I'm not vehemently opposed to the Ubisoft open world formula like many others on the Internet. I find a lot of the aspects of their design to be relaxing and see them akin to popcorn flicks. Watch Dogs is just an unfortunate distillation of the most bland aspects of Ubisoft's design, culminating in a truly lifeless and corporatized husk. Ironic, considering its subject matter. The hacking is barebones, the stealth, driving, gunplay are all varying degrees of annoying and frustrating. Aiden Pearce himself is completely unlikeable and the story is boring. I'm surprised with how much I enjoyed Watch Dogs: Legion a few years ago, it truly did not have much of a positive foundation to work with.