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

Gonzovision wrote: »

Have had 5 or 6 CTDs in around 6 hours, something I haven't experienced in years.

It's a bit of a mess in terms of bugs as well. Cars drooping through the road, same with people. A couple of cars I've hijacked, didn't even have anyone driving....

They are autonomous vehicles so there isn't supposed to be a driver.

Few CTDS thats me done for a while with it, I like the recruiting options but oddly played with the starting dude for most of the few hours the game let me play.

Bit **** I cant level him up and when you unlock a new skill that turns out to be terrible there is no option to go back to the old ones.

Its a bit boring tbh.

Found a protest leader with 4 perks and for the recruitment mission I had to rescue their buddy from jail. It did not go well and now a follow up mission I have to transport the buddies ashes to a hotel.

Honestly everything that could go wrong went wrong spectacluarly, tried to distract a guard by moving a vehicle forward, vehicle hit fuel tanks I couldnt see, buddy launched into a shutter with extreme force.

Have unlocked all the boroughs and the recruits you get from that are better than what you find on the street. The only poor recruit I have is the dude i started with as he only has 1 perk.

Have to say I'm really, really enjoying this. Might be a game of the year contender for me.

I bounced off Watchdogs 1 because the main protagonist had no personality and the world was generally drab and uninspiring. I thought they overcompensated in Watchdogs 2 with over the top wackiness, and again I just kind of bounced off it. I thought I was mad trying again with the third game, but I really like the idea in principle, and this time it feels like they really nailed it.

The recruitment mechanic feels far less gimmicky than I originally thought. In fact I hadn't really thought about it at all, but it works really well on a fundamental level. I've spent hours getting distracted finding people I want to recruit, and it feels really immersive when you start profiling someone, find out where they live, what their daily routine is, who their friends are, and find a way to recruit them. I've also come across random people on the street who now have prior opinions of me based on the fact I've helped / hurt people who are their friends or relatives. I'm sure a lot of it is still completely randomly generated, it probably only generates a schedule for someone once you profile them rather than all characters actually following a schedule in the world, but it works.

And then, once you recruit someone, the fact that they have their own background and personality that goes beyond the simple set of skills you recruited them for is something I hadn't anticipated. I love the level of representation, that people with backgrounds and accents that you'd normally never find in a game can now be the hero in your specific play through. Sadly the voice acting is often a let down here, possibly understandable when Ubisoft have basically had to record the entire script with who knows how many different actors, and also have to write it in a way where it holds together with the same dialog that could happen between any two people, whatever their age, class, nationality etc, but I do think the compromises are worth it.

As for the actual gameplay, the idea of hacking into cameras, setting traps etc always appealed to me in the previous Watchdogs games but this is the first time I've actually got into the game enough to fully realise that potential. I also really enjoy the extent to which you can mix it up and approach missions in wildly different ways using recruits with different skills, and have just been having loads of fun experimenting with different systems. On top of that, I love exploring London, having lived there for a few years in the past I feel like they've got the feel of the city down perfectly, even if they've taken some liberties with the geography in places. I've barely scratched the surface of the main story while I constantly get distracted exploring different areas and finding and recruiting people.

Biggest flaw with the game for me is still the driving, the car handling is just incredibly dull compared to something like GTA, there seems to be no concept of tyre slip at all. You'd think they'd have got it to a better place by now. Police chases are pretty woeful too as you're never remotely in danger of being caught, but it can take ages to finally randomly go down the right set of streets where you don't get spotted and lose the heat. And it's also hard to drive fast without running over seemingly suicidal pedestrians, which feels wildly out of character and uncomfortable. I've taken to travelling by cargo drone a lot, which is certainly slow, but I enjoy the sights and check out every potential recruit walking the streets along the way.

Is there a limit to how many people you can recruit? Or a point where you start getting duplicate voices? I mean, there must be. I'm a bit worried about recruiting too many people and not having room when someone important comes along later.

Also, I notice the game sometimes puts a green circle over certain people's heads and recommends them for recruiting. But half the time they don't have any real useful skills beyond regular characters. For example, one was a "shooting coach", I thought getting him would unlock a training area like the boxing ring or something. But after getting him, he seems to be just a normal recruit, who comes with a gun (which many random civilians also do)

I've got a few others around the place with circles over their heads now but I'm more interested in finding my own recruits if there's no strong reason to get the marked ones.

Right...

Perfectly fine for me too on Xbox One X.

Fine on PC in Dx11, unplayable in 12 for me anyway.

Loading is fine and running it in 2k and its hitting 60fps so thats fine.

I am well down the storyline now, only recruit people with 4 perks and now looking offload my starter dude as he only has 1 perk and is letting the team down. On Uplay+ (I using that) they give you 3 prestige recruits from the beginning, one is a merc with an AK and grenade launcher, other has a silcenced SMG and the last one has some drone skills. Very OP the 3 of them are.

I mostly using the spy I got for liberating a borough kinda Kingsman vibe from him.

After a good few hours there seems to be something missing or this is the new Covid reality of games.

The load times are quite long but you can easily play for a few hours without ever seeing a loading screen. I’ve mostly been doing recruitment and side quests so maybe the main story missions have more loading, but for me the vast majority of the game plays out in the open world where there is no loading.

There are performance and optimization issues, like not properly loading the CPU and GPU, which will persist on the next gen if left unfixed. For example DX12 performance is worse than DX11, this will affect the series X.

Close to the end but havent been arsed to finish it.

I found the best 1 perk member ever, they are old and slow and fat but that one perk.....

Hypnotise!!!!! They can turn Albion dudes just like turning drones, I cleared the the 2 bridge missions by just hypnotising the baddest looking enemy and then waiting.

I recruited a spy along the way, who has access to a spy car!
But how the hell do I call for that car?
Sorry if that's a dumb question

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Hold up on the d pad and select the car.

dreamers75 wrote: »

The car has missiles too

Nice

So it begins https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54797917

Price drop already due to Black Friday. Down from €70 to €45 on PS4/PS5 for standard edition. Presumably similar drops for different editions/platforms.

Presumably not selling how they'd hoped.

I've been playing this on-and-off for the past few weeks. I like the different characters personalities and skills, but I mostly play the builder who has a nail gun as a weapon

This has to be my least favourite Watch Dogs game. I just didn't click with it at all.