Watch Dogs: Legion (2020 Video Game) User Reviews

Great City, Weak Gameplay, Unfinished Systems

[Duli_van_Son · 7/10 · 29 October 2020]

Overall this is a solid Watch Dogs Games. However, the Missions are repetitive and the main villains are a bit bland. There is no character customization, besides of outfits, at all. I would love to change hair or something on my chosen characters. The biggest achievement is also the biggest issue in this game: You can recruit anyone in your team and all of them have some kind of background story. It is a great system, but it really lacks depth: You could build a whole Clone Army with the same face, only the abilities change - and this is the main aspect to choose people. However, you can also stick to one character if you want - but besides clothing you can not change a thing. So the biggest issue? You can not identify with "your" character. It is disposable and you just jump to the next one. You will not get attached at all. There is no personal history or story. All the gathering stuff is fun at first, and very similar to "The Division 2", but do not expect it to be as good as in the other game. You get text files, audio files and rare old things you can gather. Oh and some masks. Overall, even though you can get outfits and masks en masse in the game itself, it is clear that the best looking items with the best textures comes directly through the Item Shop - you can buy some ingame money, helper to show all locations of collectibles and complete unique outfits. I have to admit, I am only 30 Hours in, but I still try to find an outfit ingame - let´s hope it is not only available through cash shops items. There is btw also no way to earn any Shop Items with playing the game. Not even a gambling system or so.

And doing the missions? There are 3 ways: 1. You just shoot through 2. You sneak around and subdue anyone by yourself or with the help of traps. 3. You spider your way through the mission (though have to admit you can not do all with the spider).

One more thing about collectibles: Do not expect that you can listen to an audio file while walking. The System needs you to stay in the menu and on that specific file to play.

And no matter when and where you go, every place is full of people. At night 3am in a small dark walkway? No worries, you are not alone and 30 people are all around you.

The ingame map is ok, but also needs polish, POI´s just vanish if you are to far away and if you are to much zoomed in it gets angled to visualize a 3D Map. Needs getting used to, but needs some polish.

Overall: London looks great, systems are not polished, customization options are missing, no attachment to your played character, Missions are similar and repeating after you have done the first few and only the story behind it is different.

I only give 7 Stars, for the City itself and the character system they tried to build. This game is more a concept art, but sadly not finished and needs so much more finetuning. 6 Months more for these things and it should for sure get a 8 or 9 Star.

Ok

[juulsjaasma · 6/10 · 11 November 2020]

It's an ok game in my opinion. I think the story is pretty boring and predictable. Before the big reveal I had already figured out who was behind the bombings. It's not a bad story but I just didn't care about it. I didn't care about the things I had to do. Didn't care about any of the characters. Such a shame cuz I think the game has great potential. When it comes to the gameplay, it gets a bit better. I think it's fun but they could have done a bit more if you ask me. All the missions are basically the same. You have to go somewhere, hack your way into a building, do the same puzzle you did every mission before this one, fight off some enemies, escape and try to loose the cops. There was I believe only one mission that was different from the rest. Best mision in the entire game.

I'd give this game a 6,5. I think they could have done way more with such an interesting concept.

Playable, Yet Unambitious

[williamdun-15528 · 7/10 · 18 June 2021]

Watch Dogs: Legion is about as good as you'd come to expect from this series. It's not a bad game however, it is just really lazy and underdeveloped.

Gameplay wise, it is very much identical to Watch Dogs 2 however it implements new features such as multiple playable characters (known as operatives) and these characters will have their own routines that they will live out (or so it feels like at first glance). To recruit an operative, you can just go up and talk to them (help them with a problem or liberate a borough if they don't like DedSec) and they will give you a mission - usually go and collect an Ambulance or protect them from an assassination attempt. They will then return the favour and join your cause. Beforehand, you can check these operatives skills and abilities (for example hitmen can carry lethal weapons and are generally more maneuverable in combat, and doctors and police officers can give you access to restricted areas) However, once you upgrade your skills from the main menu, you will only need to use certain operatives throughout most of your playthrough. Making this mechanic interesting, but underdeveloped.

The game's main setting is London, the cultural capital of the world - home to many different walks of life. Which has unfortunately come to disarray after a planned terrorist attack occurs and is blamed on DedSec (the main protagonist faction of the Watch Dogs series), and the group soon disbands. It is up to you, and your operatives that you recruit and play as, to conquer London from Albion - a private, corrupt military group run by Nigel Cass (who soughts to bring down DedSec) and find out who set up DedSec for the terrorist attacks.

Just to mention in this review, the voice acting in Watch Dogs: Legion is on par with Bethesda games such as Oblivion and Fallout 3. And it feels that there are even less varieties of voice actors than in those games - most of my operatives speak with an Irish accent, and there's another large group that speak in Jamaican accents. Not to mention the dialects sound too over-exaggerated for a proud member of the British Isles, such as myself.

Additionally, the music in this game is nothing really to mention - it's primarily made up of UK Grime / Rap and Punk Rock. Again, not much in terms of variety.

If you ask me, I'd recommend this game only to people who are interested in the Watch Dogs series, sandbox games, open world environments. The recommended value of this game is around £20 - £25.

Underwelming

[elliotpower2000 · 6/10 · 8 November 2021]

Watch Dogs: Legion is an okay game. The graphics look alright but the story is very short at around 7 hours. Lots of the missions are similar and I would've liked a main character as well as being able to recruit NPC's. As the game is so short you don't feel any attachments to the characters and even with the ending trying to make you feel sad as there's no attachments it's hard to feel sad about it. The driving mechanics are a bit off however it is fun going round hacking everything.

One of the best games of 2020

[coolethan04 · 9/10 · 30 October 2020]

During quarantine I've spent a lot of time inside playing games and replaying the watch dogs series in preperation for this game. I just have to say only 4 hours into the game and I'm like shocked by how well this game is made. You can be anyone. Everyone has a backstory. The mechanics for hacking and even strolling in London is very cool. I have to say well done ubisoft well done.

Solid game

[williamhoover · 7/10 · 4 November 2020]

This is a refined, well tuned experience that could make watch dogs one of Ubisoft's most popular franchises. But there is one thing, pretty important. Youtuber Ubicentral talked about this in his final impressions video. The story is dark, maybe darker than the first. But with play as anyone (which is amazingly exicuted) comes a problem. If you play as a group of grannies, or have characters with bad voice acting, the story will NOT be good. But that's my only complaint with play as anyone. No matter how much I miss the characters that made the first 2 special, it's amazing to think that a game, that was considered Ubisoft's no man sky, has made such a powerful entry into the open world shanath arena to compete with the other open world games

Edit: here are some more things I didn't have time to say. Dying feels like it has some actual weight. Even without permadeath it's still more impactful to die here than your companions in far cry 5 because you play AS these characters. The amount of fan service in this game is just the right amount. Things like default which we all expect to Aiden, wrench, a assassins creed character, and a Iana looking chick as DLC. Can't wait for online and more in the future. Also please update the uniform system. Have enforcers that only they can notice you plz? Worth a shot.

Little effort put forth outside of it's core idea.

[parrot007 · 5/10 · 25 November 2020]

There was clearly a lot of effort put into the core idea of this game. Play as ANYONE and build a legion of operatives/hackers to turn an oppressive private security force's technology against them. This idea was accomplished...as well as one could have hoped to. There is an outstanding variety of voices and dialogue. People have many different professions, skills, and quirks, and with some imagination, can become characters you, the player, even begin to like. This definitely increases the tension if you play on permadeath mode, which I therefore strongley recommend. Choosing the right operative for the job can give make things significantly easier, even if the game isn't very challenging to begin with. This idea acctualy worked!! I did have some memorable experiences such as stalking and recruiting a buckingham palace gaurd and using him to disable the propaganda setup at the palace. But unfortunately while the heart of the game is good, it hardly has much muscle surrounding it.

Everything else in Watch Dogs Legion is BASIC. Graphics are lacking. The AI is a joke. Shooting feels weightless and meek. Stealth is far too easy. Driving feels decent, but still does'nt display anything close to realistic physics. The world does have life to it, but is akwardly silent in too many areas, and lacks variety outside of iconic locations in London. Different sections of the city are not distinguishable on their own. With player upgrades and abilities replaced by the operatives system, the game tries to spice things up with upgradable gadgets, but this simply doesn't have a significant impact most of the time because the game is just too easy on the first two difficulty levels. Hard mode is only hard because enemies kill you in 2-3 shots and have perfect accuracy; don't play on hard. While Ubisoft has improved their mission variety in comparison to some of their other games, most missions can still be described as: "Sneak into a gaurded facility and gather intel about corruption amougst Albion and others" and ultimately, progress the story.

Speaking of the story, Watch Dogs Legion does portray relevant ideas of the dangers of surveillance, data collection, and private security forces. It has a couple core Dead Sec characters to to keep the story together, but includes other operatives in conversation even when you aren't playing as them. I like this; it makes you feel like a legit unit rather than a tag team. The game does have more personality than I would expect for having randomly generated characters. Once again, this is well done, and where all the effort went for this game.



Minor spoilers ahead: Considering the near future setting, it's message is supposed to be how easily these things can happen if we're not careful. However, the game really slaps you in the face and breaks immersion when it decides to include incredibly stupid nonsense such as mind control and kill chips in people's heads and a certain scenario where a guy shoots THE POLICE COMMISSIONER of London in the head (because he disagrees with the new security protocols) and blames it on "terrorism", even though he was sitting in a room with multiple high profile witnesses and presumably, plenty of cameras. These are not the only examples of LAZY writing and unnecessary Sci Fi garbage that undermines the effort to draw parallels to current day events. I can belive thag a security cooperation could stage terror attacks to increase demand for it's service. I can't believe in stupid, lazy crap like this. What a gutless fail.

People, get this game in 6-9 months when it's 20$ cheaper and has more content. Multiplayer is not out yet at the time of this review. The base experience is easy to advertise as something incredible, but it's really not.

Game is fun and addictive don't listen to the idiot reviewers

[oscarmedrano-15413 · 10/10 · 31 October 2020]

I am loving this game it's fun and addictive don't know why people and game companies complain about the Watch Dogs franchise they are meant to be fun as heck and all people do is complain just because it had a bad start with graphics in the first game

If your a fan buy the game if you are not one then go play another game

People are so used to games being in America

[NotAFakeReviewer · 17 November 2020]

A review on here complains that Watchdogs legion teaches kids to subvert the government. Way to miss the point!

Its the duty of citizens to question the government, its the lack of questioning that causes the takeover in the game. Now, more than ever, as Brexit comes closer, we must question. Who will take over and what are their intentions.

The game is solid although I would have preferred a main protagonist, the mechanic itself is a remarkable feat, technologywise.

The lore is rich if you read the text files and take in the surrounds.

Like many, I guessed what was going on but its no easier than 1.

Much fun can be had comparing the characters to their real life counterparts

Richard Malik- Rishi Sunak

Emma Childs- Cressida Dick

Nigel Cass- Tim Spicer and Aegis

Google these people and you'll see what I mean.



Watchdogs legion suffers from not showing its story through America but its time the world outside of America was shown. It may be hard to adjust but when you do you'll find a funny, dark and engaging political game

Troubled by Its Own Ambitions

[sibulelemvayo · 6/10 · 8 July 2023]

I'm a big fan of the WATCH_DOGS saga. I loved the storytelling and design of the first game and absolutely adored and found myself addicted to the second game. Although, the first game and second game feel very different from one another. The series did always have a bit of an identity crisis. But Watch Dogs: Legion takes it to a whole new level. Which is unfortunate.

Watch Dogs: Legion's biggest problems stem from its new additions. The recruitment system especially. The recruitment system ends up ruining the story due to the lack of a cohesive lead character and a fairly weak supporting cast. It also doesn't really spice up gameplay that much and barely does anything to add to the sandbox.

The story itself, character issues aside, is actually pretty good. Not the best in the series, but I will say it's a bit stronger than Watch Dogs 2's, despite me loving that game to death. The premise and how the story unfolds, as well as the overall narrative design is quite good and compelling enough. But, again, the main characters don't pack much of a punch. The villains that you face off against are fairly entertaining, some of them comical.

The gameplay is what you expect from a WATCH_DOGS game. If you ignore the poor recruitment system, Legion has some fun and occasionally challenging gameplay. It also might be the hardest WATCH_DOGS game in the series.

Overall, Watch Dogs: Legion is a good game, but could've been better if its ambitious additions were a bit more fleshed or at least we'll executed.

Worst of the 3 Watch Dogs games

[joshpress-42318 · 3/10 · 30 May 2023]

This might not be fair since I didn't complete it, but I have played some of 2, and played a lot of Watch Dogs (2014). This is the most disappointing of all of them.

What I loved about the first one was the action was cinematic, the story felt gritty, and you weren't overloaded with game mechanics.

Legion absolutely felt overwhelming with mechanics, no one character to identify with, jolty-as-hell movements that felt like smooth action scenes were impossible. Movements in general felt rubbery rather than impactful or cinematic.

The only redeeming features was adding a little to the fighting mechanic, some of the visuals and city design, and toning down some of the cringe hackerspeak they overused in WD2. Parkour was more wack though.

This game is awesome!

[shaunadam-39903 · 10/10 · 31 October 2020]

Watch Dogs Legion is awesome! It has so many characters to recruit I don't know who to recruit first

Good idea but bad delivery (PS5)

[crash_ivo · 6/10 · 6 April 2023]

I have literally never, ever played a completed game with so many bugs. From movement of the character, to NPC behavior to number of my characters actually being outside the city upon "activation" and unable to enter, you name it. I loved the first two games so much but this was a disappointment.

Also I feel that they came up with 10 dialogs and at some point it becomes so annoying to hear the same lines over and over and over and over again.

One of the currencies in the game is also totally useless.

You can only buy clothes with it and that also becomes annoying at some point, especially if you are playing on permadeath mode.

I like the idea of building a "legion" and managing it but that is about it I like in this game.

Even after all said above, if there is a new game I will give it a.go in honor of the first two. Hopefully Ubisoft will do a better job.

Watch_Dogs: Deletion

[Sevianz · 1/10 · 22 November 2021]

Not worth AAA price for such a shallow and short campaign. It's easily forgettable, apart from 1 or perhaps 2 missions. Graphics mean nothing to me if it isn't backed up by the gameplay and BOY! I loved WD1, WD2 was a banger of vibes but this is a major downgrade to gameplay quality (the missing underscore in the title also set off some flags). So many hacks, gone. Phone menu and apps, gone. 3D printing your arsenal, gone. I don't want to list everything, so there you have a few.

Online is a buggy mess and the player base is so few that you often reencounter familiar strangers. Most of the hardcore players have stopped playing and the Online player base is now just mostly made up of newcomers. Matchmaking is a pain, where you have to wait for other players to complete up to the same mission you're on, and unless you've reset your mission progress to the beginning, it's now very rare you'll be matched.

I did enjoy some of the 'you can play as anyone' system but it could do with a major boost in quality. Bloodline was good and probably the only good I got from the game. I had a 1-2 year hiatus from Ubisoft games, and they published almost Cyberpunk 2077 tier of buggy games but don't quite fix them like that game. I don't think I'm going to recover from this Buggysoft experience anytime soon.

Ubisoft welcomes you too London

[jamesarooney · 10/10 · 30 October 2020]

Watch dogs is a huge improvement from watch dogs 2 the beautiful Open world of future London makes it more unique because the developers took the time to significantly study the culture of London from the landmarks to piccadilly london to the eiffel tower. The gamplay is awesome and its hand to hand combat the resistance has saved 2020 again they use Martial Arts hand to hand combat which is insane

This game is horrible

[jens-pohl · 1/10 · 3 November 2020]

The game is just bad. Bad animation, buggy, badly optimized for the PC, quit to desktop, shooting mechanics are very bad, very repetitive, you do the same thing all the time. Graphics are worse than the 2nd part. I won't buy from Ubi for now, I can only advise against that

Dope.

[rdoubleoc · 10/10 · 31 October 2020]

I originally wrote a different review, but I wanted to write a fresh one after playing it for around 3 weeks now.

People argue whether Cyber Punk or this will be a better game, but that's like comparing apples and oranges. Get both, because both are great in their own ways, and both are solid 10s in my opinion. I won't talk about CP here, though.

This game is similar to all the other Watchdogs, but unique and just as good. The ability to play multiple operatives, each with their own abilities and perks is just insane and awesome. Uniformed access is a great addition to the game, as well as little things like certain operatives being able to handcuff people, etc. It allows you to play the game in so many different ways. Literally nobody is going to play the same game. I guess the same could be said about Cyber Punk, but Cyber Punk is much more linear than this is.

I could go on and on, but this is A GREAT game, and a lot of thought and effort must have gone into this. A lot of the great things about the game aren't immediately apparent, also, but you should be entetained enough from start to finish, especially if you liked the previous Watch Dogs games.

It's truly a gem, though.

It's alright

[codygriffiths-58557 · 5/10 · 22 November 2020]

I mean I have been looking forward for the release of this game since it's announce date and I pre ordered it and I got the game. I enjoyed the first mission but it all just went downhill from there. It was just the same missions over and over again, not much storyline what so ever but the only thing that I like about this game is the martial arts aspect which I thought was good and the hacking gameplay is good but the story line is just boring and it's is literally just you hacking into a restricted area, hacking information and escaping and it's just that on repeat. Rather disappointed but it is what it is.

Brilliant story

[caspar-15242 · 10/10 · 29 November 2020]

Bit buggy occasionally, but the story had a great twist and the final ending was really poignant. It feels great to run around London, and feels like a welcome change from America. Playing as everyone is done extremely well, and it's always cool to find out more about anyone on the street.

I'm totally disappointed

[constantinuskar-16325 · 1/10 · 10 June 2023]

I played the game about 2 years ago and I bought the season pass and bloodline and after that I have a lot of bugs .

They make the game unplayable.

I didn't know that one games that has no bugs after season pass have a lot of bugs is even in the main game.

Pop up buldings ,Police car appears from nowhere, bad lipcink and persons tha appears and disappear all the time.

First Time it was a nice game and I enjoyed,so I decided to buy season pass and Play the story again with the bloodline expansion.

I couldn't Play the main game and ai focused to bloodline but it was with a lot of bugs too. I tried to uninstall an install again hoping that it will be fixed but nothing.

On The PS5 This Game Is Amazing!

[air-96030 · 9/10 · 27 June 2021]

I Have To Say This Game Is Incredible! It's Run Smoothly On The PS5 On Locked 60 Frames Per Second (FPS) And From The Beginning To The End The Game Have A GTA Vibe And In A Good Way The Feeling Of Roaming London With Any Character You Want That Also Fit To The Main Story Of The Game, Just Wow 9/10 For Me Very Recommended I Don't Know Why The Rating Of This Game Is Only 6.8/10 I Recommend Everyone To Try This Game On The PS5!

Not game of the year

[nathanielgendron · 5/10 · 7 November 2020]

The game is boring. Like many of the watch dogs games. Watch dogs(2014) was good. Part two was boring and legion is boring. Ghost of Tsushima has game of the year in the bag.

Review 2021

[veronikavolkov-28061 · 10/10 · 13 January 2021]

Really a awesome game some people are just hater's Of this game if you play it yourself you have a change of heart

No guns

[rfysgs · 4/10 · 4 April 2021]

The game only has two guns and you have to get certain charters while the enemy has guns every time.

Get it it's amazing

[dr-89196 · 10/10 · 23 November 2020]

Very good game now idea what the hate is first and I recommend it for anyone over 10 years old and above really good fun game