Watch Dogs: Legion

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  1. Powermad
    Nov 6, 2020
    5
    I’d love to give the game a more solid go, as I’m usually not the fussy type. However, it’s hard to enjoy a game that doesn’t save properly. It stops saving after the Reporting for Duty mission. Beyond frustrating.
  2. nonabona
    Nov 8, 2020
    5
    Well... this is the sole definition of mediocrity. Plenty of bugs... but you know, big open-wold game, so I think bugs are somewhat okay. Buuut the story is shallow, the action is boring, the hacking is dumb and forgettable. It's a buy with a super-deep sale. Other than that, avoid it at full price.
  3. PauleRosalio
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    London is good but the storyline is the same type of repeated missions with the same hacks and repeat everything in a circle. The script is big BUT gets boring quickly. The game captures only half and before the end I threw it because the repetition of monotony in the plot **** no up such a game.
  4. Fe4rB
    Nov 23, 2020
    5
    The game is good but the bugs Destroy the game, please fix this **** game ゲームは良いですが、バグはゲームを破壊します、このクソゲームを修正してください اللعبة جيدة ولكن الحشرات تدمر اللعبة ، يرجى إصلاح هذه اللعبة اللعينة
  5. MendoUK
    Dec 6, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let’s get the positive out of the way. The game looks absolutely gorgeous. I’ve been working in London for over 6 years and could find my way through it with only minor difficulties due to some small layout changes. It felt amazing to find my workplaces just by roaming the street, as well as the differences. The hacking system is fun, especially zipping about in drones and jumping from camera to camera. I’ve probably spent most of my time on cargo drones, crawling through the sky at leisurely speed.

    The use of puzzles is also excellent, even if you start questioning who installs network nodes on the outside of a skyscraper. Unfortunately, the best story of the game Is a side story. Skye Larsen’s arc was extremely creepy and genuinely made me feel for the characters involved.

    It’s the only gripping part of the game. Up until then I thought the Clan Kelley quests had a good payoff, but the Skye quest line made them feel far less involved.

    The game suffers from tons of repetition. Dialog, recruitment quests, you’re bound to run through everything 5-20 times. For someone living in England, the game presents a very obvious caricature with extreme stereotypes - none of which we needed. Imagine a world in which everyone talks like Dick van Dyke in Marry Poppins, just with a somewhat more authentic (heavy) accent.

    Lore items, of which there are quite a few, also missed a trick in world building. In many cases they just exist to drive the point of the main mission home, whereas other games like Horizon expand the game world with them.

    None of your decisions have a palpable effect on the world you move in. „Freeing“ a Borough changes next to nothing, major decisions have no effect on world or story whatsoever. Ingame currency and clothing have zero use, but I’m sure they’ll command a premium in the online version.

    Getting multiple operatives is, in its essence, awesome. You can recruit every single person in the game, if the repetitive quests don’t bore you to death before that. Unfortunately it’s also next to unnecessary. Some of the abilities, like uniformed access, are only necessary very rarely (usually only once or twice, to warrant their existence). There is a cookie cutter combination - a good hacker with a stealth spider bot on a cargo drone. You can accomplish nearly anything with that combination with very little threat to yourself. Fly over target, drop spiderbot, crawl away and merrily take out whoever comes your way, done. Very few quests bother to push you out of that comfort zone.

    For a game that puts so much emphasis on being nonviolent (the main motivation of DedSec is to prove they were not being a terrorist attack with many deaths), being violent (ie outright killing instead of incapacitating) has no downsides.

    It’s a shame. In a world that has GTA V, The Witcher 3 and Horizon Zero Dawn, the technically great premise for Watch Dogs Legion results in a game that wallows in its mediocrity. But hey, the graphics are great.    … Expand
  6. Loyraux
    Jan 14, 2021
    5
    Jeux avec un fonctionnement et une histoire décevante. Pourtant je suis fan de la saga watch dog mais franchement quand j’ai fini le jeu j’étais content de la fin du calvaire. Autre point négatif les trophées beug obligation de recommencer les jeux si vous faite une fausse manipulation. Esthétiquement, très bien réalisé.
  7. Uploadxng1
    Feb 4, 2021
    5
    I have spent like 50 hours in this game and have 98% trophy completion and tbh this game is so mundane it makes me want to kill myself once you have finished the main story and the side missions there really isn’t anything to do other then some mini games and drinking.
  8. Foolishminato
    Sep 15, 2021
    5
    It's not a good game but it's not horrible. The story didn't feel like anything special mostly due to you playing as random people off the streets. I liked the idea of making your own Dedsec team but I rather they had a group of specific people you could recruit. People with unique abilities, equipment, and personality.
    The combat was fine. I enjoyed using CT drones whenever I could.    It's not a good game but it's not horrible. The story didn't feel like anything special mostly due to you playing as random people off the streets. I liked the idea of making your own Dedsec team but I rather they had a group of specific people you could recruit. People with unique abilities, equipment, and personality.
    The combat was fine. I enjoyed using CT drones whenever I could. Besides that I just shoot no stealth. Also I dislike the fact that operatives you weren't playing as were cowards. I got into a fight and all the other guy did was run away. Like. What the hell? You got guns you're a hitman help me! So because of that it feels like you're on your own. No one to help except hacked drones. Now this working alone feeling would be gone if I was playing multiplayer. Which I never tried so I might be wrong.
    Speaking of. I never played most of the side quests, post game, legion of the dead, bloodline, or any dlc besides Darcy.
    In the end I enjoyed messing with CT drones. But the characters and story weren't special. I mostly beat the game just to have it under my belt.    … Expand
  9. MorkowIron
    Dec 22, 2021
    5
    Еще хуже, чем Asassin's Creed. Главного героя нет, только сгенерированные уродцы с мусорными перками. Полезных перков несколько, находишь героя с нужной комбинацией и наименее отвратительной внешностью и проходишь им всю игру. Единственная интересная сюжетная линия - про переселение разума. Все остальные - скучное говно. Пришлось заставлять себя пройти до конца.Еще хуже, чем Asassin's Creed. Главного героя нет, только сгенерированные уродцы с мусорными перками. Полезных перков несколько, находишь героя с нужной комбинацией и наименее отвратительной внешностью и проходишь им всю игру. Единственная интересная сюжетная линия - про переселение разума. Все остальные - скучное говно. Пришлось заставлять себя пройти до конца.
  10. nreres
    Jan 31, 2023
    5
    There are some cool idea for this game and one can have fun with the game basic gameplay
  11. CnFives
    Jun 4, 2023
    5
    At first the game caught my attention, the concept of Watchdogs attracts me, but the lack of innovation, the lack of a main character is very lacking, it is interesting to recruit people, but in the end we will only use one character that favors us to enter everywhere and the rest will be forgotten, unfortunately a weak game, far below the previous
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. NazgulzLegacy
    Sep 5, 2021
    4
    Waypoints take forever to appear, no character leveling and money is basically useless.
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. 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
  23. Ceberlol
    Nov 10, 2020
    4
    Ужасная игра, очень много багов, Юбики расслабились
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. Pik3
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    Worst WD game. Soooo many bugs... Bad story, boring world, characters, AI. Everything is bad.... Don't buy this...
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Metascore
70

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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