lundi 9 juin 2014

The last great game of Ubisoft will be the subject of this article: Watch Dogs.

First of all, I want to say that I'll try to not spoil the story (too much), for all the people who have yet to play it.
This game, released on June 27th, should have been released in October 29th 2013 but at the same time was released Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag,

 and the the release of Watch Dogs was postponed. The game is released on Xbox 360, Xbox one, Playstation 3 and 4, with another version planned for Wii U
The game's plot is all about Aiden Pearce, who seeks revenge and justice for what was done to his family and use of illegal methods to achieve his goals.

Beside guns and his nightstick, Aiden's most useful weapon is a special phone, called "Profiler" which can hack every system of the city, allowing him to withdraw money from other people's bank account, use public cams to spy, cause blackouts and many other things.

Said city is Chicago, which map is quite large and open and Aiden Pearce can act as a masked vigilante or as a criminal; either way, the police is always in the way and tries to kill you.

In each zone of the city, Aiden have to unlock an access to allow his phone to hack into either the cameras or into people's accounts and progresses in the story.

The combat's movements are a mix of stealth and parkour and the sight is in 3rd person, very useful for the shooting side of the game.
The game's hacking element can also be used in combat situations to eliminate opponents, create diversions or cover. It can also be used as a stealth tool to sneak past guards, which is highly recommended when the enemies are numerous.

Another interesting point is the skill's tree, where you can choose which skill improve through the game.
It is possible to choose among driving skills, fighting and shooting skills and hacking skills. Of course, with time, all the skills will be unlocked fully.

In Watch Dogs is also available an Online Multiplayers mode, where players must implant a "virus" by joining the "one player" mode of a player. There are also eight-player free roam mode, a multiplayers modes with car races, competitive decryption combat, and CTOS mobile challenge.
An Smartphone and Tablet application is also available to challenge other players.

The story tells about Aiden Pearce, who after having a his niece murdered, seek revenge on those who killed her and the ones who gave the order. He'll use any mean necessary to find the culprits and make them pay.

Watch Dogs fabrication started in 2009 and Ubisoft used a new game engine called Disrupt, which was first going to be used for a driving game. As for the hacking part, Ubisoft asked help from a Russian anti-virus firm: Kaspersky Lab, and eased the hacking to one button, so the hacking isn't to hard and almost immediate.
Developers even went to Chicago to get the necessary informations to make the map as realistic as possible.

jeuxvideo.com gives Watch dogs only 16/20, while gamespot notes it with a 8/10. Myself, I'll give this game a 8.5/10.
Thanks for reading and see you all soon with another article.
Goodbye.