watch dogs: legion review roundup

Ubisoft's much loved cyber action-adventure series is prepping its third entry for release. Watch Dogs: Legion will be one of the final triple-A games to release before the onslaught of Next-Gen hype. Now the questions is, should you pick it up on the 29th or wait for that new shiny gaming box to play it on? Here's the review roundup: 

GAMES RADAR (SCORE 3.5/5)
'Like that of Assassin's Creed's dual protagonists, I now can't imagine the Watch Dogs series without its Play as Anyone mechanic, which feels like a feature the franchise was always made for. Despite the deficiencies that underscore both its storytelling and gameplay, Legion thus represents an aspiring, albeit somewhat clumsy, step forward for the series at large.'

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GAMEINFORMER (SCORE 9/10)
'Legion feels like the realization of the hacker fantasy the first Watch Dogs tried to capture. Between the fun team-building, fantastic mission design, strong narrative, and a gorgeous world, everything comes together in a largely entertaining and cohesive package. Whether you’re controlling a trained super spy or a gassy grandmother, Watch Dogs: Legion is a ton of fun.'

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GAMESPOT (SCORE 8/10)
'Watch Dogs: Legion is an anti-fascist game, and it's admirable that it sticks to that message and sees it through to a satisfying and affirming conclusion. It also bolsters the franchise's clever hacking gameplay to offer more creativity than ever. One of Legion's more profound messages is about what it means to be a true Londoner, and by the game's end, you'll have a DedSec crew made of wildly diverse and disparate citizens from unique cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds--all united in their goal to restore their home. If anything, that's as powerful a message for the game as you can get.'

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IGN  (SCORE 8/10)
Watch Dogs Legion takes Ubisoft’s open-world hacker series in an interesting new direction by letting you swap between the inhabitants of a near-future London almost at will. There’s enough variety in the way different characters play to make that a good tradeoff for not having one traditionally progressing character with a fleshed-out personality, and playing with permadeath enabled ratchets up the tension of infiltrating heavily guarded areas.

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POLYGON (SCORE N/A)
'I am impressed at how Ubisoft Toronto got me to care about people more than skills, even in a game set up to prioritize the latter. Like a card trick, I’m left with the sense that the developers coaxed me to pick the person the game needed to complete this particular chapter of the story, while making it seem like it was my call all the way. For interactive entertainment, that’s outstanding storytelling, and it supports gameplay that has rewarded my own risk-taking and creativity with the urge to play it all again, with an entirely new cast.'

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PC GAMER (VIDEO REVIEW)

Overall, Watch Dogs: Legion currently sits at a Metascore of 77 from 27 reviews (Xbox One). In contrast, Watch Dogs 2 amassed a score of 82 when it released four years ago. This series may never reach the dizzy heights of GTA, but it will be great fun to play a new entry. 

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