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Watch Dogs Legion is the third installment of Ubisoft’s hacking franchise. This time around, the location is near future London. The DedSec hacking group is framed for bombing parts of London by a rival hacker named Zero Day. This allows private military group, Albion, to seize control. DedSec is all, but destroyed by Albion and your task is to rebuild the team before taking back London.
Recruiting and playing as other people is the biggest hook for Watch Dogs Legion. You can profile and flag anyone on the street for recruitment. There’s a whole host of weird people: human statue, sex worker, panhandler, cyber bee keeper, getaway driver, drone specialists and all types of older people.
The different skills that all those people have are just as varied: KO punch, getting drunk (football hooligan), begging for cash (panhandler), nail gun as a weapon (construction worker), instant gun take down (John Wick gun skill), personal vehicle access, team injury release (medics/doctors) and so much more.
Watch Dogs Legion technology can be unlocked to assign to each member to further customize them for your playstyle. This includes things like spider drone, combat drone, AR Cloak (like the predator), deep profiler, specialty hacks and more.
Each borough in the city has missions that allow you to raise the uprising level in that area. These mission include things like taking out a VIP, searching for evidence, rescuing resistance fighters, etc.. Once all of those mission are completed in a borough, it unlocks a special Watch Dogs Legion mission to activate an uprising in that area. These missions are fun and completion unlocks a special recruit.
All this is great, but the main campaign is also really good. I won’t spoil it here, but my posts about my playtime will give you more info on how good some parts are.
Although I finished Watch Dogs Legion, the story was not as memorable as I hoped. I loved building a Dedsec team and using their strengths, but characters were mostly shallow due to the “recruit” everyone schtick. It was clear exactly what I was missing, after finishing Watch Dogs Legion Bloodline DLC. I loved the depth … Read moreWatch Dogs Legion Bloodline DLC
Last playthrough, I chased down some connections between Albion and Clan Kelley. This time around I was going to tackle the Watch Dogs Legion 404 missions which started with a cryptic message on the dark web. Intro to Watch Dogs Legion 404 Group The mysterious 404 leader tasked me with infiltrating the Walkie Talkie club … Read moreWatch Dogs Legion 404 Missions
In my previous play session, I finished all the borough uprising missions and was ready to play the main campaign. This session I found out how much I loved Watch Dogs Legion uniformed access. It adds a whole other layer to stealth and makes you feel like you are undercover. For example, you can recruit … Read moreWatch Dogs Legion Uniformed Access, I Love It
During my last play session, I was working my way through Watch Dogs Legion recruiting of special operators. This time around I planned on finishing the uprising missions in each borough to recruit the last of the special operators. Finishing Watch Dogs Legion Recruiting of Special Operators Anarchist The uprising mission that unlocked for this … Read moreMore Watch Dogs Legion Recruiting Fun
Last time I started playing Legion and this time I was determined to continue the Watch Dogs Legion special operatives recruitment process. I usually try to knock out side missions before really going full force with the main campaign. I figure I won’t miss any side missions that might become unavailable later and the upgrades/skills … Read moreMore Watch Dogs Legion Special Operatives
Last time I finished up Watch Dogs 2 to make sure I was not skipping the middle of the story. Now it was time to finally join the Watch Dogs Legion resistance. I was looking forward to building a crew of misfits and random old people, but I also had fun recruiting some useful people. … Read moreWatch Dogs Legion, so it Begins