All in all, definitely one of the most unique and creative games of this genre I've played. Great voice acting, excellent cut scenes, damn decent dialogue, and lots of replayability.
Watch Dogs2014
Watch Dogs
2014 Ubisoft Entertainment75Good
Playtime
LongIt typically takes about 30 hours to finish the game, but players put about 20 hours into it on average.
Playable on
- GeForce NOW
- Steam DeckPlayable
- Steam MachineVerified
Included with
- PlayStation PlusExtra
- Xbox Game PassUltimate
Available on
- −75%$4.99
- −75%$4.99
- $19.99
Game modes
- 2 players
- 2–8 players
Details
- Launch
- May 26, 2014
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
Overview
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.
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Reception
Press79
Players76
GoodGood- Metacritic80from 80 reviews
- OpenCritic79from 100 reviews
Watch Dogs is a bold, ambitious game that delivers well in some areas, though nevertheless feels like an iteration away from reaching its potential; the inevitable Watch Dogs 2 could be one to keep an eye on. It's a sizeable, enjoyable game, but one that is let down on the Wii U by poor optimisation and disappointing performance; the frame-rate is inconsistent...
'Watch Dogs' delivers big action and creepy thrills by way of its innovative hacking, even if the story falls a little short.
An ambitious but flawed game that loses focus on its best ideas.
Watch Dogs is an origin story of sorts for a vigilante killer. Aiden Pearce is to Chicago what Batman is to Gotham, or more a more apt comparison would be to describe Pearce as more of a high-tech Punisher. The story is adequate to pull players through to the end and you can play much of the game approaching situations in your own, non-violent way,...
