tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876216494183628999.post4947639411786263001..comments2023-10-31T00:31:59.277-07:00Comments on The United Federation of Charles: Watch_Dogs reviewCTPhippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04226189019351004118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876216494183628999.post-36757555115610053592015-08-10T20:12:22.163-07:002015-08-10T20:12:22.163-07:00Yeah, I think Watch_Dogs is a good game but it cou...Yeah, I think Watch_Dogs is a good game but it could have been a great one if they'd put a little more effort into the storyline and took some of the criticisms to heart. CTPhippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04226189019351004118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876216494183628999.post-31494863919038377672015-08-10T01:19:59.532-07:002015-08-10T01:19:59.532-07:00Got round to finally reviewing this game Charles. ...Got round to finally reviewing this game Charles. <br /><br />Another good review with most points matching mine on the game. Though Aiden for me is still overall a boring main lead, I said it once how I felt watch dog was like assassin creed one. In that I feel both games showed much potential with their setting and lore, mechanics of gameplay. But let down by repetitive bits and a lead that was bland and dull. <br /><br />The side characters for Watch Dogs just felt a lot more developed and complex compared to Aiden who seemed mostly flat overall to me. It just made me feel like Arno in questioning why the writers felt this person's story was worth telling.<br /><br />Aiden for me is the type of video game lead I am fed up of seeing, the brooding gravely voice (which I feel is rarely ever good for a main lead). borderline emotionless guy who we are supposed to feel sorry for due to a personal tragedy. No matter how clichéd or lazy it is, that's what Aiden really suffers from I feel. Lazy writing from Ubisoft that I felt Arno from Unity suffered from as well. <br /><br />Bad writing is one thing since you have to make the effort to produce bad writing. But lazy writing is worse simply cause it requires no real effort from the writers. <br /><br />The game also suffers I feel from the fact it played out like nearly every Ubisoft one world game I have played, in that side activities are designed the same way, there it feels to pad out and not really connect with anything in the game all that much. Repetitive white male leads that are either like Ezio or Altair from Assassin Creed. <br /><br />Games that give more questions than answers, these flaws I feel have been in Ubisoft's games for years and the Twin dogs of Watch Dog and Unity last year is when I think these flaws took over the positives in Ubisofts open world games, that and the fact both games here hyped to immeasurable ends and suffered from really bad bugs on either the pc or ps4 or both. <br /><br />Coupled with Ubisoft's producers and marketing department coming off as really arrogant and hubris in their responses to criticism and as well as other stuff is what led 2014 to be very bad for Ubisoft. <br /><br />I hope they can take some of this to heart and try to do better with their games. As I feel they got complacent in recent years. <br /><br />Watch Dog is a good game overall I feel, but could have been much more and I hope the sequel does for the watch dog series what Assassin Creed 2 did for AC.<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing your metro reviews, finished last light last weekend I thought that was brilliant. oliver simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153675796879872038noreply@blogger.com