Watch Dogs: Legion

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  1. Molec_man
    Oct 31, 2020
    4
    Is this game a 9 like Witcher 3, Bloodbourne, God of War or RE2? No.
    Does this game have a good story? Hardly any.
    Does this game have fluid gameplay and controls? No. Does this game have a great soundtrack? No. Does this game have fantastic graphics? They are ok. Does it offer exciting multilayer? No. Will it? Maybe. Will this game make you want to play it for hours and hours? And    Is this game a 9 like Witcher 3, Bloodbourne, God of War or RE2? No.
    Does this game have a good story? Hardly any.
    Does this game have fluid gameplay and controls? No.
    Does this game have a great soundtrack? No.
    Does this game have fantastic graphics? They are ok.
    Does it offer exciting multilayer? No. Will it? Maybe.
    Will this game make you want to play it for hours and hours? And then comeback after you beat it? Most likely not.

    So what does it offer? A game released during a pandemic, that feels like it was built in the middle of a pandemic. Boring, Slow, Repetitive, Wonky, the list goes on. Its sounds promising with the whole recruit anyone bit. But, its not as great as it sounds. I'd create my own operatives.

    IMO, Patches may be able to fix a couple issues and bring it to a 6.    … Expand
  2. Akirarus
    Nov 5, 2020
    4
    Скучно. Повторяющиеся миссии.
    Любая миссия проходится грузовым дроном + пауком.
    У нанятых кандидатов с трудом найденные способности отстой. Нашел бойца Келли с пауком-турелью, так им управлять нельзя. Где бросил там и стоит.    Скучно. Повторяющиеся миссии.
    Любая миссия проходится грузовым дроном + пауком.
    У нанятых кандидатов с трудом найденные способности отстой. Нашел бойца Келли с пауком-турелью, так им управлять нельзя. Где бросил там и стоит.
  3. agent13
    May 16, 2023
    4
    watcg dogs legion is another typical Ubisoft tedious repetition with the same boring copy pasted formula and it's a huge step backwards comparing to wd and wd2, first of all the story is horrible and not exciting at all. not having a real protogonist and real characters made all of them seem the same. the missions also are the same almost all of them are infiltrating a base and stealingwatcg dogs legion is another typical Ubisoft tedious repetition with the same boring copy pasted formula and it's a huge step backwards comparing to wd and wd2, first of all the story is horrible and not exciting at all. not having a real protogonist and real characters made all of them seem the same. the missions also are the same almost all of them are infiltrating a base and stealing something or some data and escape. the combat and physics are ridiculously bad. the graphics are horrible the game looks like sh*t on ps4 i think it runs on 900p or occasionally 720p with constant framedrops on the same console that can run RDR 2 on 1080p! the only good thing about this game is it's environment design and good recreation of London but unfortunately it's all wasted… Expand
  4. HappySpaceInvad
    Jan 10, 2021
    4
    It's bizarre that Cyberpunk 2077 came in for such a beating when this game is just as bad if not worse.
    Everything about this game screams "UNFINISHED". It really needed another 6-12 months in development instead of being rushed out to make a quick cash grab. Instead, it was rushed out and none of the issues have been addressed 2 months on.
    You've got the missing online mode, the    It's bizarre that Cyberpunk 2077 came in for such a beating when this game is just as bad if not worse.
    Everything about this game screams "UNFINISHED". It really needed another 6-12 months in development instead of being rushed out to make a quick cash grab. Instead, it was rushed out and none of the issues have been addressed 2 months on.

    You've got the missing online mode, the terrible contrast/brightness settings in HDR (that can't really be fixed), the missing character animations (trying leave a moving vehicle for example), the terrible voice acting (with oddly misplaced swearing), NPCs stuck in walking animation while facing walls, combatant AI is completely ineffective, the stuttering frame rate (on PS4 Pro) the random crashes, the half-assed story, the PS2-era character models... and this was apparent within the first 30 minutes of gameplay. Loading times are long, and occur in odd places... like where the screen fades to black for 5 seconds in between each tutorial section, even though there's no change of scenery or characters.

    The facsimile of London is ok, although a shame they had to cut so many corners... streets... buildings... etc. I would have preferred they cover a smaller area at 1:1 scale. If you're not as familiar with London as I am, you'll probably be fooled.

    The character design is bizarre... potato-faced mannequins animated like marionettes. Some of the face designs are hilarious and don't matched the voices. There's not even an attempt at lip sync when they speak.

    But you'll soon tire of the mini-London sandbox... because there's no real story, no character development, no incentive to carry on. Just a string of identical missions. It's not even up to the standard of other Ubisoft open-world games like Far Cry 5 or Assassin's Creed.

    Yeah yeah... COVID-19... I get it. But why release something half-assed when another 6-12 months polishing could have delivered something of quality?    … Expand
  5. NazgulzLegacy
    Sep 5, 2021
    4
    Waypoints take forever to appear, no character leveling and money is basically useless.
  6. BlindBandit988
    Nov 2, 2020
    4
    Nothing special about the game. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. It’s not a game that I can sit there and play for hours and hours or even think about when I’m not playing. It’s pretty cool that you can recruit anyone, but they really don’t do too much with it. The characters have different abilities and perks like in State of Decay, but unlike State of Decay they don’t reallyNothing special about the game. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. It’s not a game that I can sit there and play for hours and hours or even think about when I’m not playing. It’s pretty cool that you can recruit anyone, but they really don’t do too much with it. The characters have different abilities and perks like in State of Decay, but unlike State of Decay they don’t really give too many reasons to switch players, so once I picked my first player I just kept playing as them. Do yourself a favor, wait for it to go on sale to buy it.… Expand
  7. Fvoltes
    Nov 3, 2020
    4
    Underwhelming, dull and extremely buggy.

    As a Watch Dogs series fan I was looking forward to this game, and it disappointed me, I expected much more from it, it seemed like a downgraded version of Watch Dogs 2.. Actually it seems more like a different game; most of the hacks are gone like calling cops on someone, blackout, etc. Furthermore, the UI changed and it’s awful, they removed    Underwhelming, dull and extremely buggy.

    As a Watch Dogs series fan I was looking forward to this game, and it disappointed me, I expected much more from it, it seemed like a downgraded version of Watch Dogs 2.. Actually it seems more like a different game; most of the hacks are gone like calling cops on someone, blackout, etc.

    Furthermore, the UI changed and it’s awful, they removed “car-on-demand”, the uber-like app and more... They even removed the MP3 player! Now to listen to music/podcasts (which are decent to say the least), you’ve got to pause the game.

    In regards to the story, it’s dull, you don’t really do anything interesting and the tasks are extremely repetitive, you go to a certain place, you “hack” something (L1+X or triangle, depending on the hack) and wait for a bar to go to 100%. I found it extremely boring.

    Now, I personally enjoyed the map design, London was correctly recreated and the atmosphere was great. However, there were no interiors despite the DedSec HQ and the city didn’t feel alive despite of the new “play as anyone” feature — I’ll get to that later. The AI was worse than in the previous games, it’s bluntly ridiculous considering that it’s a AAA game. And the graphics were fine I guess, slightly better than the other game.

    The game is pretty buggy, but it isn’t unplayable, it delivers what they want to deliver I guess, which isn’t that good. The PS4 optimization however, is really bad, the game crashed countless times.

    The “play as anyone“ feature is not that interesting to be honest, voice acting isn’t good, only few “skills” are useful or remotely interesting, characters don’t have any backstory or anything appealing as well.

    You might think that a 4/10 is high for what I said, but the game isn’t unplayable or anything like that, you can play it but it’s not enjoyable imo, it seemed like a chore. Not worthy of the price I paid, you might like it if there’s a really good sale for it.    … Expand
  8. ajfrie
    Jul 16, 2021
    4
    Game is buggy mess. 8 months have passed and still not able to play properly. Ubisoft don't give a damn about the player, only our money they wanted. This is last game I buy from them. Even EA don’t disappoint me like that.
  9. Hobbdog
    Nov 6, 2020
    4
    Honestly, I was disappointed but unsurprised by the lack of polish and depth present in this game. While the systems are somewhat interesting to interact with in terms of character recruitment, I felt that this interest quickly fades into resentment. What’s good:
    - Dense open world with a LOT of characters roaming its streets
    - All gadgets and weapons feel fun to use (personal fav being    Honestly, I was disappointed but unsurprised by the lack of polish and depth present in this game. While the systems are somewhat interesting to interact with in terms of character recruitment, I felt that this interest quickly fades into resentment. What’s good:
    - Dense open world with a LOT of characters roaming its streets
    - All gadgets and weapons feel fun to use (personal fav being the cloak)
    - Story itself is at least serviceable

    What’s meh:
    - Driving is fine. Not good, but functions well enough to move around the world at a speed greater than walking
    - Currency system and customization is okay, but honestly felt lacking in options and true customization
    - Enemy’s have enough brains to pose “some” resistance, but by no means feel smart

    What’s bad:
    - Recruitable characters feel shallow, poorly acted/generated, and poorly planned. A nemesis system might have worked better, with a singular core character and lots of disposable recruits to bring in. I never felt much of an attachment to my characters, and didn’t care when I lost them as I could just get more.
    - Hacking feels worse than in previous games, with some abilities locked to certain characters. There aren’t any blackout or gang-call type abilities that would have wowed me.
    - Melee, as the majority of combat you see, isn’t very fun. It can feel frustrating or way too easy, but never a perfect balance. I just ended up dodge-punching everything for as long as I could.
    - Optimization, even on PS4 isn’t great. Long load times and a few crashes have soured my experience during my play through.
    - Little to do; Liberating the map as quickly as possible might make the game much less fun for you. Doing so clears much of the Albion presence, reducing the amount of conflict you are in. Doing so is also pretty easy, taking only a few objectives per district in order to reach Defiant status.

    All in all, I wasn’t particularly thrilled by my experience with Legion. It clearly wanted to do something ambitious with its “play anyone” mechanics. However, I believe that it should have either a.) had a single, well-written protagonist with a cast of characters to match, and then put in some sort of nemesis system, or b.) had a customizable first character to function as leader to the others. Slightly below the standard set by Ubisoft in previous titles, and well below what is expected from AAA games.    … Expand
  10. Diverdown
    Nov 2, 2020
    4
    This game is just boring that is all I have to say for this game. The recruiting everyone is kind of cool, but the missions everything else. My god even if you do things in different ways it's still boring.
  11. Lonitx
    Nov 9, 2020
    4
    it is technically inferior to WD2, and with a season pass, Ubisoft spits in the face of their customers and expect you to pay 80€ for the privilege, if you respect yourself, don't buy ubisoft games
  12. Ceberlol
    Nov 10, 2020
    4
    Ужасная игра, очень много багов, Юбики расслабились
  13. joaowickk
    Oct 30, 2020
    4
    It's... Something??? idk, it's just really, really boring and bad. The missions are bad, or meh, and the story is the most cliché thing you can think about
  14. Aceospades97
    Dec 3, 2020
    4
    Ubisoft takes one step forward and 20 steps back. Honestly what happened with this game? How is it that the next installment of the series is missing things that were in the first two, stores have no interiors, you can't use the phone in game to listen to music and access the features that Watch Dogs 2 had, the variety of cars is absolutely terrible, the voice acting on some of theUbisoft takes one step forward and 20 steps back. Honestly what happened with this game? How is it that the next installment of the series is missing things that were in the first two, stores have no interiors, you can't use the phone in game to listen to music and access the features that Watch Dogs 2 had, the variety of cars is absolutely terrible, the voice acting on some of the characters is absolute trash. A robot reading off the script could do a better job, the whole idea of playing as everyone is used badly, the game has a bug where voices get distorted. It's somewhat playable/enjoyable. But I wouldn't buy it for full price. Even I'd have to really consider it to buy it at half price.… Expand
  15. tranquilitys
    Nov 19, 2020
    4
    The story is boring and recruiting a crew isn't interesting at all. Submissions and mini-games that are still not fun. I don't know what to say or show.
  16. Wwilliams23
    Nov 4, 2020
    4
    I had high hopes after the excellent Watch Dogs 2, but unfortunately, this was a major letdown. The first two games had decent stories and characters, where as Legion, you can "be anyone". Ubisoft has been pushing this. However, it does not translate into a fun experience. There's too much micromanaging to the point where you end up not even caring and asking yourself what it's all for inI had high hopes after the excellent Watch Dogs 2, but unfortunately, this was a major letdown. The first two games had decent stories and characters, where as Legion, you can "be anyone". Ubisoft has been pushing this. However, it does not translate into a fun experience. There's too much micromanaging to the point where you end up not even caring and asking yourself what it's all for in the end. WD2 was fun, colorful and you had an end goal. Markus was a cool character you actually cared about, with a ragtag group of Dedsec members. San Francisco was also more interesting and pretty than London, at least in the games themselves. I just can't describe my disappointment enough with this game. I hope it doesn't end the series, because I want another experience like Watch Dogs 2.… Expand
  17. Zumbie101
    Oct 31, 2020
    4
    Game puts a lot of stock in the "you can play as anyone" which is kinda cool but remains nothing more than a gimick. It ends up resulting in a group of cardboard characters with dodgy voiceacting doing random missions which usually involve trying to find the way to the roof of a building to press a button.

    The world and combat is fine but nothing amazing. The "hacking" feels very    Game puts a lot of stock in the "you can play as anyone" which is kinda cool but remains nothing more than a gimick. It ends up resulting in a group of cardboard characters with dodgy voiceacting doing random missions which usually involve trying to find the way to the roof of a building to press a button.

    The world and combat is fine but nothing amazing. The "hacking" feels very limited and quite dull honestly. The story is pretty bland and generic. All around one to skip.    … Expand
  18. JetLi
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    I love the game so far but I can barely play over an hour without getting a blue screen. It crashes way to much. Even after a update that was supposed to fix the crashing.
  19. Pik3
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    Worst WD game. Soooo many bugs... Bad story, boring world, characters, AI. Everything is bad.... Don't buy this...
  20. DiegoWolf29
    Sep 18, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La verdad muy decepcionante y eso que soy fan de la saga watch dogs, me platine el 2 y busco el platino del 1 algun dia y es una completa deshonra para sus anteriores entregas, bugs, historia malisima y sin prota fijado, eso era lo que le daba más sentimiento a los anteriores juegos de la saga, no le agarras tanto cariño a tus personajes como lo hacías antes con Marcus o Aiden, otro tema que tampoco me gustó es el doblaje lamentablemente no se que le dio a ubisoft porque dejó de doblar los juegos a latino y eso eso sus Doblajes, tanto el de Far Cry 4 y Watch Dogs 2 FUERON EXTREMADAMENTE BUENOS, los coleccionables están bugueados al igual que la historia aveces que incluso me obligaba a repetir misiones SOLO POR CAMBIAR DE PERSONAJE e visto que a nadie más le paso pero al menos cuando yo lo jugué me paso,otro tema que me pareció MUY MALO es el tema de la conducción QUE LITERAL ME PARECE INCREIBLEMENTE INCOMODA la camara se sintió muy tiesa al igual que el auto, la verdad me pareció un juego muy malo y esa dinámica de que puedes ser cualquiera es MUY BUENA idea pero almenos a mi parecer los señores de ubisoft no lo supieron aprovechar bien y de paso de mala manera, almenos yo le siento ese 4 muy merecido, cuando lo jugaba me aguantaba las ganas de borrarlo pero aja era una prueba de fin de semana y eso que me tomé mi tiempo y hacía otra cosas y igual me pareció corto, espero que la próxima entrega de la saga sea mucho mejor que esta y no una cagada como este Watch Dogs: Legion… Expand
  21. shopwornoot
    Oct 31, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What's happening to ubi soft _ this game is a boring mess, 3/10. Sorry its a short review but what more can i say....… Expand
  22. Steyraus
    Oct 31, 2020
    3
    Another generic, repetitive open world chore from Ubisoft. Cut and paste assets AI from the first AC games still walking into walls and acting in ways that is completely immersion breaking. The whole game has a district lack of attention to detail and polish. So many games this generation have pushed the medium of gaming forward in meaningful ways but Ubisoft one of biggest, richestAnother generic, repetitive open world chore from Ubisoft. Cut and paste assets AI from the first AC games still walking into walls and acting in ways that is completely immersion breaking. The whole game has a district lack of attention to detail and polish. So many games this generation have pushed the medium of gaming forward in meaningful ways but Ubisoft one of biggest, richest publishers continues to give us uninspiring out of date trash..Sure they pull a rabbit out of their hats occasionally but overall enough is enough.
    Literally the only thing that could be innovating is the ability to play as any character and even that is rubbish. Everyone in this world is ugly and idiotic, could not find a single character I was invested in and the whole system is just shallow RNG tricks.
    The worst and most unforgivable thing about the game is its creator stubbornness in bring a 60fps mode to next gen consoles. Apparently it got ray tracing and runs in 4K, how hard would it have been to lower the resolution to 1440p and remove ray tracing for a Smooth experience. Once the new machine are out I wont buy a single game that is running a 30FPS. They dont have the CPU to blame anymore and consumers should expect better.    … Expand
  23. Radi
    Oct 31, 2020
    3
    One of the buggiest games i've played in ages. Seriously don't waste your money on this, year after year Ubisoft keeps getting away with half assed games and this one is no different.
  24. thalystrange
    Oct 31, 2020
    3
    A Jogabilidade é boa (apesar de reciclada), e o gráficos são ótimos! Mas a falta de um protagonista meio que mexe muito com o jogo, pois os personagens não tem personalidade, como o design dos personagens é horrível e vários tem vozes semelhantes, e a história foi bem clichê e não é tão interessante. O jogo tem uma ideia incrível, mas foi desperdiçada facilmente.
  25. Kinghevy
    Oct 31, 2020
    3
    the character design is very bad, there are rare people you will see in London.The graphics are still at the far cry 4 level and the FPS drops, although the graphics card is good too. The story is not realistic, rather absurd, the game in general did not satisfy.
  26. NoLifeJ
    Oct 30, 2020
    3
    Even though the game had a Day One patch I experienced more crashes on this game than any other game on my PS4 Library (excluding Fallout 4). The standard hacks like cellphone distractions and currency stealing are completely downgraded and limited by a cool-down that takes way too long to recharge. Character models have stiff, copy/paste animations from previous WD games, awful lipEven though the game had a Day One patch I experienced more crashes on this game than any other game on my PS4 Library (excluding Fallout 4). The standard hacks like cellphone distractions and currency stealing are completely downgraded and limited by a cool-down that takes way too long to recharge. Character models have stiff, copy/paste animations from previous WD games, awful lip syncing and no real variation in voices other than a slight modulation that makes the dialogue even more cringe-worthy than it already is at times. There's no in-game phone with built-in apps to try out or even a media player so you can listen to songs when you're on foot so at times, the game feels empty in terms of soundtracks other than what's available on the car radio. The game just isn't really innovative in any way other than being able to recruit anyone walking around London. But there's really no incentive in having multiple recruits other than using certain perks to complete missions quicker. All in all, it's a half decent game but it needs a LOT of work. The only thing I'm looking forward to when it comes to the game now is the DLC with Aiden, Wrench and the other new characters. Unless you have absolutely nothing else in your games library to play DON'T FALL FOR THE HYPE TRAIN UBISOFT THROWS US IN FRONT OF EVERY FEW YEARS! WAIT FOR THE GAME TO GO ON SALE!… Expand
  27. Waffels
    Nov 1, 2020
    3
    Ps4. Horrible sound glitches and frame freezes. It's a common problem from what i have seen on reddit. Disgusting that this game is so bad and they charge you 60+ dollars for it. Last time i will buy something from Ubisoft close after release
  28. Ft2209
    Nov 2, 2020
    3
    While ambitious and an extremely interesting idea the game falls extremely short for one simple purpose, the main selling point is the recruit everyone concept but the problem with that is that it’s absolutely pointless to do so, there is absolutely no reason to recruit anyone and it dosent add any lawyer to the game, had the developers limited this option and added more unique and limitedWhile ambitious and an extremely interesting idea the game falls extremely short for one simple purpose, the main selling point is the recruit everyone concept but the problem with that is that it’s absolutely pointless to do so, there is absolutely no reason to recruit anyone and it dosent add any lawyer to the game, had the developers limited this option and added more unique and limited characters in which we form a team rather than an “army” it would have been much more cohesive but the game simply doesn’t have a purpose and ultimately isn’t fun, I lost interest after a couple of hours as there wasn’t any point in continuing because the game center’s around this incredibly stupid and useless mechanic, what a shame.… Expand
  29. Mikaeil
    Nov 2, 2020
    3
    So Boring!!!
    fine gameplay and graphics but the story and characterization is the worst part.
    full of repetitive missions and dialogues, it's not even a good open world game.
    littreally there is nothing to explore in the world of the game and nothing to enjoy.
    if you need an advice before buying just telling you, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY !
    it's such big failure for Ubisoft
  30. Jusi
    Nov 4, 2020
    3
    Вместо игры, ориентированную на геймплей, подсунули аудиокнигу с большим кол-вом наискучнейших, из-за их однообразия, пазлов(2 интересных ивента только припоминаю), где главным героем является паук.
    Как обычно вместо игры повестка:
    1) среди главных персонажей 5 баб и "афроангличанин" 2) на стройке работают из 7 человек 4 женщины 3) главный злодей, как обычно, безнравственный, неинтересный    Вместо игры, ориентированную на геймплей, подсунули аудиокнигу с большим кол-вом наискучнейших, из-за их однообразия, пазлов(2 интересных ивента только припоминаю), где главным героем является паук.
    Как обычно вместо игры повестка:
    1) среди главных персонажей 5 баб и "афроангличанин"
    2) на стройке работают из 7 человек 4 женщины
    3) главный злодей, как обычно, безнравственный, неинтересный белый "узурпатор" от которого только блевать тянет.
    Мир очень красив но нихрена не проработан:
    1) у прохожих вместе мозгов каша(ходят кругами, когда дерутся между собой, полиции вообще похрен, и т.п.).
    2) доп задания наскучивают уже после 10 выполнения из-за их однообразия(сюжетные чуть-чуть интереснее).    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. GameCritics
    Jan 4, 2021
    75
    Watch Dogs: Legion is far from perfect. It tries to tell a story about resisting oppression via the power of the people, but the concept of making any character in the world a viable choice means that the experience ends up being too broad and vague. I was able to spice things up by bringing my own roleplay to characters and used items that weren’t necessary, but this was my way of compensating for the ways in which Watch Dogs: Legion falls short of what I want from a triple-A adventure.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 15, 2020
    50
    What you’re left with is a game that delivers a greatlooking futuristic London, and not much of anything else. It suffered a hefty delay, and the series transitioned from Ubisoft Montreal to Ubisoft Toronto. Something has been lost here, and we can’t help but feel that the commitment to making any character playable is the core issue. That’s been made possible, but just because Ubisoft could, that didn’t mean the developer should have. [Issue#182, p.147]
  3. Malditos Nerds
    Nov 12, 2020
    80
    Watch Dogs: Legion is undoubtedly the best of the series, the one that is closest to bringing the experience promised by that trailer of the first game. Hacks are useful and the lack of a fixed character ends up making DedSec the true protagonist and, since we recruit, control and manage the operators, in the end we end up feeling part of the resistance.
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