Watch Dogs 2 (2016)

In San Francisco, hacker Marcus Holloway joins DedSec, to take down a corrupt system by fighting and hacking his way trough the entire San Francisco Bay.

Directors:

Danny Bélanger, Jonathan Morin

Writers:

Madeleine Hart (scriptwriter), Jesse Scoble (scriptwriter) (as Jesse Daniel Scoble)

Stars:

Ruffin Prentiss, Shawn Baichoo, Tasya Teles

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ruffin Prentiss	...	Marcus 'Retr0' Holloway (voice)
Shawn Baichoo	...	The Wrench (voice)
Tasya Teles	...	Sitara 'Sit' Dhawan (voice)
Jonathan Dubsky	...	Josh 'Hawt Sauce' Sauchak (voice)
John Tench	...	Raymond 'T-Bone' Kenney (voice)
Michael Xavier	...	Horatio Carlin (voice)
Christopher Jacot	...	Dusan Nemec (voice)
David Collins	...	Miranda Comay (voice)
Ashlie Atkinson	...	Lenora 'Lenni' Kastner (voice)
Billy MacLellan	...	Jimmy Siska (voice)
Susan Glover	...	HR Advisor (voice)
Amber Goldfarb	...	Shirley (voice)
Marcel Jeannin	...	Congressman Mark Thruss / Additional Voices (voice)
Robert Montcalm	...	Haum CEO (voice)
Ken Proulx	...	Brody Goodale (voice)

Storyline

In San Francisco, hacker Marcus Holloway joins DedSec, to take down a corrupt system by fighting and hacking his way trough the entire San Francisco Bay.

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Plot Keywords:

san francisco california | open world | hacker | power outage | spying | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

M

Did You Know?

Trivia

When you visit Ubisoft Studios, in the game, behind the building there are 3 fully rendered posters for the film adaptation of "Assassin's Creed" that includes the title and a image from the film.

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Quotes

The Wrench: Alright, everybody, we're gonna watch the trailer, shut the fuck up!

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Connections

References Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013)

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Soundtracks

Festival & Faire
(uncredited)
Music by John Debney
[Can ocassionally be heard at the San Francisco hackerspace]

User Reviews

Gameplay vs story

The 1st game had a slightly slugging first half but I ended up liking it a lot overall. The often ridiculed and deliberately unlikable Aiden Pearce and the near nihilistic story stood out to me. The game had an identity, plain and simple. I only need a bit more gameplay variety for a sequel and I certainly got that… but at what cost! The admittedly more involved hacking is now suddenly Pipe Mania and the overall game fully transformed into Ubi-Collect-a-Thon No.X. It work fine, most Ubi-games do, but what makes this one special? I am willing to praise the variety of ways missions can occasionally be solved and the involved multiplayer component is downright fascinating. What can't get my blessing are the story and characters. This is basically Lizard Squad "The Video-Game" and a Best Memes of 2015/16 collection. A rarely skip cutscenes but I ended up being physically incapable of watch this rubbish. The tone is quite broken too. The game is about these oh so "diverse" 20-something hackers and their PC Culture enforcement adventures but multiple trophies demand to kill, despite most enemies being simple security guards. The protagonist even carries a gun on the cover and his stealth attacks only kills too. Again, nothing makes sense and diversity ain 't a checkbox dear developers. I myself am half black and the well done San Francisco setting is appropriately chosen but I abide no pandering, which this 100% is. I ultimately finished the campaign, these Ubi-games tend to work well after all, but the devs need to go back to the drawing board. They made 2 steps forward and 4 steps back. 7,5/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English Korean Arabic French German Italian

Release Date:

15 November 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Watch Dogs 2

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ubisoft Montreal

Technical Specs

Color:

Color