'Without Far Cry 2, there would be no Watch Dogs’: Ubisoft Montreal on Watch Dogs

Edge: "There are systems governing traffic flow, morality, the way witnesses react, the way police pursue, how NPCs treat suspicious events, and how those same characters react to car crashes or a drawn gun. There are systems governing the salary, career and clothing of every civilian in Watch Dogs’ Chicago, and ones governing the way those people behave when protagonist Aiden Pearce interrupts their daily routines."

[Yi-Long]

Watch_Dogs actually reminds me a whole lot of the very first footage that came out for Splinter Cell Conviction, where Sam Fisher looked like a hobo and was on the run.

After the negative feedback 'Hobo Sam' got, Ubisoft kinda went back to the drawing board with that one, but perhaps some ideas and certainly a bit of that look transferred over to Watch_Dogs.

[Derekvinyard13]

This was a good read, at least they understood where far cry 2 went wrong. I personally didn't hate far cry 2 it had some nice ideas but was disappointing in a lot of areas

[ironfist92]

Im surprised that Watch-Dogs isnt a Tom Clancy game, given the relevant themes found in the Tom Clancy Series.

I suppose The Division is sorta like Watch_Dogs

[lets_go_gunners]

Funny cause I hated Far Cry 2 XD. Worse 30 dollars ever.

[WeAreLegion]

As long as it doesn't play like FarCry 2, I'm happy.

[joab777]

I just hate repetitive zone clearing like in Far Cry 3 and Infamous 2nd Son. At least Black Flag had different things and naval battle. But the same repetitive actions over and over to clear a zone is horrible.

[OhMyGandhi]

I disagree.
Clearing outposts in Far Cry 3 was some of the most fun to be had in a videogame. So many options.
I absolutely treasured them, and hated it when all were "cleared" of baddies.

[ironfist92]

There's an option to reset the outposts I'm pretty sure, so you can enjoy liberating outposts once more.

[spicelicka]

Farcry 2 i agree with, specially because they reset every time and you couldn't travel properly without being constantly interrupted by them.

Farcry 3 though, did it right. I loved the different approaches you could take, it felt great killing everyone with stealth without ringing the alarm, or shooting a tiger cage with a sniper and watching it clear everyone out. Farcry 3 was just a brilliant game, i was so mad that just because it was released in December they didn't include it in the VGAs and a lot of other awards.

[Salooh]

All of them have repetitive things. But i prefer Second son repetitive stuff :P . If you remove them then the game will be empty. They all need to find other stuff to make us feel like we explore not finding the same stuff.

However , loved the paintings in Second son especially the cats :D . It have it's own feeling :P

[Inzo]

Loved FarCry 2! If you in SA you would understand.

[josephayal]

imho farcry 2 is a master piece

[aliengmr]

It really was.

For me, it changed what I thought "Farcry" should be and made it in to a series that isn't tied to a single theme or set of circumstances, story wise.

They have complete freedom to take the series in any direction they want, as long as the mechanics remain familiar.

FC2 wasn't without its problems, but it was good enough to break away from its roots and become something adaptable.

Playing Farcry for the first time on PC was one of those "moments" in gaming for me and I'll never for get that, but I don't miss it thanks to Farcry 2.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Far Cry 2 was boring. Nothing but driving around. Worse than GTA which is atrocious. But Watch Dogs I'm definitely hyped for.

[maxallepi]

Yep, I got board of FC2 after a couple of hours. Looked good at the time though. Can't wait to play Watch Dogs. Let's hope my PC is up for the task.

[HavokPants]

half life 3 confirmed!!

[Skate-AK]

Far Cry 2 wasn't bad. Had some pretty intense moments.