Should I play 1 before 2?

[Tears For Fears]

Like for story elements etc?

[Pickles™]

No, these two are completely different story wise, though you might not understand what CtOs is in game, and there are a few references to the first one, other then that you should be fine. If you want to know what CtOs is, you could always google it up.

[AC Denton]

It's not really needed.
There's 1 character in the game from the 1st and there's some references there but not story breaking.
There's 1 part of the game where you SEE the protagonist from WD1.
There's a DLC where you interact with another character from WD1.

That's really about it. Personally, I'd still reccomend playing the 1st one first.

Note that the 2 games are reeeeaaallyy different.
The 1st one has the better story and a darker feel to the world and what's going on.
WD2 is a lot more "fun", the world feels more open and lots more to do and is overall more enjoyable & realistic. The story lacks though but still isn't bad, i'd reccomend doing ALL the side missions before going through the main ones to get a better feel of the story.

The ideal Watch Dogs 3 would be a world as lively as WD2 and a story as immersful as WD1.

[Girl Glock]

I would for the sake of continuity, but WD2 doesn't take much from WD1's original story bar the occasional references throughout main and side missions. You can play whichever in whatever order, worst case scenario you come across something in WD1 later on and have some connect-the-dots epiphany as the story unfolds.

[GuRu Asaki]

WD2 takes place after Watch Dogs 1... But the whole thing is... Aiden is like underground stuff, he works in the shadows, & It tells the story of how everything started... Watch Dogs 2 has Marcus growing up already with everything aware or active in his surroundings... Marcus is more in your face attitude... So I would have to say that if there is a Watch Dogs 3 Game, that I would like to see maybe Aiden's younger self before his life was turned upsidown?

Or how about going even further before Aiden, like how about the Origins of Watch Dogs?

That is what i'd like to see from Watch Dogs 3...


They let you know right off the bat when starting the Game, that Marcus grew up already in the world where his surroundings were bad... So right at the beginning you know, that Watch Dogs 2 was a sequel, but since he has no ties to Aiden, he lives in a whole nother location far away, & we are talking different time frame here, chances are not many story connecting things are between the two Games...


Unless Ubisoft does sometehing about Watch Dogs story, I don't think we'll ever see the Stories connect...

There are 3 Dirrections they can go on... Watch Dogs 3 can be about connecting the characters together into the same story, it can be about Aidens Past or an Origins to Watch Dogs, or a 3rd possibility is that the 3rd Game could possibly be a aftermath sorta story...



I dunno, anyways, good luck...

[enderphilia]

the first game has nothing to do with the first, except for the main character showing up as an easter egg during a side mission, and another character showing up halfway through watch dogs 2.

[半斤溜肉段]

i think you should, 1 is a good game, and smells different from 2

[73313WS]

you may try 1 , but story kind darker than 2 , car driving are ♥♥♥♥