Ubisoft's ambitious open world featuring a hacker protagonist in futuristic Chicago. The city hacking concept is innovative and production values are high. Some narrative pacing issues but overall a solid and original experience.
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Open-world action by Ubisoft Montreal launching Watch Dogs with vigilante hacker Aiden Pearce. Published by Ubisoft, released in May 2014 in Europe, Asia, the UK, North America and Japan. Aiden Pearce vigilante hacker hunting those responsible for his niece's death in Chicago fully connected to ctOS surveillance system, open world reproducing Chicago and its suburbs, action gameplay mixing cover-based TPS, driving and hacking of entire urban environment via smartphone, competitive invasion online multiplayer mode, English voice-over with Noam Jenkins as Aiden, soundtrack by Brian Reitzell.
An open-world action game from Ubisoft, Watch Dogs makes hacking a weapon in a connected Chicago, a much-anticipated launch that became a new publisher franchise. Widespread in the West, its collecting interest stays modest and lies in this franchise-debut status rather than scarcity. An affordable piece for fans of contemporary open worlds.
Is Watch_Dogs still worth playing in 2026?
Watch_Dogs is an ambitious open-world action game from Ubisoft, betting on a strong idea, hacking. Playing Aiden Pearce, able to manipulate the connected city of Chicago at the press of a button, to hijack traffic lights, cameras or security systems, brings a tactical layer and a sense of control unprecedented in the genre. The polished presentation and the technophile mood charm. The narrative suffers from some longueurs and the hero struggles to leave a mark, while the PS3 version shows technical limits. But the concept stays original and the experience overall solid. For the fan of urban open worlds, the visit is worth it.
