![]() The player character – literally whoever you want – is a member of the DedSec resistance movement. ![]() Watch Dogs has always been a power fantasy, and Legion makes this concept much more compelling by allowing players to manipulate not just the world, but the characters within it as well. Tonally, Legion can occasionally feel jarring, but otherwise Play As Anywhere is a triumph. Notice: To display this embed please allow the use of Functional Cookies in Cookie Preferences. While Ubisoft Toronto’s evocative future London channels real-world fears around corporate surveillance and authoritarian government, it’s ultimately just a stage for the game’s ambitious ‘Play as Anyone’ feature, an equally absurd and brilliant mechanic which will quickly have you fighting fascism with a ragtag crew of cockney builders and football hooligans in funny hats. ![]() Later, when you’re putting armed guards to sleep as an elderly stage magician, or manoeuvring a remote-controlled spider-bot up Big Ben, you’ll know that Legion’s is definitely not as po-faced as expected. We begin by sneaking through the Houses of Parliament as a James Bond-esque super-spy, fully suited and with his own rocket-firing car parked out front. With its backdrop of post-Brexit Armageddon, it’s fair to say we weren’t expecting Watch Dogs Legion to turn out as enjoyable and whimsical as it has.įrom the start, it’s clear this isn’t some hyper-political statement on the state of the world, but an entertaining, over-the-top sandbox playground.
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