A Protagonist Worth A Damn
It’s pretty well documented that this point that Aiden Pearce was one of the dullest protagonists of our time. His grizzled voice and damaged guy demeanor felt tired and boring, and the story of Watch Dogs did him exactly zero favors. Just like his low-key clothing, Aiden was great at blending into the crowd of straight white male protagonists in video games.
What Watch Dogs 2 needs above all else, is a character worth caring about: someone with interesting traits that can dynamically change throughout the course of the story. It needs a story that can support and keep the players interest from mission to mission, and keep away from the convoluted mess of the original game. And Ubisoft seems to know this, as we can see in a possible early look at the protagonist of the new game. Assuming this is true, it’ll be nice to see some gender and racial diversity in Watch Dogs’ sophomoric entry. Now we can only hope that they’re a good character.
