"Somebody's Watching Me..." Watch Dogs review (PS4)

I really wanted to do a super in-depth review of Watchdogs, but...i feel like it wouldnt do it justice.
No...thats a lie...
I really wanted to do a super in-depth review of Watchdogs, but i keep getting sidetracked by a lot of different things...such as,

- Call Of Duty Clan Wars
- Back Spasms
- Hunger
- E3
- Alphas, Betas, and bunches of other game demos and trials...and the list goes on.

But anywho, I definitely will say its a good game and a good storyline.  For what it is, the only thing hindering it from greatness is people CONSTANTLY comparing it to GTA5, which...it was never intended to be like. I felt that my peeps at Ubisoft did a great job of steering it away from the "Rockstar Series" but since it is one of the first openworld RPGs for our next gen systems thats probably why we get those expectations.

The hacker-based campaign mode REALLY hits home as a common theme as something that is going to affect our [real] world for years to come...shoot, eBay just got hacked out last month, and people in Cali already started hacking street signs (something which u can get points for doing in-game) among other things.

Also, where GTA5 excelled OVER Watchdogs (world size and variation, and game length) Watchdogs optimized the game with more power ups and graphics (all made possible by next gen systems). The framerate on PS4 is BONKERS, and so are the load speeds. Tooling around town on a motorcycle, i never noticed any environmental objects actively loading or rendering as i travel through the game. Only thing i could complain about is that sometimes during cutscenes the contrast between peoples faces and the background was a bit unrealistic.  Only other things iDidnt like were the "digital trip" bonus levels but that dislike was totally preferential.

Driving, Mini Games (Chess, Gambling, Checkers, etc.), weapons, and everything else outside of the main campaign made roaming and exploring very fun.  You can even go sight seeing at some famous landmarks in the fair city of Chicago, which the game is based around if you didn't know already.

So, as another round of Clan Wars continues, and I move forward with downloading and playing a SLEW of Beta Games on my console(s) PS3 & PS4, I will say...

Watch Dogs is DEFINITELY worth the buy, I'm glad iPurchased it on the day it was released, it is one of very few open world games available for PS4 as of late and it looks BEAUTIFUL on ALL of the systems it was released on.  But, if you ARE a GTA fanboy, the game is still worth buying, but may be mildly disappointing if you EXPECT it to be the same sort of game as GTA, as it is totally different. Not better or worse, just different. 

Here's a little link for graphics comparison in WatchDogs...from IGN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZjfR9YrWFw

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