Watch Dogs Should Have Been Canon to Assassin’s Creed

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Back in 2014, Ubisoft brought its tried and true open-world formula to a modern setting with Watch Dogs. The game introduced players to a fictional version of the world where technology rules. Citizens are heavily monitored through the ctOS and hacker groups like DedSec are seeking to change that. It seemed like the perfect set up for a game, but Ubisoft has struggled to figure out just what it wants the franchise to be, and the reviews have never been very strong.

While the Watch Dogs franchise has struggled to get off the ground, Ubisoft has been going strong with its Assassin's Creed franchise. Just recently, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla became the highest earning title in the long-running franchise. Ubisoft seems committed to expanding upon this franchise with two games rumored to be in development and TV shows set in the universe through Netflix.The Watch Dogs franchise is nowhere near the success of Assassin's Creed, but there may be a simple way to fix that. The two series share very similar mechanics and ideas, so maybe making them canon to each other would have gone a long way to helping Watch Dogs achieve success.

Watch Dogs Does Not Deserve to Be Retired

Watch Dogs brings players to various cities around the world where ctOS has been implemented. This software watches every citizen, collects data on them, and use said data to make the world a safer place. However, this has created many problems as many feel it is an invasion of their privacy and the people in charge of the OS are visibly corrupt. This causes hacker groups like DedSec to be formed to combat the companies in charge of ctOS in hopes that they can take down the intrusive software.

The first Watch Dogs followed Aiden Pearce in the streets of Chicago as