Watch Dogs : Legion (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Stadia)

EoinMcLovin · 11-06-2019 7:57pm #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIe3M1_Bu-Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EePfdMyC4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbokXaPTk38

Releasing on March 6th 2020

WELCOME TO THE RESISTANCE
BUILD A RESISTANCE AND FIGHT BACK.
Mass surveillance, private militaries controlling the streets, organised crime... Enough! It's time to end oppression. Recruit a well-rounded resistance to overthrow the opportunists ruining this once-great city. The fate of London lies with you.

PLAY AS ANYONE
ANYONE CAN BE YOUR WEAPON
Every Londoner has a reason to fight back. Explore the open world to find your next recruit. Each character is fully playable, has their own backstory, personality, and skill set — all of which comes into play as you personalise your team and choose the right operatives to best confront the challenges ahead.Recruit anyone from an MI5 agent to an illegal street-racer and customise them with killer outfits and iconic masks.
TAKE BACK LONDON
SHOW THE CITY WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
Explore a massive urban open world and visit London’s many famous landmarks – including Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Camden, Piccadilly Circus or Whitechapel.

PLAY YOUR WAY
OR EXPERIMENT WITH PLAYSTYLES.
Tackle missions choosing from a wide range of weapons, a brand-new melee system or stealth abilities. The way you approach combat has real consequences. If you use non-lethal force, the enemy will attempt to subdue and arrest you. If you shoot to kill, you risk having your characters permanently killed.

GET THE GANG TOGETHER
BRING YOUR FRIENDS INTO THE MESS.
Giving London back to the people doesn't have to be some heroic solo jaunt, ya know. Bring the fight online to join forces with up to three friends as you take on entirely new co-op missions and challenging end-game content.

ANYONE?!
YEP. ANYONE FROM THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF LONDON IS PLAYABLE.
Literally anyone you see can join your team and has a unique backstory, personality, and skillset. Your team, your way! Each character has unique skills, their own style and personality. Choose the right operatives to best confront the challenges ahead and grow your influence.

RECRUIT ANY CHARACTER
EVERYONE IS UNIQUE.
Every Londoner has a reason to fight back. Each person you encounter — a taxi driver, an ex-spy, a fallen boxer, a well-connected lawyer, a stark raving mad grandma, anyone. And they all have their own story, personality and set of skills. Choose wisely. Their life is in your hands.

YOUR TEAM. YOUR WAY.
FORM A UNIQUE CREW.
You want to make a team of classic British spies? Or maybe a team of football hooligans is more your cup of tea. Whatever you decide, it's all up to you — who joins your resistance, what missions you take on, which fights you pick; Make critical decisions and ultimately hack, infiltrate, and detonate your way to a liberated London.

CUSTOMISE YOUR RECRUITS
MAKE YOUR HEROES YOUR OWN.
Personalise each member of your resistance and level them up by building out different skill sets, from hacking to stealth moves to all-out assault training. customise further with unique outfits and iconic masks. Take back the city and look sharp doing it.

keithkk16 · 12-06-2019 4:11am

Black Mirror the game.

Robert ninja · 12-06-2019 4:43am

keithkk16 wrote: »

Black Mirror the game.

Nah that's this which is one of my favorite P&Cs

DeadlyByDesign · 12-06-2019 12:26pm

Lokks great...something I never thought I'd say about a Watchdogs game. Very interested

Potential-Monke · 12-06-2019 2:49pm

Unlike a lot, I was hoping they'd go back to the tone of the first one. Couldn't bring myself to play more than a few hours of the second one, as I keep referring to it as too hipster, just was not my kind of humour and look/feel at all. This looks like it's gone from that to bat sht crazy, but I'm not excited for it. I want to see more, but you can recruit anyone and they all have their own back stories, etc? Sounds like a lot of repetition to me, but I'll await to hopefully be surprised!

The Specialist · 12-06-2019 3:12pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Unlike a lot, I was hoping they'd go back to the tone of the first one. Couldn't bring myself to play more than a few hours of the second one, as I keep referring to it as too hipster, just was not my kind of humour and look/feel at all. This looks like it's gone from that to bat sht crazy, but I'm not excited for it. I want to see more, but you can recruit anyone and they all have their own back stories, etc? Sounds like a lot of repetition to me, but I'll await to hopefully be surprised!

Yeah I despised WD2 as well, wanted to kill all of them (even my own character) after suffering 2 hours of hipster edgelord bull**** and never played it again. This is not a day 1 buy for me anyway but it looks interesting so will see what the reception is like before picking it up.

Potential-Monke · 12-06-2019 3:23pm

I'm so happy you said that, I was beginning to think my view of it being overly hipster was just me! They somehow managed to even make the bikers hipster!

marcbrophy · 12-06-2019 3:32pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I'm so happy you said that, I was beginning to think my view of it being overly hipster was just me! They somehow managed to even make the bikers hipster!

Haha, maybe that's why I got about 90 mins in and turned it off myself

Penn · 12-06-2019 4:10pm

I played WD2 for maybe 12-15 hours. Yeah, the hipster stuff was grating on me after about 10 minutes. There was a lot to like about the game as the gameplay was generally fun and varied, but I just lost interest in it and the hipster stuff was definitely a big factor in that. I think in terms of tone, finding a middle ground between the WD1 and WD2 would serve the franchise well. I'm certainly hopeful about Legion, but trepidatious nonetheless

Jordan 199 · 12-06-2019 4:24pm

I prefered the darker feel of the first Watch Dogs game. Anyway, I'm looking forwards to Legion.

dreamers75 · 12-06-2019 5:54pm

Umm regardless of tone(this is a thing now in games?) and hipster characters. WD1 is a boring game with boring activities, 2nd one is much better in a "game you can play type way".

Potential-Monke · 12-06-2019 6:46pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Umm regardless of tone(this is a thing now in games?) and hipster characters. WD1 is a boring game with boring activities, 2nd one is much better in a "game you can play type way".

*twirls ends of moustache* I disagree!

I really enjoyed WD1, and I can't recall all the issues people had with it. I remember playing a brooding character doing dodgy things all in the name of fairness and clarity. I really enjoyed it, even the driving, and the darker tone was more fitting to a hacking type gta clone. People automatically hated this because it didn't look like the CGI they showed a year earlier, and we all know that once you're on the 'haven't played it but I know it's terrible' bandwagon, it's hard to get off it.

Then in WD2 they tried to make it all trendy and hip and cool and with it and edgy and colourful and turned it into a brash in your face look how cool we are Saints Row clone, but was nowhere near as fun as Saints Row. I felt like they tried way too hard in WD2 and it fell flat for me.

This, while it does appear less hipster, still seems a bit OTT but not in a fun way. Like, when I saw the Saints Row trailers, I could immediately tell I would enjoy the game. This, again, feels like they're trying too hard to do something that's already been done. Just the feeling I'm getting from it.

Then again, last year has ruined gaming for me, with the awesomeness of AC: Odyssey just doing everything right for a massive fun filled playground, to the tighter absolute perfection of God of War. Since them, I'm finding it very hard to really get into a game, because they are a new level of quality and expectations I now have.

EoinMcLovin · 14-06-2019 9:58am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g075jpjQu-c

dreamers75 · 15-06-2019 12:56am

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g075jpjQu-c

Looks good for the sneaky types but the end with the pure action didnt look well, could be the lad playing it was terrible tho ran out into the open and died.

EoinMcLovin · 20-08-2019 4:35pm

EoinMcLovin · 07-07-2020 2:39pm

Some images have been leaked

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dreamers75 · 07-07-2020 3:11pm

2 is free if you watch the stream this weekend.

Mr Crispy · 07-07-2020 3:44pm

What's that circled in red? Looks like one of those parental advisory labels!

EoinMcLovin · 07-07-2020 3:52pm

This is what the operator menu looked like last year

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Also members of the press and influencers are playing preview builds this week so we will probably get more details on Sunday. The red circle in one of the images could be from one of these people.

Sephiroth_dude · 07-07-2020 4:15pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

2 is free if you watch the stream this weekend.

On all platforms?

EoinMcLovin · 07-07-2020 4:17pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

On all platforms?

Just PC

Penn · 07-07-2020 4:19pm

Just saw it's being added to PS Now though, so I presume it'll be on Gamepass too. Try and generate interest/buzz for Legion.

ERG89 · 07-07-2020 4:47pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Some images have been leaked

Serious lack of gammon heads in this version of London

Potential-Monke · 08-07-2020 9:49pm

I generally find it a pain in the hole to manage more than 1 character. This game really doesn't look like it's for me!

Jordan 199 · 08-07-2020 9:58pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I generally find it a pain in the hole to manage more than 1 character. This game really doesn't look like it's for me!

Bring back Aiden Pearce

EoinMcLovin · 12-07-2020 8:06pm

Releases on October 29th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGBrGqXILgM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_V-YQW3Gos

EoinMcLovin · 12-07-2020 8:34pm

From Watch dogs website

Purchase Watch Dogs Legion on PlayStation®4 or Xbox One and upgrade your game to the next-gen version (PlayStation®5 or Xbox Series X) at no additional cost.*

Upgrade to PlayStation®5 Version: Watch Dogs Legion PlayStation®4 game on Blu-ray Disc™ must be kept inserted in a PlayStation®5 console to play the corresponding Watch Dogs Legion PlayStation®5 digital version at no additional cost, when available.
Requires a PlayStation®5, the game Blu-ray Disc™, a PlayStation® Network registration, additional storage & Broadband internet connection. May incur bandwidth usage fees.

Mr Crispy · 12-07-2020 8:38pm

Not really feeling this for some reason.

johnny_ultimate · 12-07-2020 8:40pm

I don’t like to put so much weight on just one person on a massive team, but Clint Hocking’s involvement is genuinely the thing that has gotten me cautiously interested in a Ubisoft open world game for the first time in a decade. Here’s hoping it has that same emergent, unusual energy as Far Cry 2 - just hopefully not quite as repetitive!

EoinMcLovin · 12-07-2020 8:55pm

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Day 1.

A lot more previews on YouTube now. November is going to be really busy especially with AC Valhalla and Cyberpunk out three weeks later. This looks really good but don't know why they are releasing 2 major games so close together.

EoinMcLovin · 12-07-2020 9:37pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aB_-t3iC4E

CastorTroy · 12-07-2020 10:46pm

Oh look, the Irish guy is a redheaded drinker

Sephiroth_dude · 12-07-2020 10:53pm

I'm getting a saints row feel from it , its looks cool though.

EoinMcLovin · 12-07-2020 11:28pm

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Thanks for posting these videos, Eoin.
Can get overwhelming finding them all as there is so much!

No problem. Yeah I have loads of different gameplay videos on my YouTube subscription page so just went with the Ubisoft ones. The gameplay looks so good and such a variety of characters to play as like a Beekeeper who can attack people with nano bees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSTlCkVYs54

CatInABox · 13-07-2020 7:27pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

From Watch dogs website

I'm not sure why this is news really? I mean, isn't that how the physical games work now anyway? If you want to play the physical PS4 version of this on a PS4, won't you have to keep the disc in the drive as well?

Sucks for anyone that goes with a Digital Version of a PS5, but I don't think that anyone with a bunch of PS4 discs is going to be buying the digital edition to start with anyway.

EoinMcLovin · 13-07-2020 7:36pm

CatInABox wrote: »

I'm not sure why this is news really? I mean, isn't that how the physical games work now anyway? If you want to play the physical PS4 version of this on a PS4, won't you have to keep the disc in the drive as well?

Sucks for anyone that goes with a Digital Version of a PS5, but I don't think that anyone with a bunch of PS4 discs is going to be buying the digital edition to start with anyway.

Yeah I think its more the confirmation that if moving from PS4 disc version to PS5 you can't just sell off the PS4 version and get the PS5 version for free.

Azza · 13-07-2020 8:29pm

Watched Eurogamer's PC tech run down and its overview of Ray Tracing and all I can think is how ray tracing looks somewhat shoe horned in to show the tech off. I mean the reflections in shop windows looks nice and feel natural and not out of place but what is it with the ludicrous amounts of puddles on the roads. The reflections in them are fine but the share amount and how there placed just looks unnatural and immersion breaking. Does future London have the worlds worst road for potholes or something. I suppose if you don't show it off alot of people won't know its there but sometimes less is more.

I know its probably technical reasons behind it but the River Thames doesn't feature ray traced reflections which would been a more natural fit for the technology.

Potential-Monke · 13-07-2020 9:51pm

Watched the video with the taxi driver and the chase. If anything it has turned me off the game even more. Watched the beekeeper one above, the HUD in front of your face looks rediculous, the combat looks last gen (PS3/360), every second sentence is cursing which normally i don't mind but it seems a bit excessive and put in to make it sound edgy. The driving looks terrible, he barely tapped that bike with the car and the rider went flying into the air backwards. And it just all seems so busy, I feel like it will give me autism with sensory overload.

I'm sure it will sell well though, because people usually love what I hate. Re: Puddles, they're finally giving the puddles shown in the first trailer for Watch_Dogs 1!

dreamers75 · 10-09-2020 8:48pm

https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/1304143908855779331

sigh........

Jordan 199 · 10-09-2020 9:36pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/1304143908855779331

sigh........

I'm happy to see him back.

Exclamation Marc · 12-09-2020 11:21pm

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I'm happy to see him back.

I think the sigh is more likely to be at the fact that he's locked behind DLC.

And if its not, that's why I would be sighing.

EoinMcLovin · 13-09-2020 11:03pm

Had a feeling he would show up as some form of dlc seeing as Watch Dogs The Complete Edition is included with the Season Pass

Potential-Monke · 14-09-2020 8:58pm

Great. Now, any chance of going backwards and giving him a proper sequel without all the cultural garbage it has turned in to?

Mr Crispy · 14-09-2020 9:29pm

What cultural garbage?

Potential-Monke · 14-09-2020 11:21pm

The histper-isms and woke-isms. I probably used the wrong word(s). Much preferred the darker, more serious tone of the first one.

Mr Crispy · 14-09-2020 11:49pm

I genuinely don't know what you mean by the -isms, but I agree that the tone of this seems to be far sillier than the previous games. It'll be interesting to see what tonal balance they go for, between having lots of wacky characters, but doing their thing against the backdrop of an evil Big Brother type police state.

Sephiroth_dude · 15-09-2020 12:56am

Potential-Monke wrote: »

The histper-isms and woke-isms. I probably used the wrong word(s). Much preferred the darker, more serious tone of the first one.

First one was really good, I really enjoyed it.

Exclamation Marc · 15-09-2020 1:27am

Potential-Monke wrote: »

The histper-isms and woke-isms. I probably used the wrong word(s). Much preferred the darker, more serious tone of the first one.

I agree. It was essentially GTA: Hipster and was trying very hard to be edgy and cool with intolerable characters that were just painful to interact with. That and the environment and enemies going from 0-100 trying to kill you was a put off.

I really enjoyed WD1. Sure it was a bit laboured by the end and a bit drab at parts but overall good fun.

I'm really unsure about this one though. I think it's greatest strength (play as anybody) will actually be it's biggest weakness and the game will be a bit meh as levels will be pieces of cake. I hope I'm wrong.

Potential-Monke · 15-09-2020 6:46am

Ah yeah, used the wrong words. I suppose I use the term woke in the far more broader term than it's deliberate initial reason, like a lot of words these days. Anyway, as said above, it's the sillier tone and it's not silly in a Saints Row kinda way, just a bit too try-hard to be cool, hip(ster) and "with it". Game is definitely not aimed at me, but the second one seemed like it might.

Don't reckon I'll be getting this one. I like the idea of having a character that you can progress (albeit usually in a shallow way), the idea of being anyone and everyone just doesn't appeal to me. I'll wait for reviews, and if I do get it, it'll only be to have a next gen game (if that releases before something better, ie: Valhalla).

dreamers75 · 15-09-2020 9:12am

1st one was a terrible game with a reasonable plot and an awful main character, 2nd one was much better game but terrible plot with "likeable" characters.

That last level in 1 is up with there with the worst design decisions I have ever played.

Potential-Monke · 15-09-2020 8:34pm

I didn't discover any likable characters in 2. Not a single one. They all annoyed me. And for that reason, I couldn't enjoy the game. I don't remember anything to bad about the first one tbh, but haven't played it since it came out.

Watch Dogs : Legion (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Stadia)

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