Ubisoft Toronto·Released Oct 29, 2020·Single player
In Watch Dogs: Legion, near future London is facing its downfall... Unless you do something about it. Build a resistance, fight back, and give the city back to the people. It's time to rise up.
Watch Dogs Legion might look and run better than ever on PS5, but that means little when the game itself struggles to break the boundaries of mediocrity. This next-gen version remains unchanged from its PS4 counterpart as far as gameplay goes, so the boosted performance does little to hide the title's underlying issues. No matter how well it runs, Watch Dogs Legion needs to sort out how it plays.
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Play it with permadeath stakes, on hard difficulty
Hack into London's future with a crew assembled from any citizen you meet on the street.
Whether you're controlling a trained super spy or a gassy grandmother, Watch Dogs: Legion is a ton of fun.
Our official Watch Dogs Legion verdict is here
Bold use of roguelike mechanics in an open-world action game pays off in interesting ways.
While I may not identify with any of my guerrillas and their grab-bag backstories, nor feel any sense of real investment in the fate of DedSec as a whole, I’m still attached to this strange band of possessed berserkers. We’ve had a good time together, in this nonsense dystopian playground.
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.
