which are made with a 3D printer, explosives like mines, or Marcus' own melee weapon, the thunderball, a billiard ball attached to a bungee cord. Alternatively, players can use the stealth approach, in which they can evade enemies or paralyze them temporarily with Marcus' taser. Players can also complete the game through hacking alone. When players commit too many crimes in the open world, police officers will become alerted and will attempt to arrest the player. The game upgrades system also returns, with items being divided into three categories: Stealth, Aggressor, and Trickster. Players can choose their upgrades in accordance to their own playstyle.

Story:
Following Chicago, San Francisco becomes the next city to install the ctOS surveillance system, (the Central Operating System), which connects everyone with everything. The game features a new protagonist named Marcus Holloway (Ruffin Prentiss), a young and intelligent hacker from Oakland, California. He was wrongly framed for a crime he did not commit by the upgraded ctOS system, ctOS 2.0, which connects his personal information to the crime. Realizing the system brings harm to the innocent citizens of San Francisco, he decides to work with the hacking group DedSec to take down the city's ctOS 2.0, and Blume, the creator of the ctOS system.


Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release: November 15, 2016
Genre: Action Adventure, Third-person Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 4, XBOX One, Windows PC

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