

If there are no devices around, he can toss out a sound emitter that sticks to walls. With his smartphone, Aiden can activate a pitching machine to distract police officers so he can sneak by while clinging to cover. Aiden has to sneak out and that’s done with a mixture of homemade gadgets and hacking.

His overzealous associate Jordi Chin was a little too quick calling the authorities and he was too busy making the scene look like a shootout between rival gangs. The introduction took place in a crowded ballpark as Aiden detains a hitman named Maurice Vega and tries to escape the police. There were three major missions I had a chance to check out. IT PLAYS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN ASSASSIN’S CREED AND SPLINTER CELL: That’s my early assessment. Here are five things I noticed with my hands-on time:Īiden can ride motorcycles and other cars. It was a small chunk of the campaign that offered a taste of what’s to come. That’s what I was introduced as I spent more than five hours with Ubisoft’s upcoming open world game. If he’s caught and being pursued, he activates roadblocks and switches around signal lights to wreck his pursuers.īut I bet that those eagerly awaiting Watch Dogs didn’t know he had a sister (Nicole) or a nephew (Jackson) or that there’s a tragedy as part of his backstory. When sneaking around, he peeks into a closed circuit security feeds for an edge. He’s dangerous with a gun and pummels thugs with his baton. Gamers know Aiden Pearce as the tough-as-nails hacker.
