Watch dogs 2 - best game
When Watch Dogs made its debut in 2014, the series kicked off with a fascinating premise: a huge Grand Theft Auto-style open world to explore, coupled with gameplay that turned you into a vigilante hacker. But the final game didn’t live up to that concept. Instead, it was angry and repetitive, with a frustratingly bland story starring a completely forgettable lead. Hacking didn’t end up making it very distinct.
Watch Dogs 2 is different. The sequel moves the series to San Francisco, and puts you in the role of a new hacker, the charming and talented Marcus Holloway. While Watch Dogs 2 is fundamentally very similar to the original — you’ll still spend a lot of time hacking various electronics and sneaking around buildings — these changes make the overall experience feel more exciting, engaging, and perhaps most importantly, fun.
The game is technically a sequel, but it largely stands on its own. There are a few references to the original, and at least one important Watch Dogs character makes an appearance, but you don’t need to have played the original to understand what’s going on. Watch Dogs 2 kicks things off very fast: before you even know what’s going on, or who Marcus is, you’re breaking into a heavily protected building to hack some servers to erase his criminal record, which has been falsified by an unscrupulous tech mogul.
