All I'm saying is that if you're going to tout an element as a unique that the game is built around, there should be situations where it is the best option. It should offer more benefits. As it is, I can just sprint through clubbing retarded AIs and never really need to stop and consider hacking.

When the sequel comes around they need to fix that badly, even more than the dumb glitches. It's like releasing a game that's a carbon copy on the latest ______ game, then saying it has the unique feature of _____ except you never want to use _____ because it's just not worth using.

Since the main selling point of it is mostly a non-factor the better you are at games, the game is just a buggy mashup of GTA and Assassin's Creed with a less interesting, generic protagonist.

Well that review is way off the mark. It may not be perfect, but it's still very fun and has a lot of good ideas. And it's far from a "NO", that would make people think it's a bad/broken game, which it really isn't.

Funny how a thread was made for this review only, whilst the dozens of extremely positive reviews were shunned and assumed. People are just looking for a reason to downplay this game it seems.

I had no intention of getting Watch_Dogs and this review didn't change that at all!

Something that will always crack me up:

A game gets a LOT of good reviews, ending up with a 8/10 average.
A few say " This game is bad", even though it's not, objectively. Not great, but not bad, and you can read "OMG I KNEW IT, SO BRAVE" all over the internet.

I see SO many people saying "I didn't play this game, but it's overhyped so it's bad", I just don't understand.

Is Watch_Dogs overhyped ? Oh god yes.
Is Watch_Dogs a bad game and not worth a buy ? Oh god no.

It's FULL of good ideas. It's actually fun to play, and seriously, there are a few glitches, but the game is NOT broken. I spent 25+ hours playing the game, and I never had a single glitch.
Of course the game has flaws, but it has also a lot of qualities, which are ignored by pretty much everybody...

The thing is, Watch_Dogs has three main problems.
- It was presented by Ubi like the best game ever for years
- It was released on PS360
- It's not part of the Grand Theft Auto IP, and it's getting bashed for this

That is a good thing for PS360 owners, but it clearly held the game back. And I'm not even talking about graphics here.

But are these flaws enough to claim the game isn't worth playing ? Damn no. GTA V also had a lot of flaws. But was the game bad ? Please.

I have read the review and i can't help but wonder that if you're going to review games like that is any game worth playing?

Although I'd take this review more serious then any review that gave it more than an 8. Why? Because the hype is so strong with this one and for that matter every other Cod, Gta and what not, that these ratings never even come close to my personal 'view' on the game.

In all essence, the guy just isn't happy with Watch Dogs, because he expected a different game. I can't really say that's the games fault. Then he goes on and complains about too much stuff to do. He's pissed off because you can play chess? I mean, really? It's not like the game is forcing it up on you or anything, it's just something you can do in the open world. Did anyone ever complain that you can play tennis in GTA? I don't get it.

He complains in every third sentence that you are able to shoot in the game. Oh man, that game gives a player options, what a load of ass. Would be better if you're just walking a straight line and always do exactly what the game wants you to, right?

I like it when I can make my own decisions which I experienced a lot in Watch Dogs. I can just shoot everyone if I like to, but I can also choose a more stealthy approach and in some missions even solve everything just with hacking, without any NPC noticing me at all. I really don't know why that should be a bad thing.

I'm still at the end of act 2, but I really enjoy the game. I also keep hearing about oh so many bugs, yet I didn't encounter a single one until now (PS4 version). The impression I get is that some people just want to hate the game for whatever reason and they dig out resons for that which aren't reasons at all. Like the driving, Kotaku keeps rambilng about how they always ram into some other car and stuff. Well, it's not the games fault when you're bad at playing it. I don't have any of these problems, after getting used to the driving physics, which took about 15 minutes, I get along just fine.

Don't get me wrong, I was myself skeptical about Watch Dogs, especially since I don't like Ubisoft games in general. I didn't like Assassin's Creed, wasn't any fun to me. But I still gave Watch Dogs a try and I'm pretty pleased. I even like it better than GTA 5 (no kidding) because it's more creative imo.

But whatever, if you want to hate the game, just do it, there's nothing I can do against that. But some of the reasons I hear are really ridiculous. Seriously.

^ This guy.

I dont need a reason to say what the game is since i played it, this review is almost exactly what i think, that spare me the trouble to write it and i bet Kotaku will be more trustable than a random guy on vgc, the game is entertaining but very repetitive and almost everythign they say is true, the game has too many flaws on gameplay, story, variety. Maybe the no is a bit exaggerated but at this price, it's obviously no, better to buy it at 30-40$ , doesnt deserve full price.

We could say it's a good beginning considering it's their first gta like but that wouuldnt help them to improve the game, because it need a lot of improvements. Like we wont judge good a combat game with very few characters just because " it's the first  game, let them the time to create more characters in the sequels" , no we judge the game for what it is, and obviously, it's compared to other gta like.

Well the first clue its a bad review is that its from Kotaku, a site that retracts more stories than neo gaf has  35 year old virgins. If you have to use Kotaku to make a point then you never had a point to make in the first place.

Are you playing on easy mode?. Try " Realistic mode " where hacking the elements of the environment is the absolute best option in almost every single situation.

The game has its share of flaws, but it is still very good and well made.