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Written Reviews
Game Informer (9/10)
Legion feels like the realization of the hacker fantasy the first Watch Dogs tried to capture. Between the fun team-building, fantastic mission design, strong narrative, and a gorgeous world, everything comes together in a largely entertaining and cohesive package. Whether you're controlling a trained super spy or a gassy grandmother, Watch Dogs: Legion is a ton of fun.
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Whether you're controlling a trained super spy or a gassy grandmother, Watch Dogs: Legion is a ton of fun.
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Polygon (unscored)
And Watch Dogs: Legion gives you just enough without dragging it into the most dreaded swamp of open-world games: repetition. A lot of this is helped by the fact that you can do the same tasks with different operatives (acquiring the tech points to upgrade a skill set, for example). But the most necessary tasks — liberating the boroughs, recruiting highly skilled operatives, and doing the capstone missions for both — have enough narrative involvement to keep them from being boring. And the rote parts (collecting lore text and audio) are purely optional.
Mostly, I am impressed at how Ubisoft Montreal got me to care about people more than skills, even in a game set up to prioritize the latter. Like a card trick, I'm left with the sense that the developers coaxed me to pick the person it needed to complete this particular chapter of the story, while making it seem like it was my call all the way. For interactive entertainment, that's outstanding storytelling, and it supports gameplay that has rewarded my own risk-taking and creativity with the urge to play it all again, with an entirely new cast.
Watch Dogs: Legion’s cast of randos makes a surprisingly winning team
Play it with permadeath stakes, on hard difficulty
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Waypoint (unscored)
When I think back on the first Watch Dogs, I remember a game so held back by its repulsive protagonist and its cynical caricature of Chicago that it wound up being little more than a bad copy of CBS procedural Person of Interest. When I think about Watch Dogs 2, I remember a game that (barring a few missteps) managed to be a found family tale about hackers skewering the most absurd parts of silicon valley culture.
I have no idea how I'll remember Watch Dogs: Legion a few years from now. A game with good intentions and bad timing? An ambitious experiment with a reach that exceeded its grasp? A bold attempt to elevate a tired formula that was instead dragged back down by it. Probably a little bit of all of these. What I know that I will remember, though, are characters like Everett and Honor and Alton "Brick Mason" Green, and how much more they could've been, if only Legion had been allowed to be something different, something smaller and more focused.
'Watch Dogs: Legion' Promises Revolution, But Mostly Delivers Distraction
You can play as anyone you want, but the game remains the same.
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IGN (8/10)
Watch Dogs: Legion's bold use of roguelike mechanics in an open-world action game pay off in interesting ways, making this visit to near-future London feel more varied than the previous two games.
PC Gamer (8/10)
Watch Dogs Legion's play-as-anyone gamble just about pays off. Most of London's citizens are way too ordinary to be much fun, but the few I grew to care about wound up feeling more important to me than most videogame protagonists ever do. Not bad for a group of randomly generated misfits. And I even wound up loving all those drones.
Watch Dogs Legion review
Hack into London's future with a crew assembled from any citizen you meet on the street.
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Gamespot (8/10)
Watch Dogs: Legion Review
Watch Dogs: Legion struggles with tone at times, but its empowering message about unity and justice still shines in a game that is as absurd as it is impactful.
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gamesradar+ (3.5/5)
Legion royally shakes up Watch Dogs' open-world template with a Play as Anyone mechanic that just about outweighs any headaches left by its rough edges.
Watch Dogs Legion review: "Royally shakes up the template with its Play As Anyone mechanic"
Our official Watch Dogs Legion verdict is here
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Metro (6/10)
A disappointingly tame vision of a near future dystopia, that represents a perfectly competent use of the Ubisoft formula but falters in its attempts to add anything new to it.
Watch Dogs: Legion review - the London formula
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VG247 (3/5)
Watch Dogs fans and more die-hard anarchists among you might enjoy it more, but between the short storylines, underwhelming tech and mission types and the general "everything is on fire" vibe, it just doesn't rate highly for me.
Watch Dogs: Legion review - Some cool tech can't cover up dull repetition and a story that hits too close to home
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VGC (5/5)
In these emergent moments, Watch Dogs Legion elevates itself as a far smarter experience than the gimmicky political thriller we expected from its early reveal. While the narrative elements are enjoyable on their own – and there are some real impressive scenes – Legion is most rewarding as a sandbox for those looking to veer off course and create their own stories, with their own ludicrous crew.
And with real Brexit looming just beyond the Christmas period, we could all do with some escapism.
Ubisoft Toronto's 'Play as Anyone' system results in the publisher's most unique open-world game in years. Just don't take it too seriously.
Review: Watch Dogs Legion is Ubisoft’s most meaningful sandbox | VGC
Ubisoft Toronto’s post-Brexit playground delivers smart mechanics and standout moments for those willing to rebel…
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Windows Central (4.5/5)
Watch Dogs: Legion lives up to a lot of its promises. The NPC system works well and the gameplay is seemingly endless, but more importantly, it has a story to tell.
Watch Dogs: Legion review — A step in the right direction for Ubisoft
Finally, a game where the politics are front and center.
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Press Start (8/10)
Watch Dogs Legion builds upon the solid foundation established by Watch Dogs 2 while adding its own ambitious twist with mixed results. Having literally every character playable is a gargantuan task, and from a gameplay perspective it works to cement Legion as the best Watch Dogs game thus far. Narratively speaking, however, it collapses under its own aspiration to offer an intriguing concept with spotty execution. Regardless, Legion is a triumph for making good on most of its lofty promise and a triumph for the series.
Watch Dogs: Legion Review - London Brawling To The Faraway Towns
Watch Dogs: Legion Review - London Brawling To The Faraway Towns
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Game Revolution (4/5)
Despite its issues, considering just how many variables there are in Watch Dogs: Legion, it's a wonder that it works as well as it does. It's Pokemon but with people, with the player wandering around London and "catching" weird and wonderful Operatives to add to their unlikely team of hackers. Its story may be tonally inconsistent in typical Ubisoft fashion, but it's best enjoyed with your brain taking the backseat while your hiccuping drunk super-spy takes the wheel. While another cyberpunk game might do the genre's themes more justice later this year, Watch Dogs: Legion's beautiful London and its array of recruitable denizens make it one of the most enjoyable games of the year.
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GamingBolt (9/10)
Watch Dogs: Legion is definitely the best game in the series so far- and dare I say, one of the most engaging and inventive open world games I have played in years.
Watch Dogs: Legion Review – Gotta Catch ‘Em All
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Wccftech (7.9/10)
Watch Dogs Legion is a great step forward for the series, with enough experimental new gameplay features to complement the familiar mechanics. London is incredible, and exploring it is an almost visceral experience. It's just a shame that the story doesn't hold the same familiarity that the map does.
Watch Dogs Legion Review - Bold Gameplay, Mild Story
Watch Dogs Legion is a great step forward for the series in many ways. It's just a shame that the story doesn't quite hold up to the gameplay
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Rock Paper Shotgun (unscored)
Watch Dogs Legion is a literal and figurative riot once its 'play as anyone' mechanic gets in gear. But while it makes a commendable stab at tackling real world bleakness, it's trying to be a more earnest game than its open world cockney murder playground allows.
Watch Dogs Legion Review
Watch Dogs Legion is a literal riot at its best. But it's trying to be much more earnest than the open world cockney murder playground it is, and it can grate.
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Video Reviews
IGN - 8/10
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