Watch Dogs 2

The 1st game had a slightly slugging first half but I ended up liking it a lot overall. The often ridiculed and deliberately unlikable Aiden Pearce and the near nihilistic story stood out to me. The game had an identity, plain and simple. I only need a bit more gameplay variety for a sequel and I certainly got that… but at what cost! The admittedly more involved hacking is now suddenly Pipe Mania and the overall game fully transformed into Ubi-Collect-a-Thon No.X. It work fine, most Ubi-games do, but what makes this one special? I am willing to praise the variety of ways missions can occasionally be solved and the involved multiplayer component is downright fascinating. What can't get my blessing are the story and characters. This is basically Lizard Squad "The Video-Game" and a Best Memes of 2015/16 collection. A rarely skip cutscenes but I ended up being physically incapable of watch this rubbish. The tone is quite broken too. The game is about these oh so "diverse" 20-something hackers and their PC Culture enforcement adventures but multiple trophies demand to kill, despite most enemies being simple security guards. The protagonist even carries a gun on the cover and his stealth attacks only kills too. Again, nothing makes sense and diversity ain 't a checkbox dear developers. I myself am half black and the well done San Francisco setting is appropriately chosen but I abide no pandering, which this 100% is. I ultimately finished the campaign, these Ubi-games tend to work well after all, but the devs need to go back to the drawing board. They made 2 steps forward and 4 steps back. 7,5/10

Starting with the character you play as, Marcus, he immediately has more emotion than the first character, Aiden. Next, San Francisco is alive and it feels incredibly immersive. You can witness crimes going down, people getting sick of one another and fighting, etc. The missions are fun and the hacking aspect is fun. I would definitely recommend this game to people

I would agree the story is not as powerful as the first games was but I would say this game is more fun than the first game. Gameplay amazing, story somewhat weak.

I cannot believe how underrated this game is. I've had an absolute blast playing this. GTA but you're hacking. One of my favorite games i've played.

I really like this game, and I don't know why other people hate it so much. I really like the online aspects, and I think they are handled really well. The dialogue is a bit cringe sometimes, but over all the missions are fun, even if they are all very similar. I still love hacking everything, and pulling of awesome hacks still feel satisfying.The shooting could use some tweaking. But all a great game.

I really like this game, and I don't know why other people hate it so much. I really like the online aspects, and I think they are handled really well. The dialogue is a bit cringe sometimes, but over all the missions are fun, even if they are all very similar. I still love hacking everything, and pulling of awesome hacks still feel satisfying.The shooting could use some tweaking. But all a great game.