Maybe there couldn’t be a better time for Dedsec to return.
It would have been unthinkable to say that Watch Dogs 2 could have flown under the radar. It’s been a busy year, and in less than a week we’ll get to see whether Watch Dogs 2 might start to live up to the aspirations Ubisoft has for the IP.
The launch trailer went out earlier this morning. Subtitles are hardcoded into the video, which is weird, but otherwise it’s on the longer side as far as launch trailers go. It’s not particularly cringey, and it’s mostly about the protagonist’s mission statement: revenge on CTOS, after the surveillance system profiled him as a probable criminal.
Bit of a relevant theme, all things considered.
I’m not sure that there’s anything in here that will convince people who didn’t buy into Watch Dogs the first time around. You’ll probably be able to get a good discount on that over Christmas, essentially.
But it’ll be interesting to see what Ubi wants to do with the series. The original was already a good game mechanically. Now we’re just waiting to see whether Watch Dogs 2 fixes some of the characterisation and tonal issues from the original.
Watch Dogs 2 is out in Australia from November 15 for PS4 and Xbox One, with a PC release due later this month.
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2 responses to “The Watch Dogs 2 Trailer Is All About Persecution”
Watch Dogs 2 is going to look strange with it’s Trump surrogate now..
Looks like…dare i say – fun.
WD1 wasn’t bad, but it was very flawed.
I’m sorry but Aiden wasn’t a good protagonist. He was boring and wooden. It wasn’t that he was dark and brooding. That’s fine, but he’s still got to have a personality. I’m interested to see what they do with WD2. I like that Dedsec are at the forefront this time and that it’s not the cookie cutter standard quest for revenge… Hopefully they give us more things to do this time.
Keen.