Date played: June 13th
Platform: PS4
Session fun rating: 10/10
Watch Dogs is HUGE! The game finally opened up completely after I completed a few story missions. In these big open world games, I really like to do most of the side missions. I often spend more time with this stuff than the story. Recently, this happened with GTA V and AC IV. Watch Dogs will not be any different...
I learned how to play online and I have to say, it's actually been pretty cool so far. The fixer missions have me either being hacked by another player or have me hacking others. There's a search radius on the mini-map that shrinks over time. The objective is to profile the other player or avoid being profiled. It turns into a funny game of hide and seek. It turns out I'm pretty good at this mode. I also played some online races which are tons of fun too. The addition of hacking during a race spices things up and make it fun, but of course, good driving always wins. Again, I did pretty well here.
I did a mission where I had to find a dude hiding in his car, then drive him away from the intense police search going on in the area. I had to use back alleys, parking garages and intelligent use of the "hide in car" feature to make it out alive. I delivered the man to the location, only to find out I was working for one of the biggest mobsters in Chicago, which of course killed the dude in cold blood as punishment for him getting chased like that.
I then played the mission that finally unlocked the entire skill tree. I met with Badboy17, a hacker I had been working with to gain access to ctOS. It turns out, her name is Clara and she is pretty cool. She gave me a new phone that lets me access more of the network, but I had to connect it first by going into a ctOS office building. I'm starting to be really comfortable with the combat and using hacks to make it easier. I made it through the place, then escaped the cops and went on my merry way.
I then completed dozens of investigations, QR codes, home invasions, fixer contracts, hotspots, weapon's caches and even a gang hideout and a criminal convoy. The criminal convoys and gang hideouts are well fleshed out and really fun. The convoy I played had me take down one man driving an armored truck. Of course, he was escorted by a bunch of dudes with guns and body armor. I set up a car in their way then took out the first car with an IED. I took out the others with an assault rifle and focus, then knocked the target down. I'm making good progress downtown Chicago that's for sure.
Platform: PS4
Session fun rating: 10/10
Watch Dogs is HUGE! The game finally opened up completely after I completed a few story missions. In these big open world games, I really like to do most of the side missions. I often spend more time with this stuff than the story. Recently, this happened with GTA V and AC IV. Watch Dogs will not be any different...
I learned how to play online and I have to say, it's actually been pretty cool so far. The fixer missions have me either being hacked by another player or have me hacking others. There's a search radius on the mini-map that shrinks over time. The objective is to profile the other player or avoid being profiled. It turns into a funny game of hide and seek. It turns out I'm pretty good at this mode. I also played some online races which are tons of fun too. The addition of hacking during a race spices things up and make it fun, but of course, good driving always wins. Again, I did pretty well here.
I did a mission where I had to find a dude hiding in his car, then drive him away from the intense police search going on in the area. I had to use back alleys, parking garages and intelligent use of the "hide in car" feature to make it out alive. I delivered the man to the location, only to find out I was working for one of the biggest mobsters in Chicago, which of course killed the dude in cold blood as punishment for him getting chased like that.
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I then completed dozens of investigations, QR codes, home invasions, fixer contracts, hotspots, weapon's caches and even a gang hideout and a criminal convoy. The criminal convoys and gang hideouts are well fleshed out and really fun. The convoy I played had me take down one man driving an armored truck. Of course, he was escorted by a bunch of dudes with guns and body armor. I set up a car in their way then took out the first car with an IED. I took out the others with an assault rifle and focus, then knocked the target down. I'm making good progress downtown Chicago that's for sure.
