Watch Dogs: Legion
Most streamers rate Watch Dogs: Legion a mixed bag.
10 streamer verdicts· Released 2020-10-29Independent creators only · sponsored coverage never counts
Streamer Verdicts
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Our analysis
Legion offers a unique premise with the ability to recruit any NPC as a playable character, creating emergent and humorous moments despite bog-standard gameplay. The story and character recruitment mechanics are engaging, though exploration feels limited and needs performance optimization.
Our analysis
Cool recruit-anyone concept but lacks meaningful differentiation. Repetitive missions.
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Mechanically decent game undermined by poor execution. Multiple design inconsistencies and immersion-breaking issues make it mediocre.
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The recreated London is the star and the best open world encountered, but the game wrapped around it is repetitive and boring, with every mission boiling down to the same hacking, camera-hopping and trivially easy combat. The story, voice acting and constant foul ambient chatter are weak, and the much-hyped play-as-anyone recruitment system is wasted since one operative does it all. A disappointing middling six and a half out of ten.
Our analysis
Watch Dogs: Legion is an Open World Immersive Sim (And A Pretty Good One) is a strong recommendation with compelling gameplay and design.
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Hidden gem with ambitious team-building and story choice mechanics. Wildly inconsistent but unique and rewarding for engaged players.
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Fun sandbox undermined by spider droid triviality and weak story.
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Ambitious ensemble cast system with freedom in team composition, but repetitive progression and scattered narrative impact.
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Ambitious hacker game with creative NPC recruitment but detached narrative and repetitive missions.
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Expands franchise with creative character recruitment and hacking. Strong anti-fascist message. Scattershot narrative, repetitive sides. Core gameplay satisfying.
About
- Released
- 2020-10-29
- Genre
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Creator Mentions · 3
- ぐぐう実況ゲーム紹介ch👍 positiveWatch
Our analysis
The creator discusses Watch Dogs: Legion in this video.
- TTehsnakerer👎 negativeWatch
Our analysis
A meandering open-world game that struggles to balance permadeath with punitive combat mechanics. While London is well-detailed and some ideas like the reputation system show promise, poor execution and hollow storytelling undermine the experience. The core gameplay is bogged down by contradictory design priorities that fail to support any coherent vision.
- SSheshounet👍 positiveWatchTranslated from French
despite all these bugs and some flaws it is a fun game where it is pleasant to walk around to experience random situations
