'Radical' changes expected in Watch Dogs sequel

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Radical changes expected in Watch Dogs 2

WATCH DOGS is the latest game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game was released four months back on May 2014 and received mixed reception from fans worldwide. Still it is one of the most successful games for Ubisoft as it broke sales record by selling 4 million copies in it’s first week, and hence the game succeeded commercially. But the game’s campaign and narration were not as hyped and faced criticism.

In a recent interview with CVG, Ubisoft Montreal’s Vice President of Creative Lionel Raynaud told that the sequel to Watch Dogs can be expected and will tackle the flaws with ‘radical’ changes. He said:

"There are flaws, obviously. We absolutely want to tackle these flaws and surprise players, and the way to tackle some of those flaws is going to be quite radical. There are parts of the game that will need to change. We have this ambition to have games that are worlds with systems that offer more agency and freedom for players, that allow them to discover the world in the way they want. We want them to be less narrative or character driven and more creative, with more choices for the player."

He also explained that this is “high ambition” and the studio needs to “develop technologies” they didn’t have for the first game and insisted that they’ll be careful not to change the things that most players liked.

"This is quite a high ambition and will require us to develop technologies that we didn't have for Watch Dogs 1...”

Raynaud also compared this game’s release to that of first game of Assassins Creed series citing that both these games had good commercial success but had critical reception in the gameplay,

"The reception has actually been pretty close to Assassin's Creed. With the first one we didn't have such a good reception, and it was fair.”

Ubisoft is planning to release the game’s first major DLC “Bad Blood” this month. To check the DLC’s teaser, click here.

To check the Watch Dog game’s review and system requirements, click here.