Any job worth doing in Watch Dogs 2 is worth doing to music. And so, the best mechanic in Ubisoft’s hacker action sequel is Marcus Holloway’s earbuds. Equippable at any time, they pump an eclectic stream of on-demand tunes – from Dizzee Rascal to Anti-Flag, KC & The Sunshine Band to Run The Jewels and more besides – into your ears. You can freely soundtrack any mission (attempting grand larceny while blaring Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is one moment we won’t forget in a hurry) or simply wander the streets of San Francisco to your favourite songs.
One particular track so perfectly captures the philosophy of Watch Dogs 2, it almost feels as if the game was formed around it. We blast Get Stupid as we have Holloway ride on top of a car like it’s a skateboard, driving it remotely via his phone. “Get stupid, it’s what we do good,” Mac Dre raps. “Ghost ride the whip while we dancin’ on the hood.” Virtual Californians look on in bewilderment, and we laugh uproariously. Even Dre seems to admire our efforts, crooning his approval: “Boy, we go dumb, dude”. Credit to Ubisoft, then, for a tonal U-turn of such epic proportions that it singlehandedly saved a series. Watch Dogs got stupid. And it worked.
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