System Crash Upgrade: Blackout is a City Disruption upgrade in Watch Dogs 2.
Summary[]
System Crash Upgrade: Blackout allows the player to shut down all infrastructure in the vicinity as well as killing the power, causing a blackout. The blackout caused by the hack heavily reduces the vision range of all enemies within the range of the initial use of the hack, to the point where the player can run right in front of and knock out guards while it seems like other guards are looking directly at the player.
Uses[]
This tool is incredibly effective for doing missions in stealth, as well as the Massive Communication Disruption hack, as it can stall all enemies in range while the player run to objectives the player might not have been able to before. Do note that this hack, while being able to get rid of a enemies line of sight on the player, it will not reduce an enemies aggression or cause them to lose the player in most cases.
Requirements[]
System Crash Upgrade: Blackout costs 8 Research Points and requires Key Data from Jack London Square. It also requires the Massive System Crash upgrade first.
Trivia[]
- This hack works through all hours of the day, so as long as the initial shut down is still going on, enemies will still have the reduced vision range penalty even if it is bright and sunny outside, and they should be able to very clearly see the player.
- This hack is the equivalent of the Blackout tool from the first Watch Dogs.