Watch Dogs: Legion

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1243 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 184 out of 1243
  3. Negative: 535 out of 1243

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  1. Truckpool
    Nov 13, 2020
    4
    It's not like a 2020 game - it's like money laundering on mini transaction in game money check - not the developer's interest in a quality game!
    No subway trains. They are only in the mindset of a supposedly clone game to perform practically the same type of missions a hundred times.
    At this rate Ubisoft will soon be trampled...
  2. SeanPr
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    More of whatever watch dogs 2 was supposed to be. This one is already huge improvement, can't wait what they do with watch dogs 4. Please another European city. Anything but USA at this point. Even Germany, Poland would be better choice than USA.
  3. Realdeal346
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    It can be pretty fun game if you are creative enough. London looks great, specially with rtx.
  4. rhn
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    A hollow game with not only bugs, but numerous deadpan omissions. I really enjoyed the WD2 gameplay, but WDL is a huge disappointment. it feels like a junior dev team were handed the WD2 template and a few key feature ideas, and then just narrow-mindedly produced that with no critical inputs, ideas or oversight of their own. Even simple QoL features already present in WD2 are missing...A hollow game with not only bugs, but numerous deadpan omissions. I really enjoyed the WD2 gameplay, but WDL is a huge disappointment. it feels like a junior dev team were handed the WD2 template and a few key feature ideas, and then just narrow-mindedly produced that with no critical inputs, ideas or oversight of their own. Even simple QoL features already present in WD2 are missing...

    Just to name a few of the problems/oversights of the game:
    - The much hyped "play as anyone" system falls flat when 99%+ of possible recruits are vastly inferior to the ones handed to you early in the game. These recruits comes with 4 useful traits, whereas everyone else you find the entire game only have 0-2(a few archetype recruits with 3 useful traits can be found at a couple places, but they all have identical traits). Ended up playing only 3 different characters the whole game.
    - Story becomes rather bland with extremely few actual characters to grow attached to. The plot is extremely stereotypical and trope filled. And the games major climax point(predictable as it is) is immediately and unexplained reversed.
    - Driving mechanics and camera are terrible and the environment dreary, causing London's streets to be a chore to traverse. Coupled with many missions being procedurally generated from random locations, you find your self traveling all across town for each stage of a mission. All this forces you to use the quick travel system instead, diminishing the value of having a sprawling city to explore. I loved exploring in WD2's San Francisco, but here I just cannot be bothered.
    - The in-game currency is practically worthless, since all it can be used for is buying clothes. Coupled with most collectibles being irrelevant from a gameplay perspective, exploring the map and finding these does not feel rewarding.
    - In-game clothing shops are not individually marked on the map, so trying to find clothing of a specific type is a real hassle.
    - While clothing is somewhat decently varied, things like masks are either just reskins of each other, or ridiculous looking. Again, not giving much insensitive to explore to find them.
    - The games music stations can only be played when in a vehicle. Apparently streaming music to your phones becomes impossible in the future... Since driving sucks, you go almost the entire game without, which is a huge loss of ambiance for a game.
    - Outside a narrow collection of default non-lethal weapons that can be bought from tech-points, all weapons must be found by recruiting people who have them. And the weapon system is really confusing and limited, so even when you have a recruit with a new weapon, you probably wont be able to use it on any other more useful recruits. Some weapons are unique, so cannot be shared with other recruits. Others are put into categories, so unless your recruit came with an SMG eg. he will not be able to ever use one. Even your badass hitman that wields pistols, grenade launchers, machineguns and rifles simply cannot equip an SMG.
    - The hacking gameplay have become way too easy. In WD2 it could be a challenging puzzle to try and play the game as a peaceful hacker, since it involved using 2 different drones, the environment etc. In WDL you can do everything(outside a few story mission) with the single Spider Drone, while your operative is parked way outside the area in safety. Just drop the spider down, stealth through the area, do takedowns with it to thin the enemy, go hack the target terminal and hide the drone while it downloads. There is simply no challenge to it.
    - Bugs, bugs, bugs. The game repeatedly crashes to desktop. For me it was almost always close to the end of one of the bigger story missions, that had to be done again from scratch. Gameplay is also buggy in numerous little ways. Like doing a mission to rescue someone and once they are out of the area, they stop and prompts you to talk to them to finish mission. As you finish the conversation with them, they fall through whatever they were standing on, get knocked out and injured and you fail the mission...
    - While it may feel like a long time due to being boring a lot of the time, I finished the game just under 40 hours. That is including exploring a lot, experimenting with recruits(basically looking unsuccessfully for other useful ones), doing all side quests and a bunch of other side stuff. And I feel like there is zero replay value(I will be going back to WD2 over this). That is too short for a big open world game at full AAA price...

    All in all, a rushed and shallow game that never lives up to its hype, or its predecessor. It had lots of potential, but never met it. If you enjoy the standard Ubisoft open world game formula(I do), then get it once it becomes discounted and possibly improved through updates or DLCs.    … Expand
  5. Fateoftheworlds
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    London looks nice, but story is weak, it needs updates as soon as possible.
  6. Radiotwer
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    If they actually wanna save this game, they need to release multiplayer or Aiden's DLC fast. London looks great, but they need way more. I'm hopeful tho.
  7. Hex89
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    This game deserves so much more attention, even if it's just for that beautifully created London.
  8. HDD
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Pretty fine open world game that got hit by bunch of haters who never even tried it. It was never meant to be gta 5 successor, there's gta 6 for that (who knows when that comes out). I don't understand people who actually thought this was going to be next gta 5, i doesn't even make sense. Watch Dogs is it's own thing, it's own series, it's open world modern city YES, but it's main focus isPretty fine open world game that got hit by bunch of haters who never even tried it. It was never meant to be gta 5 successor, there's gta 6 for that (who knows when that comes out). I don't understand people who actually thought this was going to be next gta 5, i doesn't even make sense. Watch Dogs is it's own thing, it's own series, it's open world modern city YES, but it's main focus is hacking. As far i remember gta 5 had none of that. I'm saying all this as hardcore gta 5 fan. Story was letdown, i agree, but i have high hopes for Aiden's dlc. Evene just free roaming with Aiden would be worth season pass to me.… Expand
  9. 21stcentury
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Watch Dogs Legion was never bad or awful game, in fact, i would like to argue it's better and deeper than watch dogs 2. Watch Dogs 1 will always be best in the series, unless they do something crazy with WD 4, but Legion is solid enough, it just needs tons of polishing and updates, more content. DLC's must deliver.
  10. rtx99
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Way better than watch dogs 2, if you liked watch dogs 1, i would recommend this.
  11. lighthearted
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    If you are watch_dogs fans and if you liked first one more than second one then this is worth trying out. London looks beautiful.
  12. newyorkcity_
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Pretty cool game if you are creative type, if you want everything to be thrown at you, you might find this one boring. Can't wait for dlc's and multiplayer.
  13. londonland
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    It wasn't anything amazing, but it was at times pretty fun and it wasn't nearly as bad as this user score.
  14. Heroez
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Nothing special, but still fun enough open world to mess around with. London looks great.
  15. trendyguy
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    This game needs all the support possible, it's no masterpiece lol, but it's fine game.
  16. thunderandlight
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    It's okay so far, but i would say wait for dlc......................................................
  17. drkknight
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Solid effort from Ubisoft, still, it could have been so much better, specially story. But it's not bad.
  18. goldenage
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Fine enough game, doesn't deserve nearly that bad user score. Wait for sale tho.
  19. Maxfactor99
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Mostly excited for Aiden's dlc, overall it's not very interesting game, but i'm hopeful that it gets better. London is well done tho.
  20. Greekmyth
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Haters really tried to take this one down huh? lol. It wasn't nearly as bad as this user score, but it's not must buy if you don't care about watch_dogs games.
  21. startafire
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    It's honestly nothing special, but it's not bad either. London looks really good and it's cool to finally see modern London in AAA video game.
  22. Denmarkforever
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    --------------------------------------------------------better than watch dogs 2----------------------------
  23. get_a_life
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Solid game, does exactly what it promised. Not must buy, but if just wanna have fun it's great for that.
  24. trex1011
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Not top 5 material, but not bad either................................................
  25. Darkkiller
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    It's not like a 2020 game - it's like money laundering - not the developer's interest in a quality game! At this rate Ubisoft will soon be trampled...
  26. Lenya007
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    In this game, too many bugs, they are literally everywhere! The plot and gameplay are just terrible... I do not recommend this game!
  27. ZguroK
    Nov 12, 2020
    2
    2 бала за пиздатый графон
    Остальное это гавно
  28. gabataka
    Nov 11, 2020
    6
    I expected something else entirely.
    Part 2 was much better, it is better than the first.at least on hacking, and after all only this in the first place distinguished it from GTA clones
    1. Hacking is again at the level of part 1, and all that's left is the cameras - there seems to be a distraction -- possible stun - maybe something else - well, you can use drones, it's fun . and also    I expected something else entirely.
    Part 2 was much better, it is better than the first.at least on hacking, and after all only this in the first place distinguished it from GTA clones
    1. Hacking is again at the level of part 1, and all that's left is
    the cameras
    - there seems to be a distraction
    -- possible stun
    - maybe something else
    - well, you can use drones, it's fun . and also drones with guns and others are also cool

    But let's be clear, I would only pass the game with one person. they are really useless others. What the **** am I doing with 20 people if I have a cool black agent Smith? (but he's not Smith)
    then you can still change gadgets,but the spider is necessary. Guns or fists can finish you off . so brass knuckles with a stun gun goes to the side, alas.
    I didn't get the game, since I took Uplay+

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    Я ожидал совсем другого.
    2 часть куда лучше была, она лучше первой.по крайней мере по хакингу, а ведь только это в первую очередь отличало ее от гта клонов
    1. Хакинг опять на уровне 1 части, и то все что осталось это
    -камеры
    -вроде есть отвлечение
    --возможно оглушение
    -возможно что то еще
    -ну ок дронов можно, это прикольно . а так же дроны с пушками и прочие тоже прикольно

    Но давайте на чистоту я бы прошел игру только одним персом. они реально бесполезные остальные. На кой хер мне 20 человек,если у меня есть крутой темнокожий агент Смит. (но он не смит)
    потом все же можно менять гаджеты,но паук необходим. Пушками или кулаками можно добить . так что кастет с электрошокером уходит в сторонку увы.
    мне не зашла игра, благо я брал Uplay+    … Expand
  29. Arti6002
    Nov 11, 2020
    9
    Good game. I had a fun time playing it. I like the system of lot of playable characters
  30. F1Z2I3
    Nov 11, 2020
    3
    Not only is the free roam bland, but the game also looks like a Ps3 game. The games' story is bare bones and not replayable as the story adapts to the current character you are playing as. The game does not feel like an $89 million budget game, its boring and the missions to recruit characters are just making me fall asleep, the game feels incomplete and needs more time in the oven asNot only is the free roam bland, but the game also looks like a Ps3 game. The games' story is bare bones and not replayable as the story adapts to the current character you are playing as. The game does not feel like an $89 million budget game, its boring and the missions to recruit characters are just making me fall asleep, the game feels incomplete and needs more time in the oven as somehow they made it look WORSE than the first game. The story is generic and not even worth talking about as there is barely a reason to go over it. I am pretty sure you could look anywhere online and see the downgrades of WDL, it's just a boring and overall bland game not worth $60 but maybe in the $30 range.

    At this point in time, it's not worth getting, wait for a sale, then maybe the game is like a 5.    … Expand
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#10 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 46
  3. Negative: 1 out of 46
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2021
    80
    Legion is a return to the darker roots of Watch Dogs. It is also the best game in the series, regardless of whether you’re inclined to avoid violence and solve problems DedSec style (by hacking), or prefer to unleash a hail of bullets. The story improved big time and it is unsettling to realize how much the game’s dystopian reality resembles our own. [13/2020, p.62]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Jan 26, 2021
    50
    This is the worst kind of sandbox, with bland, repetitious gameplay, and barely existing narrative.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 4, 2021
    60
    Watch Dogs: Legion is a fun game, but in the end it doesn't stand out. The possibility of recruiting anyone is ambitious, but many, perhaps even more important elements have fallen victim to it. The game unfortunately falls into the ranks: to play and forget. [Issue#307]
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