What the fine vanilla fudge is this? Watch Dogs 2's first commercial has leaked via Twitch, and it's definitely got a bigger identity than its predecessor – we're just not convinced by its faux-gangster theme. The clip confirms the game's San Francisco setting, and shows hipsters and cartel members jammin' to some bad rap wearing horse masks.
To be fair, we were one of the many who lambasted the original for being plainer than beige wallpaper, but we're not sure that we wanted this from a sequel either. A full reveal is due at 17:00PM BST, so we'll maintain an open mind ahead of watching it. One thing's for sure: our curiosity has very much been piqued.
Update (11:15AM BST): And the video has, inevitably, been pulled. You'll find a Daily Motion mirror below.
Update (17:30PM BST): The full version of this trailer is now live. You can watch it through here.
[source youtube.com]
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Well that was.... something.
Looks like a bad aftershave advert. After playing the first one for a couple of hours im not sure on this at all.
It will be interesting to see how a trailer saying "spaz if you want to" goes down in the UK as well.
@UVUVYCTXUHIV Indeed. Kudos to them for injecting a bit of personality into this one, though, I guess?
@get2sammyb i can see what they were going for but it still looks a bit odd. Cant say i have high hopes.
blocked?
What video?it just says it's been blocked on copyright grounds?
@Wazeddie22 @kyleforrester87 Just switched it out. Ubisoft's cracking down hard on this leak, so don't know how long the new one will stay live.
Oh it's back up again...Um..being a huge fan of the original that looks like its going to be cack.
it's a little jarring to see such a contrast in mood to the last one. I can't say it's a bad trailer, though, there's certainly a lot of personality and energy in there but it's just a question of if that's reflected in the game itself or if they repeat the same mistakes. We'll see!
The short clip looked interesting but this is Ubisoft. I remember the first WD looked interesting.
Who else thinks they're going to go down the same route of The Division? Well it has turned out a huge success for them, right?
Looks like an online multiplayer game.
Watchdogs started off as a very interesting game when it revealed but as I found out more and got a bit more of the actual game-play and how the game would actually work, I lost more and more interest in it (much like a lot of Ubisoft games). By the time it released, it had gone from a game I was excited by, to a game I wasn't particularly interested in - like the Division too.
Seeing that clip certainly hasn't piqued my interest - if anything its actually put me off. I don't normally write off 'sequels' unless they are from a series/genre I really don't like, and was willing to see if WD2 could deliver more of the promise of the original WD. Maybe its my age, but that trailer really had nothing in it that appealed. Maybe E3 can change that but as it stands at the moment, I have more than enough games to look forward to - more than I can afford so some of those may miss out without considering this.
@PlaytendoGuy @Dreamscape20 Yeah, I've seen a few people speculating that. It could well be - Ubisoft is all about "games as services" now, so you may be onto something.
Didn't like the first one so i think I'll pass on this.
Ahhhh classic Ubisoft. So "cool"!!!!
I hate it already.
hack the planet!
lol
also I think there's a typo: "but we're not sure that we wanted this from a sequel either" should probably be " but we're not sure that we wanted a sequel either"
They're definitely trying to carve out an identity for it from the start, which is a good thing, but ultimately a trailer doesn't mean much. Like others have said, Watch Dogs looked incredibly promising when we first saw it, but it ended up lacking in the personality department, even though I personally still thought it was a very solid sandbox game.
It's certainly a strange song choice and doesn't really fit the video but N.E.R.D. "bad rap"? Jesus
Well, it looks like Ubisoft are really trying to overcompensate for how boring the first Watch Dogs was.
@PorllM I wasn't a fan. Sorry.
Ubisoft.......trying so hard to be cool that it hurts.
I remember somebody on this site saying that all Ubisoft games look as if they were designed in a board room by a bunch of suits pursuing the widest demographic possible......case in point, this trailer.
Although, we probably shouldn't take what actually appears in the trailers as an accurate representation of the game - even this early. Remember the first trailer for Watch Dogs (1)
I wonder how much of that will end up being changed or even appear.
Willing to keep an open mind however, eager for this game to find its niche.
what d fork is this!?? this trailer drained my little interest in this IP down into toilet bowl...
looks like they going to be more multiplayer focused, no thank.
Irrelevant what the trailer is like will definatly be buying the game. Loved the first game.People gonna hate on it just because it is Ubisoft.
Well at least it's better than the absolute worst it could have possibly have been? That said, what a dumb trailer.
Dafuq?
Keeping my mind open but this looks a bit... odd?!
My reaction: Ohhh...kay?
@dryrain Same here. I quite liked the first Watch Dogs and though a lot of the criticism was simply dog piling. I just hope they don't screw up the balance between multiplayer and single player gameplay. Online invasions were just rare enough to be surprising when they happened without hijacking the single player experience. I don't want it to tilt to far towards multiplayer and become like GTA 5 online.
I didn't really have any interest in the first one, but I never would have said it looked stupid. This on the other hand...
Possibly one of the worst trailers I've ever seen for a game.
And yeah, that "music" was hideous.
I don't know about any of you, but I really liked the first Watchdogs game, I'll definitely get this 2nd installment (watchdogs 2). hell yea.
The first Watchdog trailer was also "Something else", look how that turned out. Dramatic downgraded graphics compared to the E3 showing. I will hold off on the praises until i see the final product because Ubisoft have a history of "deceiving" their fans.
I hope this is in game
Saints Row 5s coming along nicely.
Oh boy, they've gone from stoic token white male to an asian hipster. Talk about going from bad to worse.
Ubisoft now blocked the content. Maybe they don't like the bad feedback from pushsquare visitors.
This actually looks sick!
Looks and sounds like pure garbage.
I'm just not convinced this game deserved a sequel. I know Ubisoft would like it to become a large successful franchise, but the first was so boring and dull I couldn't even be bothered to finish it. The hacking is just not exciting enough and the lead character was dreadfully plain. I actually disliked him for being such a nosey shady weasel.
You hack someone apartment and get some boring lame 6 second cameo. I want to discover evidence on some serial killer or something and track him down or maybe a large conspiracy to explore, but no. It just fizzled out like a burst balloon.
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