Anyone else get WD2? I was going to get it for PC until I noticed it comes out on the 29th. That day is reserved for FF15, so I went ahead and got it on PS4 last night. I played for a good 3 hours last night... What I like so far: [ B]The main character is a black dude[/B] - Not sure why I like this. It makes me feel that world is getting better in some regards The soundtrack - Holy **** this game has badass music. The Map - It's big, full, and has a lot to play with. Maybe too big considering my first dislike below. What I dislike so far: The driving - Jesus H Christ... The driving feels worse than the ship controls in AC4. Thats a diss on this game and compliment for AC4. The cars are boring and slow (I've even stolen some nicer ones), and just dont feel good like GTA5 does. The "Nerd" culture - Obviously this game was made by developers that I have to imagine is a large population of nerds. Real ones. However, they seem to be trying to mainstream it in a way that's not landing for me the same way the Big Bang Theory doesn't land for me. It's still early and there's a lot of character development to go. I'm hoping they tone it down a bit. The UI - This is spoiler territory I think so I won't describe it. But The way you interact with your own stuff is neat and I see what they're going for... I just think it ends up more tedious than helpful once the novelty wears off. The Pre-load - Not the game's fault but for some reason the preload didn't automagically download. Luckily I live in Austin and downloading 24GB on gigabit isn't too bad. But I had to log into the the owned media section on the web version of the PS store to get my preload started. I could not get to it on the store on the console. The game page just had a timer. I'll keep playing it. Seems ok so far.
The "Nerd culture" thing is bundled so tightly in the marketing that I doubt it's ever going to get toned down. The game will always have that feel, I think. Do they make any references to Watch Dogs 1? Is Aiden Pearce somehow still being an insufferable fake Batman?
The setting and protagonists are perfect for a follow up from the first game. It actually seems like they took the negative feedback to heart.
They brought back Kenny, so I'm assuming Aiden will be in there somewhere. Any other hints that this series takes place in the AC universe?
Never been a huge AC fan to be honest. Aside from AC4 (i think that was the pirates one), I couldn't tell you much about AC. So... Maybe. I would have missed it
Welp. I'm curious enough to buy this now just to see how Ubisoft is trying to fix this awful character.
This game is great. A great protagonist and support characters with some fun stealth/hacking gameplay. They hit a homerun with the San Francisco setting, too.
