Watch Dogs: Legion

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 903 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 361 out of 903
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  1. 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.
  2. rtx99
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Way better than watch dogs 2, if you liked watch dogs 1, i would recommend this.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. UltimateFighter
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Deserves so much better user score and i don't understand why ps4 metascore is 70, while xbox one metascore FOR SAME GAME is 76, it's almost like they don't wanna promote ps4 version, because it takes sales away from their stupid spider-man. Watch_Dogs: Legion is perfectly fine game.
  6. Hexacon
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    Can anyone tell me why on earth is this user score so low? Been playing this over 15 hours and while not perfect, it's nice game.
  7. Akinari94
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    Giocato per almeno 25 ore , purtroppo l'ho droppato perchè mi annoiava parecchio , è interessante come gioco ma purtroppo presenta molti problemi , dopo un po le missioni sono sempre uguale e la storia è poco interessante , 6 è un punteggio molto tirato , se ci fosse darei un 5,8 .
  8. StrangeManBR
    Sep 3, 2021
    1
    Graphics 3/10
    Story 2/10
    gameplay 5/10

    dude,wtf is this ? ???????????????
  9. ATGIMM
    Jan 5, 2021
    10
    Made it a 10 to balance out the low reviews it didn't deserve. Has minor bugs but graphics and gameplay is really nice and detailed. The only downside to this game is the story and characters are horrible and voice acting is lame.

    I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT U ISODT DOES NEXT with this one. Hopefully they grow on this and make a better story and characters . Would love to see more drone    Made it a 10 to balance out the low reviews it didn't deserve. Has minor bugs but graphics and gameplay is really nice and detailed. The only downside to this game is the story and characters are horrible and voice acting is lame.

    I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT U ISODT DOES NEXT with this one. Hopefully they grow on this and make a better story and characters . Would love to see more drone warfare and air strikes lol more cyber terror stuff too    … Expand
  10. CeBe55
    Nov 22, 2020
    2
    I can’t express enough how bad this game is.
    I have made an account just to review this awful game.
    I have seen some reviews here, but didn’t want to believe, but yes, they were all true. Bad story. Bad characters. Bad gameplay. Driving is horrendous. Shooting is horrendous. If you don’t have anything else to play and have money to spend then buy it. There were some fun times    I can’t express enough how bad this game is.
    I have made an account just to review this awful game.
    I have seen some reviews here, but didn’t want to believe, but yes, they were all true.
    Bad story.
    Bad characters.
    Bad gameplay.
    Driving is horrendous.
    Shooting is horrendous.
    If you don’t have anything else to play and have money to spend then buy it.
    There were some fun times mainly when it was crashing and rebooting.
    And before you lovers say anything, yes, I did play the game.
    Finished the main story and the side missions.
    Collected all the “crap” around the map.
    The only meaningful mission was “finding bagley” all the rest is just nonsense BS.
    If only I could have my money back.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. Connor_Butters
    Nov 27, 2020
    6
    this game is alright.
    honestly this game is entirely unremarkable aside from the recruit anyone thing, however scanning over a lot of people you'll find more than a few lookalikes and lots of people with the same perk sets which is a shame because it defeats the point of the system if you ask me.
    but you can have a bit of fun roleplaying as the characters and sort of making up your own    this game is alright.
    honestly this game is entirely unremarkable aside from the recruit anyone thing, however scanning over a lot of people you'll find more than a few lookalikes and lots of people with the same perk sets which is a shame because it defeats the point of the system if you ask me.
    but you can have a bit of fun roleplaying as the characters and sort of making up your own backstories about them based on the profile backgrounds of the characters.
    the depiction of London is also pretty good with all manner of landmarks as well as interesting visuals
    everything else is just ok, it'll get the job done.
    story was uninteresting
    radio talk show was alright
    6 crisp packets out of 10    … Expand
  13. Andreo217
    Nov 27, 2020
    1
    The game is awesome and its just devastating how developers dealt with bugs. The game crashes, lags, doesn’t deal with loadings properly... a pure shame cause the game is amazing indeed, it’s just how is being purely dealt with Ubisoft themselves.
  14. Alowe39
    Nov 28, 2020
    8
    This is a really interesting game. It is not without it's faults, mainly with the variety and depth of missions (with the odd dodgy accent). However, that is to be expected with a game that attempts to do something new and ambitious - the play as anyone mechanic. The developers are to be particularly applauded for looking to make a game that is a bit different, tries to push theThis is a really interesting game. It is not without it's faults, mainly with the variety and depth of missions (with the odd dodgy accent). However, that is to be expected with a game that attempts to do something new and ambitious - the play as anyone mechanic. The developers are to be particularly applauded for looking to make a game that is a bit different, tries to push the boundaries of what an open world does (I thought the same about Death Stranding), and explores innovative technology for how to deliver a different gaming experience. The play as anyone mechanic adds an interesting dimension that was a little lacking in previous Watch dog games, the need for a degree of planning and strategy which goes a way to alleviating some of the issues of variety in mission structure which I found reduced my enjoyment of Watch Dogs 2. Overall, the game is really enjoyable, the world is expansive and the tone of the visuals is spot-on for reflecting the atmosphere of a near future London under a fascist regime - the environment feels both familiar and oddly distinct which I think comes down to the visual aesthetic of key elements in the world such as vehicles, signs on buildings etc. A lot of people are saying that the absence of a central protagonist makes them feel disconnected, but I have found that in assembling my team I have become attached to a few core operatives and that still allows for an emotional attachment (something underpinned by the permadeath option). So, despite some flaws (that aren't serious enough to impact my enjoyment of the game) this is definitely worth a play to experience something a little different.… Expand
  15. free-meerkat
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    The Bad:
    ----------------
    The story is not good (a Ubisoft story). The story characters are awful. The hacking pipe puzzles, where you have to rotate pipes to make a full circuit are not improved upon from 2 games ago... The mission design is overall not great, it's pretty average Repetition... The Good: ---------------- The graphics are fine. London is the star of    The Bad:
    ----------------

    The story is not good (a Ubisoft story).

    The story characters are awful.

    The hacking pipe puzzles, where you have to rotate pipes to make a full circuit are not improved upon from 2 games ago...

    The mission design is overall not great, it's pretty average

    Repetition...

    The Good:
    ----------------
    The graphics are fine.

    London is the star of the show, very detailed and beautiful

    Playing as NPCs is fun and brings character and life into the world

    The driving mechanics are OK

    Better than WD2 on many levels

    The gunplay is pretty satisfying

    Overall
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    Overall, it's a decent game and an improvement over WD2. The standout qualities are the recruitment mechanic and the city of London. It does have the usual Ubisoft qualities, such as repetition, a feeling of lack of soul, a bad plot with poor writing, dialogue, and characters.    … Expand
  16. valentin2177
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    This Game should be AAA. i paid 120 swiss francs, that i have to search a workaround for the last mission because the game freezes up(if you have same problem with lift in zeroday bunker, set difficulty to easy and unfollow the mission in the map, run trough the bunker without shooting and hacking. worked for me) after ONE FULL MONTH after official game release. that is just a huge spit inThis Game should be AAA. i paid 120 swiss francs, that i have to search a workaround for the last mission because the game freezes up(if you have same problem with lift in zeroday bunker, set difficulty to easy and unfollow the mission in the map, run trough the bunker without shooting and hacking. worked for me) after ONE FULL MONTH after official game release. that is just a huge spit in the face to all fans of ubisoft and shows again how poor and lazy they have turned out in the last years... i am very disappointed about ubisoft and i for sure wont buy any games of them anymore in the near future.… Expand
  17. Davidemanfre12
    Dec 4, 2020
    10
    I loved watch dogs legion! There's stormzy in, what a game!
    In the last two wd ubisoft have done a great work!
    Can't wait to see the next watch dogs!
  18. 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
  19. WantedMan75K
    Dec 7, 2020
    9
    I really like the concept of Watch Dogs: Legion as it has the system where you can play as any characters which have different abilities, which I think its interesting! But the one thing I do not like about Watch Dogs: the mission system is often homogeneous content repetitive many times.
  20. LesandroBonucci
    Mar 28, 2021
    6
    not that bad
    not that bad
    not that bad
    not that bad
    not that bad
    not that bad
  21. Zayberus
    Dec 11, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This has ruined the series for me unfortunately. Bugs aside (buggiest major title I have played since AC Unity and Anthem). We get some of the laziest level design. Car chase mission? Make this normally slow vehicle super fast. Shooting mission? Infinite spawn! Dedsec is supposedly a non-violent organization yet the only way to complete some missions is to use real guns and kill everyone. The voice actors and scenery were wasted on amateurish level design.… Expand
  22. BeatBoyMaster
    Dec 12, 2020
    6
    The game gets boring and repetitive really quick. Didn't have the motivation of finishing it
  23. Nightcityfanbo
    Dec 14, 2020
    6
    Love the execution of this game, but there's issues with the audio when i play didn't feel comfortable playing it
  24. Kreisegger1
    Jan 5, 2022
    0
    Ok, I don't know what happens with Ubisoft latley, but is not ok.
    The first Watch Dogs was a lie, but after updates and patches, now is a decent game
    The second one is where things are get interesting, to be honest Watch Dogs 2 is one of the best games made by Ubisoft period. Watch Dogs Legion, is set too far away in the future, 2029? Are you serious? What are they gonna do next, the    Ok, I don't know what happens with Ubisoft latley, but is not ok.
    The first Watch Dogs was a lie, but after updates and patches, now is a decent game
    The second one is where things are get interesting, to be honest Watch Dogs 2 is one of the best games made by Ubisoft period.

    Watch Dogs Legion, is set too far away in the future, 2029? Are you serious? What are they gonna do next, the next Cyberpunk? Watch Dogs 2 was set in 2016, 13 years between the event in this games, Is just too much. They should have continue with a direct sequel for Watch Dogs 2

    The differences between this games are soo many
    Watch Dogs 2 characters are so colorful, interesting, and they have clear ideas and intentions on what they want do to next. In Legion, you don't have a main character and all of them are soo lifeless, they don't know what they do, everything they do is soo mechanical and boring.
    The story in Legion is soo boring, long and without logic, instead Watch Dogs 2 story was soo fun, and interesting, every Main and side mission was a pleasure to the eye. I was soo hyped and very happy by every mission the game give to me.
    Soo many events could have been between the events from the second and the third game.
    Anyway, we can all agree, this is the worst Watch Dogs game out there ever.    … Expand
  25. luka5K22
    Dec 20, 2020
    8
    I think it is a really good game, at least as good as the Watch Dogs 2, but still it's Ubisoft so there are a lot of glitches and sometimes the game has even crashed on PS4. But although it's problems, this is a really good game, the story is good, the playtime was fun and I really enjoyed it. So my rating is 85%.
  26. mj_dragop
    Dec 28, 2020
    10
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  27. gabesclh
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    Very good game compared to the previous Watch Dogs. The story is great and the game is much more refined and serious now. I loved it!
  28. BDChi13
    Jan 6, 2021
    7
    This game is a lot of fun if you need to get your futuristic hacker fix. I'm not sure if it is my copy or I missed an update but the audio is bugged every time I play. Avoiding combat this game is very easy. I have been able to complete every mission I have attempted so far fairly easily. I do use hacking and stealth A LOT too. It seems fairly easy to escape the police also. If they doThis game is a lot of fun if you need to get your futuristic hacker fix. I'm not sure if it is my copy or I missed an update but the audio is bugged every time I play. Avoiding combat this game is very easy. I have been able to complete every mission I have attempted so far fairly easily. I do use hacking and stealth A LOT too. It seems fairly easy to escape the police also. If they do chase you you can easily make a turn down another road and hide and they will give up pretty quick. 2 is the best one IMO.… Expand
  29. Tan92
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1) Having no main protagonist meant that I couldn't connect with the characters I was playing as, and although it seemed like there was a lot of people to choose from, you realise that most of them are the same, but with a different body and name.

    2) There was a lot missing compared to the previous two Watch Dogs games, such as being able to listen in on NPC's phone calls and read their text messages. Enemies no longer carried grenades so we couldn't blow them up, there was no longer a phone and we could no longer walk into shops to buy clothes, we now have to stand outside while other NPC's get in the way of your view.

    3) We could only fight one of the main enemies in the game, and he wasn't too difficult to beat. At one point he leaves his machine wearing super heavy armour and all it took was 5 seconds to beat him with a pistol. I was laughing in disbelief saying "that was it?!".

    4) The fact that it was set in London, there's other and much nicer places in the UK to explore, plus there's more than Irish and Jamaican accents in the UK.

    5) There was a lot of audio glitches, which ruined the game for me and had to use subtitles in case I missed what was being talked about. I had one mission completely break on me, which took me to a black screen and I couldn't progress as it was a final mission for one of the main enemies, so the game would throw you back in as soon as you quit the game. The only way to fix it was to not hack anything and wait a while until progressing to complete the mission. Enemies also appear and disappear out of nowhere.

    6) The clothing was terrible compared to Watch Dogs 2, it felt like they didn't even try.

    7) Again the graphics didn't look as good compared to Watch Dogs 2.

    8) What was the point in that boxing ring in the bunker if we were only going to use it once in the beginning of the game?

    Personally I think Watch Dogs 2 is the best out of the three of them, when it came out, I didn't come across many bugs or if any at all. Don't waste your money on this game, it definitely feels like they didn't try hard enough with this one.    … Expand
  30. red8088
    Jan 14, 2021
    2
    The map is nice, but very unimpressed with the story compared to Watchdogs 1 & 2. I don't understand why people appear to be so fond of this.
    Random virtue signalling, little choice on your earned characters (Gender, features, etc etc), characters in the game screaming about politics.
    Non-believable story, little character development and this annoying AI always speaking in your ear    The map is nice, but very unimpressed with the story compared to Watchdogs 1 & 2. I don't understand why people appear to be so fond of this.
    Random virtue signalling, little choice on your earned characters (Gender, features, etc etc), characters in the game screaming about politics.
    Non-believable story, little character development and this annoying AI always speaking in your ear
    Accents are terrible (I'm from the UK myself)
    Writing is pretty unimaginative and discussions feel bad
    Driving is absolutely awful, no weight behind cars and seems to be heavy driving assists

    Seems like the game has just been made for a generalised market, rather than fans of the ongoing series.
    Not impressed by this game, and probably wont buy any more of the series.

    More to note, there's stupid micropurchases, not much of a difference between the basic version of the game and the extra-editions, except for some overpowered characters (making it pay to win when online comes out) and some masks
    Really unimpressed by this, when quality content like Assassin's Creed still stands strongly. Saying that, Assassin's Creed also drifted away from the main story, so...    … Expand
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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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