Watchdogs 7 days On ..Simply Brilliant.

its now 7 days since i started playing this gem of a game,a game that deserves 9s and 10s across the boards and how any gaming site with any credit can give this low to average scores is beyond belief.

Far Cry 3 and The last of us where the last classic games i enjoyed immensely and this in my opinion is right up there with those games and on many fronts even out shines them.

7 days in and i have been playing it at least 3/4 hours per day and i haven't even got to a 50% completion,a game that they say you can finish in 10 to 12 hours,i doubt if you just done the main missions this was a achievable .

The amount of content,side,quests,mini games,online modes is breathtaking,the gun play is outstanding and some of the set pieces and explosions incredible,i love the characters ,the cut scenes are beautifully done and i even think the story is well written even though a few gaming sites have said its week and confusing .

Tonight around mission 9 or 10 of act 2 i had the most amazing firefight it literally blew me away,I'm totally blown away by this game which may surprise a few people on here,i literally love the panic situation the game creates when you are been told that you are been hacked and invaded and you need to find the perpetrator within a time limit before he/she steels your data.

It all comes together so streamlined and Watchdogs is a shining example of how to make a outstanding game,i much prefer this over GTA5 anyway and personally i think its way better.

Graphics to me are brilliant and i just don't get the complaints and the negativity that has been shown to this superb open world game that has me totally addicted to it.

And when I've finished it eventually I'm going to be doing it all over again because I'm in love with Watchdogs and it has rekindled my love and passion for gaming.

Well I'll pretty much second everything you have to say about this game matey!!

It really is a class act, I've started going out of my way to do the side missions/quests purely to make the game longer.

I think I'm still under 20% progression and I'm only part way through act 2, I've been putting 2-3 hours in for the last couple of evenings when the enemy has gone to bed

Without a shadow of a doubt even though I'm still enjoying pretty much all the games I own on my Xbone this is most definitely the game of the generation so far!!

Finally Kila we agree on what makes us happy Gamers happy,I'm going to tell you something which may sound quite stupid,i have hacked into most of the Ctos towers and the map is brimming with stuff to do and it can feel a tad over whelming .

When i have a fantastic game and i feel that i have done things slightly the wrong way like doing the above i get the urge to start the game from scratch even though for the next week I'm going to be seeing most of the same stuff.

But even though the missions are the same the approach can be different,so i may just reset it and start all over even though I'm only half way through i just absolutely look forward to putting the game on and getting lost in it for hours.

I don't think there is any point in replaying sandbox games, you can do everything in one through play through and it doesn't matter what order you do stuff in. There isn't really anything you can do better, other than play good or evil. If you have played evil it's easy to get your reputation up by doing a couple of the "save a citizen" side missions.

I'm up to 27% progression now, on mission 10 Act 2 I think it is. It's a good game I am enjoying it, but I don't find myself thinking "I can't wait to get home and play Watchdogs tonight". Certainly not the killer next gen game I was hoping for, but it's a good game

Just my opinion though, you two guys seems to really love it which is great. My old housemate has it too and feels very similar to me about it.

And yea I guess you can approach them differently, but there are like 42 missions so if you feel that you have gone in a bit "gung ho" then just make sure you play the next few stealthy. I think it would be boring to replay a sandbox game, there is so much to do in them that it will take a good 40 to 50 hours to complete it anyway!

It's certainly split opinions and didn't get anywhere near the high scores I expected ,but it's met my expectations regardless,the reason I started it from 50% is I don't ever want it to finish and I'm completely blown away every time I play it.

I could have easily come on here and said it's not met or lived up to the hype and my expectations which in most cases I do.

I don't sing the praises of many games but in my opinion Watchdogs needs high praise indeed ,and for those also who are not blown away from review scores across the many gaming sites ,take it from me it's one of the best open world games I have ever played and it's simply amazing.

The only problem I have with it is the driving. Yes you get used to it, but that makes it doable, not overly enjoyable.

And it really needs friend invasion for me to get to the end of it, or I can imagine myself moving on to something else halfway through. Aint been on for a while what with work and stuff and although I keep thinking about sticking it on, I havent actually got around to it. Maybe this weekend I will fall in love with it again.

But I was expecting friends to be hacking me and still feel robbed to a certain extent. I have two regular gaming partners who have refused to buy it for that same reason. With a young family you don't have a ton of free time to spend on sandbox games and seeing as the main MP is rather convoluted, they''re not bothered about buying it.

Then they are missing out on a brilliant game,the more you play it Nelly the better it gets and personally after i slated the driving it improves with the perks and skill points you unlock and its better than GTA5.

Have you tried the digital trips like Spider,there are even custom modes made by other players of certain games.

And may be a future patch will give us the friends invasion we require,but even though that would have been a great additional feature its no Game Breaker.

In reply to a post by mrnelster:

The only problem I have with it is the driving. Yes you get used to it, but that makes it doable, not overly enjoyable.

I hope they fix that. In GTA V the drivings perfect and great fun, you can spend all of your time just racing and never do anything else

I genuinely have no issue with the driving at all

Me neither its a piece of cake,didn't like it at first as i was led to believe by the reviews that this was one of the weakest aspects of the game but i drive the vehicles without any issues.

The driving is fine Swanny its just Nelly still got his L/Plates on and the Green P

Do they all have their own handling characteristics?

Yes they do

Yeah, they're all pants!

Not so sure on watchdogs, as if you look at the original E3 trailer to the final product it is quite a change.

This was a interesting review of watchdogs for the pc.

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2014/05/30/watch-d...

That review is a bit harsh! I wouldn't say it's a 60% at all.

I do agree that FC3 and AC4 are better games and they are certainly more beautiful, but Watchdogs has some great parts in some of the buildings and the water look fantastic.

The reviewer was fairly satirical and I don't like his style of writing.I would also agree though that the side missions start to get a bit repetitive, some of them like the convoys are great but the gang hideouts can get a little tedious.

I think it's one of them Marmite games, some people love it some people hate it. I would give it an 8/10 though!

Far cry 3 as much as I adore that game and Assassins creed do not look better than watchdogs on a console that's for sure.

I'm giving Watchdogs a massive 10/10 because it's addictive and brilliant and the side digital trips are games in there own right,some of the chases with cops and robbers are really taxing and difficult and the AI is not dumb as people suggest.

Try lobbing a grenade at a group police cars and watch them explode in a slow motion side show...awesome stuff ,even the slow motion kill shots are superbly done and this game has it all.

Its a pretty good review, as their are some key points, such as 'sometimes brilliant but mostly average open-world game about a man with a magic phone.'

Without the phone it is a pretty limited game, just another open world gta- another good point is how citizens recognise the main character yet dont call the police or take a picture- wheres the realism in that.

The review is well done as it covers the good and bad points of the game, its good to see a balanced honest review.

Edited by deleted (Fri 06-Jun-14 23:40:28)

that is a common problem with open world games that are filled with quests, they will get repetitive.

There is only so much variety one can add.

indeed, its worrying people who find a honest review then think something must be wrong with it.

In 20+ years of gaming I think I have never ever played a perfect game, they dont exist, all games have flaws its a fact of life.

Note as well that reviewer isnt in bed with the publisher, they reviewed a retail copy of game they brought, not a prerelease freebie.

Edited by Chrysalis (Sat 07-Jun-14 13:06:25)

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

In 20+ years of gaming I think I have never ever played a perfect game, they dont exist, all games have flaws its a fact of life.

Just like women, you have to learn to love 'em, warts an all

Have you got the game ccxo? I haven't seen you write on here that you have but I may have missed it as can't check everyday. But even without the hacking bit it's still a good sandbox game. I agree with t2d the AI is really good, sometimes it takes me a while to get through a hideout or mission if I want to play fairly stealthy as they are very clever in their movements.

I am all for honest reviews and I'm certainly not shooting this guy down, he just seems to really not like this game. Perhaps this is what game reviewers are like, I don't read ever so much of them but I just felt that he underrated the game. Everyone has an opinion, neither mine or yours is right or wrong

By the way My opinion is always right Ask Toady to clarify that for you

Only in an alternative dimension! And only then if you bribe King Snugglepuss the sock puppet with fresh cheese...

Edited by deleted (Mon 09-Jun-14 03:42:39)

No not really interested in it- if you compare the first E3 trailers to the final product is quite a change and the review is honest as it sees the game for what it is.

In reply to a post by ccxo:

No not really interested in it- if you compare the first E3 trailers to the final product is quite a change and the review is honest as it sees the game for what it is.

You haven't played the game so how can you state the review is honest?

Is it perfect? No, not particularly. Does it deserve half of the criticism that reviewgave it? Not at all. If you can't spot a spectacularly subjective review as that, then you have one thing in common with the author. You will never make a professional author.

you cant ignore flaws just to fit in with the crowd, thats not honest reviewing.

Those flaws make it a bad game? probably not, just because he wrote about them doesnt mean the game is rubbish. Reviews like that need to be more common. Without them developers get complacent.

I play many games I think have obvious flaws, sometimes these flaws are quite bad but I sitll play the games.

Edited by Chrysalis (Fri 13-Jun-14 10:57:08)

I never trust reviewers, they are always tainted with back handers and brides. What Hi-Fi mag is well known for favouring certain manufacturers

well yeah, they all tied to each other.

did you know steam game reviewers have special press accounts thta give them access to most of the steam library free?

who would want to risk losing that by doing too many bad reviews?