I would argue that "Watch Dogs 2" is one of the best open world games to pick up at the moment. Despite the terribly disappointing launch of "Watch Dogs" the sequel makes huge improvements to the overall game.
One thing I have always adored in watch dogs is the hacking and this game does that perfectly. Every single hack feels relevant in a way and can be used to finish the mission your way. If you want to go guns blazing but find you need to retreat there is a mass com disruptor hack to let you flee. Or want to take it stealth, you can distract enemies using their phones to pick them of one by one. As well with the addition of drones and RCs, the game has a whole new area of driving around a little robot to go hack the enemies form a safe distance or even to give support for a team mate.
Another thing I really enjoyed about the game were the missions with each character, well, having a character. Wrench being the Deadpool of the game and wanting to destroy everything. Sitara being the graffiti artist and media worker. Josh the awkward kid that has his skills in coding and other areas. Horatio, with not enough character development and a rushed death, had his quirks. As well as ray who seems like the old man in the group and well acquainted with the past.
The level design, despite the hacking puzzles that are thrown at you every two missions or so, is unique every time with there own story that really can actually interest unlike the ones in the first one did for me. And many of the missions are challenging especially on higher harder difficulties but don't feel impossible.
The multiplayer was slightly improved although if you have played the first game then you already know what it will be like.
Although one place I think the game truly shines is map design. The maps, although rather small, feel open and expansive yet memorable enough that if you revisit the you will think to yourself' "Hey I went here for that one mission". Combined with the way the NPCs react and interact with each other as well as the player makes the world truly come to life compared to other open world games like "GTA V", "Red Dead Redemption 2" and "Assassins creed Odyssey".
All in all I think of the game as I must have even in 2019 especially as you can often get the gold edition with many of the DLC's for the game for about £16.00 on sale (which it is often).
One thing I have always adored in watch dogs is the hacking and this game does that perfectly. Every single hack feels relevant in a way and can be used to finish the mission your way. If you want to go guns blazing but find you need to retreat there is a mass com disruptor hack to let you flee. Or want to take it stealth, you can distract enemies using their phones to pick them of one by one. As well with the addition of drones and RCs, the game has a whole new area of driving around a little robot to go hack the enemies form a safe distance or even to give support for a team mate.
Another thing I really enjoyed about the game were the missions with each character, well, having a character. Wrench being the Deadpool of the game and wanting to destroy everything. Sitara being the graffiti artist and media worker. Josh the awkward kid that has his skills in coding and other areas. Horatio, with not enough character development and a rushed death, had his quirks. As well as ray who seems like the old man in the group and well acquainted with the past.
The level design, despite the hacking puzzles that are thrown at you every two missions or so, is unique every time with there own story that really can actually interest unlike the ones in the first one did for me. And many of the missions are challenging especially on higher harder difficulties but don't feel impossible.
The multiplayer was slightly improved although if you have played the first game then you already know what it will be like.
Although one place I think the game truly shines is map design. The maps, although rather small, feel open and expansive yet memorable enough that if you revisit the you will think to yourself' "Hey I went here for that one mission". Combined with the way the NPCs react and interact with each other as well as the player makes the world truly come to life compared to other open world games like "GTA V", "Red Dead Redemption 2" and "Assassins creed Odyssey".
All in all I think of the game as I must have even in 2019 especially as you can often get the gold edition with many of the DLC's for the game for about £16.00 on sale (which it is often).