Thread by @aprilwright

Well, I was only able to play it for a half day or so before it started crashing (and it was late and I didn't feel like troubleshooting)
but Watchdogs 3 aka Legion is gorgeous - they captured London well.

So, you start by building a whole team with different skills. /

I did Campaign mode. Police drones are a HUGE pain in the ass in this game omg they are everywhere, watching with facial recognition, etc AND they can shoot... A terrifying future indeed. /

Some cars on the road are empty (self-driving) and when you get in, cars have an “auto-drive mode” which stays in a lane and makes turns for you if you're in a turning lane. It follows speed limits and drives on the correct side of the road lol. Virtual Tesla, no GPS /

I played with sound off because I was watching tv and there are these super handy audio descriptions on the side, in addition to subtitles - “drone noises” “footsteps” etc with a directional arrow >> VERY helpful even if you have sound on. /

Hack mode isn't a toggle anymore, Instead, you have to constantly press V to scan around you for hackable things. Annoying IMO and makes solving the electronic circuit puzzles way harder. Boo. /

Because the “team” you build has different skills, weapons, and perks, you don't specialize in things like car hacking or social engineering anymore. It's... different. Basically, you pick who you want to play for a specific mission and recruit people with skills you want. /

All in all, it has been fun to play. Some interesting new challenges and format changes.

I'm going to try to fire it up again before the free weekend is over because I don't know if I'll buy it or not? WatchDogs 2 was (so far) better for me. ❤️

@threadreaderapp unroll

I clearly need a new gaming PC - I have a good eGPU (CoreX w/Geforce works great with Mac!) but it’s time for an upgrade

I went back and played WD2 for a bit today since WDL was crashing, and it is much clearer what they were trying to do with this release /

What do I mean? WD2 was about the threats of a connected society aka IoT, and the repercussions and dangers of social media

It came out at a time when this was not fully understood by the general public /

@watchdogsgame has a different message, including:

- ‘malicious uses for autonomous enforcement infrastructure and drones’ are terrifying
- no one is an island; hackers exist and work as a team
- daily, we exist on the edge of disaster
- hackers want to make the world BETTER /

Last point is the reason the media keeps getting it wrong

*glances at @LastWeekTonight*

Hackers want to make the world better for everyone

Criminals have other motivations

Hackers are NOT de facto criminals

https://twitter.com/aprilwright/status/1431101486025560064?s=21

I won't expound on this again but SRSLY:

https://twitter.com/aprilwright/status/1433142613637488642

It is offensive to us when you lump us in with the scum of the Internet

We may walk the same forest sometimes, but not the same path

There is absolutely a Venn diagram of hackers and criminals, but using the terms “interchangeably” is just wrong and and uninformed