Watch Dogs: Legion

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  1. DeathKillerNOR
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    {Gameplay: Level Design, Combat Systems, etc}
    The Level system was as expected and was fantastic.
    The combat system was easy to learn. ☐ 10/10 - Amazing. ☑ 9/10 - Fantastic. ☐ 8/10 - Good ☐ 7/10 - Average. ☐ 6/10 - OK ☐ 4/10 - Bad ☐ 2/10 - Painfull {Story: Plot, Ending, etc} The story was great, but at some point, during the gameplay, it became obvious that there was going to    {Gameplay: Level Design, Combat Systems, etc}
    The Level system was as expected and was fantastic.
    The combat system was easy to learn.
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    {Story: Plot, Ending, etc}
    The story was great, but at some point, during the gameplay, it became obvious that there was going to be a twist to the story.
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    The Narrative is good.
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    {Graphics: Aesthetics, animations, etc}
    Sadly due to the limits of the GTX 1080, i had to play it in 1080p.
    But the graphics were good non the less.
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    {Technical: Performance, Bugs, etc}
    I only noticed a bug where an enemy went into the wall. other than that, i notice no other bugs.
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    ☐ 2/10 - Painfull "9/10 – Fantastic. I enthusiastically recommend that you add these games to your to-play list. As it does not hit the amazing score, It is still an extremely good game. I recommend getting this game." ~DeathKillerNOR~ ⚠️ IN MY OPINION ⚠️    … Expand
  2. its_raghav
    Nov 10, 2020
    9
    Been playing this for the last 2 hours and have been really enjoying it. It's really nice to see how vastly London has been transformed not only from real life but from Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Ubisoft really does make great maps. The graphics look amazing at 3440x1440p my 5700XT is running this game at 60FPS very high settings. Gameplay is also great and the missions for recruitingBeen playing this for the last 2 hours and have been really enjoying it. It's really nice to see how vastly London has been transformed not only from real life but from Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Ubisoft really does make great maps. The graphics look amazing at 3440x1440p my 5700XT is running this game at 60FPS very high settings. Gameplay is also great and the missions for recruiting people have so far been quite interesting. Since I have played WD2 for almost 70+ hours, I do miss it's feel, but I'm 100% sure WD3 will grow on me quickly. Good job Ubisoft… Expand
  3. balaban64
    Aug 26, 2021
    9
    especially the takedown animations are very nice. In general, the animations are good. London looks great. Gameplay is good but hacking is reduced.
  4. FoxHound88
    Nov 4, 2020
    9
    Rating: 9/10

    Pros: 1. The recruitment system is really unique, and I loved it. Creating your own team, and having to use each team member for certain missions was a great addition. Even team members that you don't use have useful passive abilities that make the game fun. It's probably my favorite feature of the game. You don't have to recruit people to beat the game. You can actually    Rating: 9/10

    Pros:
    1. The recruitment system is really unique, and I loved it. Creating your own team, and having to use each team member for certain missions was a great addition. Even team members that you don't use have useful passive abilities that make the game fun. It's probably my favorite feature of the game. You don't have to recruit people to beat the game. You can actually beat it with one agent, but the real fun is finding the advantages and disadvantage of each member of your teams skill set, and trying to beat the mission the way you want to beat it. All the missions have different ways of completing them. It really gave me a feeling I was playing the Hitman franchise with tons of freedom.

    2. The world building is great. The city of London feels alive, and watching the NPC's interact with each other really makes the city feel real.

    3. Graphics are really good. Especially at nighttime on my 2080ti and RTX turned on. It's really impressive. Probably the first game with RTX that impressed me. I love the sci-fi feeling to the city. It's a great placeholder until Cyberpunk finally comes out.

    4. Story is actually interesting, and I did enjoy it.

    Cons:
    1. Even though I did enjoy the missions, I did wish they added more variety to the task being performed. I get the game is about hackers, but I did want a little more diversity, but even with this con the missions were still fun, and the progression of unlocking new team members kept me hooked.

    I'm not a big fan of the Watch Dogs 1 and 2. I always thought the concept was cool, but the execution was meh. Could not keep my attention for more than 3-5 hours.

    Legion is really impressive, and a great direction for the franchise. I don't want to write a long review because I'm not a journalist, but here is my pro's and Cons.    … Expand
  5. Humpster
    Nov 15, 2020
    9
    As others have noted the city itself looks amazing and is well modelled, seem to be a hallmark of Ubi games, IE the division series. The game itself is plausible with its dystopian Orwell like overtones, fairly easy to get into and intuitive. Not without its flaws sometimes the Ai gets stuck and you have to logout and login to fix but its early day's yet and is sure to be fixed. No actualAs others have noted the city itself looks amazing and is well modelled, seem to be a hallmark of Ubi games, IE the division series. The game itself is plausible with its dystopian Orwell like overtones, fairly easy to get into and intuitive. Not without its flaws sometimes the Ai gets stuck and you have to logout and login to fix but its early day's yet and is sure to be fixed. No actual crashes for me either.… Expand
  6. Arti6002
    Nov 11, 2020
    9
    Good game. I had a fun time playing it. I like the system of lot of playable characters
  7. Brunolauri
    Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Watch Dogs: Legion delivers on its' main promise. All the NPC's on the streets are playable and varied in their own ways. Some may be faster at hacking (downloading data) while having their own cons such as slower speed or inferior mobility.

    The gameplay is smooth and well realized for the most part. You can smoothly and easily switch between sources of video in the game, everything    Watch Dogs: Legion delivers on its' main promise. All the NPC's on the streets are playable and varied in their own ways. Some may be faster at hacking (downloading data) while having their own cons such as slower speed or inferior mobility.

    The gameplay is smooth and well realized for the most part. You can smoothly and easily switch between sources of video in the game, everything from you to cameras to your drone.

    The story is intriguing enough to keep you playing but as you'd expect, the lack of a protagonist makes it a little disjointed at times. The voice acting is what you'd expect from procedurally generated AI, but honestly not as bad as some make it seem.

    The world is truly great, it is one of the most detailed worlds I've ever played in and it is quite interesting as well. Same goes for the graphics as well for the game.

    You might see people complaining on the performance of the game. While it is true that at times the frames drop quite a lot you also have to consider your graphics settings. Running this game on a RTX 2070 Super gets you about 50+ fps on 1080p very high settings with raytracing enabled and considering how it looks, the game is actually quite well optimized in the end of the day.

    This is a good fun game that will get you plenty of enjoyment in the long run and as such I'll give the game a score of 8.7/10, rounding it off to 9/10.    … Expand
  8. Jonasb159
    Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Really fun game, a lot to do in it and a good story. I know it won't give satisfaction to everyone, but it sure does the job for me. I think I didn't play a game which I liked more than this one. Great graphics also. And thank you to add the accessibility settings, it makes it a lot better for me as I have a physical disability. Thanks to this settings I can play it with permadeath on andReally fun game, a lot to do in it and a good story. I know it won't give satisfaction to everyone, but it sure does the job for me. I think I didn't play a game which I liked more than this one. Great graphics also. And thank you to add the accessibility settings, it makes it a lot better for me as I have a physical disability. Thanks to this settings I can play it with permadeath on and at normal difficulty level. Usual I need to play games at easy. I also can play it for a long time without any sign of boredom or irritation and each character you recruit is different enough. With permadeath on you care also about who you recruit, so you are more careful. I try not to rush if on missions I'm using my favorite characters, so they will see another day. And I use them a lot! :D… Expand
  9. londonrocks
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    People complaining about performance while putting every setting on ultra+ ray tracing with their 5 years old computer are jokes. Watch Dogs Legion is solid sequel to the first game. I never liked second game, it was too childish.
  10. radiosilence
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    After playing Watch Dogs Legion about 10 hours i can say that much: beautiful open world, tons of unique characters to recruit, story is fine, cool easter eggs. Performance is solid, if you have up-to date PC. Even tho story isn't greatest thing ever in this one, true winner is the open world that it has. I have high hopes for Aiden dlc.
  11. tom234
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Solid modern open-world game to have fun with. Not every game needs to be extremely deep or have "Dune" level writing. Jesus. It's perfectly fine game. Graphics are nice, story is fine, by any means it doesn't deserve user score 4.0. That's just absurd. I have played it about 8-9 hours and had 1 crash. I personally haven't experienced any bugs serious bugs yet. I would very much recommend it.
  12. enjoylife
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    If you don't like it, don't play it. You don't need 10 accounts to whine about it. Now about game. So far, city looks beautiful, driving is fun, tons of cool characters to recruit.
  13. absolution23
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    lmao it's hilarious to watch losers giving 0-s because they can't buy it. And they all claim that they will buy cyberpunk and then they just pirate it. Pathetic. Anyways, watch dogs legion is surprisingly good, i wasn't expecting much, because i didn't like watch dogs 2 at all. 10 hours into game and i'm having fun, so yea. Might be one of the better games of 2020.
  14. daysandnights
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Better than Watch Dogs 2, still nothing special, but i enjoy it for what it is. London is created beautifully, very detailed. Story is nothing special, but whole open-world makes up for it. Also, Aiden dlc is very promising. If you don't like stealth/hacking then this game is not for you. It doesn't have planes like gta, but it has drones you can fly on. Overall i think it was never meantBetter than Watch Dogs 2, still nothing special, but i enjoy it for what it is. London is created beautifully, very detailed. Story is nothing special, but whole open-world makes up for it. Also, Aiden dlc is very promising. If you don't like stealth/hacking then this game is not for you. It doesn't have planes like gta, but it has drones you can fly on. Overall i think it was never meant to be gta clone, it tries to do some stuff differently and that's how it should be. I really liked watch dogs 1, so if you liked watch dogs 1, you might like this too.… Expand
  15. tourist27
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Watch Dogs Legion is solid game for what it is. It doesn't re-invent the wheel, no. But it's still new enough to enjoy. It doesn't feel dated, at least for me. If someone would complain that it's too similar to previous games then that's just hypocritical. Literally same could be said about doom games, or fallout games, mortal kombat games and so on. Nice graphics, decent story, andWatch Dogs Legion is solid game for what it is. It doesn't re-invent the wheel, no. But it's still new enough to enjoy. It doesn't feel dated, at least for me. If someone would complain that it's too similar to previous games then that's just hypocritical. Literally same could be said about doom games, or fallout games, mortal kombat games and so on. Nice graphics, decent story, and promising dlc-s.… Expand
  16. th6under
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Runs well with RTX 2070, there's no need to max out everything. Fun game, would recommend. Not sure what's with low user score, but i bet it's typical that losers who take gaming way too seriously need to downvote everything they haven't even played.
  17. readyornot23
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Solid open-world. Reminds me Watch Dogs 1. Fact that you can play as pretty much any character in the world is very unique. I personally feel one main character or even team of 6 would have been better, but i still like the game. I'm mostly excited for Aiden (main character of first game) dlc.
  18. hopeneverdies
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Developers of Last of US 2 said that they don't want that game to be fun. Well, Watch Dogs Legion is complete opposite of that, it's very much fun. If it's your type of fun or not, that's another topic, but i enjoyed it a lot and i keep playing for months to come. I truly hope that this game wont get cracked in a long time (at least 3 months), so none of these losers who claim that theyDevelopers of Last of US 2 said that they don't want that game to be fun. Well, Watch Dogs Legion is complete opposite of that, it's very much fun. If it's your type of fun or not, that's another topic, but i enjoyed it a lot and i keep playing for months to come. I truly hope that this game wont get cracked in a long time (at least 3 months), so none of these losers who claim that they are going to buy cyberpunk 2077 (but actually are just pirating it) couldn't pirate watch dog legion. They simply don't deserve it for their absolute hypocrisy.… Expand
  19. d2ysgone
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    So i watched youtuber penguinz0 review of this game and i'm literally shocked. Like, does he have some personal issues with this company or something? He gave THIS game lower score than resident evil 3 and marvel's avenger's got. Like fine, i can completely understand if he doesn't like stealth games or even doesn't care about hacking, but he literally trashed this game like it's worstSo i watched youtuber penguinz0 review of this game and i'm literally shocked. Like, does he have some personal issues with this company or something? He gave THIS game lower score than resident evil 3 and marvel's avenger's got. Like fine, i can completely understand if he doesn't like stealth games or even doesn't care about hacking, but he literally trashed this game like it's worst thing ever. There's clearly more to this. I'm pretty sure he just wanted to trash ubisoft for whatever reason and he actually doesn't even care about watch dogs legion, seems like this game was just good opportunity for him to do so. This game is very much fun, it's noting extremely special, but it's very enjoyable.… Expand
  20. goodday23
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Looking at user score, it's pretty clear that CDprojectred fanboys (who pirate their games btw) have just mass down voted watch dogs legion without even trying it. That just shows how bitter these people really are.
    Anyway, if you liked watch dogs 1, go buy legion, it's worth it. It will have Aiden too later. It wont get craked anyway before 2021, so yea.
  21. ridersrepblc
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    Not best of 2020, not worst either. Some people are way too harsh on it. I'm not saying it's must buy, but if you like what you have seen from youtube videos, then it's worth it sure. Even tho it's story isn't best thing ever (and can be even boring) it's still miles better than last of us part II story, that one was just a joke. And unlike in last of us 2, in watch dogs legion you canNot best of 2020, not worst either. Some people are way too harsh on it. I'm not saying it's must buy, but if you like what you have seen from youtube videos, then it's worth it sure. Even tho it's story isn't best thing ever (and can be even boring) it's still miles better than last of us part II story, that one was just a joke. And unlike in last of us 2, in watch dogs legion you can actually have fun and i'm not sure what else would be better in awful year that 2020 has been.… Expand
  22. ohwell
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    HONEST REVIEW AFTER 5 HOURS OF PLAYING
    This game is playable and even fun, but there are many problems (not technical). How they managed to make city more boring than in first game is just mindlbowing. I just can't understand. This (only small streets and buildings) approach is outdated and doesn't work anymore. It's okay, but this is really, really last time they can do it like that.    HONEST REVIEW AFTER 5 HOURS OF PLAYING
    This game is playable and even fun, but there are many problems (not technical). How they managed to make city more boring than in first game is just mindlbowing. I just can't understand. This (only small streets and buildings) approach is outdated and doesn't work anymore. It's okay, but this is really, really last time they can do it like that. Next game needs to be different. They need to really re-think their approach about map design. You can't just have endless streets and buildings on your WHOLE MAP. This is the place where they really should learn from GTA 5, you can't make open world game like this anymore. Rockstar did it in 2008 with GTA 4 and even then they had tons of buildings to go inside. Ironically Ubisoft did it better in 2014 with Watch Dogs 1. Watch Dogs 1 map design was so much better, you had more nature etc. Storys is "whatever", honestly kinda boring. I'm still hopeful that they can do something cool with Aiden dlc. But yea, you can't have "just city" in 2020 anymore, you need to have outside areas, nature, mountains, all that jazz. For the love of god i hope Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be good.    … Expand
  23. jack67s
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    Is it must buy? NO, is it one of the worst game of 2020? NO, in fact, far from it. What you saw in trailer is exactly what you're going to get. At least they didn't lie to their fans like Naughty Dog did with last of us 2. And to make it clear, watch dogs legion is about million times more enjoyable than last of us 2.
  24. cdprjetredsucks
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    Personally haven't had any bugs, cliches or crashes, maybe i have been lucky idk. Everything works perfectly fine with ryzen cpu. Game isn't anything special, in fact, i like watch dogs 1 more than this. BUT STILL, what's with extremely low user score? They delivered exactly what they promised in trailers, unlike Naughty Dog. I'm not sure what miracle some gamers were hoping, because it'sPersonally haven't had any bugs, cliches or crashes, maybe i have been lucky idk. Everything works perfectly fine with ryzen cpu. Game isn't anything special, in fact, i like watch dogs 1 more than this. BUT STILL, what's with extremely low user score? They delivered exactly what they promised in trailers, unlike Naughty Dog. I'm not sure what miracle some gamers were hoping, because it's exactly what they promised. You build an army with people, free London, good graphics, ray tracing. That's THE GAME they advertised. Why some people act like they were lied to or something? I'm pretty confident it's just bunch of cyberpunk fanboylosers who hate everything they can't pirate. Pathetic, but that's the reality of gaming in 2020, so yea, whatever.… Expand
  25. comawhite23
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    Watch Dogs Legion is average at best, but still miles better than last of us part 2, so that makes it basically automatic win-win for ubisoft. I would recommend buying assassin's creed valhalla instead of watch dogs legion and waiting until legion has some dlc content.
  26. flyleaf34
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    I mean it's better than last of us 2, so do i need to say anything else? lol
  27. staystrong34
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    i would rate WD games accordingly : WD 1, Legion, WD 2.
    Legion does some stuff better than other games and some worse. Overall it's decent game, to roam around in and have fun. Maybe it's not amazing right now, but dlc-s are promising. I'm not saying that dlc-s will turn it into masterpiece, but they will add depth to it for sure.
    Pretty obvious that most negative reviews are from sad    i would rate WD games accordingly : WD 1, Legion, WD 2.
    Legion does some stuff better than other games and some worse. Overall it's decent game, to roam around in and have fun. Maybe it's not amazing right now, but dlc-s are promising. I'm not saying that dlc-s will turn it into masterpiece, but they will add depth to it for sure.

    Pretty obvious that most negative reviews are from sad empty people who can't enjoy anything in life and need to whine constantly. Get a life seriously.    … Expand
  28. bulletinthewind
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    Graphics are good as usually with Ubisoft games (breakpoint was huge exception). Story could have used way more depth. They simply can't go on with this same model, they need to re-think this stuff. It was fine in 2015, it's not fine anymore. But it seems like Valhalla is already miles better than odyssey or legion. Anyway, strengths of legion doesn't involve story. It's about messingGraphics are good as usually with Ubisoft games (breakpoint was huge exception). Story could have used way more depth. They simply can't go on with this same model, they need to re-think this stuff. It was fine in 2015, it's not fine anymore. But it seems like Valhalla is already miles better than odyssey or legion. Anyway, strengths of legion doesn't involve story. It's about messing around with hacking mechanics, recruiting interesting characters and just taking what this game has to offer. It's no gta (sadly), but it's just okay. Hopefully dlc's and free updates add some depth and layers to it, otherwise it's kinda wasted potential. Still, even after what i said, it's still more fun than other stuff from 2020 like re3 remake, last of us 2 or marvel's avenger's.… Expand
  29. samson23
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    From recent games it's way better than marvel's avengers where you just smash buttons in small empty areas or resident evil 3 remake that was literally 4 hours long AAA game.
    In watch dogs legion you can recruit any characters in world you see, you can dress them up etc.
    Some say driving sucks, but you can actually adjust steering and it got way better. You need decent PC to run it tho,    From recent games it's way better than marvel's avengers where you just smash buttons in small empty areas or resident evil 3 remake that was literally 4 hours long AAA game.
    In watch dogs legion you can recruit any characters in world you see, you can dress them up etc.
    Some say driving sucks, but you can actually adjust steering and it got way better. You need decent PC to run it tho, but that's like obvious. It's AAA 2020 video games. Of course you need good computer. Just like RDR2 needs good PC.    … Expand
  30. OntheRadio
    Nov 1, 2020
    9
    About 15 hours playtime. Watch Dogs 1 world design was more interesting. London is still pretty cool. Performance is okay. No crashes so far. I really don't care about the story much, but just having fun in the city is pretty enjoyable. Hacking is fun, spider is cool, tons of characters you can recruit. I only wish it had more open areas, everything feels really packed together, i hateAbout 15 hours playtime. Watch Dogs 1 world design was more interesting. London is still pretty cool. Performance is okay. No crashes so far. I really don't care about the story much, but just having fun in the city is pretty enjoyable. Hacking is fun, spider is cool, tons of characters you can recruit. I only wish it had more open areas, everything feels really packed together, i hate that. It's not amazing or groundbreaking, but it's perfectly fine open world game, that could use some improvements. I'm really hoping these improvements come with dlc's and free content that Ubisoft advertised.… Expand
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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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