Watch Dogs: Legion

 PlayStation 5
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  1. lazyssj
    Sep 4, 2023
    2
    Don't buy this ****

    Best way to describe this game is soulless. I loved WD1 and WD2 and loved the characters/story they set up while the open-world was still interesting to explore. The gameplay is actually decently fun with a good amount of hacks and the gunplay isn't bad the different characters you play as add a diverse skillset. But the story is horrendous and extremely repititives    Don't buy this ****

    Best way to describe this game is soulless. I loved WD1 and WD2 and loved the characters/story they set up while the open-world was still interesting to explore. The gameplay is actually decently fun with a good amount of hacks and the gunplay isn't bad the different characters you play as add a diverse skillset. But the story is horrendous and extremely repititives and the whole "play as anyone" just means every character is bland with no personality and these soulless characters you can control. The performance was just okay. Quite a few frame drops..    … Expand
  2. sideshownate
    Aug 13, 2023
    4
    Man there was so much potential with the gameplay yet it just falls short. And the story is very boring.
  3. ehtaco
    Jul 8, 2023
    4
    Absolute drivel. I cannot believe this is just... the standard that people accept these days.
  4. frazzefraz
    Jun 18, 2023
    0
    Worst Watch dog game ever. Cant jump in the Assassin Creed mission. Make a real jump key. How hard can it be. All other games have it. Ubisoft hasn't made a good game the last 10years.
  5. SgtFir3fly1995
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    this game looked promising to be quite honest. I have accounts for everything and being required to sign up for yet another online service from my playstation has me completely turned off the game. I already have a PSN account that i pay for, why do i have to setup another account just to play a game that costs 70 euro if i had to pay for it. it seems a tad pointless, and annoying. I missthis game looked promising to be quite honest. I have accounts for everything and being required to sign up for yet another online service from my playstation has me completely turned off the game. I already have a PSN account that i pay for, why do i have to setup another account just to play a game that costs 70 euro if i had to pay for it. it seems a tad pointless, and annoying. I miss the days when games were simply insert disk and play, or download and play. Hate having to sign up to useless trash when i want to just play a game.… Expand
  6. Reaperville
    Jun 7, 2023
    4
    Not gonna waste time saying what everyone else who rated it low said , they are right. Thank God it was free on the game catalogue I wouldn't pay 5 bucks for this trash
  7. HonestReviews66
    Jun 4, 2023
    0
    Watch Dogs: Legion is frustratingly close to being an innovative, modern-day classic. But it's not. It's average at best.

    Let's start with the good: Well, the graphics are good, as expected nowadays for a game with this budget. The novel twist of being able to recruit anyone is interesting. The London map is physically well put together, although some residential and park areas would    Watch Dogs: Legion is frustratingly close to being an innovative, modern-day classic. But it's not. It's average at best.

    Let's start with the good: Well, the graphics are good, as expected nowadays for a game with this budget. The novel twist of being able to recruit anyone is interesting. The London map is physically well put together, although some residential and park areas would have been welcome, as would things like Wembley stadium. It's more the centre of London rather than London. Erm, that's about it for the good.

    Now, onto the bad: The idea of being able to hire different characters to your cause, all with their own unique skills, sounds great. But their 'skills' just aren't that different or that interesting. It's essentially just another way of selecting a basic weapon. Also, you'll end up playing the whole game with the construction worker. This is really the biggest issue the game faces...the construction worker has access to a cargo drone. This breaks the game. It means you can hop on and fly around literally anywhere you want, skipping all the obstacle-course like setups to access collectibles and door-keys etc. Additionally, whilst there are various gadgets you can select, all you need is the spider-bot, which is as equally game-breaking as the cargo drone. It does everything, so you don't have to. It can crawl through the hundreds of vents in the game, and access areas, and even complete objectives, all without you needing to physically be there. I completed the whole game using only this one gadget. They should have forced you to utilise a wide range of gadgets to overcome different challenges, but they don't. And this brings me onto my next gripe...every single mission is the same. Go here. Fly on cargo drone. Send spider bot through vents. Hack something. Rinse and repeat forever. The missions are boring and unimaginative and there is little variety. The very first Watchdogs game has you hacking an entire baseball stadium's lights in the first 5 minutes. This was amazing. Nothing like that here.

    If you do ever get caught out, easy...just shoot everyone. The game encourages mass-murder, even though you are supposed to be the good guys. No police come. No-one cares. Just kill everyone and you're set. Speaking of police, it's difficult to get a 5-star chase going even if you try. You can kill everyone in the street and the police don't care. If you are ever chased by them, just drive 100 metres around the corner, and they lose you. In a supposedly futuristic, dystopian world where big brother is always watching you, they literally can't see around the bloody corner.

    This game could have been brilliant. They should never have included the cargo drone, or at least made it a late game unlock, and the spider drone should have only a limited use. Each level should have been like a hitman mission, where you have to stealthily hack and sneak your way to your mission, using genuinely different skills according to your operative. It feels like they just spent ages making a nice map, and then said wouldn't it be great if you could fly? What if you could be invisible? Or shoot paint? The different ideas don't gel together to make a cohesive game.

    Speaking of the map, yes it looks nice, but after a couple of hours, you've seen it all. It doesn't feel alive like the world of GTA, and you will end up fast travelling everywhere soon enough. I would have liked some bigger missions that span different areas of the map and cause visible changes to the world, but there is nothing like that, except briefly at the end of the game, for about 5 minutes.

    There's a lot more I could say about this game, but most of it will be negative. It's such a shame because the ingredients are there for something truly unique and great. But the execution, poor mission design, lifeless world, repetitive objectives and 2 game-braking gadgets, as well as no real progression tree that matters, lets everything down. I have always loved Watchdogs as a concept and think it's been overshadowed by GTA. But Ubisoft should learn from Rockstar. It doesn't even have weather cycles. If they wanted to represent London...make it bloody rain! It rains 9 months a year here. I'm British, I should know.

    Finally, the music...the radio stations all play some weird heavy metal/rock crap. This is London. There should have been a lot more UK hip-hip, grime, garage, and drill music. This is big here. They know this because Stormzy makes a guest appearance in the game, Yet his own genre of music is almost non-existent in the game.

    There are no helicopters, planes, cats, dogs or birds in the sky. No clubbers out at night. No random events happening. Just NPC's. And, as per usual Ubisoft fashion, a bunch of boring collectibles littering the map. The platinum trophy will put you to sleep. As will the game itself.

    Almost great, but nearer to trash, in the end. Ubisoft...please change how you make games.    … Expand
  8. potatoman1
    May 28, 2023
    0
    This game is terrible, the online is terrible, the story mode is boring and annoying, the only laugh I had while I was playing this game was when I was laughing at it, it's a disgrace, Watch dogs 2 was one of my favorite game of all times and I see this, I'm so disappointed.
  9. psbrann
    Oct 29, 2022
    0
    Riddled with annoying bugs that wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t constantly kill my character who I then don’t have access to for an hour until he “heals”. Meanwhile, you’re stuck playing as some stupid operative you don’t like until yours is available again, all because the game is constantly glitching. They clearly weren’t ready to make a next gen game and it shows.
  10. Hollow_Point
    Jul 13, 2022
    0
    Laughably bad. It's like ubisoft took the decent story-telling from the first game out and left us with this
  11. ytmerc
    Jul 7, 2022
    0
    0 через те що немає української озвучки в цій грі та навіть немає українського інтерфейса
  12. Dogleg24
    Jun 22, 2022
    2
    love the city but this game sucks ass i hate the play as anyone system, barely any customization combat was good thats all.
  13. lucasbalp
    Jun 4, 2022
    0
    Jogo bem ruim e entediante. Apesar de ter gráficos OK, na minha opinião não vale o investimento.
  14. shady159866
    Mar 26, 2022
    4
    The optimization is too bad, the plot is too bad, I feel like I am playing Pokemon,fk u ubisoft.But the gameplay is more innovative, that's all,4 scores can't add anymore,and its a boring game not worth 25 $
  15. MoniWhite
    Feb 9, 2022
    3
    It's boring, there are better open world games to play, could just play GTA
  16. ofash
    Jan 8, 2022
    0
    Story is yet again falling under the Ubisoft formula (cool prologue - 5 big bad guys- climax- final boss- credit.
    The map layout is very detailed but there is no much to do outside of main missions side mission.
    Graphics is decent, Music score is pretty much non excitant. overall it's a good watchdogs game, but writing is somewhat lazy.
  17. srslyTroLL
    Nov 20, 2021
    3
    I have fully completed the first Watch Dogs and I have greatly enjoyed it, didn't play the second one and now I have bought Watch Dogs: Legion and to be honest I am disappointed. It feels like a reproduction of the first game, only with quite better graphics and a few gimmics.

    The gameplay feels repetitiveand I quickly got sick of playing this game and I probably won't finish it. There    I have fully completed the first Watch Dogs and I have greatly enjoyed it, didn't play the second one and now I have bought Watch Dogs: Legion and to be honest I am disappointed. It feels like a reproduction of the first game, only with quite better graphics and a few gimmics.

    The gameplay feels repetitiveand I quickly got sick of playing this game and I probably won't finish it.
    There is nothing more to the gameplay than to sneak, kill - repeat 1000x times or just go all out.
    The story is not interesting. Basically this game could be just a sneaky kill simulator for 20$ in the store.

    The idea of controlling many characters and not sticking to one or a few main characters that are with throughout the whole game is a mood killer. I did not feel attached to any character - I didn't care about any of them, and that translates into me not caring about the game itself.

    Support for haptic feedback while shooting is a plus, and recreating London ingame is cool too. But I think the developers mainly focused on just making a game that says "wow look we have made London and you can make a cool army of hackers". In reality this is really boring    … Expand
  18. Hollsz
    Nov 12, 2021
    4
    Szeretem a Watch Dogs játékokat, de a Legion-ön az sem segít, hogy aránylag élvezhető a története.
    Optimalizálatlan a játék, sokszor **** de amikor ki is léptet a játékból, mert annyira **** mire visszalépek, elfelejti a mentésemet. A hangok időközönként megszakadnak, de ne úgy képzeld el, hogy mondjuk megakad a dialógus, hanem konkrétan semmit nem hallunk a játékból, ami kizökkenti a    Szeretem a Watch Dogs játékokat, de a Legion-ön az sem segít, hogy aránylag élvezhető a története.
    Optimalizálatlan a játék, sokszor **** de amikor ki is léptet a játékból, mert annyira **** mire visszalépek, elfelejti a mentésemet. A hangok időközönként megszakadnak, de ne úgy képzeld el, hogy mondjuk megakad a dialógus, hanem konkrétan semmit nem hallunk a játékból, ami kizökkenti a játékost. Természetesen a hang visszajön egy idő után, de emiatt be kellett kapcsolnom a feliratokat, hogy eggyes dialógusokat sikerüljön elcsípnem, mert nem hallottam őket. Platform: Xbox Series X    … Expand
  19. aadabifard
    Oct 1, 2021
    2
    This game have's a lot of bugs (as usual of the Ubisoft games), and its have issue's on the main story, and connecting the player to the story, because its have not a main character like WatchDogs 1 or 2, its have a lot of characters you can get them into the team, but you can't understand them.
    *I have 27 hours of gameplay in game, and I've completed the main story*
  20. Morozoff17
    Sep 28, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Скучная унылая дрочильня. 2 часа жизнина помойк..… Expand
  21. DenisGromov
    Aug 30, 2021
    3
    Могла бы получиться интересная игра,но…
    Голубятня на каждом шаге , почти все жители города афроамериканской внешности, графика вообще не некс-ген…просто надоело проходить
  22. Nitaro
    Aug 8, 2021
    1
    I love the game, but I feel pretty annoyed at the ps5 version where all my trophy progress didn't carry over automatically. I had completed like majority of the game and trophies and wanted to get my platinum on the ps5 version but even though my story progress was carried over, I didn't get the corresponding trophies. It essentially means replaying the whole game again and my 50 plusI love the game, but I feel pretty annoyed at the ps5 version where all my trophy progress didn't carry over automatically. I had completed like majority of the game and trophies and wanted to get my platinum on the ps5 version but even though my story progress was carried over, I didn't get the corresponding trophies. It essentially means replaying the whole game again and my 50 plus hours on ps4 version were essentially wasted. I shall change my review after ubisoft fixes the trophy issue… Expand
  23. Hourless
    Jul 19, 2021
    3
    - How many bugs does this game have?? Trophy problems, gameplay problems etc
    - Switching to multiple characters sounded good on paper but it was messy and frustrating especially if you die in a ridiculous way
    - Removing the usage of the phone for cars etc: whoever came up with this was a moron, not being able to call for a car was one of my big pet peeves. -Story was hard to follow and    - How many bugs does this game have?? Trophy problems, gameplay problems etc
    - Switching to multiple characters sounded good on paper but it was messy and frustrating especially if you die in a ridiculous way
    - Removing the usage of the phone for cars etc: whoever came up with this was a moron, not being able to call for a car was one of my big pet peeves.
    -Story was hard to follow and very dull since we aren't playing as a main character but multiple people. Government related nonsense.    … Expand
  24. Longierd
    Jul 5, 2021
    3
    Enjoyed the game in first 8 hours. Later on, Legion shows how this game was lazy developed, story, mission designs is repetitive. I just so angry at the end of game. Love the first watch dogs game's story, this one made me totally disappointed .Sorry if this is resentful to you(Ubisoft), i like AC Valhalla but this **** is completely trash.
    I recommend only get this game once it is 80% off.
  25. mboor
    Jun 14, 2021
    0
    Boring boring boring boring seriesly ubisoft I never play game boring and repetitive like watch dogs legion at least recruit maybe it gonna be more fun but after reach 30 characters this maximum recruit and who make this idea all mission is same in same place same voice actors boring boring boring everything in legion is suc.. K.. S at least watch dogs 2 is more fun you can racing withBoring boring boring boring seriesly ubisoft I never play game boring and repetitive like watch dogs legion at least recruit maybe it gonna be more fun but after reach 30 characters this maximum recruit and who make this idea all mission is same in same place same voice actors boring boring boring everything in legion is suc.. K.. S at least watch dogs 2 is more fun you can racing with bike and drons and more but in legion nothing just drink beer over and over that is gake just drink beer… Expand
  26. DeadDirected
    May 31, 2021
    2
    5 Hours Playtime and I regret every single hour

    The Game is full of Bugs, the gameplay isn’t fun at all, the game is really full full of bugs on a PS5, the only good thing about the game is the Raytracing, the Online Mode is boring as hell and Full of bugs as well I mean you can’t even finish a mission without restarting it 5 times. Classic Ubisoft game, I liked WD 2 a lot but this game    5 Hours Playtime and I regret every single hour

    The Game is full of Bugs, the gameplay isn’t fun at all, the game is really full full of bugs on a PS5, the only good thing about the game is the Raytracing, the Online Mode is boring as hell and Full of bugs as well I mean you can’t even finish a mission without restarting it 5 times. Classic Ubisoft game, I liked WD 2 a lot but this game is just disappointing    … Expand
  27. RazorX
    Apr 7, 2021
    1
    Oyun çok kötü ama Londrayı güzel yapmışlar. Saat kulesi de güzel hastasına olur gibi
  28. omniface
    Mar 7, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the earlier watch dogs game was not impressive so this would not be anything new

    pros
    none

    cons
    bad graphics
    bad story
    evil characters
    bad gameplay
    horrible compared to even cod
    terrible game cover
    ugly players
    bad online

    no redeeming features    … Expand
  29. Murphyl28
    Feb 9, 2021
    2
    This game is such a disappointment. It's starts off like some sort of James Bond 3rd person crime game, only to fall apart very quickly to reveal itself as a shallow open world game, with no characters to care about and poor story. Plus, this is a really bad "Next Gen" port. Jumping between this and Valhalla really shows where the effort was made
  30. Mkhwlani
    Feb 3, 2021
    3
    I don't know how it is on the PS5, but it's the WORST on the PS4. Yeah yeah yeah it is the base PS4 what do I expect, but IT IS ON 15 FPS and they keep delaying the online mode. Gave it a 3 because I kinda had a good 5 hours on the game, but 15 fps is not enjoyable nor acceptable.
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  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
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  1. Digital Chumps
    Dec 7, 2020
    90
    While its dystopian, futuristic London may smell of Grand Theft Auto open worlds, Watch Dogs Legion's approach to recruiting any NPC differentiates the formula in a unique way, creating a fascinating blend of freedom, action, stealth, and roguelikes.
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  2. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Nov 29, 2020
    60
    What you end up with is an experience that shows a ton of promise, but ends up being entirely average. It’s hard to call Watch Dogs Legion a bad game outright. It’s a serviceable, if traditional, open-world game with a boring story and novelty mechanics that play out better on paper than in execution. The PS5 version makes expected improvements to visuals and load times, but isn’t a standout example of a “next-gen” title.
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  3. PlayStation Universe
    Nov 23, 2020
    65
    Watch Dogs: Legion is a far more palatable experience on PS5 thanks to its vastly-improved load times and splendid visual upgrades. The only real technical gripes are that there’s little in the way of DualSense implementation, and the framerate, while steady, hasn’t been upped. Its base problems of open-world fatigue and messy storytelling are still problems that can’t be so easily fixed and still remain a significant barrier to enjoyment. It’ll give you a dazzling trip to London, but you wouldn’t want to stay there.
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