Watch Dogs - PC and Xbox One - Kids Age Ratings - Family Gaming Database (2024)

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Watch Dogs (2014) an open world adventure. It's the first instalment in the Watch Dogs series. You navigate and explore the world on foot or in a variety of vehicles. The novelty is the futuristic setting that highlights the use (and misuse) of social media to control a population, as well as the ability to use these and other systems to your advantage. This makes it an unusual game in that you are not often directly shooting or attacking people, but using the environment to get the job done.

It's set within a fictional version of Chicago in 2013. The single-player story follows the story of hacker and vigilante Aiden Pearce and his quest for revenge after the killing of his niece. Using stealth and combat you hack electronic devices to complete missions using equipment and devices to reach different areas without being seen. System hacking requires you to solve logic puzzles under a time restraint.

These hacks and other exploits grant you real-time control of the city’s infrastructure, enabling you to trap enemies by manipulating the traffic lights, stopping trains to board and evade authorities or chase down robbers who have mugged someone. In the online multiplayer mode you team up with up to eight players to engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay.

Our examiner, Anthony Haigh, first checked Watch Dogs 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 4 months ago.

This is an Action and Role-Play game with Collecting, Communication, Narrative and Stealth elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 8-player online game. You can play with up to seven others. Together you complete hacking contracts and engage in races. There is an open online play mode where two teams of four are tasked with acquiring and holding data, although this is not included in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions.

You can play this game in the following styles:

• Competitive Online

This game is good if you want to:

• Play big blockbusters
• Play as an older hero
• Hide and seek
• Control and order things

Rated for younger players in Australia. Rated Mature Accompanied (MA 15+) for Strong themes, violence and coarse language.

Account Rating

You don’t need a platform subscription to play this game online.

Watch Dogs usually costs $29.99 to $49.99.

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PC

$29.99

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Watch_Dogs 2

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$49.99

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Watch Dogs

Xbox One

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There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.

Game Details

Watch Dogs is part of the Watch Dogs franchise of games: