Support NeoGAF

[McDougles]

Polygon. 8/10. Better than The Last of Us confirmed.

Spoiler

/s

 

[kitschykitty]

Giant Bomb 3/5

 

[revimack]

Looks like we're going to see a review average in the low 80s.

 

[A_Gorilla]

7 is much closer to 10 than to 0, not sure what you're ruh-rohing about

A 7/10 for a AAA game is like a 4/10 for any other game. Its been like that for years now sadly.

Luckily the other reviews are good so far.

 

[TheFNEffecT]

GiantBomb is 3/5

 

[Lingitiz]

looks like a lot of 8's and 7's

One 7 so far.

 

[StarLord]

lol you hate this game dude

Those are two legit reasons for this game not to be scored high, the AI is awful and the physics are laughable at best. Are you choosing to ignore those?

 

[Loudninja]

Yep lots of 8 scores.

 

[JayEH]

Giant Bomb is down smh

 

[mezman15]

http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/watch-dogs-review/1900-644/

3/5

 

[Miles Quaritch]

We noticed slight visual differences between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Watch Dogs. The PlayStation 4 features slightly sharper visuals, and we ran into some slight screen tearing in the Xbox One version. These issues were not enough to affect our overall enjoyment of the game, but if you have the option, we'd go with the PlayStation 4 version.

PS4 version it is.

 

[botty]

Polygon. 8/10. Better than The Last of Us confirmed.

Spoiler

/s

????

 

[Bsigg12]

Overall so far, besides a few outliers for lows and highs, it's looking to be mostly 8s and some 7s.

 

[holysan]

http://a.pomf.se/ugsnap.webm

Trains from the future.

 

[viveks86]

Gamespot - 8/10

 

[braves01]

Giant Bomb 3/5

Bombcast tomorrow will make for good listening.

 

[Confused Cheeseburger]

The only thing gamespot gives anymore is 8.0s. Why is that?

 

[Katze mit Hut]

Woaaah i´m really happy right now. Scores all alright so far

 

[Lakitu]

7 is much closer to 10 than to 0, not sure what you're ruh-rohing about

I'm not bothered by the score, but I'm sure some on GAF might be.

 

[SnakeEyes]

Joystiq - 4/5 Stars

 

[SlowRevolution]

3/5 from GB, reviewed by Jeff

http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/watch-dogs-review/1900-644/

 

[renegade_dewitt]

Giantbomb: 3/5

 

[TheXfactor]

One 7 so far.

yea just a lot of people osted it lol m bad, and a 6 from giant bomb. They arent a fan

 

[Jigorath]

Solid scores, but not really living up to the initial hype. I'll check it out if Gamefly ships it.

 

[Love Deterrence]

IGN: 8.4/10

 

[JayEH]

GiantBomb is 3/5

Whoops.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I need some 10s to get that 91 meta score dammit!

 

[SargerusBR]

http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/watch-dogs-review/1900-644/

3/5

OUCH

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Escapist - 4.5/5

Bottom Line: Polished to a mirror sheen, and bursting with content, Watch Dogs is a great looking game with a thriving open world and an empowering premise. It suffers from being an amalgamation of every other major Ubisoft game, to the point where it doesn't feel as fresh as it deserves to, but it's still a varied, rich, thoroughly dense experience.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...urce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=articles

 

[CecilRousso]

Seems like a solid game, but the hype was never warranted. Let's not repeat something like this at this years E3.

 

[Loudninja]

Solid scores, but not really living up to the initial hype. I'll check it out if Gamefly ships it.

For game that been though hell the scores are actually quite good.

 

[SkullplateMurray]

One 7 so far.

Eurogamer and Videogamer

 

[AnAngryPillock]

IGN 8.4
http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/05/27/watch-dogs-review

 

[Always-honest]

insideGamer (Dutch):
worth the wait: 9

 

[MHWilliams]

USgamer 5/5

Jaz thought it was perfect:

At this point, I don’t really know what more I can say. Watch_Dogs is a landmark, benchmark, must-buy game. It’s a challenging, rewarding, adrenaline pumping, utterly compelling spectacle that absolutely delivers on the sandbox premise by giving you a really interesting set of tools that you can use in whatever way you see fit to solve inventive, creative and exciting missions and objectives.

This is the next generation I’ve been looking for.

I thought less of it, but still think it's very good.

Watch Dogs is a very good game. It has a lot to do and will keep you occupied for a long while, but it still falls short of my all-time best, Sleeping Dogs. That title was probably one of my favorite open-world shooting/driving games ever because it’s so small and tight. Watch Dogs and other open-world titles like GTAV creak under the weight of giving the player so many things to do, which can come at the expense of focus. Sometimes, I’d just open the map in Watch Dogs and marvel at all of the different Check-Ins, Digital Trips, City Games, Fixer Contracts, Gang Hideouts, Investigations, and AR Phone Games available; other times just seeing it all would tire me out.

Watch Dogs reminds me of the first Assassin’s Creed; an impressive piece of work with a few problems and a host of potential ahead of it. The jump from Assassin’s Creed to Assassin’s Creed II was nothing short of astounding and I’m hoping the jump from Watch Dogs to Watch Dogs II is just as good. Until then, Watch Dogs is still worth a purchase.

 

[revimack]

IGN: 8.4/10

Good stuff.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Giantbomb: 3/5

jeff g. hates games confirmed.

Spoiler

jk

 

[-COOLIO-]

general consensus seems to be an 8.


k... time to sleep.

 

[TheXfactor]

Well I was expecting game of the year when they were showing it at e3 a few years back, but at least its decent.

 

[Lonestar]

Eurogamer implies that you can get invaded during campaign missions, while everywhere else says that's not supposed to happen.

 

[AdanVC]

IGN ----------- 8.4

 

[Katze mit Hut]

Escapist - 4.5/5



http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...urce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=articles

And thats a reviewer i trust.

 

[Exploratory]

Escapist - 4.5/5



http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...urce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=articles

Polished to a mirror sheen? I dunno about all that...

 

[Vire]

Disappointed to see a 3/5 from Giantbomb. Hype deflating... :/

Oh well!

 

[madmackem]

Good scores all round then. Can't wait hurry up postman.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

D'Toid - 8

Despite the fact that Watch Dogs hasn't made any meaningful impact on the genre, I found myself having a ton of fun with it. Between the deep levels of customization and the sheer breadth of content, there's no shortage of things to do. If Ubisoft can take the game's core fun factor and marry it with an actual "next-gen" experience the next time around, they'll have something truly special.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-watch-dogs-275336.phtml

 

[meanspartan]

A 7/10 for a AAA game is like a 4/10 for any other game. Its been like that for years now sadly.

Luckily the other reviews are good so far.

While I'm still gonna wait for more reviews to proclaim this a "7/10" game, if that is indeed where it lands, it is a bummer. 7 out of 10 can be good when its some game you havent heard of, see it on sale so look for a review on your phone, and find out it is decent.

7 out of 10 is lacking when its the game that originally got us hyped for next gen back at E3 2012.

 

[Beck]

Hardcore Gamer - 4/5

 

[golem]

Giant Bomb 3/5

OUCH

Even though I feel its story is often weak and its action isn't that different from other games in the genre, I still enjoyed my time with Watch Dogs. It turns out that the old stuff still works, and the strong-but-standard mission design kept me entertained, most of the time. It's rough around the edges, though, so if you don't settle for anything less than the best, you'll probably be disappointed.

But hey, Watch Dogs 2? That'll probably be pretty cool.

Sounds like they liked it overall

 

[RussellXV]

I feel better about canceling my pre-order at the last minute. Not a bad score, but not worth the purchase when MK8 is coming this Friday.