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Hacking mechanics in Watch Dogs
Ubisoft wowed us in 2012 with a vision of dynamically altering the world around us with engaging hacking mechanics to feel like the ultimate cyber vigilant at E3. Then we actually got the game. Whether to just make the game flow better or to make sure the casual players didn’t get confused, the hacking mechanic was reduced to “Press X to hack”. Unfortunately the rest of the mechanics didn’t hold up to losing that glue and Watch Dogs wasn’t the long term pillar Ubisoft hoped.
