Watch_Dogs 2
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Partial nudity is present, including a man's bare buttocks and a topless painting of a woman.
The player hacks systems, steals cars, robs bank accounts, and shoots enemies as part of a vigilante-hacker campaign against corrupt targets.
Frequent strong profanity including 'f**k' throughout dialogue among the DedSec crew and other characters.
Realistic third-person gunplay against human enemies (gang members, mercenaries, police) with blood impacts; a non-lethal stealth path with stun weapons is also available, but no dismemberment or gore.
Drug use is referenced and shown among characters, including marijuana; alcohol also appears in the world.
Adult sexual humor and innuendo run through dialogue and side missions, including jokes about sex and pornography and content referencing an adult-entertainment industry.
The story deals with corporate surveillance, data exploitation, and institutional corruption as its central conflict.
Optional in-app purchases offer cosmetic items and convenience packs for real money.
The optional purchases are convenience/cosmetic and are not required to progress.
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What it is
Watch Dogs 2 is an open-world action-adventure game set in a recreated San Francisco Bay Area. You play as Marcus Holloway, a young hacker who joins the collective DedSec to expose a corporate surveillance system. Gameplay mixes on-foot exploration, driving, stealth, and combat with a hacking layer that lets you manipulate phones, cameras, vehicles, and city infrastructure, aided by a small drone and remote car. Expect realistic gunfire and vehicle mayhem with blood (though many missions allow non-lethal stealth), frequent strong profanity, drug and alcohol references, adult sexual themes and some nudity, and crime committed by the player as a core mechanic. An always-online layer lets other players hack or join your game, but there is no in-game voice or text chat, and optional real-money purchases exist.
How it's framed
The game frames its lawbreaking as hacktivism: Marcus and DedSec are portrayed as underdogs exposing corruption, invasive data collection, and abuse of power, so hacking, theft, and violence are cast as justified pushback against corporate and criminal villains. Players are frequently given the choice to complete objectives without killing, and lethal versus non-lethal approaches are left to the player rather than mandated.
Details
- Developer
- Ubisoft
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Released
- Nov 28, 2016
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