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Watch Dogs 2 brings the ctOS (the Central Operating System) surveillance system to San Francisco, spread across six different areas, and at E3 2016, Ubisoft released an awesome 11-minute gameplay trailer where there’s drones, and you can control things remotely so you don’t even have to touch them. Marcus and his Dedsec allies infiltrate the home of a social media mogul. In this mission, Dedsec is looking to expose the CEO of popular social media platform, !NViTE, who is using the citizens’ personal data to engineer a corrupt voting process.
It looks so damn cool, and while it’s available for PS4, Xbox One and PC, PS4 owners will get all DLC a whole 30 days before any other platform! And, out of the numerous editions available for this game, there’s one limited edition you can pre-order, in which you’ll get your own wi-fi-enabled robot!
And, if that’s not enough, they’ve again announced the intention to release a Watch Dogs movie. No date yet known, however.
As before with Watch Dogs, it connects everyone with everything, Again, you’re playing this action/adventure/stealth game in a third-person perspective, by foot (including parkour) or in a car, bike et al, but this time you control hacker Marcus Holloway, working with hacking group DedSec to take down the city’s advanced surveillance system, ctOS 2.0.
This is because, as a child, he was framed for a crime he did not commit, by ctOS 2.0, and with The A-Team not around to help him, he’s a bit unhappy. To defeat the baddies, you can be stealthy and use a Taser, or just shoot your way out with guns or your melee weapon, which is a billiard ball attached to a bungee cord!
There’s also multiplayer in the form of a co-op mode, where players can meet and interact with other random players, in a bid to complete missions together. It also features several competitive modes, including the asymmetric hack invasion mode. Add to this, an emote system, allowing players’ characters to communicate with each other through basic gestures, and the game can also be played completely online or offline.
Watch Dogs 2 is released on November 15th on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Check out the E3 2016 gameplay video below, plus the new gameplay trailer, and click on the packshot for the full-size image.
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