Ubisoft's "Watch Dogs" has hit store shelves and critics are impressed with the gameplay, not so much with the storyline.
"Watch Dogs" follows the story of Aiden Pearce as he hacks his way through the city of Chicago. Check out what reviewers had to say and the title's trailer below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
Joystiq rates the title with 4 out of 5 stars:
"These online invasions are arguably the smartest realization of what Watch Dogs is about: the fear of being violated, and the principle of identity protection. Even when it skews toward bigger actions and questionable bouts of busywork, though, Watch Dogs is a more fluid and modern power fantasy than we're used to. Somewhere, in its vague, fantastical version of hacking, there's a lesson about the power and the naughty temptations that lurk in our networked, selfie-loving world."
IGN calls the game "great" with an 8.4 out of 10 rating:
"Over more than 20 hours, the straightforward revenge story becomes more and more complex until it's bursting with intrigue... only to take a strange turn for the mundane when the motivations behind it all are revealed. For a game that deals with themes like surveillance society and media manipulation, Watch Dogs' villains just aren't thinking very big."
Metro rates the game a 7 out of 10, comparing the title to "Grand Theft Auto V":
"Watch Dogs is a huge game and most of the content is very enjoyable. However, it is hard to understand why so much effort was put into the surrounding features when the priority should've been making the campaign missions more memorable. The missions are rarely bad but they lack the verve and invention of GTA at its best, with Watch Dogs having little sense of humour and Chicago making for a fairly generic backdrop for an already underwhelming story."
