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It looks like Ubisoft is going ahead with a sequel to last year's new IP, Watch Dogs, which was hyped to no end prior to release but ended up disappointing many after the fact thanks to downgraded graphics and repetitive gameplay.
While it is clear that the original game had some weaknesses, the story was fairly intriguing and one of the developers behind the game has said that the sequel will take more risks, while talking with GamesTM earlier this year.
Now thanks to an update to the LinkedIn profile of Julien Risse, who works over at Ubisoft Paris, we now know that Watch Dogs 2 is being worked on.
The original Watch Dogs launched at the end of May last year after a long delay from October 2013. The game was supposed to be one of the defining games of this new generation of consoles but unfortunately, Ubisoft chose to stick with its usual game formula, which carries across Assassin's Creed and Far Cry.
Watch Dogs 2 has not been officially announced just yet but E3 is coming up soon so we may hear more then. The first Watch Dogs game was shown off as far back as 2012 so it wouldn't be completely unusual for Ubisoft to show it off well before its potential release.
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KitGuru Says: Ubisoft really needs to work on variety when it comes to its games because as it stands, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed and Far Cry all play very similarly. Hopefully Watch Dogs 2 will feature more risks, I actually enjoyed the game's story myself although it got pretty repetitive.
I’m currently going through the first watchdogs myself and really enjoying it. I actually prefer it to GTA. It’s a great pick up for anyone who enjoys open world as you can get it from resellers for about 2 pounds now (a few dollars) and has a lot of content and surprisingly solid online features.
I only played WD 1 for about an hr and was bored of it. I was one of the people hugely disappointed by it so a sequel quite honestly wouldn’t interest me. Shame really as it had so much potential to be a fun game
I had the same reaction to Assassin’s Creed. Great ideas, but repetitive and boring implementation; no real risks. But then came ACII which was definitely one of the best games of last generation. New IPs sometimes have to get going.
But I haven’t played WD yet, so what do I know.
Well, AC had a number of things going for it: fantastic storyline, enigmatic cultural setting, fusion of history (and science), and fiction that added a unique depth, and beautiful environment and graphics in general. There were issues with repetition etc, but the game clearly had a number of brilliant ideas and excellent executions of those ideas. Two was a whole lot better because it massively improved on the shortcomings of the first, but it stuck with the positives. Watch Dogs wasn’t a diamond in the rough, or flawed brilliance, it was just a formulaic and boring game that was very over-hyped. Maybe you’re right that the sequel will be better, but the AC analogy doesn’t really work because WD doesn’t have that core of brilliance to build on.