WATCH DOGS: LEGION is a Waste of Potential
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Another year, another Ubisoft Game. Watch Dogs: Legion is a clearly rushed, buggy game, and its main selling mechanic isn't even that good. Join me in this review, analysis, video essay, topical description tag as I tear apart another mediocre sequel. Skill Up and ACG were too easy on this game.
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Ubisoft games: Best concepts executed poorly.
Yeah like Driver: San Francisco! Oh wait...
@@flti that was good
Ubisoft has a knack for screwing up. The zombie expansion to this game could have been not Zombiu 2 and instead it was a shitty raid mode.
This this is what I've been saying for years
Imaging eating a chocolate. You love that chocolate. It's been your favourite since you were a kid. You recognize the incredible taste. At first it's comforting. What you expect. But then you realize something's not quite right with the taste. It somehow feels... off. You look at the wrapping paper and you finally learn the hard truth. Your favourite chocolate has been spoiled for several years now. That's my feelings with ubisoft games nowadays.
Ok.......
This makes exactly zero sense
Weird analogy you coulda just said the game sucks ass but ok Shakespeare😂
@@12Daniel34 how?? What I took from it is all these upisoft games have a “honey moon” phase then after a bit you see how shallow and or boring and repetitive they are but they used to be good hence the expired candy metaphor
Y’all just mad y’all didn’t think of a smart analogy
Watchdogs 1: Aiden Pierce
Watchdogs 2: Marcus and Wrench
Watchdogs 3: Random bland characters.
It would be more acceptable if it was character creation
sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know a method to get back into an instagram account??
I was stupid forgot the account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.
@Jaiden Kyng Instablaster ;)
WD1 and WD2 had bland characters too and WD3 is even worse lmao
When it was announced back in E3, it was very dark and very ambitious. I liked how you could recruit people and actually spend time to level up and give them perks. Now its just tech points and like 5 unique people
Cyberpunk has accurate lip syncing for 10 different languages and this game can't get one right.
Lol, maybe that JALI technology will start showing up in other games. But honestly, in this game's case the bad lip sync could just be part of its many bugs, Legion was not ready for release.
It’s virtually impossible to perfect lip syncing or animations when ALL PEDESTRIANS ARE PLAYABLE.
@@itsmjq9391 They should’ve worked on that then
@@Im.Smaher Did you read when I said it’s impossible?
@@itsmjq9391 no it’s not.😹😹 who do you think you are? This tech has been used before it isn’t new. And it’s not impossible.
Setting the game in the UK and being able to recuit all different people, you'd think they'd focus the game more around stealth and non-lethal approaches due to the lack of guns compared to the US. It might have given the game a bit of a uniqueness, as well as making the odd gun you find a more powerful, but limited thing. But I guess that's too hard for Ubisoft to think of.
Also, you can own guns in the UK, but you need certifications for them and you can only really own rifles and shotguns, not handguns. Again, might've been interesting since you can't really hide a full length bolt action rfile on your person just walking around, but again, Ubisoft is lazy.
The non lethal in this game sucks so bad. The first thing you should do in this game is get someone with a gun.
Can't have the piggies on a level playing field with the people
@@zap2960 or play a different game
Game should've been a slasher
it’s sad what little there is to even say about this game lol, just looks like old leftover pizza. how is ubisoft still falling behind and making these boring games that would’ve been considered sub standard a gen or 2 ago? and you know that new assassin’s creed is going to be the same thing too
Lmfao it is the same thing I’m dead
Exactly! And what is even more disappointing is that people defend Ubisoft for their trash. Its really sad...
And AC Valhalla was the same thing too😂
"Looks like leftover pizza" I'm going to start using this expression, it's hilarious xD
I remember them when they had passion for their games ... AC Black Flag, Ezio collection, Far Cry 3, Sam Fisher games ... that was the golden age of gaming bro! Now ... Odyssey, WDL ... pretty sad, considering their potential, it’s just sad 😢
An Ubisoft game...having potential? I highly doubt that this is the case. This looks like every other Ubisoft game, a snorefest.
More or less. The recruitment mechanic would be pretty fun if it was fleshed out though.
I mean same with gta 5 being re-released 3 times in a row with nothing else to do than swat mosquitoes out of the sky and kill rats.
Sure pal
@@rogueraccoon1840 ummm no, don't forget seamless character switching
@@Show-Dylan Fitting ursername for your comment. Are you conveniently forgetting that that's a feature that shipped with the OG GTA 5 from PS3 and that it's not a new feature that came with the subsequent remasters or are you that dumb?
The other part I thought was dumb about this game was the recruitment system.
When recruiting a character, what would you do in the real world? Test them. But in this game, you’re supposed to solve their problem(s). Then you ask them to join. It’s borderline indentured servitude. Not to mention, it’s not a real test to see if they’re worth the recruitment. That’s another problem with the game, apparently everyone in this game can hack.
That’s explained by the game in the beginning. Only a few are left in the resistance, most people left dedsec after the bombings (hence why u see a lot of ex dedsec people in the world) they need all the support they can get. Shit game tho.
It seems like what really kills this game is the whole recruitment thing. Had they created a handful of actual characters with distinct roles and you say formed a team to fight the bad guys and had concrete characters to work with this might have at least some kind of foundation.
You're thinking too much on how to better a Ubisoft game. Instead, you just need to take a basic idea and execute that. If you get feedback on how it should be better then make a sequel with maybe half the better ideas in place.
You mean writing? The whole draw they put money into was randomly generared teams to play as, but they half-assed it
Even with the recruitment system, if they at least let you use the other characters like an actual team, they could have made something great. Get a Marksman, Getaway Driver, and two defected Albion operators and you have to clear out an Albion outpost. Use one of the Albion guys to sneak in, get what you're looking for, and book it to the Getaway Driver. Sniper and other Albion operator provide covering fire while you escape, then you have to switch to the Getaway Driver to try and outmaneuver the ensuing Albion chase.
@@duncanharrell5009 If the recruitment was like Assassin's Cree Brotherhood where you can get characters to assist you it would have worked a lot better.
To be fair, none of the Watch Dogs games have been good. They have all been very mediocre.
#based and #redpilled
I like how you point out the issue with them "seeing through your disguise." Like you state, if you actually work there, why would they get suspicious merely by being within close proximity of you? Suspicious activity would be understandable, but the Hitman-like mechanic doesn't fit here. Really hurts immersion.
I think its more of a "hey since when did this person start working here" makes sense for Albion and Police, but I've had random construction workers assault me before while sneaking because i had a construction disguise on
Hitman is a good series, they did stealth right. Ubisoft tried ripping some of their mechanics off and failed miserably at it. If Ubisoft had to make a new game with all NEW mechanics, an entirely new IP.. I bet it'd suck, it would be a blank piece of paper. They are copy paste artists at this point and little else.
@@jackhazardous4008 But like I said, the people who can use the disguise mechanic are literal employees. That logic can apply to the Hitman games, but not this.
@@deenanthekemoni5567 I like the Hitmam games. They definitely have some glaring faults, but they're quite enjoyable. If IO really wanted, they could make the next Hitman game a 10/10. The main problem is that the rules in the games only ever apply to you. For example, there is no coding for if an NPC goes into an off-limits area, so nothing happens to them. Or if you have the wrong disguise for an area, only you get in trouble if caught. Other guards who shouldn't be allowed in are given a pass. Or locked doors. Only you need a keycard. Not only do they not need a keycard; they don't even carry out the proper animation for unlocking the door via a keycard. Or if a level has police and criminals - if the police see the criminals pursuing and shooting at you, they join in and help the criminals. That said, the stealth is still done very well.
Lol They take their social distancing very serious. Even the drones yell at me about it.
Watch dogs 1 was the start. Potential was there for gameplay just needed to be built upon even more. Story was good though
Watch dogs 2. Doubled back in the story for some truly creative and fun gameplay. Not a masterpiece nor did it reach the peak for the gameplay but it set the stage. Also story was more lighthearted and had some comedic moments so if you like lighthearted story’s this one is for you. But anyway a good sequel that needed its successor to be even still not the peak better.
Watch dogs legion...... explain how previous builds looked better than this shit. Most characters are shit I only used a gunman. Or woman for that matter. Melee(which I was most hyped about) wasn’t even good or ok. Just mediocre at best. Hacking was worse that both 1 and 2. And explain how the only person I remember was a ai.
Overall not only am I truly done with Ubisoft but they shited on one of their most interesting ips of that company. Fuck Ubisoft.
Dude your videos crack me up. I love how blunt and sarcastically cynical you are. You’re real with your opinions and commentary and it’s refreshing compared to all these other RUclips channels where everyone seems so positive when talking about crap products or games.
Oddly enough, I'm enticed by the open world of London. Of course that's no reason to pay $65, but I don't think I've ever really seen London fully realized in a game. We've had New York city; we've had Hollywood. It's nice to get something across the pond.
thats also my love-hate relation with this game; love London, hate the present day subliminal woke politics. Unisex bare knuckle boxing, really ?!
You can get it bundled with other ubisoft games for like 25$ (thats how they stay afloat btw, release shit at 80-140$, scam the first players,then get more revenue through players buying it on sale, and using the MTX store
Play Thé Getaway
The map design and how accurately they depicted London is the only thing worth any credit in this game in my opinion.
The x-ray punch killed me 😂
This video has just made me want a Middle-Earth game with the Nemesis system, where you are the orc, recruiting your followers, joining others, betraying them, and all that good shit.
Literally the reason i bought this game initially was because i was coming off SOW
I do like the John Wick style executions in the game but still not the best. Just mediocre and nothing special from Ubisoft.
The UK literally arrested someone for teaching his pug to do a Roman salute. Instead of having, just the regular UK government be corrupt, they've decided to have some PMC group be the main villains.
To hear everyone so easily dig into this game saddens me, cause it means ubisoft wasted another ip with potential... I saw the potential of the concept of the 1st and to hear they wasted it so much... Hurts ;-; these suits suck so much man.
Play 2, it’s amazing. 1000x better than legion.
I feel the same way about Breakpoint. I made up almost the same setting for a tabletop RPG in 2005 lmfao and I was excited to say the least that a AAA company is making a game based around this idea. But the gameplay is the same ubisoft jankfest with shit stealth/driving/gunplay. Many such cases!
When you talk about the op characters in this game and what they can do it sounds like this franchise can become the next saints row with how wacky a lot of their shit is tbh
I was really hoping the gunplay and shooting would be upgraded somehow, and I expected the puzzles to be different. How disappointed I was to find out otherwise when I played the game.
Edit: and I agree, the melee combat is pretty simple. It was kinda overhyped, but at least it’s something new we got.
Regarding SkillUp, i too was wondering what was "pretty good" about the game because everything he said was like 90% bad or mediocre and somehow it added up to "pretty good". Suspicious behavior.
Also great edit with "not the beeest!"
Maybe instead of recruitment system, they could have a buddy cop dynamic. One hitman spy doing John Wick and one beekeeper granny. So you have the competent agent and the wacky agent working together to take down the big bad. I feel like the recruitment system is just not a good gimmick.
Damn good review man. Subbed. I hated this game too, my best friend recommended it to me and I don't know wtf he was smoking.
“Shoot someone in the head , they die” as it should be. No?
I only really liked the first watch dogs. I loved the city of Chicago and the dark atmosphere. It wasn't the graphics we were promised at e3 but it still looked great to me. While it was not perfect by any means I really liked the story thanks to how great of a character aiden pearce is and the gameplay. I didn't much care for watch dogs 2 I tried playing it but didn't like it's goofy writing and gameplay wasn't as good. I uninstalled it after 5 hours of gameplay.
Legion on the other hand is just disappointing and I definitely won't be buying it.
that intro was too funny
It's like Ubisoft is trying to be GTA, Saints Row and a hacker game all at once.
The reason I bought this game is because it was on sale for $20
Wanna know why this game is so bad? It’s unoriginality...
It barrows WAY more from other games then just Watchdogs alone. For example, Assassins Creed Syndicate...
The map is practically the same in terms of general layout and the boxing in this game is heavily inspired by the boxing in AC Syndicate as well...
These developers can’t even think of decent activities without taking them from previous games. It’s absolutely pathetic...
Of course you get detected in disguise in Hitman.
That is when one of your crew, actually knows you.
You wear the same clothes, but as you come close, he sees a face he hasnt seen before.
Not all members of your crew (the one you belong to in disguise) will recognise you, it's mostly higher related staff members that know"'s all his crew.
So when you come close, he sees a face he doesn't know.
Can’t wait for the cyberpunk review. 15 minutes in and it’s a snore fest ubi game so damn boring and bland
I already saw tons of copy sitting unsold at a big retail store. Compare that to Ghost of Tsushima that even now can still sell out, not good.
Typical Ubisoft open world time waster. I heard it wasn't as woke as Ubisoft claimed it would be, but gameplay looks extremely underwhelming to me.
Btw, holy crap Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War apparently requires up to 250 gb install, especially on next gen. Xbox Series S buyers are doomed.
Man, I wish there was a new Aliens Vs Predator game coming this year, even if Rebellion made it again. Nothing like that on current consoles and pc or next gen so far.
Although, AVP 2010 is actually backwards compatible on Xbox One X and the new Xbox Series X. Fun but flawed game compared to AVP 2 2001 by Monolith Productions.
It’s 260 gigs on pc not console and it’s that size because of shitty pc optimization and it’s about 70 on console in gigs a little lower I think.
@pp_head431, Ok, but now I saw am article claiming that Black Ops Cold War will require up to 133 gb of space on PS5. That's a lot for one game and the Hds for all the new consoles aren't that great.
@@Gruntvc oh well my bad i didn't know about that
Sales doesnt make a game good, GOT sucks because it's just a lame copy of AC and sekiro. Boring.
All cod games are trash but they will still sell the most copies like cod ghosts sold 29 million even though every one hates it
I greatly enjoyed AVP 2010. It wasn't perfect but when it worked, it was dumb fun and I loved it.
Got this game and its a waste I can not save anyway keeps having me do the same missions over and over never save, ugh just a waste. People I recruit are gone and I have to recruit everyone over and over. Because the ubisoft internet server is not working so I have to do everything all over again the worst game never ever buying another watchdog game from ubisoft ever 😤. They just lost me as a customer.
Great review bro, everything u said I agreed with. Oh and I know you noticed that they took that parkour element they had in wd2 out aswell. Oh aaaand they took out the hide in car feature. ima sub
I got so bored of having no guns so quickly what happened to the hacking it's non existent.
16:15 *_Schill Up_* is what his channel should be called.
Love the tone of Watch Dogs 1 much much better.
Watch Dogs franchise has potential to be better than the Assassins Creed franchise but I'm convinced Ubisoft is not what they use to be to make that happen.
I rather one character for my story, I didn't like GTA 5, 3 characters for the campaign, I'm not going to like this one either.
With the second one,they showed that the series has potential,but now they fucked it up again.
I love your honesty and btw that's exactly how I often feel about all these games. They're all mediocre to me. Sekio was good though and I beat it 5 times. Today I tried to buy AC Valhalla from cdkeys but they refunded it for some reason and I'm happy with it. I'm just going to wait for Cyberpunk now.
The world feels like the godfather II and operator's with specialist...
maybe it's just me
would be cool if guns were more rare, giving incentives to seek out and recruit people with guns such as ex-military, arms dealers, security and police etc.
"No one has a gun in the uk" *laughs in londoner*
Part of what made watch dogs 2 fun was the crazy ass weapons wrench made and they just ditch them😐😐😐 like wtf
They say June six we get to play the bloodline DLC. thoughts?
Meant to say this before, but it sounds like Legion copied the terrible disguise system Hitman Absolution used.
RUclipsr, Civit, covered in depth each Hitman game and yeah, Absolution basically made a staple of the franchise useless.
Also, if you want better stealth games? Play: MGS1-MGS4, Splinter Cell up to Double Agent, Thief, Deus Ex, etc.
MGSV suffered a lot of the same problems Legion did in my opinion. Terrible story, terrible retcons, and only the 1st 10 hours were interesting.
After that? Get ready for a boring repetitive grind and ya realize the open world is worse than Far Cry.
Not the worse game, but Metal Gear Solid should've ended with MGS4 2008.
Yeah, pretty much the same system, so uniforms are useless in Legion.
I love MGS 1-3, thought 4 had way too many cutscenes and not enough gameplay, but I loved the entire Shadow Moses level, especially the end.
5 was definitely disappointing for a lot of reasons but it definitely had good stealth mechanics.
Deus Ex HR is probably my favorite stealth game and definitely my favorite Cyberpunk game (not that I've played more than a few, but still). Only played one Splinter Cell, I need to give it another chance because I wasn't really in the mood for stealth at the time. Thief I'll be playing pretty soon, actually.
@Synthetic Man, I really enjoyed the parts of MGS4 that asked you to stealth through an actual battlefield/war zone. Was really disappointed that MGSV did not do that, especially given the time period of the game.
MGSV isn't a bad game, but I enjoyed MGS3 by far more. MGS didn't need to go open world.
Deus Ex HR was a great game. As for Splinter Cell, Chaos Theory is likely the best one. Although it is fun to play the previous entries to see how the franchise improved itself.
Are you gonna play the classic Thief games? Heard the reboot was awful.
Also, there's Tenchu, but its best games are stuck on PS1 and PS2.
@@Gruntvc Yeah, Thief 2 is my first "Patreon request" review so I'll be playing both of the first 2 to compare them and see how they fare compared to modern stealth games.
@Synthetic Man, Nice, looking forward to that video.
Be nice if Nightdive Studios could remaster the original 3 Thief games.
Any chance you might review the Bloodrayne games? The Steam and I think the GOG versions are getting remastered on Nov 20th. If you own them, it's a free upgrade.
@@Gruntvc I'll check them out. Literally the only thing I know about the is the Uwe Boll movie, lol.
Nice! Broad, realistic perspective, yet still fun. And not afraid to call out bcrap (good stealth by other reviewer)
I love how it went from exposing a bunch of black market dudes and a mayor for murder to straight up terrorism and armed crime
8:02 Missed opportunity for the LEDs to say *Dispersity is Our Strength*
9:52 WHAT
The "play as anybody" aspect just ruins the game. You really see it in the DLC, focusing on 2 main character, Aiden and Wrench, was probably the best decision they could have made.
I, for one, think that the DLC kinda saved the game, but yea, theain game's just such a stereotypical Ubisoft game
In the far dystopian future, Brexit was still being delayed implementing.
Even in gta 5 online the cameras and guards will discover dead bodies and it’s not even branded as a stealth type of game. It’s like Ubisoft will come up with some cool ideas but just half ass the rest
And metal gear.. the game which shill up has displate of behind him because he likes to pretend to be a fan
Is it good that some people (including me) are still having fun with what they spent on this game, also nice video.
The game is empty and boring but that's my opinion
The only thing that's holding up this game for me is the fact that I've turned this game into the Matrix with all the hitman I have and their styles. And the fact that you can pretty much play and feel like John Wick
I stopped playing near the end of the game though because my game would crash 4 times an hour and I eventually just gave up and lost interest
@@rinzler8272 I recruited Albion soldiers so I didn't have a character that looked like a soy boy lol
Nah bro enjoy what you enjoy fam that's your right
I love the watch dog series but 2 will forever be my bread and butter
This game's wardrobe looks fucking atrocious
So let me get this straight : the Hitman is basically the stronk, black woman 007 that the big studios wanted to make those past two years? Man, that's...
Character race, gender, and age are randomized, so yeah my first hitman was a black woman and my first spy was an Indian 50-something woman.
@Synthetic Man, The only cool Hitman is Agent 47 and he'd royally wreck all these "characters" in a fight.
Hitman 3 early 2021. 👍
@@Gruntvc I've still got to play the last one but I enjoyed the first of the new ones after all the episodes came out. I'll probably cover Hitman 3 when it comes out.
@Synthetic Man, 1st is definitely worth a purchase with the complete edition.
Unfortunately, IOI did not release a complete version of Hitman 2 physically. But even the base game can go for cheap.
Really hoping they release Hitman 3 complete and not episodic.
when the WD game look more assassin than the actual Assassin's Creed game (AC games after Syndicate),, i swear Ubisoft is really weird developer 😂😂
It was really annoying having to drive on the wrong side of the road.
why can everyone use a gun, why not make most of them not being able to use them or you gotta learn, same with melee weapons. make it so you have to improve your skills
I dont think you can give guns to everyone on the team, just give guns to people who already have one.
For example if you have a guy with a revolver and a girl with a glock, you can equip the girl with the revolver but you can't give either weapon to Timmy with his Studded Truncheon or Mickey with his assault rifle.
LMAOOO the segment of Unisex boxing
It's even better once you realize your finish attack changes depending on where you are relative to where they're facing, and that you hoof them in the moose if you finish them from behind. The round doesn't even end until they've spent 5 seconds rolling around in pain
Could you do a mass effect review? Maybe one over the whole trilogy?
I probably will at some point. I never played the first one but I loved 2, and sort of love/hated 3.
@@SyntheticMan 1 has a great story and decent gunplay, I'd highly recommend 👌
I always say the best Ubisoft games are the South Park games because Matt and Trey had a huge hand in the making of those games. They wouldn't let Ubisoft fuck it up, they hate it how previous South Park games were made and it was because they did not have a hand in the making of those games and these games, they set out to change that! With that being said some Ubisoft games are still fun but it's a pain in my ass with all the micro transactions battle passes cut content and all that bullshit
So as usual : good gameplay system but never enough depth in it + bad writting + cringe. Every ubi game since far cry 2... I dont understand why they cant Just hired some good writters... Make me ashame to be french...
Wow, you actually convinced me to give this game a try. Goes to show how an honest review can go a long way
The things I hate about this game is that it has so many bugs you can get a unlimited money. Like how do you screw up that bad, plus we have to wait for online I'll return to the game when all of those things are added or fixed (✷‿✷)
6:54 there are spiderbots when you need them, it's just easier to spawn them yourself and not having to look nor a spawner. other abilities are also great and useful
The Hitman is Basically how Aiden from the first game plays without focus. It kinda pisses me off they shoved that on a class instead of having it be base combat mechanics
Also I feel like the lack of a protagonist shot this game in the foot
What’s crazy is those animations that the hitman does isn’t just for that class every person or npc can do those moves so it’s pretty pointless to even use a hitman just another lazy implement from Ubisoft
Does anyone know how to activate first person driving in legion ? I miss that from 2
my favorite thing to do with the recruit system is deep profile someone who hates dedsec and kill their family members infront of them lol. without this feature, i would have Severe buyers remorse.
5:22
According to Bagly in one of the missions they actually do quit their jobs to be full time members of DedSec. Which is absolutely stupid.
I know I’m late, but I really enjoy your content and rants❤ I know you get burnt out bc you don’t get a lot of views, but please don’t stop giving your opinions about whatever game or movie! I love to binge your channel and hear your raw take, good or bad, about games and movies and whatnot. Thanks for all your effort SyntheticMan👍🏾👍🏾
Just like a comment I saw cool in theory but shitty execution ac, far cry, and watch dogs especially. Imo these games are dragged down by the main head who only want open non linear games I think everyone once a while we need a linear game but no shitty open world design kills Ubisoft games.
they removed a lot of cool little things wd2 had
Thats what happens when a company rushes a game out to get sales. They don't care about content or how good the game is all they want is that sweet profit.
It's watchdogs 1 all over again. They did well on the 2nd Watchdogs
Ikr man
I actually like the first watch dogs better than the second one.
The 2nd game was a fucking joke... Couldn't even finish it
Mortician: Set own bone after Injury. 😖
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Nemesis system is patented. I never realized how many patents for game mechanics exist, which potentially deters developers from implementing and or improving upon them. Picked up the complete AsC Origins collection for $20 & despite the shortcomings have found myself returning to the title. I intend on waiting for a deep sale to try Legion as my familiarity with the 'Ubisoft experience' has often been distasteful. I'm always uncertain whether the extra game 'padding' is a feature or an artificial barrier for a push towards micro-transactions.
Enjoyed your thoughts on Valhalla and Legion. tc!
You already missed the sale my friends and I paid $20 last week for it. Sales done, games still shit..
@@reallyhimongod Subbed to ubisoft+ for a month at 7$. Plan to finish Legion & Fenyx Rising before the month ends.
So far I'm 13 hours into Legion & despite the apparent flaws there are definitely aspects that are enjoyable.
@@s0ulj4 yeah enjoyable for 5 mins and then you’re pissed or disappointed AGAIN. This game is only fun with friends and I would never torture myself with the single player..
Play on perma death, ALT+F4 when he's going to die. What a gamer.
God imagine if they put even half as much work into the NPC recruitment system as Warner Bros put into the Nemesis System
Agree the game is mediocre and a waste of potential. Small thing you don't need the spider bot though. Anytime there is a collectable or mission objective that requires one they will have thoes boxes that spawn the spiderbots, the faster healing time isn't a waste. You only die of you get shot. You get arrested if non lethal taken down by Albion and hospitalized if done by clan kelly
In my opinion, this game is awesome. But it can use some updates and patches.
The reason I’m so mad at this game is because the Shadow of Mordor games already did the “interesting NPCs” thing already not once but TWICE
+ Instead of lack luster braindead procedural generated NPCs to recruit, I would have prefer if player can actually recruit hundreds of actual handcrafted unique characters in London. We already have some examples of games with hundreds of unique characters (Suikoden, Valkyrie Profile, Valkyrie Chronicles, Trails series, Chrono Cross, FGO, etc/some other gacha-like games). Even more so with player should have an actual avatar character like a "commander" type role in some tactical/strategy games. It would add a lot in the characterizations for sure & story could actually make sense with the scenes & etc.
+Yeah, drones in this game are OP & pretty much some other things useless af. Construction worker & soldiers are far more effective in missions than some other NPCs too,. The gimmicks of boomers old grandpa & grandma for some jokes get boring fast & very doubtful players would use them in a serious missions or iron man mode playthrough.
+ story sucks, not just because of the writing but a total dissonance with core gameplay being NPCs totally detach with you are in the scenes. A total failure in the narrative perspectives & storytelling 101 imo.
+ Once again, as the bad tradition with Ubisoft games, PC version on launch is freaking broken & horrible to run ...
A bunch of handcrafted NPCs would be awesome, but way too much effort for Ubisoft lol.
Fuck you dude they can't do everything we want them to do
@@rickeyritchie6606 haha fan boy if only you knew how shit ubisoft was
you're prob like 10 or something on a ipad
They actually did make handcrafted NPCs that look like they would've had a really cool quest attached... Except you have to pay like 25$ to buy FunBux to then buy these characters and they're instantly in your roster without even so much as a hello
Imagine if modding tools or such could do. If anyone would even do such. Custom classes, abilties, weapons, and more. Its such a shame to see it being so mediocore, and hollow behind the facade. Theres a few interesting side stories here and there, but the rest isnt really amazing. A fleshed out recruitment and nemesis system should have been at least amazing, since that was their selling point in the end.
They were really going for the GTA killer with the Watchdogs series. All these rediculous drone hacks and weapons and traps and stuff is a desperate attempt to match the potential for mayhem you find in GTA Online.
6:34 Not really. There are plenty of those spider boxes that instantly summon a non modified version of the spider bot... also you can equip the turret version to do the same things as the normal version. The infiltrator version just has more mobity and can be used to perform takedowns, diferent of the ones you find on those boxes
8:30 Indeed it is very broken, so broken that I wished that only the drone expert could hijack and betray drones, you could invest tech points to only deactivate them, maybe hijack only the chase drones and hijack and betray turrets only.
11:45 It's illegal boxing, very common on british history. I think if you proved enough you can throw a punch or two, even if you are a female, you would be accepted into their pit fights. They dont care for unfairness. You are getting too political into that.
12:40 The anarchist is so different to the street artist... I dunno how you got that idea. The smoke bomb is a lot more powerful than the paint bomb and has a wider radius, also it can be used to hide youself in it, the paint bomb is just like a flashbang for quick scapes, on that note, Ubisoft needs to fix the street artist's bloody gun, since it's not actually silenced like the description and makes him a far less useful operative and more of an annoying fly.
16:00 Indeed, plenty of times i had to go all over my way of playing to get some variety, that gun is op in any hands, you don't even need to recruit a spy. It's very easy to get confortable with the WD1 way of playing
16:44 Skill Up was refering to the stealth mechanics, not the ways you can break them, the detection was somehow fair on a world bloated of games that can't get it right (not even Ubisoft anymore) and the NPC AI is okay and has some potential, since they flank your position and can ambush you if you are unaware. It's a make your own fun game, but that obviously doesn't forbid from criticizing their sloppy balancing, however, that isn't the stealth mechanics's fault. Deus Ex is not that dynamic, since they have set stages, hitman has behaviour patterns so exploitable that they are laughable sometimes and MGSV the AI is as stupid as that clip you showed, not that they are bad games, but every single one has it's problems and solutions. You can't fault the entire system on a character only, but you can fault the fucking balancing on this game.
22:20 Again with the politics. But one thing you have a point: All the shiat that happened in Ubisoft Toronto may have really handicapped the development of the game. No one cares if the characters are female, also I dont think that Mary Kelley being a SPOILERS))))) Slaver, muderer and bloodthirsty mod boss)))) is very flattering to women. Also there's Nigel Cass that is the most ruthless and the entire pivot point of the game, and last time I checked, he is not a female.
25:14 Funny you pointed that out, as London is one of the most diverse cities in the world, you can find some very funny accents, but it gets better if you go in their bio and see where are they born, it matches a bit with the voice they've given. I did not think that they would care about that detail. But sometimes the pitch shifting gets indeed on the nose.
26:30 They are not. Only the borough freed ones have one extra predetermined skill, your first spy will always get "well fit" that lets them take more damage, other spyes that you found can sometimes even spawn with "doomed", making them pretty much risky to recruit. The same to other skilled operatives besides the beekeper and the getaway driver, if I recall myself.
27:41 Strongly agreed, I just pray to the gods that they don't give up on this game because of fucking Valhalla sales and add more, interesting skills to normal operatives you find on the street. Also would be very good if they... rebalanced everything?
28:20 DO NOT ADD LEVELS FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S SACRED. I mean, they could make non-lethal takedowns make them hate less ded-sec, it sucks that lethality doesn't make that much of a difference on the grand scope of things. Make low mobilty characters having a better roll on their skills would be very risk-rewarding as well.
im mainly pissed because my dlc character legit died with permadeath off
Antifa: The Game
Majority of them would be living in homeless camps and shooting up drugs in their Parents basement.
The final boss even literally says "Make London Great Again" before you gun him down in 2 seconds with an assault rifle
Yeah I know that pissed me off about always needing to use the spider drones so i never get to use anything else. I love the invisibility I haven't got to try my Kamikaze stuff yet even though I have it
Bought this for something to do since the Cyberpunk delay. One things for sure, I cant drive worth a shit in London. I keep going to the wrong sides of cars and pulling into oncoming traffic.
I personally think 7.5 is pretty generous for WD:L. I’m not a hater of the game, I just think they could have added so much content. Like the ‘drugs’ mini games from watch dogs 1. But those will be DLC if anything. Good on you for saying the story wasn’t great though. Everyone agrees on that I feel.
The drugs from the first game were pretty decent side activities. The camera head stealth minigame was very unique, and i loved the aesthetics of it, but the SpiderTank was the one i spent the most time in. Its weird how the third entry in the series is more shallow in every way compared to the first game
Don’t chance buying this game. They’re not allowing returns. Even if you didn’t open it. They know the game is poorly designed and dull. It’s a copy/paste - repainted - bad voice acting. Highly repetitive and unimpressed.
After I've played more like a month, Watch Dogs Legion SUCKS ASS! The physics is bad, the combat system is bad and clunky, the controls is bad, everything is bad in Watch Dogs Legion. And too many bugs. Cyberpunk 2077 is less bugged than Watch Dogs Legion. Ubisoft that I prefer to call Poopisoft is only good to scam doing the bad games and it's a mediocre... Every games from Ubisoft are all the stealth! I wish to get my 54€ back!
I could be wrong, but wasn't this the title you couldn't finish, when you're group wasn't "diverse" enough?
Seeing this game makes me scared to death for Far Cry 6, the one Ubisoft game I’m actually hyped for (Scott Pilgrim notwithstanding). I feel like it’ll just be Far Cry 3 again, with some good old bugs as the icing on the cake.
A year later turns out far cry 6 sucks just as bad.
A watch that Jams guns doesn’t really make sense to begin with. Aren’t guns like yknow purely MECHANICAL?!! This game is basically telling me i could jam the good old reliable AK47 with a techno watch, yea no
It's the future, everything is digital! Yeah, the could have at least had them be fancy new tech guns if they are going to let you jam them.
The Getaway Driver is such a joke :D This game does not require you to drive at all. What do I need a getaway driver for?
P.S. I did notice that almost every major character is a woman and every single villain is white.
11:51 this is my favorite part.
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I generally don't have too many problems with ubisoft games (aside from PC optimisation) but I quit playing because I was bored after 30 minutes. Also it runs like crap