Watch Dogs: Legion Reviews
Watch Dogs: Legion is an ambitious effort with a lot of unique ideas that unfortunately doesn’t quite stick the landing.
Watch Dogs Legion is a fine entry in a franchise that keeps changing up its tone with each instalment. It mixes the tones from the first 2 games well enough with a serviceable story and an engaging gameplay mechanic. How much fun you want from this game will depend on how much variety the game's 'play as anyone' system offers, which in my experience has been plenty.
As I did with the first two entries, I came into Watch Dogs: Legion with pretty mellow expectations, and like them, Legion impressed me just enough. The gimmick works as advertised, and seeing all the extra effort they put into it warrants at least some praise. Given the setting and tragic setup, it’s easier this time around to justify why characters would be cool with gunning down waves of soldiers and gang members. And while the story doesn't know what it wants to be half the time, the cast of villains is mercifully more interesting.
Watch Dogs Legion is good fun, even if I’m not a big fan of it’s setting. The “Be Anyone” mechanic is a welcome addition to the series and one I would miss if it were not included in future titles. In fact, I think you have to include it in all titles going forward as it’s that fun to have. I do hope they improve on the storytelling and voice modulation for future titles using this feature though.
Watch Dogs Legion is not by any means a perfect experience, but it is great fun. Ubisoft finally nailed the formula with the third try.
Review in Greek | Read full review
Watch Dogs: Legion is a refined realization of the hacker fantasy that the first title wanted to capture.
Watch Dogs: Legions should’ve been an interesting game due to its “recruit everyone” nature. But for that to work it needs a city that properly reacts to the players’ actions. Sadly, the dystopian London is nothing but another theme park for you do what you want. It lacks proper context and is too afraid to tell a story that isn’t as safe as possible.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
An ambitious undertaking that is marred by poor writing and bugs.
Even though it may sound as if the game is avoidable after reading through this review, there’s still some fun to be had, especially for the hardcore Watch Dogs fans if that is such a thing. Going into this, I was craving another Ubisoft style, check-box frenzy of a game, and this just didn’t do it for me in the slightest. It didn’t help that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla released just a handful of days after this and is exactly the style of game we were looking for. So should you jump in? That largely depends on you. If you played the first two games, I can certainly recommend a go at this one just to stay fresh on story elements and be prepared for the hopeful revitalization of the franchise when we get Watch Dogs: Black Flag. For everyone else, you can probably look away this time, especially with so many things releasing right now in the new generation of console gaming.
I’ve really been enjoying spending time in London and I really hope Watch Dogs finds the success it deserves from here on out. The concept piloted here needs to be allowed time to blossom and grow as much as it possibly can throughout this generation. While Watch Dogs 2 is still the series high, Legion feels like something of a renaissance for the series – similar to how Origins changed the fortunes of Assassin’s Creed. It’s not perfect – and at times does still feel a little bit bland with more limited mission variety – but there’s some really smart and clever ideas here that could pave the way for some truly special games in the years to come.
There's ambition in this new episode, the tech behind the procedural generation of playable NPCs stands out as much as the inclusion of visual features like ray-tracing, but beyond that and the neo-punk aesthetic, Watch Dogs: Legion lacks the substance to get us really hooked.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Watch Dogs Legion is one of the most fun, unique and innovative games I’ve played this year.
Watch Dogs: Legion offers a fun adventure with its new gameplay mechanic that allows building a team that best suits the player's style. The campaign starts majestically, but soon gets lost in the repetition of missions, and the villains have their potential wasted. With the exception of the storyline that did not meet expectations, Legion manages to establish itself as the best game in the franchise.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Its functionality of controlling any NPC is the best
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Watch Dogs Legion is a great game. London is an excellent setting and the gameplay variation makes for a really fun experience. The recruit anyone mechanic is an interesting idea that works well if you are willing to overlook the awful lip-syncing and some odd-looking characters. If you enjoyed Watch Dogs 2 and don’t mind a game that is a little light on narrative, you will enjoy this third entry in the series.
Watch Dogs: Legion is a disappointing follow up to Watch Dogs 2, no lessons have been learnt and despite enjoying the sights of London as a local, repetition in mission design coupled with dialogue feeling like a poor Guy Ritchie knock-off leaves a lot to be desired.
In the end Watch Dogs: Legion is a winning new entry in the series.
Watch Dogs Legion is a title that lives up to expectations, Ubisoft's London, alive and pulsating, totally immerses the player. The plot is well built and offers villains characterized at best, but presenting an ending that does not live up to expectations. We appreciate the inclusion of free recruitment, even if it is repetitive in the long run. The driving system is improved, however not yet satisfactory. Despite the flaws, Watch Dogs Legion is a title that must be played and deepened, the efforts made by Ubisoft to renew its IP are clearly visible and lay an excellent foundation for the future.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Watch Dogs: Legion isn’t a bad game; it’s just not a great one either. I’m still intending to go back through and finish sweeping up the tech points that I’ve missed so far and recruiting the most random NPCs I can find, but it definitely feels like a step backward from Watch Dogs 2.