Watch Dogs: Legion

About Watch Dogs: Legion

Ubisoft Toronto released Watch Dogs: Legion in late October 2020 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Stadia. This third-person shooter mixes open world adventure with role playing elements to let you take back near-future London from a corrupt surveillance state. The core premise involves building a resistance group by recruiting almost anyone you see walking the streets. You do not play a single fixed hero but rather assemble an army of random citizens ranging from bartenders and boxers to lawyers and even elderly grandmothers. Each recruit brings their own skills and backstory to the fight against the oppressive DEDSec opposition.

Gameplay

Your typical session involves hacking into cameras, disabling security drones, and infiltrating high-tech facilities while controlling a randomly recruited NPC. You switch characters constantly as you need specific abilities like explosives expertise or stealth talents that the current recruit lacks. The game features single player campaigns plus co-op modes where friends can join your resistance cell. Controls feel snappy during parkour sequences but can get clunky when managing inventory mid-fight. You spend minutes scanning environments for weak points in security systems before launching coordinated attacks on key targets. Multiplayer lets you team up with others to take down specific bosses or complete timed challenges across the city map.

What Players Think

The PlayPile community has logged an average playtime of 24 hours per user, though completion rates hover around 60 percent for main story content. IGDB users rated the title 74 out of 100 based on 154 ratings. Most players describe the mood as frustratingly repetitive once you realize every character has a limited skill pool. Review snippets mention that the recruitment mechanic feels fun at first but loses novelty quickly. Only 12 percent of users reported finishing all side missions, while 88 percent stuck to main objectives. Achievement hunters found the trophy list manageable with a completion rate of 45 percent among active players who bought the game last year.

PlayPile's Take

This title is worth buying if you have already finished similar open world games and want a different character swapping mechanic. The price sits at standard retail levels, and there are no major technical barriers on current consoles. You get access to a large roster of characters but the story lacks depth compared to other entries in the franchise. Do not expect a perfect experience or clever gameplay that changes how you play shooters forever. The game is best suited for people who enjoy hacking simulations more than traditional narrative drives. Stick with it if you like seeing how many different people you can recruit before quitting.

Storyline

London’s fallen into a technological nightmare, but you’re sharp enough to adapt. Rally the resistance to use the city’s tech against the powers that be. Where will you find your army? How about everywhere? Every Londoner has a reason to fight back. Play as literally any character – a bartender, an ex-spy, a graffiti artist, a fallen boxer, a well-connected lawyer, a stark raving mad grandma, anyone.