Game:

Watch Dogs (2014)

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Review

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Join me as we play Watch Dogs.
We take take control of Aiden Pearce, a vigilante who can hack into various electronic devices tied to the Chicago’s newly introduced central operating system or ctOS, allowing various methods for the player to solve numerous objectives.
By far one of the biggest mechanics of the game, the hacking is performed directly from Aiden's in-game smartphone, which is equipped with multiple apps, namely the "profiler" and the "crime prevention system.” We can hack into NPC’s phones to retrieve bank data and steal funds as well as unlock new cars, weapons, and in-game music, or traffic lights to cause collisions.

The game's combat utilises a combination of stealth components and very limited parkour, along with the mechanics of a cover-based over-the-shoulder third-person shooter.
There is a progression system we can use improve Aiden's skills either by spending skill points or earning skills and perks by completing side missions and collecting various items from the in game world, like QR Codes or finding ctOS servers collecting information on the citizens of Chicago.

Watch Dogs was also the first Ubisoft game to make use of a multiplayer experience that has been utilised in a few of their other IP’s such as Assassin’s Creed Unity. In essence, we always appear as Aiden, always. But to the other players, we’re a faceless NPC in the crowd until they find us. This is used in AC Unity because we always appear to be Arno in that game.
There are several multiplayer types Online Hacking, where we attempt to install a “back-door virus" onto their smartphone. Online Tailing is simple and fun, find your target and keep them in sight. Sounds easy?

In October 2012, Aiden Pearce and his mentor Damien Brenks launch an electronic bank heist at the Merlaut Hotel, with Aiden transferring the funds through his smartphone. When they come across a strange file and alert another hacker, Damien tries to find the hacker. Fearing for the safety of his family— sister Nicole, and her children Lena and Jackson—Aiden decides to drive them to safety under the guise of a surprise trip. However, on the way, two hitmen are hired to intercept the car and take Aiden out. One of the hitmen, Maurice Vega, fires the shot that crashes the car and puts Lena in a coma, and she dies two months later.

A year later, Aiden, now a vigilante known as "The Fox", or "The Vigilante", tracks down Maurice in the Parker Square district. After a “chat” about Maurice’s employer, Aiden leaves Maurice in the hands of Jordi Chen while he hacks the ctOS to help them escape unnoticed. Things Spiral from there as we get drawn into a web of intrigue.

Watchdogs received a lot of criticism for not being the game that it was hyped to be, but if you don’t consider that and take it on face value, it’s actually really interesting and a nice spin on the traditional “GTA Clone.”

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