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I'm a white woman and have no trouble relating to Marcus. You know who I did have trouble with - Aiden fucking Pierce. He was just awful. Sorry Aiden, you got your niece killed and then put the rest of your family in danger. All you, buddy.
And I'm saying this as someone who had no trouble playing Trevor Phillips.

Can we just agree that Aiden Pearce is the worst videogame protagonist? I dislike him more than Kratos.
 
I did not share this hate for Aiden at that level, but Marcus is definitely a massive improvement.

I also like the take on SF much better than the take on Chicago.

The game is pretty great across the board.
 
The only issue I have with the main character in this game is wishing we could choose between a male and female option. I much, much prefer playing females in games, particularly when a game has as many great clothing options as this one.
 
I like some of the random events. Was walking by flirting with a few dudes and prostitutes when all of a sudden some woman comes smack the crap out of a car with a bat having a go at her husband. Guy then comes out and gets in the car and speeds off down the road. Hope to find more of this stuff.
 
Hey guys. Playing on PS4 Pro. Is anyone else getting/noticing game breaking framepacing issues while driving? The sudden judder/stutter is absolutely jarring and destroying my enjoyment of the game :/

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I've watched a couple streams, looked pretty good. I think all versions have framerate hitches.

Noticed this in the previous page. They had since W_D to figure this shit out, as it was plagued by the same fucking issue. Incompetence at its finest.
 
I like some of the random events. Was walking by flirting with a few dudes and prostitutes when all of a sudden some woman comes smack the crap out of a car with a bat having a go at her husband. Guy then comes out and gets in the car and speeds off down the road. Hope to find more of this stuff.

I came across the same scenario today but it was a gay guy smashing up his cheating boyfriends car.
 
The only issue I have with the main character in this game is wishing we could choose between a male and female option. I much, much prefer playing females in games, particularly when a game has as many great clothing options as this one.

Me too. The most fun I had in The Division was rooting through abandoned houses, stealing clothes, and dressing my character in pink everything.
 
The only issue I have with the main character in this game is wishing we could choose between a male and female option. I much, much prefer playing females in games, particularly when a game has as many great clothing options as this one.

That's difficult to do when the character is not necessarily a player avatar but has a clearly defined character and role in the story. Not impossible but it would require a lot of extra work.

Aiden is terrible for sure, but I don't get the Kratos comparison, Kratos is awesome!

Kratos is a fucking idiot who continually makes things worse for himself and pretty much everybody else because he can't admit his own faults and does not stop for one second to think about whether there might be another solution to the problems he faces (which he himself created for the most part) other than beating everything he comes across to a bloody pulp. It becomes increasingly hard to root for him and to justify his insane lust for revenge on everybody who looked at him sideways.
 
Can we just agree that Aiden Pearce is the worst videogame protagonist? I dislike him more than Kratos.

Nope Aiden was created to be messed up and no one could understand that simple point

They even had literal diagnosis for his psyche in the game and no one paid attention
 
Nope Aiden was created to be messed up and no one could understand that simple point

They even had literal diagnosis for his psyche in the game and no one paid attention

...I love this excuse. You were absolutely supposed to sympathize with Aiden, pretending otherwise because he's clinically diagnosed at some point is utterly hilarious.
 
Oh man, the drone. It changes everything. Doing the doxxer side mission lead me to a secluded site where I could give it a nice test run, since there were only a few guards. I hovered over them, messed with the cars (this skill is so much fun in its own right), triggered an explosion, then switched to the jumper since they were scattered. Messed with two guards' phones, and was able to drive through and hack the station. Exit out, jump on chopper, get cruising. I now want the boost upgrade to speed things up.

Topic title should be Watch_Dogs 2 |OT| Buy the drone first

I love this game. It's like the anti-GTA if you want it to be.

20 pages? Does GAF not like Watch_Dogs 2 or is this a bomba?

Sure as hell hope not because this is the most fun I've had with a Ubisoft game in... well years probably.
 
I can already tell that this game will benefit greatly for the horde mode coming in future DLC. The missions and side missions are fun but the world does feel empty in certain places.


Also is there a way to change the time of day? I only like playing at night.
 
Am I the only one that fits the driving? Arcadey controls are the best for these kinds of games where you end up doing alot more than just driving while youre on the road imo.
 
Am I the only one that fits the driving? Arcadey controls are the best for these kinds of games where you end up doing alot more than just driving while youre on the road imo.

I really hated WD1's driving, but I replayed it and Bad Blood a lot right before this came out, to the point where I was so used to it that I thought the driving felt perfectly fine. I heard they changed the driving in this one and I was afraid it was going to be hard to re-wire my brain again. It did seem a bit twitchy at first but I got used to it fast. Feels good man.
 
I can already tell that this game will benefit greatly for the horde mode coming in future DLC. The missions and side missions are fun but the world does feel empty in certain places.


Also is there a way to change the time of day? I only like playing at night.

there's a chair you can "rest" in at HQ to change the time of day I think
 
Am I the only one that fits the driving? Arcadey controls are the best for these kinds of games where you end up doing alot more than just driving while youre on the road imo.

Being arcadey has nothing to do with it since that word in itself doesn't mean anything outside of saying it isn't realistic. The driving in Watch Dogs just feels terrible due to the weird momentum and complete lack of weight.
 
I used the Jumper to taunt a bunch of civilians until they started trying to kick it and throw rocks. They got so mad they started fighting each other and there was a massive brawl on Alcatraz Island.
 
There's no way to save your game? I just went to quit and it said unsaved progress will be lost, I have no idea when it last saved
 
I'm a white woman and have no trouble relating to Marcus. You know who I did have trouble with - Aiden fucking Pierce. He was just awful. Sorry Aiden, you got your niece killed and then put the rest of your family in danger. All you, buddy.
And I'm saying this as someone who had no trouble playing Trevor Phillips.

I think it's how bland he is. He's so bland he's actually unlikable. Like, fills you with hatred, he's so generic. All his selfish trials and tribulations are so meaningless and self absorbed and we never get into his shoes.
 
I uh... found Larry David playing a saxaphone?

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I'm kinda surprised how little activity there is in the thread, game is real good. Haven't been able to stop playing it all day. The story missions are so fun.
 
I'm kinda surprised how little activity there is in the thread, game is real good. Haven't been able to stop playing it all day. The story missions are so fun.

Same here...game is so good. I guess we're enjoying it and not having time to post here :p
 
I'm kinda surprised how little activity there is in the thread, game is real good. Haven't been able to stop playing it all day. The story missions are so fun.
Like said above, lots probably got burned on WD1 and are avoiding 2, then there's also all the other November games.
I'd post more but tbch, all I've done since the game came out is cook, clean, sleep and play (not much else to do this week and the weather isn't too great)
 
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