What do you think is better in 1 than 2? I thought the consensus was usually 2 was a much better and more polished
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1 had story, even if you didn't like it cause it was just a revenge story. 2 had no story but had more developed characters. I literally never even felt like I was contributing to the story until the last 3 missions in WD2. WD2 also got rid of the random robbery events which I liked in 1. WD2 made no sense providing a hacker with a grenade launcher and being fine with you killing everyone. It worked in WD1 because it was a revenge story in which Aidan would stop anyone who got in his way. There was no real enemy in WD2 - again, until the last 3 missions. WD2 also limited you a **** ton with your weapons, only allowing you to carry 2 weapons and a stun gun, which in a sandbox open world is idiotic and boring. I kept wanting an actual pistol, a SMG, a shotgun, and a grenade launcher. Also, while the RC/copter were cool, they made it too easy to spot everyone at any given moment and made it nearly pointless to hack cameras, which I found to be fun in WD1 especially in the gang hideouts. I played both and just really disliked a lot of WD2. It became a grind to do the story missions because they never contributed to the story, even though some of them were really fun as standalone missions.
Also I feel like most people dislike WD1 because of the graphics downgrade and deceptions they were told. Their expectations weren't met but I hadn't seen any of that before I played WD1 and didn't even know it existed until I saw an advertisement video for it in Gamestop on their TV screen.
I also played WD1 pre-GTA5 and WD2 post-GTA5 so my standards in a game like that have changed.