Watch Dogs [Essentials]

Characters can be recruited across the game's setting and can be permanently lost during the course of a playthrough if players have the permadeath option enabled.

Each character has a different background and abilities that allow for a large amount of different approaches to completing missions working for the hacking group DedSec with a narrative that focuses on fighting back against a surveillance state.

The game has action both on foot and using vehicles.

The game features cooperative multiplayer that allows up to four players to work together.