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#4: Watch_Dogs 2

Despite the lackluster press surrounding the first Watch_Dogs, I thought it was a great game, and I rejoiced a bit when I heard really good things about the sequel. After playing it, I can say it's more of what made the original Watch_Dogs good and less of what people didn't like about it.

WD2 takes itself much, much less seriously than the original did, and for many people, that will be a good thing. I enjoyed WD1's tone just fine, but I enjoyed WD2's brash and comedic tone a lot too. Meanwhile, the hacking is still a good addition to the open world idea, the gunplay is still crisp, and it's overall really polished. On the story side, the characters are enjoyable and it proceeds at a good pace.

If open world is something you don't mind, then there's a lot to like here and not much to dislike. I can't remember having many major gripes about it, if any. However, I think there's a certain bit of pizzazz that it was missing that kept it from being in my top 3. Some games wow you and really stand out. WD2 isn't one of those that stood entirely in its own realm. This is simply a game that satisfied on most fronts. It's great, but not quite fantastic.

The top 3 are where the games began to go beyond the standard of greatness. They found their own ways to stand out in one or more different aspects, or their achievement was being nearly perfect in all aspects.

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