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    Watch Dogs

    Game » consists of 24 releases. Released May 27, 2014

    A third-person open-world game from Ubisoft, set in an alternate version of Chicago where the entire city is connected under a single network, and a vigilante named Aiden Pearce uses it to fight back against a conspiracy.

    On your first playthrough, how will you play the game?

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    Poll On your first playthrough, how will you play the game? (52 votes)

    Offline only 46%
    Online from start to finish 54%

    Just curious as to how the GB community is planning on playing.

    Read that Notoriety stuff gets wiped if you ever decide to go offline from invasions.

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    Online all the way

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    #2  Edited By SharkEthic

    Online. Unfortunately Uplay is a piece of shit, so that's not an option at the moment.

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    @sharkethic: Had issues trying to get online the first few minutes I played but persistence paid off... then I had intermittent drops from uplay during the game - I wonder what happens to your notoriety and skills if that happens :(((

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    I won't be getting the game until I finally settle on which of the new consoles I want but when I do I will almost certainly play offline. I have no interest in multiplayer interactions being shoved into my single player experience. Hell for the very short time I played WoW I played on a no PvP server.

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    I turned Online Invasions off because it directly opposes to how I try to play the game and the rewards of online interaction is not that significant.

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    Oh thought this was about lethal vs knockouts. I want to do online when I get the game and a computer to run it but apparently Uplay is a piece of shit so let's see?

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    Online. The dark souls invasion style stuff sounds fascinating...... Assuming the ubisoft servers are working.

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    Offline. Red phantom invasions in Dark Souls II are the absolute worst part of the game. I'm thankful for the option to turn this mechanic off in Watch Dogs.

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    #9  Edited By gaminghooligan

    I haven't found the invasions to be that intrusive so I'm leaving it online for now. It was funny however that one of the few times I was invaded so far was a time where I managed to get myself stuck in the environment.

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    Never liked Dark Soul's invasion system as much as I am a Souls fan. But the frequency is so low it's not really a problem.

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    multiplayer takes FOREVER to get started.

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    After watching some streams of the 'multiplayer' it was the first thing I turned off when I started playing. It really just seems like a pointless distraction that would quickly become a nuisance. I love multiplayer in sandbox games. Hell, I haven't even gotten halfway through GTA V's campaign because I just got hooked on the multiplayer and never looked back. But Watch_Dogs is sort of phoning it in, in my opinion. Pun not intended, but welcome.

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    Offline. Its more of hassle right now than it is fun (disconnects, loading times, and while this is going on you can't do anything else). And the rewards seem pretty pointless. I'm holding off on all online play for this game for a while. Probably until after I complete the main story, or until they patch the online/fix the servers.

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    #14  Edited By Karkarov

    Uh neither of your options? I started online but it got annoying just trying to figure out some hacking puzzles then BAM you are being hacked drop what you are doing and spend 10 minutes chasing some random guy around! So I turned it off. Also yeah, all the rewards are literally for online only. Just like all the digital trip rewards only help you inside the digital trips. They are just there for people who are bored and or want to mess around.

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    Tried playing online, it's more frustrating than fun. Really enjoying the campaing so far, good voice acting and somewhat good plot.

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    Offline. I don't want to be interrupted by someone trying to hack me as I'm trying to get to an objective marker constantly.

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