Hello everyone! here to talk about the Watchdogs Single Player review because for some reason I can’t do much on connecting to the online portion of things, something about NAT settings… I will fix that later lol.

So I will break this review into a few parts to get my point across. Scoring from 1-5, 5 being Epic 1 Being Horrible.

1. Gameplay
2. Story
3. Presentation
4. Randomness (Yes… Randomness)

Gameplay: 4

The gameplay is pretty decent… doesn’t feel crazy really. Almost familiar with games like Gears of War and Splinter Cell imo as far as the shooting mechanics of this game goes. Weapon wise you get a pretty decent arsenal of randomness to carry with you at all times cept for a random mission where the cliche “YOU LOSE EVERYTHING” and have to play the game naked happens lol. The driving in this game is somewhat close to Grid if you played that for a bit, the rough driving randomness that you really got to get use to in time. Before I knew it, I was able to drive around with fewer crashes then usual. The skill set they give you basically reminds me of the skilltree element in RPGS. Some of them can be game changing in a sense of how you play like the hacking skill tree set. Others help out with guns and battery life for your phone skills that you can pull off on the go.

Story:3

The story is pretty decent but it’s not no FF7 imo. FF7 was pretty serious with the plot to a point to make you feel for a character. This game didn’t really deliver it much even towards a certain point in the story… You kinda felt bland about the characters from time to time. The way the story goes through in the acts is a bit confusing at first because all the people who are involved in the whole situation and leaves you questioning if your really doing the right thing as the character… The ending for it… you might be a bit disappointed but leave your opinion here on the comments lol.

Presentation:4

The game itself presents itself in an interesting way. The title you only really hear once through out the game but the character Aiden Pierce is pretty much your Batman/Dexter mix according to one of the reviews that I read. Which is basically 100% true lol. From the gadgets you use to the things you can pull off… even with the way kills go through. The game did pretty decent on delivery. The city is pretty decently sized and the graphics for this game look nice. I questioned the way the detail on some of the character faces looked but then again I was on PS4 doing my randomness. The clothing that our Vigilante had… Aiden Pierce was pretty epic imo also you can change it up at the clothing shop for different colors and somewhat different looks. Over all the game looked pretty good.

Randomness:5

One thing I love about gaming is the randomness it delivers… from time to time you really have to dive into a game in order to figure out what is really crazy. Ok you got your shooting and driving like a wild crazy racer… It’s all good but I will tell you imo what was absolutely random… THE HACKING! The hacking tool was pretty amazing and in all honesty a huge twist to games out there. To be able to control the majority of electronics and taking out cops or fixers with roadblocks or spikes… confusing traffics for take downs. It was all amazing. The thing that got me speechless was the way at random… a player from any where in the nation or world… (dont know how far this goes) can actually jump into your game (yes an actual human being playing Watchdogs) and hack your phone. Its weird how it happens but in purple letters and randomness it pretty much says your being invaded. You have a certain amount of time to actually find this player and take him or her out. Thing is you have to use your profiling skill with your phone to find this person. Once you do you actually have to kill them if not they can escape and still manage to semi win. Assuming a full win would be actually hacking the other player. To me this was absolutely random because while your strolling about trying to grab bank accounts from NPCS you can get a bounty on your head and a player can now join your game at random to claim it. So be careful players… its crazy on watchdogs even in singleplayer. Also they have a mode where a player has “digital trips” Which leads to you being in a spider tank… try that out… I had too much fun with that mode…

Conclusion: Pretty Decent aka 4

If your wondering “Should I get this game now?” I say yes… Its pretty decent and a solid game at that. The online portion of it I can’t really speak of but then again actual players can invade your game and hack you. So if your into the randomness and action of a decent shooter done well. This might be the game for you. A friend of mine was wondering about the Co-Op randomness of this. Well I havent seen anything solid about co-op playing. Pretty sure they do not have co op campaign. But you can race each other online and free roam randomness.. If you want the game to play with others this is def not the game you want… Invest in Destiny or keep to COD and Battlefield. Maybe even Killzone Shadow Fall with the new horde mode might have some pull.

So last night they had a little midnight release party at the local gamestop. They ordered pizza and got some soda, along with a large tv to play some watchdogs while we waited til midnight.

I got my game and raced right back home. Aside from the fact that it felt like I had atleast 5 codes (really like 3) including the season pass to put towards my psn account the installation was fast and I think when your ingame its still. The introduction was a bit confusing but basically got right down to the point to set the mood for the story itself. When you get into the game your greeted with a few family mechanics of gaming such as picking up items and running around with crouching to stay hidden from your enemies. It was when I had to go camera jumping in this hacking mode that got me all “woah”

So far everything played good with that beginning part with out a problem. I’m not a fan of playing by stealth rules but for some reason it was pretty doable in this game. When it actually came down to the driving, It doesn’t feel right in the beginning. I guess after playing alot of the gta and driving in that game you get use to a certain way of hopping into a car and peeling out. I won’t judge just yet on the driving because they do have more vehicles later on in the game including one you can unlock via Ubisoft – Uplay with units I think the currency is called. Units are earned through progression of most ubisoft games.

Overall the game has been pretty good so far for the time i got in… the only thing that really felt challenging off the bat with the game was the cop mechanics. These guys don’t play and its not GTA when it comes to cops. They will try all the old tricks including some new. I had a mission, in which I had to grab a car that was wanted. The cops were then alerted and started the chase… I thought pssh cops? I got this. I drive real fast into one direction and saw the message escape successful. I thought it was easy. Then I hear a radio voice about the CstOs? I think that’s the correct spelling for it lol. This message triggered yellow spots on my map and they would grow near my location.  Then I figured it out, this is the second phase for finding the badguy. If your caught waiting in that yellow spot and that percentage fills up , the cops will be back on you like white on rice with a helicopter. So you have to keep running and dipping and dodging… Wonder if they have an easier way to deal with that situation lol.

This concludes my randomness….and a mini review of what is watchdogs. I will have more of a review later on during the week hopefully 🙂 stay tune!

Syn

Hello peoples.

Today was an interesting day but then again alot of my days at this gamestop usually tend to be. The people there are amazing imo compared to most gamestops i’ve been to. Its like your apart of the fam when you come in, then again I’ve known them for quite some times and been to a few midnight releases. Overall they are pretty good people but in a way this is a rant towards the topic of shopping at gamestop. Started off with the factor of Watchdogs.

Today, while talking to a friend about Watchdogs asked me why didn’t i just get the game like i usually do… early or from a different spot instead of waiting on gamestop. Well I wanted to get the game early… but I like shopping at gamestop because of course of the power up card. This is not me trying to pitch the idea of others to go to gamestop but me getting my opinion out there about it. Logically I buy the game at a 59.99 . Overtime I’ve actually got enough points to reduce that price from time to time… IE got Infamous Second Son when it first came out with a 25 dollar coupon off… then at some point when I wanted to trade it in got 40 dollars for it back because of a sale they had with the pre order trade in.
In a way it works for some of us and some people hate that they feel ripped off for paying 60 dollars to come back a couple of days later and the game is worth 30 dollars or less depending on its position in life lol. I find it funny when gamers get upset about the pricing… especially the MMORPG players when they purchase that RUNE BLADE OF THE POWERFUL BUNNY GOD… for like 60 gold… and figure out hey… I like bows now. They proceed to a merchant and the merchant will take it back for 30 or sometimes less… lmao well this is my rant about gamestop anger. IMO it works for me. I love it and the people that work there are epic. Can’t wait for the midnight release of watchdogs… if there is one? is there? o.O

Syn