Watch Dogs 2: 4 Years Later

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  • @Whitelight
    @Whitelight  4 роки тому +691

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    • @KageNoTenshi
      @KageNoTenshi 4 роки тому +4

      just in time for the new game to come out huh

    • @Mojavekight17
      @Mojavekight17 4 роки тому +2

      Thoughts on darksiders 2 nintendo switch version?

    • @Fran-zx5xy
      @Fran-zx5xy 4 роки тому +2

      Hey, maybe you ciuld do Los Santos next.

    • @thesussysigmacompany3086
      @thesussysigmacompany3086 4 роки тому +3

      You should do Gta V 7 years later at some point.

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  4 роки тому +41

      @@idiot5292 Yes. On the radar.

  • @jellyjohn7881
    @jellyjohn7881 3 роки тому +3344

    I dont think I've ever caused more chaos than calling the police on a massive gang hideout, then calling another gang on the police. Each kept sending in reinforcements. The pileup of destroyed cars was honestly insane. I wish more games gave you this level of control

    • @MandoThingz
      @MandoThingz 3 роки тому +176

      Best part was all the loot they drop or seeing the destruction

    • @waspywasp451
      @waspywasp451 2 роки тому +129

      Similar to this, kinda, is how I keep messing with the game's AI using the remote car controls. I absolutely love hacking police cars, making the officers run out of their cars, call reinforcements and then just move the ghost cars around. It's hilarious to see them all confused.
      Somehow it always ends up with dozens of blown up vehicles as well lol

    • @MB-lz5eb
      @MB-lz5eb 2 роки тому +40

      I am now picturing Marcus doing that after a certain death scene and standing with arms wide, possibly making conductor motions while looking over the carnage.

    • @Mercury29477
      @Mercury29477 2 роки тому +12

      I just go to elmhurst it’s a fucking war zone when you do that

    • @justuraveragecunt9005
      @justuraveragecunt9005 2 роки тому +5

      LMAO legend

  • @jackrabbit5736
    @jackrabbit5736 4 роки тому +4549

    I'll always remember Horatio dying, Then a few days later in game seeing he posted a selfie on the ingame social media site outside of Ubisoft San Fran.

    • @fortnitesucks8583
      @fortnitesucks8583 4 роки тому +335

      I remember watching the ghost of Horatio video on UA-cam

    • @goldenstunter8525
      @goldenstunter8525 4 роки тому +741

      yeah he died then responded to my image saying "cool image!" i thought "eh thought you was dead my guy"

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 3 роки тому +34

      @@goldenstunter8525 Wait What!

    • @ashb7
      @ashb7 3 роки тому +286

      Reminds me of that Republican politician who died from Covid and then managed to post on his Twitter that the mainstream media was blowing the virus out of proportion or something lol.

    • @plur5ever
      @plur5ever 3 роки тому +322

      FAKING MY DEATH PRANK WITH THE TEZCAS (NOT CLICKBAIT)

  • @GenericProtagonist7
    @GenericProtagonist7 4 роки тому +5488

    I'm pretty sure killing and crippling people while making jokes and smiling is more sociopathic than killing people while being serious.

    • @thechrisman1345
      @thechrisman1345 4 роки тому +141

      Ehhhh debatable

    • @theresurrection33
      @theresurrection33 4 роки тому +180

      Marcus wouldnt do it, he only uses the tranquilizer

    • @User71956
      @User71956 4 роки тому +230

      Nathan Drake is probably the worst happy serial killer in any sort of media.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 4 роки тому +167

      Could also be a coping mechanism. Gallows humor.

    • @LK_tutturu
      @LK_tutturu 4 роки тому +49

      @@User71956 then come tlou2, didn't end well

  • @han6211
    @han6211 4 роки тому +2596

    "text the guards some azure lane rule34 to cut off their vision" whitelight is a man of culture I see

    • @navydinosaur
      @navydinosaur 4 роки тому +60

      @@bigbric640 16:43

    • @Darkerxz
      @Darkerxz 4 роки тому +68

      Also the Honey Select DLC joke

    • @han6211
      @han6211 4 роки тому +16

      @STORM LORD google is your friend, my friend ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth 4 роки тому +8

      Lemme just pull up Nozomi for a quick search..

    • @sadpee7710
      @sadpee7710 4 роки тому +50

      uploading a 100 terabyte zip file of gay furry manga to fry their system

  • @iamfourmana
    @iamfourmana 4 роки тому +4530

    "Is it cringey? Often.
    Is it funny? Often.
    It is both kek AND cringe."
    - Sun Tzu

    • @arlaghdoth4434
      @arlaghdoth4434 4 роки тому +210

      Scary how a man who's lived so long ago could say so much accurate and quotable stuff.

    • @0x00Fyou
      @0x00Fyou 4 роки тому +136

      @@arlaghdoth4434 He's the CEO of Built different®

    • @ir6734
      @ir6734 4 роки тому +41

      ARTHUR!
      SHOW US YOUR MEMES!

    • @requiemlul3140
      @requiemlul3140 4 роки тому +31

      Sun Tzu said that and I reckon he knows a bit more about kek than you because he invented it! And then he perfected it so no man could best him the art of memeing!

    • @hshocker98
      @hshocker98 4 роки тому +23

      @@ir6734 DUTCH! DUTCH! I HAVE A MEME TO SHOW YA!

  • @tenki_
    @tenki_ 2 роки тому +941

    i played this on the hardest difficulty with the self imposed rule of not being able to kill anyone, only melee and tasing people, and it was the best AAA experience i had in years
    10/10 i recommend this to anyone

    • @John-kd2tc
      @John-kd2tc 2 роки тому +12

      I too recommend this.

    • @jensgespenst2642
      @jensgespenst2642 2 роки тому +17

      thats what I did too, since then to me its a pinnacle of singleplayer open world gaming.

    • @panditas7679
      @panditas7679 2 роки тому +2

      Should i buy watch dogs 2? I already have watch dogs 1 so im not sure if getting 2 or legion

    • @John-kd2tc
      @John-kd2tc 2 роки тому +47

      @@panditas7679 Don't get Legion. I got it and I regret it. Get Watch Dogs 2 instead. It has a more entertaining story, characters and gameplay in my opinion. It is also available for better prices.

    • @panditas7679
      @panditas7679 2 роки тому +3

      @@John-kd2tc is wd1 and 2 similar? Im sure wd2 is a good game but i feel like im buying the same game. And legion does look different

  • @acidpain6059
    @acidpain6059 4 роки тому +2867

    Marcus never struck me as someone who’d straight ice some guy for doing his job so I went through the game with a Tazer

    • @theoutsiderjess1869
      @theoutsiderjess1869 4 роки тому +193

      I only used lethal force if they had an ar or shotgun

    • @sewells13
      @sewells13 4 роки тому +416

      Same dude I watched a video somewhere when the game was dropping that the developers said you could beat the game without killing a single person so I took that challenge too heart

    • @ToyotaCamrySEv
      @ToyotaCamrySEv 4 роки тому +99

      Yea I only used guns if they pissed me off, in which case I turned into John wick and still only killed who I had to

    • @slimkt
      @slimkt 4 роки тому +115

      Same. I went through the game with the stun gun and melee. Even with the RC jumper and the quadcopter, I always used non-lethal methods. I think the only time I ever indulged in straight slaughter was the mission where you control the spider tank.

    • @verdantmischief7092
      @verdantmischief7092 4 роки тому +38

      You need to realize that these people are basically hired to kill anyone they find suspicious... I think morally it's alright to kill someone who would agree to that.

  • @bonrake
    @bonrake 4 роки тому +2189

    Don't know if I'll catch your eye but there's actually a little feature that you didn't mention . The emotes . I thought they were just there for the multiplayer , being able to wave at a player or dance in the streets seemed rather unimportant but I like experimenting with features so I tried greeting an npc and to my surprise they actually responded , I then started to flirt with some of the npcs and got some varied responses and even just dancing might earn you some attention . I think one of my favourite interactions of the game was when I was just running to a nearby objective when I noticed a couple arguing just outside their apartment . being a bit of a heckler I used the laugh emote and whilst Marcus enjoyed a good hark the couple angered by my display proceeded to curb stomp my ass into the pavement and I was left with a loading screen and a good laugh

    • @kawabatayuri
      @kawabatayuri 4 роки тому +223

      Yup ! The emotes are surprisingly fun mechanics, i remember parkouring near chinatown with my friend and we discovered a lady being harrased by two auntie shu boys, i approach them and gave them the greeting emote and then dance infront of them, the gang members obviously pissed and try to beef with me, until my friend suddenly ram the shit out them with sayonara LX in one sweep, hitting me too, the woman harrased before were trying to run but then i greet her and my friend danced, and surprisingly, she stops panicking and sort of thank us for our actions, its actually kinda impressive

    • @100gexx
      @100gexx 4 роки тому +162

      I kept flirting with a cop and they called backup and arrested me :P

    • @chinnudanturi9730
      @chinnudanturi9730 4 роки тому +16

      I did one of the emotes once but by accident but now i don't now which key should i press for the emotes (on the keyboard). I have never tried this tho.

    • @DIGITALGH05T
      @DIGITALGH05T 4 роки тому +9

      happy to see them return in legion, always a nice when u accidentally bump into a clan kelley goon, and ur able to (sometimes) calm them down by doing the pacify emote

    • @E_2the_mma
      @E_2the_mma 4 роки тому +34

      Absolutely one of the things I liked to do was when your scanning people and it shows their mood if I saw someone was sad I would start dancing and it would cheer them up

  • @imfamiliar.
    @imfamiliar. 4 роки тому +1768

    This guy could talk about a wall for an hour and make it interesting

    • @bankroiii7278
      @bankroiii7278 3 роки тому +14

      Facts

    • @devinpaul9026
      @devinpaul9026 3 роки тому +40

      Well, the wall might need some sort of hook first. You know, to get it in the door.

    • @badreedinedjellali1328
      @badreedinedjellali1328 3 роки тому +6

      I'm definitely getting this game it looks freaking awesome

    • @Quack_attack_
      @Quack_attack_ 3 роки тому +8

      Im an architect so i actually find walls very interesting

    • @bigb0ss282
      @bigb0ss282 Рік тому +1

      Yuck. Don't force it that much.

  • @SzThBence
    @SzThBence 4 роки тому +969

    The fact that you can pump out these extremely high quallity, engageing, 90 minute videos that are written so well, that you don't even notice the length is amazing. Keep it up Whitelight, your stuff always makes my day

    • @abloshow91
      @abloshow91 4 роки тому +6

      @@Whitelight call him out! call him out!

    • @abloshow91
      @abloshow91 4 роки тому +2

      @Peter Lustig you spelled pretentious in the ironic format.

    • @collinparks5462
      @collinparks5462 4 роки тому +2

      Didn't realize it was 90min till I saw your comment

    • @spunkysamuel
      @spunkysamuel 4 роки тому +1

      @Peter Lustig "Typical console peasant" lmao

    • @Zorooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
      @Zorooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 4 роки тому +3

      @Peter Lustig ironic how you failed to actually mention why his videos aren't good

  • @Grim_Pinata
    @Grim_Pinata 4 роки тому +2216

    Whitelight is one of the few critics who, while acknowledging Ubisoft's longstanding core issues, also acknowledges that they're one of the only open world devs who are genuinely innovating and pushing for systemic design in their games to an amazing degree.
    Thanks, Whitelight.

    • @snakeslife-uroborodjinn790
      @snakeslife-uroborodjinn790 4 роки тому +60

      He's one of the few who do that indeed. Other people in the business have their reasons for boycotting Ubisoft. Jim Sterling for example has a friend who was sexually harassed in the company.

    • @m.a.k.dynasty4504
      @m.a.k.dynasty4504 4 роки тому +54

      @@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790
      They may have their reasons for trying to boycott Ubisoft, but there's a good reason why Ubisoft is still around to this day and still as popular as ever.

    • @pxnk_n_disorderly
      @pxnk_n_disorderly 4 роки тому +4

      Is your avatar the guy that goes “I like your funny words magic man?”

    • @Sam-gf6ue
      @Sam-gf6ue 4 роки тому +83

      Ubisoft games are always 7/10. Never perfect but always fun and graphically impressive

    • @MagiofAsura
      @MagiofAsura 4 роки тому +18

      @@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790 it's the cool thing to hate on popular things

  • @ililili6350
    @ililili6350 3 роки тому +2323

    This game is quite literally the definition of modern nostalgia

    • @blaketudge2611
      @blaketudge2611 3 роки тому +22

      Was looking for that comment I thought I was the only one lol

    • @alexandraromanescu5576
      @alexandraromanescu5576 3 роки тому +29

      This amd WD1

    • @jadet-g1486
      @jadet-g1486 3 роки тому +8

      mind explaining that to me? idk what you mean.

    • @ililili6350
      @ililili6350 3 роки тому +207

      @@jadet-g1486 it feels like you're playing a game from your childhood despite it being a new game. Its because of all the colors, the music, the environment, etc

    • @jadet-g1486
      @jadet-g1486 3 роки тому +6

      @@ililili6350 ah I see. Thanks

  • @TehYosher
    @TehYosher 4 роки тому +961

    I'm a small-time game dev and listening to these helps get me through the day, thank you!

    • @thegamerzoildv2183
      @thegamerzoildv2183 4 роки тому +8

      Your the only game dev that would listen to fans

    • @DriscolDevil
      @DriscolDevil 4 роки тому +55

      @@thegamerzoildv2183 there are actually a lot of devs that interact with and listen to fans.

    • @jimboringo9958
      @jimboringo9958 4 роки тому

      Hello small-time dev

    • @nickk7140
      @nickk7140 4 роки тому +1

      You’re a crappy developer quit

    • @DriscolDevil
      @DriscolDevil 4 роки тому +30

      @@nickk7140 What makes you say that?
      I mean, aside from poor impulse control.

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher 4 роки тому +584

    Watch Dogs 2 is the superior game simply on the merit that it lets me watch actual dogs

    • @lol_vevo
      @lol_vevo 4 роки тому +86

      Irrefutable proof right here. Checkmate liberals

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 4 роки тому +8

      Take a well deserved 69!

    • @thechrisman1345
      @thechrisman1345 4 роки тому +8

      And PET THEMM

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 3 роки тому +1

      Just for this pun alone take this like

    • @gonzolonzo1383
      @gonzolonzo1383 3 роки тому +3

      The dog graphics are pretty superior

  • @dragoxk4542
    @dragoxk4542 2 роки тому +68

    Nothing more satisfying than pulling out your phone, and watching Marcus actually pull his phone out, picking your favourite song and going ham on a mission. Stealth, combat, ghost, whatever. All of it felt good with Spaz by NERD playing in the background.

  • @HausAbendrot
    @HausAbendrot 4 роки тому +669

    "Cars handle better going backwards than they do forwards"
    Yep, sounds like a French Studio made this game.

    • @blackjack5167
      @blackjack5167 4 роки тому +8

      @Karm G what are you talking about lol

    • @okenok
      @okenok 4 роки тому

      @@blackjack5167 yeah Idk what ww have anything to do with this

    • @DsgSleazy
      @DsgSleazy 4 роки тому +1

      @Karm G lmao that got off track but you're not lying, as a history nerd focusing on Canadians in ww2 is fun asf because they did some crazy shit.

    • @No-mq5lw
      @No-mq5lw 4 роки тому +2

      @Karm G Quebec is fairly French, with Ubisoft itself being a French company.

    • @dayglo98
      @dayglo98 4 роки тому +1

      @@No-mq5lw Quebec as a whole is overwhelmingly french speaking but Montreal were that game was made has a lot of english speaking citizens.

  • @prateeksharmakharel7678
    @prateeksharmakharel7678 4 роки тому +730

    Ma man still buying Honey Select DLC after the second game's already come out.

    • @rclone1916
      @rclone1916 4 роки тому +24

      not to mention dx(dlc) is already announced

    • @prateeksharmakharel7678
      @prateeksharmakharel7678 4 роки тому +11

      @@rclone1916 Damn, I just looked into it looks very promising.

    • @Sevro720
      @Sevro720 4 роки тому +7

      third*

    • @Regret2001
      @Regret2001 4 роки тому +5

      Honey select dx is gonna be lit

    • @gabrielandrade9237
      @gabrielandrade9237 4 роки тому +4

      damn, did it came out? thank you for the information, random commenter

  • @Total_DuDe
    @Total_DuDe 2 роки тому +976

    Watch_Dogs 2 is the only stealth game I know where if you see the objective, "Stealth is optional" you default to stealth.

    • @AMaidenlessRunt
      @AMaidenlessRunt 2 роки тому +80

      you should play metal gears solid v and ghost recon wildlands

    • @geliussun
      @geliussun 2 роки тому +73

      On the other end of the spectre is PAYDAY 2.
      "Stealth is an option"
      -it sure is *SIMON VIKLUND MUSIC INTENSIFIES*

    • @lolgeertlol
      @lolgeertlol 2 роки тому +4

      @@geliussun I played many ours to those soundtracks, I miss playing it sometimes

    • @JuliaJvn_6
      @JuliaJvn_6 2 роки тому

      @@AMaidenlessRunt bro if you miss a shot with the zzz
      You WILL DIE

    • @prla5400
      @prla5400 2 роки тому +3

      @@AMaidenlessRunt Wildlands was hard as balls

  • @josh2.623
    @josh2.623 4 роки тому +507

    To be honest, as someone with high-functioning autism, I feel pretty satisfied with Josh’s character in this game.
    At least it’s more Abed Nadir than Sheldon Cooper.

    • @christiancolon8748
      @christiancolon8748 4 роки тому +31

      Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool

    • @josh2.623
      @josh2.623 4 роки тому +97

      @James Gratz I feel like Josh’s character in the game accurately portrays what a person with high functioning autism would behave like, and I’m pretty sure he was written by someone with autism too.
      I think whitelight is wrong when he says that Josh’s autism is played for a joke, I think that’s it’s more character based humour, and that’s just how Josh would react in those scenarios.
      Josh can be cold and distant, but he’s good at what he knows, and he uses his skills for a good cause.

    • @girlmadeofwires
      @girlmadeofwires 4 роки тому +8

      @Leonidas Phere I have ADHD, which surprisingly has more co-morbidities with autism than you'd expect. While that's not the same as being a trained psychologist, one of the things that I learned from my therapists/doctors is that one of the gauges for severity of a psychiatric condition is how much it's tangibly impacting the patient's life. And while there are guidelines for these things usually (i.e. the DSM-V), it's mostly the doctor making a judgment call based on the information they working with.

    • @dragos8839
      @dragos8839 4 роки тому +8

      Jeff, are you aware that by throwing the dice you're creating 6 different timelines ?

    • @josh2.623
      @josh2.623 4 роки тому +4

      @@dragos8839 of course I do, Abed.

  • @DropDeezDrops
    @DropDeezDrops 4 роки тому +784

    When's the 'Watch Dogs: Legion, 1 day later.' dropping?

    • @Sophie_the_Sapphic
      @Sophie_the_Sapphic 4 роки тому +84

      "Don't answer that. A rhetorical question." - Max Payne

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  4 роки тому +461

      Now. It's pretty fun. Intro is sloppier than 2's, but I'm enjoying everything so far. The fear of death changes the experience at a fundamental level.

    • @slumberless7605
      @slumberless7605 4 роки тому +68

      @@Whitelight When's the Driver San Francisco 9 years later droppin?

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  4 роки тому +201

      @@slumberless7605 Sooner than you think. So not very soon at all, but soon-ish kinda.

    • @BioWeirdo
      @BioWeirdo 4 роки тому +19

      @@Whitelight Does the game actually let you play as anyone?

  • @noahanderson4310
    @noahanderson4310 3 роки тому +526

    I've been playing a bunch of older Ubisoft titles recently. I think that these games are a whole lot better if you're not influenced by the hype that these games usually have

    • @rusteddenial453
      @rusteddenial453 3 роки тому +26

      ubisoft just is what cyberpunk did but every game

    • @ronnieradon
      @ronnieradon 3 роки тому +54

      Also helps when you havent just spent $60 on them lol

    • @legofrodobaggins9339
      @legofrodobaggins9339 3 роки тому +5

      Definitely. I’ve always mostly had tons of fun with Ubisoft games and start wondering why people hate them so much. Until I realize that it was released 2-3 years ago and I bought it on sale for like 10 dollars.

    • @ronnieradon
      @ronnieradon 3 роки тому +33

      @@legofrodobaggins9339 it’s nice being a “patient gamer” sometimes, although occasionally I splurge more than I should on an amount of games I’ll won’t play all the way through for a few years :o

    • @burneraccount5591
      @burneraccount5591 2 роки тому +4

      This along with price drops are why I don’t buy games day 1. Once they hype dies down and I get the game for a fairer price I judge it

  • @Evanz111
    @Evanz111 4 роки тому +143

    Watch Dogs 2 is one of the only games I’ve got a platinum for on PS4 and I didn’t even have to try to get it. I was just naturally engaging with all of the content the game has to offer and enjoyed it enough to 100% the game’s content and features. So few games can keep my attention that way these days.

    • @Evanz111
      @Evanz111 4 роки тому +14

      @Bored Again Same here. A platinum should be to highlight your passion for a game, not your obsession.

    • @OutlawedPoet
      @OutlawedPoet 4 роки тому +3

      too bad the game is unoptimized as hell
      quite sad too as it had some cool technologies like 8x TXAA, temporal filtering, and HTFS.

    • @yupadej4361
      @yupadej4361 4 роки тому +4

      Its the incredible amount of ways you can do a mission.

  • @hex9318
    @hex9318 4 роки тому +950

    4 years later and you still haven't come back from buying cigarettes. :\

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 4 роки тому +28

      Nah, that's Shammy. The guy who sounds like Dushan.

    • @Spot_Faceless-Soldier
      @Spot_Faceless-Soldier 4 роки тому +2

      @@SianaGearz i can't believe you just said that, now I'm not gonna unhear it

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 4 роки тому +6

      @@Spot_Faceless-Soldier That's not me, it was RIGHT here in the video.

    • @Spot_Faceless-Soldier
      @Spot_Faceless-Soldier 4 роки тому

      @@SianaGearz oh, i guess i zoned out while he said or something

    • @ThreeProphets
      @ThreeProphets 4 роки тому +2

      ??? Whitelight's your dad?

  • @toshchos
    @toshchos 2 роки тому +57

    one of the best things about this game is the ability to play music all time. listening to outkast, and then some shoegaze, and the some butt-ass rock while completing the main story is just too good

    • @wilddog9
      @wilddog9 Рік тому +8

      It's insane to me that more open-world games don't do this. WD2 did it and implemented it in a way that fits with the game world, I love it.

    • @Jackson-sr4fk
      @Jackson-sr4fk 9 місяців тому +2

      shoegaze in wd2? never noticed

  • @fromklay6518
    @fromklay6518 4 роки тому +113

    i've gathered all my family members around the laptop to show them my beats as seen in the wild. they're all confused, given that they thought i was dead for the past 9 months.
    absolute pleasure working with you too, btw.

    • @kin-3877
      @kin-3877 4 роки тому +12

      I wish I could add your tracks to wd2 because they fit so perfectly

    • @EmilSinclairDM
      @EmilSinclairDM 4 роки тому +6

      What drugs did you take? I want some.

  • @freerun1207
    @freerun1207 4 роки тому +803

    The “assassins creed without templars, hidden blades or hoods” joke got me. Well done.
    I miss old AC.

    • @hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597
      @hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597 4 роки тому +9

      I like this AC more tbh

    • @terreanlofton7627
      @terreanlofton7627 4 роки тому +25

      @@hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597 I like all assassins creed but odyssey

    • @hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597
      @hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597 4 роки тому +63

      @@terreanlofton7627 odyssey just doesn’t deserve the title assassins creed

    • @renzo8346
      @renzo8346 4 роки тому +39

      Ac odyssey has hoods but no fuckin hidden blades. Odyssey is a very good game. It doesnt feel like an ac game though

    • @hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597
      @hdhehsnidhrsjndhxudbrnf5597 4 роки тому +7

      @@renzo8346 one of its big issues is how stiff the moment feels on horse riding

  • @lachmowe1642
    @lachmowe1642 3 роки тому +168

    I loved even the really little details.
    For example, if you park your car under a Tree, from the tree would leafs fall down and physically land on the car

    • @flyingplantwhale545
      @flyingplantwhale545 Рік тому +6

      Oh man I love that kind of stuff

    • @onouphrios
      @onouphrios Рік тому +2

      one of the most visually stunning games i've played despite it coming out in 2016

  • @LeoKRogue
    @LeoKRogue 4 роки тому +591

    Hell yes. Perfect release date.
    edit: LMAO, "The Sons of Ragnarok" _oookayyyy hahahaha_ Clever.
    Finished now.
    That ending kind of... made me a bit emotional, to be honest. The idea that these people, this company, _aren't_ scumbags necessarily, certainly not the ones in the trenches who are just doing their best, the ones who _aren't_ in management positions, the women and men who are doing what they can to do their work, to make good art, good code, good writing, and ship games that they do genuinely believe in. Well phrased. It hurts. I wish things weren't this way, but alas. Maybe in time.

    • @bikkyychaudhry4510
      @bikkyychaudhry4510 4 роки тому +4

      Oh hey Leo!

    • @thiagochapadense874
      @thiagochapadense874 4 роки тому +1

      Hello, Mentor !

    • @Hearthian
      @Hearthian 4 роки тому +3

      Leo K and Whitelight, the gods among us

    • @BigNutJuice
      @BigNutJuice 4 роки тому +1

      Leo and Whitelight crossover?

    • @ThreeProphets
      @ThreeProphets 4 роки тому +8

      It's up to us to hold them accountable. When the management is done shuffling in and out like they're playing director hot potato, we have to enforce reasonable standards. Moving the goalpost and saying things like "Well what do you expect from Ubisoft?" will lead right down the same slippery slope that EA fell victim to years ago

  • @thomast.6688
    @thomast.6688 4 роки тому +1019

    4 years later and still my favorite ubisoft game. I developed some real memories playing this amazing game.

    • @GoinGreninja
      @GoinGreninja 4 роки тому +12

      Same.

    • @sosaonthebeat1695
      @sosaonthebeat1695 4 роки тому +48

      One of the odd memories I have playing this game is when I would get on top of a truck and my friend would drive it around and we would just see how long we could go on killing sprees.

    • @mitch_sugardad4579
      @mitch_sugardad4579 4 роки тому +77

      The NPC's and world felt so alive. All the random encounters, the little chats between NPC's and the world itself was amazing. Better than Legion even, played that recently and it isn't as alive as WD2.

    • @ellinikoptero7355
      @ellinikoptero7355 4 роки тому +11

      I can still remember a friend of mine and I just playing the game just 3 years ago. The multiplayer was so much fun.

    • @WIProgress
      @WIProgress 4 роки тому +4

      I got it for free on epic and it was cool to relive game, it is fun. Ps. I had it on ps4 am on pc now.

  • @worm5arecool
    @worm5arecool 2 роки тому +148

    Ah man, I bought WD2 about four months ago since it was nearly 80% off, and I've recently started, actually playing it. Such a fun game. It's so unique compared to other relatively-alike parkour/fighting games.

  • @weezersthebluealbum9479
    @weezersthebluealbum9479 4 роки тому +398

    This is probably one of the most underrated Ubisoft games in years.

    • @rhemedyextract
      @rhemedyextract 4 роки тому +26

      What about Watch_ dogs 1

    • @calus_bath_water
      @calus_bath_water 4 роки тому +58

      @@rhemedyextract imo whilst wd1 had a better story it was a lot less fun to play

    • @rhemedyextract
      @rhemedyextract 4 роки тому +22

      @@calus_bath_water true. Thanks for not getting hostile!

    • @grandisonshindana3096
      @grandisonshindana3096 4 роки тому +23

      I'll take the John Wick sim over Saints Row: Hipster Edition everytime. Different strokes move the world (yes it does)...Cheers!

    • @Azoedud
      @Azoedud 4 роки тому +6

      @@grandisonshindana3096 Lol if you play it as a third person shooter you're obviously getting shit results, learn to play stealth like the video says

  • @highlivin1917
    @highlivin1917 4 роки тому +282

    Infiltrating a base with the RC car and completing your goals there without ever setting foot into it yourself was one of the most satisfying things to me in this game lol the havoc you can cause without actually being there is just amazing.

    • @jamsya493
      @jamsya493 3 роки тому +9

      Yup. Tricksters 4 life

    • @kitrodriguez992
      @kitrodriguez992 2 роки тому +11

      Call infinite police into a gang base from a mile away and get the money bag without trying. lol

    • @MB-lz5eb
      @MB-lz5eb 2 роки тому +2

      @@jamsya493 Trickster or ghost?

  • @andrewnachamkin7071
    @andrewnachamkin7071 3 роки тому +69

    Favorite part of this game was how many ways you could achieve a goal. If you wanted to infiltrate a base by sending in a drone that dropped shockers, you could. If you wanted to drive a truck into the base instead, you also could. Felt like you had so much flexibility.

  • @websitecommentator2825
    @websitecommentator2825 4 роки тому +477

    Watch Dogs: Joker (2019)
    Watch Dogs 2: Batman (1966)

  • @delta-a17
    @delta-a17 4 роки тому +71

    "In a world without gold, we might've been heroes."
    This quote stuck with me even after playing the game, thought it was just me but everything from the content to the delivery of that line and its place in narrative context was haunting.
    I'm glad you brought it up in this context.

  • @claritycontrol1530
    @claritycontrol1530 4 роки тому +174

    I love the characters in WD2, but your video on WD1 made me realise how much I preferred the darker tone of it. I feel like WD1 definitely could've been better, but was still a great game that goes over an ever-growing issue of our time: surveillance.
    I feel like, with a bit more fleshing out and nuance, Aiden would definitely have made an incredible protagonist who manages to set him apart from the typical good guy.

    • @Koffiato
      @Koffiato Рік тому +20

      I liked that Aiden wasn't the good guy. I much preferred his way of asserting violence over people - in his opinion- deserve it. That just sits right with dystopic surveillance world it depicts. Aiden does not seek to free the people, Aiden seeks revenge, and revenge only. Fucked up things he does sits well with his character. Also, it had (altough not fleshed out) a reputation system where it had at least some consequences over killing civilians/cops.
      What WD2 depicts, characters does and characters talk about is unconnected at best on the other hand. Marcus & the gang act cute, "non-lethal" yet they're perfectly fine with running people over, bashing skulls with a damn billiard ball. It doesn't fit their 'vibe'. They play the hero, but end up as much villain as Aiden if not more. This really broke my immersion playing it.
      Watch Dogs 2 does many things right, but tone & consistency ain't one of them.

    • @Silentguy_
      @Silentguy_ Рік тому +2

      I was never really exposed to the hype of WD1 so I didn't play it until about 18 months after it came out and it ended up being one of my most enjoyed games. I liked the darker tone and the moral grey of everything. This part is hard for me to put into words, but I liked the world and atmosphere because it somehow managed to be dystopian in a way that you really only see in futuristic sci-fi novels, yet also stayed managed to stay relatively grounded in reality.

    • @godzillazfriction
      @godzillazfriction Рік тому +1

      ​​@@Koffiatobut doesn't the game/ubisoft paint WD2 as a whole as some sort of poetic irony in regards towards Marcus/DeDsec...
      giving how the marketing worked for the game; in the cinematic trailer, Marcus causes a car crash, gets exited then wheelies then there's his dedsec buddy shooting a gun at the government or law enforcement or whoever and then there are whole riots with DedSec followers destroying a random car

  • @puni_lp
    @puni_lp 4 роки тому +140

    I still remamber this one moment where I was just parkouring and then just randomly noticed a women kicking out a man out of her house and I used some electrik station to shock him and the woman instead of being shoked just laughed, wich would mean that the npc actually have some kind of ralationships to each other

    • @noobguy9973
      @noobguy9973 4 роки тому +11

      well by the rules of the internet ı gotta say this *inhales* SIMP!!! :D

    • @kaiserkiefer1760
      @kaiserkiefer1760 4 роки тому +31

      The chick was a domestic abuser and you punished the victim.😂

    • @puni_lp
      @puni_lp 4 роки тому +11

      @Mike Marlowe bro I was like 13 and did not think about wat I was doing and chill ist a game man xD

    • @puni_lp
      @puni_lp 4 роки тому

      @Mike Marlowe just wanted to clarify xD

    • @invictine
      @invictine 4 роки тому +1

      @Mike Marlowe i just planted a ied up a dog's ass and blasted it. its much more fun than you think

  • @redross7775
    @redross7775 4 роки тому +311

    Has anyone noticed that the “years later” are reducing?

    • @calebmurphy9406
      @calebmurphy9406 4 роки тому +90

      That's how the progression of time works.

    • @thethunders6733
      @thethunders6733 4 роки тому +24

      @@calebmurphy9406 Not really. It kinda gets longer and longer

    • @Icecastles4000
      @Icecastles4000 4 роки тому +13

      @@calebmurphy9406 NOT SCIENTIFICLY POSSIBLE

    • @victorbartlinski4319
      @victorbartlinski4319 4 роки тому +50

      Probably cause his channel's growing and he wants to review certain things sooner rather than later

    • @sadpee7710
      @sadpee7710 4 роки тому +2

      games based on good graphics age faster, . maybe AAA games are improving graphics faster than before. just something to think about. might be part of the reason. idk

  • @kepler_591b2
    @kepler_591b2 3 роки тому +153

    Looking forward to "Cyberpunk: 6 years later"

  • @oversharingturtle4462
    @oversharingturtle4462 4 роки тому +87

    The one time UA-cam notifications work... and I’m so glad!

  • @riyadh_reprise
    @riyadh_reprise 3 роки тому +443

    I seriously love the art style of watchdogs 2, and I’d love to be a part of dedsec if it was a thing IRL. The team is so vibrant and stylish and they live so free. A dream

  • @Mathjuus
    @Mathjuus Рік тому +6

    I seriously can not fathom the level of your videos, i really enjoy them.
    Ive never felt more engaged and interesed in the little nitty gritty details of a game, perhaps ive been playing in zombie mode ignoring everything that stood out odd to me. You've changed that, turned around my perspective on games completley, i now really enjoy the small things, the unnoticeable, when a game manages to steal my attention for longer then it should have or creates a mechanic so obvious i dont question it.
    Kudos to you. Cheers from Norway.

  • @exoscience
    @exoscience 4 роки тому +128

    I knew Horatio was going to die because I chose to do as many side quests as possible before doing the main story, and he’s not present for any of them (iirc). It makes sense design-wise, because if you go do those missions after he dies and he speaks, it completely breaks your immersion, but it still kind of adds to what WL said about the cast being so underdeveloped, and Horatio having 0 input in side missions really hurts his character.

    • @potatoesblink3299
      @potatoesblink3299 4 роки тому +18

      I thought he was gonna betray dedsec cuz of his absence in the side quests. I didn't think he'd get wacked

    • @darkmatter_noskill3449
      @darkmatter_noskill3449 4 роки тому +22

      maybe during sidequests, recorded message of Horatio could play to guide you through the mission, since he is the only member that works in nudle he's got no time talking to Marcus. After his death, his recordings could strengthen his connection and build his character without him being present

    • @theofficialhankhill3280
      @theofficialhankhill3280 3 роки тому +2

      They should've made it so that his side quests disappear and then come back after you beat the game

    • @whodatninja439
      @whodatninja439 3 роки тому +4

      Also when Wrench is like "maybe Tbone works for fbi and is a bad guy!", i was like no since he was in so many side missions and dlc.

    • @stefanocanicchio7278
      @stefanocanicchio7278 2 роки тому +1

      @@potatoesblink3299 I was thinking the same think, before the mission where he die

  • @johncarlofernandez2698
    @johncarlofernandez2698 4 роки тому +177

    Title: Watch Dogs 2: 4 years lat...
    Me: WAIT 4 YEARS?!

  • @notmoriarty2541
    @notmoriarty2541 4 роки тому +29

    One of the most confusing parts of this game is towards the end, where they want you to walk right through the front door of the big bad corporation that is literally actively looking for you.
    The front desk has no reaction to your appearance.

    • @CQchaos7474
      @CQchaos7474 2 роки тому

      The most confusing part to me was how after hours of mowing down everyone in my way I just let some fat troglodyte blackmail me. There were much quicker solutions to the prime 8 issue

  • @raccoonatic4459
    @raccoonatic4459 3 роки тому +95

    almost 5 years later and this is still my favorite game, the 149 hours I have on this game were all great

    • @julybeeb4614
      @julybeeb4614 Рік тому +4

      I played it last july of 2022 i Will Tell you it's my favorite game of all time. I even got all trophy nearly 100 + hours i put in that game. I finishd wd1 hope wd3 is even better.

  • @legateelizabeth
    @legateelizabeth 4 роки тому +77

    Holy shit I'm in this video. Thanks, man.
    While it's been YEARS since I played this game so my memories have long since washed away the bad, preserved the good, and filled in all the gaps with "What might and should have been", I feel like this vid shifted my opinions a little. The bit with no real psychological consequences for Horatio's death and the gang causing it being incongruent with the corp focus is particularly true.
    The bit about "why doesn't Dushan have a philosophical backing for being a greedy corporate prick" strikes me a little odd though. What backing do greedy corporate shits irl have for their actions? None, none that don't fall apart at the scrutiny of their actions and foundations at least; it's just greed and lust for money and power. Life is often shades of grey, but often isn't always - sometimes there really are just awful people out for themselves and screw everyone else. I don't think it's a negative to portray that.
    Though "people don't know what they want" is an interesting route to explore that they REALLY don't. Maybe it just strikes a little too close to more "anti-democracy" talking points (if people don't know what they want, why should they vote?), which naturally makes people a little uncomfortable to really entertain. Though man if that in itself wouldn't be interesting to explore. You have this big grand system of predictive algorithms that know you better than you know yourself, like that story of a woman's advertising on the internet knowing she was pregnant before she did; so taken to it's logical conclusion, if it can predict so much of us and knows us so intimately every second of every day... why not vote for us? The Algorithm already knows how we'll vote, after all. Something for other speculative fiction to explore, maybe.
    DeadSec I think you kinda hit on it - they're a domestic terror group in action, but internet activists in tone. Whilst these things aren't necessarily *impossible* to gel together - what, you think actual domestic terrorists don't laugh at memes and enjoy movies, they just sit in a corner all day rubbing their hands together muttering about how "they'll all be sorry"? - it'd require a much much more character-rich exploration or foundation than what Watch_Dogs 2 has to the point it'd likely have to be the sole focus. And even for me it'd be a stretch to say "Hey maybe the whole 'freedom to murder' people thing is a commentary on how quickly society at large forgets atrocious things", I don't think that was the intention, however much I might enjoy playing Devil's Advocate of pretending that it was.
    It's so easy to be blinded by their charms though. Maybe I was, and like I said, memory has since filled in all the gaps and plastered over the shortcomings.
    I think part of the differing views might be from me having a much more pessimistic view. I think if something like Blume exists, if megacorps are as powerful as they are - which I think they are - then we're already too late, and no amount of domestic terrorists or nerds on computers is going to fix that. So in that sense, Watch_Dogs 2 is pure fantasy, the fantasy of actually being able to win that fight. The tone on the corporate side is good cyberpunk, the tone in the everything-else sense is wish fulfilment; if we're going to portray a world where we can play our Gary Stu and 'hack teh world!!1!' to bring down the corruption we all know companies have, why not throw in all the nerdy movie talk and keep everything jovial? It's already a fantasy, after all.
    That's something my memory definitely changed; it forgot that Watch_Dogs 2 isn't a dystopia with a smiling face, it's a power fantasy, directed at the mega conglomerates that are today's evil dragons and all the smiling triumph that such a story contains. It just had enough of the former that that was what took root.
    You mentioned how the game's concepts don't scare, but well... are you scared in real life? In times when you really stop to think about it, maybe, but for the most part you're on the internet, talking to friends and... playing video games, where you get to be the hero and make a difference, all the big bad uncomfortable edges sanded away. That every piece of anti-corp media is in itself a kind of propaganda to keep us docile; a sinister meta-commentary of "Aren't you laughing and having fun pretending while not actually doing anything about the real world equivalents?", if anything even could be done. Is that intentional? Eh, probably not, but that Death of the Author take at least resonated with me.
    Have fun in Legion. Here's to hoping it keeps doing something new, even it doesn't nail it perfectly, rather than just becoming another of the neon-soaked trend.

  • @Me_Myself_Maly
    @Me_Myself_Maly Рік тому +17

    Your writing is so interesting. The way you intertwine sentences and carefully balance subjects as you flow into the next subject with a consistent cadence. Slowly building to a punchline or satisfying climax. It had me rewinding multiple multiple times. I really hope you do Legion someday and I can’t wait to see it if you do.

  • @titengods
    @titengods 4 роки тому +310

    Need for speed: least wanted AHAHAHA this guy's jokes are one of the biggest selling points of his channel
    ubisoft take notes please

  • @PohatuEudyptulaMinor
    @PohatuEudyptulaMinor 4 роки тому +136

    "UA-cam, you're making me want to commit backwards vehicle act"
    Lines like these are why I always come back to your videos

    • @zyxluz4645
      @zyxluz4645 3 роки тому +8

      *Adjust glasses*
      *Clears throat*
      Hum, AcTuAlLy it's "hack" not "act"

  • @tweeekking
    @tweeekking 3 роки тому +412

    I believe Watch Dogs 2 had the characters always being so light-hearted because if it made them more serious during all this, you would quickly have realised that they are not the "good guys." and a lot of the things they do are unethical and excessive. The light-heartedness distracts you from the severity of DedSec's actions. Because while Dusan wasn't good, DedSec wasn't a lot better.

    • @yourcucumberissoftandyourg3114
      @yourcucumberissoftandyourg3114 3 роки тому +60

      The characters were just generic quickly hipsters.

    • @echo3788
      @echo3788 3 роки тому +92

      valid point, Josh points out the hypocrisy of the usage of the profiler and Marcus just goes ''its for the greater good''
      and then there's the bit where Wrench shuts down the power for an entire city, T Bone even pointing that out

    • @9308323
      @9308323 3 роки тому +40

      "...Wasn't a lot better" is a very generous way of putting it. They're actually much worse than Blume ever was. They'd happily kill tens of people, at least, for the lulz.

    • @Myname-cb9ru
      @Myname-cb9ru Рік тому +8

      People forget that they're based of anonymous. And while anonymous did a good thing every once in a while, they spawned as a trolling group, to hack and troll people. DedSec is entire that.

    • @ihavementalproblemssodontm3050
      @ihavementalproblemssodontm3050 Рік тому +15

      @@9308323 not really. There`s no cutscene where a member of Dedsec kills a person, and I like to think that canonically they didn't kill no one (my whole gameplay was pacific, I just couldn't see Marcus being able to kill someone. I used hacking, distraction and the toy car to complete almost every mission)

  • @SpinningTurtle66
    @SpinningTurtle66 4 роки тому +325

    This game is so damn fun. Watch Dogs Legion seems to be focused primarily on having fun, but this game still feels like the best Watch Dogs game in terms on gameplay. The drones are incredibly fun to use and Marcus controls like a dream. The story is fine, but it’s enjoyable. I know at least one hundred unique locations in this game I can find pretty much instantly on this map. As much as I am enjoying Legion, if we got a game with the exact same play style as WD2 with upgrades in the rough areas, I think I’ll have a contender for most fun game ever. Oh, and find some way to make hacking actually fun rather than cool in concept.
    *EDIT:* Oh, but I still think that a complete overhaul of Watch Dogs (the original) with the same basic structure and story boarding would be an excellent game

    • @maverickslastoddworld6476
      @maverickslastoddworld6476 4 роки тому +27

      Just play watchdogs 1 as a complete badass like john wick and youll be fine

    • @thisstatementisfalsenothin5312
      @thisstatementisfalsenothin5312 4 роки тому +26

      @@maverickslastoddworld6476 I agree the first watchdogs was the closest thing to a John Wick game we’re probably gonna get

    • @stevevigilante9944
      @stevevigilante9944 3 роки тому +13

      For me wd1 is the best

    • @emulatorisland7417
      @emulatorisland7417 3 роки тому +9

      @@stevevigilante9944 Understandable, I love WD2 but I sometimes wish some of the darkness and grittiness did carry over to Watch Dogs 2, but all in all both are amazing games, but for me I'd say WD2.

    • @someguy8951
      @someguy8951 3 роки тому +3

      @@thisstatementisfalsenothin5312 No no that's Max Payne 3

  • @z4chdiablo694
    @z4chdiablo694 4 роки тому +808

    I miss watch dogs 2's cast of characters and the personality. There is literally 0 of that in legion haha.

    • @Baba-li6hc
      @Baba-li6hc 4 роки тому +141

      You can play as a grandma. That is amazing for me, no action game has ever let you play as a hacker grandma.

    • @zackaryladue9705
      @zackaryladue9705 4 роки тому +43

      hopefully the Aiden DLC story will offer that story

    • @anoofadam351
      @anoofadam351 4 роки тому +29

      What cast of character?? They are all unrealistic as characters and people.

    • @ahirbhattacharjee2352
      @ahirbhattacharjee2352 4 роки тому +94

      however cringy and over the top wrench was , i missed him when i played Legion

    • @cookiehustle
      @cookiehustle 4 роки тому +4

      my favourite was the only other black guy and they killed him off 😤

  • @stomcode
    @stomcode Рік тому +18

    This game is the peak of Ubisoft. It delivers in almost every aspect possible. Well, except for the relatively short main story. The city is full of life, details, and conversations between NPCs based on previous missions. It is actually alive.

  • @onegrinchyboi4279
    @onegrinchyboi4279 4 роки тому +72

    Litterally just finished your darksiders 2 3-hour masterpiece, and now have another 1-and-a-half hour long video of yours to watch. Shook.

  • @crasyman101
    @crasyman101 2 роки тому +44

    Horatio's death relied on you playing the 911 side mission before getting to the level where he's kidnapped.
    In that side mission you actually mess with the tezcas so it makes sense that they were looking for deadsec members and just caught Horatio slipping.
    Also I disagree about the soundtrack while they definitely could have used it more I think Hudson Mohawk did a great job

  • @finngober4536
    @finngober4536 3 роки тому +35

    no matter what people think of this game it will always have a special place in my heart

  • @njdub3319
    @njdub3319 4 роки тому +250

    Hell yes, been waiting for this one the most! gonna grab a coffee and watch now.

  • @kaleidoscopickait
    @kaleidoscopickait 4 роки тому +26

    Just started the video; I liked Watch Dogs 2 wayyy more than the first one! I even liked the cheesy characters (don’t kill me lol). I mean, yes it’s your typical Ubisoft open world, with cookie cutter enemies, but if you appreciate it for what it is, there’s so much good here. I loved the hacking aspect, I loved the world, I loved the tech giant social commentary, attention to detail, vibrancy, etc. This video makes me want to replay it (which I rarely do with games). Also, I loved the video intro!! Thanks so much for the video! Editing this after watching the whole video: what an amazing critique of the game!! Also, great jokes too. One of my favorites was: “you can dress up as a Ubisoft employee, what, can you also get harassed too?!” Glad you’re holding Ubisoft accountable for their actions as well as giving their games fair, constructive, critique.

    • @stevevigilante9944
      @stevevigilante9944 3 роки тому

      Ok

    • @taemo3707
      @taemo3707 9 місяців тому

      same i love the campy writing and characters, i never got why people cringe on this.

  • @MXT2006
    @MXT2006 4 роки тому +18

    I still play watch dogs 2, never stopped ever since I got it in 2016, a great great game. It never gets old its one of the best games ever created in my opinion.

  • @ThreeProphets
    @ThreeProphets 4 роки тому +85

    Alright, following Legion's predictably fragmented plot, I think the next game needs both a Marcus Holloway and an Aiden Pearce. Regardless of whether the two characters could logically team up in the timeline, their archetypes perfectly cover each other's flaws. If you can't tell a grounded story with appropriate consequences without a morally troubled protagonist, but you can't tell a thematic story about emergent technology without a relatable, nerdy protagonist, then combining them solves our Catch-22, not to mention the gameplay implications of dividing the hacking/reconnaissance and infiltrating/fighting between the two

    • @QaysSyed
      @QaysSyed 4 роки тому +10

      And they'll come into conflict with each other based on each other's tactics

    • @elcawyo9629
      @elcawyo9629 4 роки тому +6

      I found that idea interesting, so, do they actually appear on the game ? I know aiden does because of some dlc idk, I plan on playing the game some day so I don't really wanna know the answer while spoiling the game

    • @ThreeProphets
      @ThreeProphets 4 роки тому +6

      @@elcawyo9629 I meant the next game after Legion, since this video came out about 11 hours before the game did. As you'll see, it's probably too late to save the story in Legion, although the DLCs could have a chance at being cohesive self-contained stories by nature of being built around a single character. There will be one following each of the following characters: Aiden Pearce, Wrench, an original cyborg named Mina, and the new Assassin Darcy (perhaps the daughter of Galina?)

    • @kydentrenton1428
      @kydentrenton1428 4 роки тому +4

      God they totally fucked up legion. Straight up took the story out behind the shed with all their bullshit play as everyone characters and shot it.

    • @elcawyo9629
      @elcawyo9629 4 роки тому +3

      @@kydentrenton1428 their "play as anyone!" mechanic is no different then a customizible blend character you have to create in the other Ubisoft games

  • @sinkoprvi3477
    @sinkoprvi3477 4 роки тому +164

    "It is both Kek and Cringe."
    - Plato

  • @terryriley6410
    @terryriley6410 3 роки тому +46

    Good analysis, although I think the score by Hudson Mohawk is interesting, there are many good tracks besides the menu theme. I feel some of it paints a sort of romantic, mystical or transcendent background to the whole world that is missing from all other aspects of the game's visuals or narrative but which I found well fitting to the vibe of the city, it gives some stylistic depth to the whole game in my opinion.

    • @gamingexpert5516
      @gamingexpert5516 Рік тому +2

      i agree, i think the soundtrack is incredible by itself and only adds to the game. Same goes for the radio stations, especially dedsec pirate radio

  • @Axetwin
    @Axetwin 4 роки тому +61

    The base game has an assault rifle that shoots paintballs and a grenade launcher that shoots sleeping gas. Though, these two weapons are a bit buried in the 3D printer, so they're easy to overlook.
    I agree with you wholeheartedly about the ludo-narrative dissonance. I feel Ubi could've done more to combat this, more things to do with your drones, and never give players access to lethal weaponry via a 3D printer. The amount of lethal weapons they give you vs non-lethal is staggering. This really bugged me about the game. The entire story starts by Marcus trying to prove ctos wrong for profiling him as a violent criminal, and the next thing the game does is give you access to AK's, Desert Eagles, and Sniper Rifles, and says ok now get past this group of cops to steal a car. The ludo-narrative dissonance in this game is so profound, I almost stopped playing. After doing a bit of online research, and getting some gameplay tips, I kept playing and I'm glad I did, because this game is great.
    Sitara is the rich girl who can fall back on her parents money when this whole thing goes tits up. That's who she is.
    Josh is the Autistic kid. I know you already said that earlier, but that's "his character", the suuuuuuuper autistic kid.
    The end of the first act was so good. The end of the second act should have started a major tonal shift for the rest of the game, and I was so disappointed that it didn't. You go from having a super serious cutscene, directly into a quest where the first thing they do is start making dick jokes with the casualty of what just happened already forgotten.
    I never had that kind of luck with police chases. When I got too far ahead of the cops behind me, they would literally spawn more in front of me. And I do mean that, I've seen them just pop into existence right in front of me. No cop, poof, cop.
    What you said about the 911 mission is how I feel about a lot of the side-operations. A lot of them had interesting mechanics, but they all ended up being one off things. This ties into my biggest disappointment with the game, there's not enough side missions. Not enough completely optional activities to do. This is one of those few games where I was left aching for MORE to do. And that's really a strange feeling considering this is Ubisoft we're talking about. Their games are known for overloading the players with too much map pollution.
    To go back to what I said first, you do have non-lethal options available to you in the base game. I don't own any of the DLC, and was able to complete the mission to take down Horatio's killers non-lethally. Mainly through the use of the portable EMP bombs with the drone (yes, they also knock out people), but I had the gas grenades ready just in case things got hairy.

    • @williamscherle5128
      @williamscherle5128 4 роки тому +4

      I just got everyone arrested lol

    • @Ragger747
      @Ragger747 4 роки тому +3

      Its a electricity grenade launcher

    • @theoutsiderjess1869
      @theoutsiderjess1869 4 роки тому +4

      I was pissed that they expect for me to care that Horatio died when he was the least seen out of the lot I would have cared more if wrench died because I saw him and hanged out with him

    • @WADAFOK
      @WADAFOK 4 роки тому +2

      I don't know how he said the cop system was good, as much as i have played this game the cops are a real pain in the ass they fukin chase you no matter how good or how fast you drive. Even with all the mass comm and vehicle hacks the cops in this game are really broken. At the end in order to get rid off those cops i had to use some kind of exploit like hiding somewhere where the cop npc can't spawn.

    • @Axetwin
      @Axetwin 4 роки тому +4

      I found the cops are easy to lose in small bursts. So what I did was lose them, then immediately park in an ally and watch them run around trying to find me until the meter depleted. But trying to outrun them is almost impossible. I had them spawn out in the middle of nowhere once.

  • @tabithaasher865
    @tabithaasher865 4 роки тому +144

    Okay I havent watched any of this yet but I do have to say: calling an APB on a gang member in gang territory and just watching the chaos ensue was the best part of this game. Just doing that for like five minutes and calling different gangs in and more police is honestly fun. And blowing up firetrucks. That too. I just liked the chaos. Edit: OH MY GOD I FORGOT THE SPIDER ROBOT THING! Never mind that was the best part of the game, the thing I mentioned earlier is the second best, and blowing up emergency vehicles is third.

    • @pollos6631
      @pollos6631 4 роки тому +16

      The general fun you could have in the game is great. I called the police on someone in a restaurant, and from there a waiter somehow ended up in a fistfight with a customer.

    • @placeholder_009
      @placeholder_009 4 роки тому +4

      Speaking of the spider robot, i kinda wish that they did an open-world minigame with it like WD1. I feel they could've expanded it more.

    • @guillermoelnino
      @guillermoelnino 4 роки тому

      who needs to fight anymore? just call the gang on each enemy and just walk up to the next checkpoint.

    • @phoenixarising9809
      @phoenixarising9809 4 роки тому +5

      Not only that, the interactions you could do with the NPCs through the emotes wheel really was downright fun. The Spider Robot mission was definitely my favorite moment in the damn game, along with the ass kickings I could give to the Police after fully upgrading Marcus' abilities. Lastly, the world in the game is so well done that I spent countless hours just roaming around the countryside in a car, listening to the amazing music through the Music app and taking selfies just for fun. It quite honestly is one of the best games I have played, story-wise or gameplay-wise.

  • @kermotown1750
    @kermotown1750 4 роки тому +110

    “The sons of ragnarok” *shows PewDiePie*

    • @rilken2326
      @rilken2326 4 роки тому +4

      I was looking for this comment

  • @shakeelthomas1660
    @shakeelthomas1660 4 роки тому +42

    Damn, when he brought up Driver: San Francisco I lost my shit. Not much people talk about that game but when they do nothing but positives. Now gotta wait till 2023 for him to do a video on that game.

    • @Xo-Yanga
      @Xo-Yanga 3 роки тому

      I think he’s done a similar video about burnout paradise or something along that

  • @DrEcho
    @DrEcho 4 роки тому +241

    This was such a great video. One of his best.
    -Me in about 94 minutes, probably.

    • @SHAITfam
      @SHAITfam 4 роки тому +5

      The video has only been out for 16 minutes

    • @DrEcho
      @DrEcho 4 роки тому +6

      "Dock points" are you fucking kidding me? Give this man his Streamy now.

    • @maybehere_
      @maybehere_ 4 роки тому

      lol, but true.

    • @kin-3877
      @kin-3877 4 роки тому +2

      @@SHAITfam that's you missing the joke

  • @elvenatheart982
    @elvenatheart982 4 роки тому +11

    I wanna honestly thank mr whitelight for introducing me to the beauty of English Language in a depth I never experienced before while also making sure you drop a good joke or explain gameplay in a meaningful way. Kudos to you !

  • @akamkhoshnaw1471
    @akamkhoshnaw1471 4 роки тому +109

    I love the way this guys voice sounds.
    Not in a weird way tho.

    • @placeholder_009
      @placeholder_009 4 роки тому +11

      No homo bro

    • @sircartier4422
      @sircartier4422 4 роки тому +2

      You made it weird

    • @peanutgallery4
      @peanutgallery4 4 роки тому +3

      It would have been fine if you hadn't said anything...
      But now they'll come after you

  • @ashton7742
    @ashton7742 4 роки тому +43

    I was getting bored waiting for another game and realized I had this in my library and started playing it again this week. Nice to play for an hour after work but sometimes a little frustrating with the parkour but thats all I have really noticed so far.

  • @afurhat4726
    @afurhat4726 4 роки тому +10

    I love how the opening to this is just a re-telling of what the people thought when watch dogs 2 came out

  • @MonsterJuiced
    @MonsterJuiced 4 роки тому +60

    The Watch_Dogs games are incredibly replayable for me, and WD2 is just an absolute marvel to behold when exploring and paying attention. The detail in the world design is outstanding!

    • @phoenixarising9809
      @phoenixarising9809 4 роки тому +9

      The interactions with the NPCs be it enemies or civilians, honestly make up a large part of the fun I can have with the game.

    • @GoinGreninja
      @GoinGreninja 4 роки тому

      Exactly. I love this game so much.

  • @user-cf9gh3nn5y
    @user-cf9gh3nn5y 4 роки тому +81

    One of the most underappreciated ubisoft games of all time

  • @DRGEngineer
    @DRGEngineer Рік тому +2

    as a Californian who goes to San Francisco and the area surrounding very regularly, Watch Dogs 2's depiction of it will never cease to amaze me. I feel like I'm actually there most of the time. the feeling of familiarity of the streets I was walking down despite it being my first playthrough was never replicated again until Dead Island 2 came out. I had a moment in that game where I was slaying zombies on Venice beach only to realize that just a few days prior I had been, in real life, standing in the same spot my character had been standing in that moment. something about creating cities almost one for one in videogames is very novel to me and it's always a joy to be in a place I've been before. I was someone who actually loved almost every aspect of Watch Dogs 1, and Chicago was a joy to drive through, especially in the rain, but man Watch Dogs 2 blew me away when I could go to places I could visit any time I want too in real life. probably something very specific to me as a person who lives close enough to go frequently but I don't actually live there so maybe I won't notice the things the game gets wrong as much as someone who actually does live in San Francisco

  • @vasilijemx
    @vasilijemx 4 роки тому +45

    "I hope Nethack is in Legion."
    Posts video literally a couple hours before it releases.

  • @Portiepoo
    @Portiepoo 4 роки тому +21

    legion was such a regression from this game that it's actually painful. i'm tempted to reinstalled watch dogs 2, the level design was on another level compared to legion and it has so much more charm

  • @r3dsnow757
    @r3dsnow757 Рік тому +3

    You are one of my favorite youtubers because of your amazingly in-depth video essays, writing and style of commentary.

  • @slackstarfish8133
    @slackstarfish8133 4 роки тому +69

    It ain’t the best game ever but it’s still a damn fun game

  • @damoncorforte_2215
    @damoncorforte_2215 4 роки тому +50

    after playing a good chunk of watch dogs legion i can say watch dogs 2 kicks it’s ass by like a mile and a half. wd2 has so much more life, personality, and color than wd: legion. legion feels like another ubisoft game while 2 feels like one of those rarer ubi products where you can tell the team had a vison and wanted to execute it as flawlessly as possible

    • @BoneSoldier666
      @BoneSoldier666 2 роки тому +1

      I feel like legion suffers from being the first game (afaik) to do this whole "every single person is playable" thing and as a result feels more clunky because the premise isn't realized to its fullest potential yet

  • @rhino5250
    @rhino5250 2 роки тому +9

    Yeah I don’t think many other games can touch my nostalgia like this one. I felt it even the first time I played when the music starts and you’re hacking that server room in the first mission. Absolutely immaculate vibes. It helps that my family and I were going to San Francisco a week after I got the game. I sold it due to being stuck on a mission and now I kinda regret it

  • @Evanz111
    @Evanz111 4 роки тому +12

    That match cut at 43:07 is perfect and you deserve a comment praising that alone

  • @Jargon
    @Jargon 4 роки тому +8

    Finally, a video essay that acknowledges and further observes Watch Dogs 2 amazing storyline, tying plot points to real world current zeitgeist. Bravo dude, really enjoyed it!

  • @Edgedrifle
    @Edgedrifle 2 роки тому +3

    I always come back to your watchdogs videos, the writing in both and all of your videos is simply impeccable, I love your writing style

  • @GamingTank
    @GamingTank 4 роки тому +47

    The subtleness of this man's jokes is astounding.

    • @Reydriel
      @Reydriel 4 роки тому +3

      He always manages to sneak in a hentai reference once or twice in every video too, lmao

  • @mattricks21
    @mattricks21 4 роки тому +82

    I've been thinking about the ludo-narrative dissonance of Watch_Dogs 2 for years now as a fan of this game, and I have a theory. Whether it's an accident or hidden genius I'll let you be the judge.
    The ludo-narrative dissonance is intentional. It's a critique on groups like DedSec.
    Your characters can take this so lightly because they think of themselves as the heroes, but the truth is that they too can be what they accuse ctOS, Dusan, and Blume (as well as all other tech giants) of. Just like in the first Watch_Dogs, this is a tale of fairly ordinary people who gain a lot of power, and use it to achieve ends they believe in, using them as a reason for the means they use.
    Take for example the Tidis operation. Yes, what they were doing was wrong and terrible, but what comes after this mission? ... well, nothing significant in the game from what I remember. What would happen if that were real though? There were quite possibly numerous casualities due to the spidertank. Massive property damage. Firing of any surviving security guards, or lowering their salaries. Overall salary reduction across the boards to make up for the losses on what was literally their 10 year plan. And quite possibly, losses of many jobs that had nothing to do with this. What DedSec did to them ruined dozens, if not hundreds of lives, but then again it quite possibly saved a lot more. Now picture that, but retold for every single company that the DedSec has affected, as well as the individuals (like that one guy from Nudle).
    Both Blume and DedSec think what they're doing is right. And both will try to get people to believe that. With smiles on their faces, and downplaying the casualities along the way.
    "The people want to be told who is good and who is bad. [...] A few f*cking civilian casualities is the cost you have to pay for the betterment of the world."
    - Dusan Nemec, CEO of Blume

    • @lol_vevo
      @lol_vevo 4 роки тому

      Wasn't Dusan the CTO?

    • @mattricks21
      @mattricks21 4 роки тому +1

      @@lol_vevo I might have misremembered. My bad.

    • @Whitelight
      @Whitelight  4 роки тому +43

      Yeah, like I said to another commenter, Watch Dogs 2 can very easily compel you to think that way. But I don't even have the slightest suspicion there was any intention to have a hidden message. This game is defined by trying as hard as possible to not be Watch Dogs 1. I'd wager nearly every major creative choice was made on that basis alone. It's a very interesting theory to think about anyway. You can certainly interpret the game beyond it's intentions.

    • @mattricks21
      @mattricks21 4 роки тому +8

      @@Whitelight Thank you for the reply! It means a lot to me! ^^

    • @highlivin1917
      @highlivin1917 4 роки тому +2

      Im currently playing a non-lethal playthrough in Watchdogs 2. I just can’t bring myself to kill innocent people as Marcus lol the only time Ive ever intentionally killed people in Watchdogs 2 was during the vengeance for Horatio mission. Bur ya so far Ive been able to get through the game without murdering anyone and it really helps immerse me into the role as Marcus Holloway. He doesn’t seem like the type of guy who would resort to murder to achieve his goals.

  • @Aksuloid
    @Aksuloid 3 роки тому +6

    "First of all: He sounds exactly like Shammy" had me fucking floored. I never realized.

  • @DigitalArctic
    @DigitalArctic 4 роки тому +9

    All that talk about Ludo narrative dissonance, and Whitlelight never mentioned that Shuffler Easter egg mission where Marcus gains demon powers from another dimension for use in the open world. (Though it only amounts to a brutal melee kill animation)

  • @fungusman
    @fungusman 4 роки тому +12

    I honestly loved watchdogs two for the gritty feel of the city.
    I never cared about the hacking and I manly just like driving around and doing all the side activities. Also I think the gun play was much superior in the first game.

  • @Nomad-47
    @Nomad-47 Рік тому +3

    Whitelight videos always give me a new perspective and enjoyment for older games in newer playthroughs. Things i never took into account playing for the first time as a kid and i love it man

  • @Jetslurpfunk
    @Jetslurpfunk 4 роки тому +9

    excellent review. I've always found this game to have some hidden charm to it. The way Ubisoft embraced the culture of their world, and built such an immersive recreation of San Francisco.

  • @ZAYVERYRARE
    @ZAYVERYRARE 4 роки тому +44

    I’ve been waiting on this for a minute.

    • @Icecastles4000
      @Icecastles4000 4 роки тому +5

      One WHOLE MINUTE jeez you’ve been waiting quite awhile

  • @CameronBFunny
    @CameronBFunny 4 роки тому +11

    This game has my favorite intro level of all time.

  • @donkeydelux640
    @donkeydelux640 4 роки тому +207

    Honestly wish they made a more dark and gritty watch dogs again with a compelling main character
    So I want watch dogs 1, but better

    • @Ashish-kk7nt
      @Ashish-kk7nt 4 роки тому +3

      yeah but wd1 was damn failure

    • @donkeydelux640
      @donkeydelux640 4 роки тому +49

      @@Ashish-kk7nt yes it definitely had a lot of flaws, but I like and prefer the idea of a gritty story with the photorealistic art style compared to watch dogs 2's clay looking colorful art style and watch dogs legions combination of those 2 styles.

    • @megashark1013
      @megashark1013 4 роки тому +22

      @@donkeydelux640 Yeah, but then I feel like Watch Dogs would feel like almost every other gritty first person shooter. I feel like the colourful hipster aesthetic is more unique and gives the game a stronger identity.
      I also just think Marcus as a protagonist is way more likeable than Aiden Pierce, despite having no backstory.

    • @nooneknows19
      @nooneknows19 4 роки тому +38

      @@megashark1013 I have to respectfully disagree tbh. Aiden lost someone close to him so his character made a lot of sense and also the motivation was better. Imo wd1 had a superior story and character whereas wd2 had better gameplay.

    • @invictine
      @invictine 4 роки тому

      @@nooneknows19 Bruh but sometimes this can go very wrong, like gta 4 when niko throughout the story acts like he would never kill again after suffering bad shit multiple times but then a minute later is blowing up police cars and massacring police men by the hundreds( i like to do that)

  • @LadyLenaCat
    @LadyLenaCat 4 роки тому +160

    I’ve never clicked a notification so fast in my life.

  • @ogrimzyz8643
    @ogrimzyz8643 3 роки тому +51

    This should’ve been the modern day assassins creed imo

    • @rusteddenial453
      @rusteddenial453 3 роки тому +1

      this is one of my top ubisoft games next to assassins creed ezio collection and farcry 4

  • @SomeHomesickAlien
    @SomeHomesickAlien 4 роки тому +118

    Soo when's "Honey Select: 4 Years later" ?

  • @grimreefer9324
    @grimreefer9324 4 роки тому +16

    "First things first, he sounds EXACTLY like Shammy"
    holy shit i never noticed that

    • @Fox_Olive
      @Fox_Olive 4 роки тому

      Alternate universe where Shammy went to tech school instead of drama

  • @tigga2300
    @tigga2300 3 роки тому +37

    The first Watchdogs is a fucking masterpiece. Aiden and the antagonists in the game are amazing, and the city of Chicago is beautiful, especially Mad Mile and the Loop districts. The rain is a nice touch, makes the city look even better imo and sets a metaphorical tone for the dark story and mood of the game.