When going up against armed Albion security, a weapons expert sees you through engagements. If a mission requires stealth, you’ll want someone with infiltration skills. Some are expert hackers, while others excel at reconnaissance. After scanning a citizen with your smartphone, you'll see that person's personal profile and special abilities. Whether it's an unassuming businessman, soccer hooligan, fashionable bar hopper, or construction worker, you’re free to recruit almost anyone walking London's streets. All of this keeps the game fresh, as each mission contains its own set of unique challenges. This may include maneuvering a spiderbot through ventilation shafts or remotely connecting electric lines. In addition, you may need to solve puzzles or complete mini-games to advance. These challenges often require you to physically find keys or power junctions. Other times, you must find a door’s power source and disable it. In these instances, you must download a key to open barred doors. Hacking into systems won’t be enough to complete particular missions since some doors and barriers carry added security. Hacking a camera and using spiderbots and drones to complete objectives stealthily is extremely satisfying. It’s entirely possible to complete some missions without ever moving your character. In terms of gameplay, you effectively become the object. The same applies to spiderbots and drones. Hacking a camera instantly shifts the game perspective to its point of view. All that you need to do is press the dedicated hack button when you see a prompt over a hackable object.

Using your character’s smartphone, you hack into security cameras, hijack drones, control spiderbots, disable security alarms, and arm traps. The ctOS system robs London’s citizens of their freedom, but it aids your quest to thwart the Albion corporation that manages the security system.

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