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Watch Dogs 2 has a pretty ridiculous Season Pass

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Watch Dogs 2 season pass is pretty ridiuclous 2

Post-launch content is a fact of game releases that we’ve come to accept. Games launch with massive DLC packages, season passes and sometimes even free content after they’ve been put out on shelves, sometimes with varying degrees of quality. Often it’s easy to spot a Season Pass that is egregiously unfair, packaging content that should probably have been available to all players throwing down money on the new game. Watch Dogs 2 is guilty of this in some regards, with its massive Season Pass coming across as a little greedy.

The Season Pass is segmented into three parts, which will slowly trickle out after the game launches on November 15th. In total its promising five brand new missions (which are said to each be an hour long), some new skins for weapons and vehicles and outfits for Marcus. Those are all standard for post-launch content, but they’re not the only pieces of the game being dangled in front of you for more money.

Instead, Ubisoft is also packaging in a host of changes to the game’s co-operative mode that you’ll need to double down for. A new difficulty mode, for example, is bundled into one of the content packages, while another adds a new mode of play entire to the co-operative game. Even specific enemies are used as a means for DLC, with elite versions of some bad guys not appearing unless you pony up more. That sort of content feels like it should be included from the get go or as part of a free update – like so many other titles do it.

It’s a little bit icky, but I’m hoping that some of the more common mission content will more than make up for the asking price of $40 and actually add real substance to the title. Because right now the vanilla version of Watch Dogs 2 is looking pretty fine, so who knows – you might not need any of this extra stuff at all to have a good time.

Last Updated: November 3, 2016

27 Comments

  1. I don’t know what’s more cringeworthy. The season pass or the people liking the video and defending it in the Youtube comments 🙁

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    • Dungeon of JJ

      November 3, 2016 at 10:09

      They have Uplay on the brain, probably lose connection often too, then have to reboot their brains, losing info. 😛

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    • Skyblue

      November 3, 2016 at 10:25

      Comment sections are a cancer on most websites. This one is an exception though.

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      • HvR

        November 3, 2016 at 11:53

        We have Rince and Darryn in mankini, that is worse than any type of comments section cancer

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        • Skyblue

          November 3, 2016 at 13:46

          Lol, I do concede

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      • chimera_85

        November 3, 2016 at 15:10

        This site has the best comments section, people can actually take jokes and discuss shit like adults haha.

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  2. Dungeon of JJ

    November 3, 2016 at 10:08

    I wouldn’t expect too much from the season pass. But these days the season pass for most games is just to cash in on those who will buy it regardless. I don’t bother with expansions, especially on these kinds of games. Witcher 3 did it right, but it’s been a while since anyone else has done it right.

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    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      November 3, 2016 at 10:10

      GTAV as well, but you people don’t really play that

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      • Dungeon of JJ

        November 3, 2016 at 10:18

        I played it a bit, but I was a bit underwhelmed. Will get back into it again for sure there’s so much I still want to do and lots of missions still to finish, but just thinking about the fact that I have to use Social Club is already putting me off it.

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        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          November 3, 2016 at 10:19

          Oh yeah, Social Club, sies

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        • Nikola

          November 3, 2016 at 11:14

          Just get a console then you don’t have to worry about Uplay, Social Club etc. Everything works fine;)

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      • VampyreSquirrel

        November 3, 2016 at 10:22

        I still play it 😛

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        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          November 3, 2016 at 11:08

          o/

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    • Nikola

      November 3, 2016 at 11:17

      Dragon Age Inqusition also the expansions were actually good added to the story new environments and so on!

      But yeah 95% of Season Passes and DLC are just crap, just look at the latest Batman.

      Great thing about them you dont need to buy them in my eyes they completely irrelevant unless it’s something like Witcher 3 or DA:I where it’s actually adding a LOT to the game.

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      • Dungeon of JJ

        November 3, 2016 at 11:34

        I never got DA, it did intrigue me for sure, but then Witcher came out and then I just never got around to DA.

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  3. Ottokie

    November 3, 2016 at 10:14

    But I already have a season pass for Ubisoft…I just pass on everything they try to pass off as AAA gaming quality.

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    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      November 3, 2016 at 10:18

      XD

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    • Audacity (or-das-it-eeee-eee)

      November 3, 2016 at 10:25

      Where can I get one of these Ottokie?

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      • Ottokie

        November 3, 2016 at 10:27

        They were given to anyone who can see greed within gaming development 🙂

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  4. Allykhat

    November 3, 2016 at 10:15

    They burned me once with Watchdogs. Then burned me again with The Division. No matter how good this is, not touching it.

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  5. Alien Emperor Trevor

    November 3, 2016 at 10:23

    No thank you.

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    • Dungeon of JJ

      November 3, 2016 at 10:24

      But if you buy it on Steam you get to use TWO clients at the same time. Not many games offer that experience.

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  6. Audacity (or-das-it-eeee-eee)

    November 3, 2016 at 10:24

    $40 dorrars for a handful of missons?

    I’d rather save the little extra and get FFXV on launch day

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  7. Shadowblade Tokashi

    November 3, 2016 at 11:40

    it is an awesome business model.

    Dev Game (DO NOT FIX BUGS) -> Dev DLC stuff -> Release Buggy game -> Get loads of money in -> Fix Bugs while developing DLC stuff -> Release patches -> Release DLC (more sales)

    With this model, you have a constant cash in flow while keeping developers busy… it is a WIN!

    Day one sales money fund them to fix the bugs. So the idiots who buy a game on day one release fund their fking business model.

    The idiots who buy DLC funds their fking business model.

    Gamers must unite! … #SeasonPassDLCBuggyGamesOnDayOneReleaseMustFall

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  8. Jonah Cash

    November 3, 2016 at 13:10

    Best way to play a Ubisoft game: Wait a year and pay $40-$60 dollar for the complete game with all the season pass content included…

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    • chimera_85

      November 3, 2016 at 15:11

      Or don’t buy it at all haha and wait for Steam sales and CDKeys.

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  9. chimera_85

    November 3, 2016 at 15:09

    Bbbbbut bbbut but EA is the evil company hahahaha.

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