how so? i brought up the second one in this thread. i played both on release and had a good time. i just expected open world shooting/driving with a nice skilltree and a nice hacking novelty feature. both games definitely have this. i also remember wanting to play the game entirely with the rc car thing and found the puzzle design interesting and fulfilling (as in i didnt feel like wanting to die playing the game stealth while i could just be shooting in my shoot game)
ngl i just hated the characters in watch_dogs2, they were way more wacky, cartoony, less serious, childish and the like. just unlikeable in my opinion. that, and the story is more vague "forget the corporation" which was more of a drag to play tbh. with the first watch_dogs, the characters were more believable, I liked the more gritty realistic atmosphere and story, and the bad guys were more defined and developed than a simple "forget the corporation / ceo" type thing.
imo the first watch_dogs' stronger focus on story and atmosphere and believability really struck home with me, compared to watch_dogs2
i do really like the sailboats in watch_dogs2, lmao its fun with the actual wind physics, that and that one tesla car was my favorite, and the deadsec radio station kicked ass