Similar to Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System, it spins up impressive combinations of physical looks, voices, personalities, clothing, and perks.
The real showcase of Watch Dogs Legion is the system that allows you to "Play As Anyone". | Mike Williams/USG, Ubisoft You Can Truly Play As Anyone You do get to punch faux law enforcement and harassers to your heart's content, so there's simple catharsis to be found here. Legion has things to say, but it's on the side, not in the main story that plays out more like a darker version of G.I. If you take the time to listen to incidental conversations or protests, you'll get a look at the studios deeper thoughts on some of these ideas. So if you're looking for deeper commentary on reality, this isn't necessarily a part of the game's main campaign. They're so evil that ultimately Legion says nothing about any of those topics, outside of "thing bad". The thing is, Albion sidesteps real-world groups and organizations, and is instead presented as a comically-evil organization that gives Ubisoft a bit of a shield for storytelling purposes. Given the state of the world in 2020, much of what appears in Watch Dogs Legion is timely. It's here that Watch Dogs: Legion reveals itself as probably Ubisoft's most politically-explicit titles to date, touching on police brutality, incarceration, anti-immigration sentiment, and other hot-button issues. Private security firm Albion takes over the city, installing security checkpoints and cracking down on the local populace.
Your collective is up against a group called Zero Day, who pins a series of terrorist bombings in London on DedSec, leading to a greater institution of "law and order". Instead, Watch Dogs Legion wants to hammer home the feeling of a collective, allowing you to recruit anyone in the city to your cause. The anarchistic hacker collective DedSec returns, but this time, you don't play as a single protagonist. Instead of Chicago or San Francisco, Legion moves the series to London, already one of the biggest surveillance states in the Western world. The person who controls the network, in other words, controls the city. Like the rest of the series, Watch Dogs: Legion is rooted in the near-future close enough to be recognizable as a current, real-world metropolis, but far enough away that network technology is irreversibly tied with infrastructure.
Watch Dogs: Legion is the latest entry in Ubisoft's series of open world action games rooted in hacking, surveillance, and stealth. | Mike Williams/USG, Ubisoft Saturday Morning Evil The issue is the missions end up being more rote and repetitive than those colorful, vibrant characters. The game is about spinning up an entire city of unique characters to play with. You might not run into anyone like him in your game, but that's part of the magic of Watch Dogs: Legion. Regardless, Ruben became the face of DedSec in my Watch Dogs: Legion. He wasn't even a very good character overall, given that he only had a single perk. Maybe it was his background as a board game designer who spends his time on the darkweb, and whose first noted associate is his dealer. I don't know if that's because of his look: yellow dreadlocks and undercut marked off by a huge skull tattoo on his face, with a jacket that screams "future". I didn't choose him he was one of the operatives granted to me after the game's introduction. There are many like it, but this one is mine." That's how I feel about Ruben Flagg, my de facto protagonist in Watch Dogs: Legion. PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X