Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch_Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. Using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. Chicago’s overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it controls almost all of the city’s technology and information – including key data on all of the city’s residents.
You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. While seeking justice for those events, you'll monitor and hack those around you by manipulating the ctOS from the palm of your hand. You'll access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy... and more.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 940 | Intel Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz / AMD FX-9370 |
| VRAM | 768 MB | 3 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| OS | Win Vista 64 | Win 7 64 |
| Graphics Card | nVidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB / AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | nVidia GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 290 |
| Direct X | DX 11 | DX 11 |
| SOUND CARD | Yes | Yes |
| HDD Space | 20 GB | 25 GB |
| Game Analysis | Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch_Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. Using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice.Chicago's overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it controls almost all of the city's technology and information - including key data on all of the city's residents.You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. While seeking justice for those events, you'll monitor and hack those around you by manipulating the ctOS from the palm of your hand. You'll access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy… and more. | |
| High FPS | 68 FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
| Note | This product supports 64-bit operating systems ONLY Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: nVidia GeForce GTX460 or better, GT500, GT600, GT700 series; AMD Radeon HD5850 or better, HD6000, HD7000, R7 and R9 series Intel® Iris™ Pro HD 5200 | |
| Optimization Score | 2.8 | |
Hacking features
Puzzles
Story
Driving
Long learning curve
At first, I didn’t fall in love with Watch Dogs. Hacking and puzzles felt gruesome and not fun, driving was just terrible, and craft items too bothersome to use. This game definitely has a longer learning curve than most sandbox games. However, after you get used it everything mentioned, and you learn crucial game mechanics, it starts to be incredibly fun. Story keeps you interested, collectibles and side missions are a nice distraction. I love the fact that Watch Dogs does not push you to do mission one particular way, you can do the objective with multiple styles, or by combination of them. Overall, this was a really good game, and I am looking forward to play the second installment.
I was pretty excited for this game. Yes, the hype was huge and as with all hypes, no game ever can live up to it. What I reallyed liked about the game was the settings. It’s the “current time” open world game with a lot of cool features and stuff, but with huge over hype, many stressful things and not that interesting characters.
Should you try to play it? Yes.
Will you enjoy it? I would say yes, but expect cool moments and very stressful one so please, don’t destroy your computer.
6/10
Finally had the time to finish the game so here’s a review.
The game had incredible potential but failed miserably in too many important aspects to be good.
What I liked about the game:
-Setting. It’s awesome, ctOS is incredible, deadsec, rogue hackers, usual gangsters and “all_controlling_corporations”, all that blends great in this particular title. The city looks great and is pretty dope to just run around in.
-Variety of systems. The mechanisms for this game to be variative and interesting is there. Bunch of different minigames, hacking, contracts, whatever. They could do great things with it.
What is OK in this game:
-Characters and story. Nothing groundbreaking but it was ok. Some characters are interesting, some are cliche, overall I finished it for the story and wasn’t THAT disappointed.
-Combat system. Usual shoter stuff. Different enemy types, different weapons (though weapon system is really badly designed, as most of the game is ;D), cover, shoot stuff in head. Would be borderline boring but add hacking and it becomes quite fun.
What is really wrong:
-It’s a console game. The controls are weird. The smart “I_help_you_aim” system might be cool for controllers, but it’s obnoxious for a keyboard. I am not a fucking moron I know which minimap icon I want to pick (and the system won’t let me, trying to correct me to another closest one). You obviously can’t look upward in the sky in most situations (and helicopter which you want to hack is always there), because humans can’t do that. Car/weapon/phone interfaces are very bad (which is usual for a game adapted for gamepads).
-Gameplay is repetitive and offers NO sense of achievement. I didn’t care about getting skillpoints or leveling around 3 hours into the game. The skillsystem is forced and uninteresting. I’ve spent all my like 50 skillpoints near the end of the game just for lulz. The contracts are so similar it’s not interesting doing then, it’s also not a challenge at all. And there is no point in doing them, because there is barely any reward. Money is not needed in the game ever. There is no point in buying anything except top weapons (and you can do it pretty easily in the first 3-4 hours), then your weapon progression is freezed. There are many systems implemented, but none got really polished and designed to the end.
-Uplay. Forced uplay, no steam achievements and interactions. Screw that shit (also “failed to synchronize save games with cloud” after 50% of game sessions. Are you serious?)
-Locked in local language. They locked me into playing in russian language which is not cool. Noone does that, but for this game they decided to do. I don’t like it.
-Game is still bugged in performance and freeze aspects, but there are DLC already. As usual with these types of releases though. They’re here to make money, not a good game.
Considering I preordered this one I am severely disappointed. Do not buy and don’t preorder the 2nd one (which will come for sure). Let’s see if they learn from mistakes.