6 Things Watch Dogs 2 Does Better Than GTA V
2. Taking Down Corporations With Brains And Brawn
Unless you're one of them, it's really easy to hate the 1%. The same goes for politicians, who may be - albeit very, very naively - characterized as puppets in the hands of major corporations. The thought of taking down both is really too promising to pass up.
Enter WD2, where almost every main mission targets some aspect of corporate culture and capitalism. Even if it's just painting over billboards, you're still able to act as a rebel with a cause.
You're opening people's eyes, letting them know that everything's not what it seems to be. In that way DedSec is reminiscent of Guy Debord and the Situationist International in the post-war France – disrupting reality by causing minor and major acts of transgression everyday, proving that a different way of life is possible.
While GTA V allowed you to kill the creator of social media giant Life Invader, here it's not personal - you expose the workings of the "machine" and take it down brick by brick. It would be much cooler to see the effects of your actions as you progress during the game, but still, it's much more rewarding to stand-up for the little guys, than just destroy stuff for the hell of it.