Watch Dogs Legion

[KAC]

So I never quite put a review of this game but for people on the fence. This game is good overall if you are not looking for an action game. Here are my TLDR notes:

Pros
- good mission design for stealth action
- decent storyline of betrayal and corporate control
- some nice new mechanics of hijacking and having fun with drones
- some very nice graphics

Cons
- terrible gameplay for action: headshot after headshot with dumb AI
- absolutely atrocious British voice acting with some crazy wannabe street language
- copy paste mission structure
- poor performance whilst driving - also cars and driving has no feel to it
- poor sound design and effects

If you play the game as a walking / stealth simulator you can have fun with it. Real action gameplay is just flat out garbage. Be prepared to pull your ears off listening to Brits talk. Apart from Sabine no one was worth listening to.

[Exposed]

Yeah, they went to great lengths to exaggerate every accent. No one sounds "normal", and the fact they lacked any NPCs with a plain old American english accent is just boggling... unless you wait for the expansion to include Wrench and Aiden (from prior Watch Dog games) for a "normal" American english speaking character.

[Megaman]

Dropping full patch notes across all platofrms

Watch Dogs: Legion TU 2.20 Patch Notes

Global

Fixed an issue that allowed players to change game difficulty and permadeath options while in the main menu.
Fixed an issue where a black screen could occur when opening the door to hidden rooms.
Super Game Over: Fixed an issue where, after getting Game Over in Permadeath Mode, players would spawn without any player characters when starting a new game.
Players can no longer defy space and time to open an ETO safe an infinite amount of times.

PC

Fixed an issue where operatives would sometimes fall through the water on builds with AMD GPUs.
Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on saving after exiting the game.
Fixed a crash that could occur when loading the team menu.
Fixed a crash that might occur when using the inventory.
Fixed an issue where lightning could get overblown during the day.
Optimized loading time when quitting to the main menu.
Fixed a crash that could occur when the game autodetected input devices.
Fixed an out of memory crash.
Fixed a crash that could occur when enabling or disabling Ray Tracing.
Further optimizations made to save games to reduce the likelihood of corruption and lost progression.

Xbox (General)

Added Arabic subtitles to the English and Russian version of the game.
Fixed an issue where voice over would sometimes get auto muted.

Xbox One

Fixed an issue where a crash could occur when recruiting an Albion guard in the mission “Inside Albion”.
Fixed a crash that could occur after longs periods of play.
Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the drone point of view during the “Into the Void” mission.
Further optimizations made to save games to reduce the likelihood of corruption and lost progression.

Xbox Series X

Fixed an issue where the game launched in English when the console language was set to Arabic.
Improved graphics in instances where corruption occurred.

PlayStation 4

Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the game.
Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when spawning into a new area.
Further optimizations made to save games to reduce the likelihood of corruption and lost progression.


PlayStation 5

Fixed a crash that could sometimes occur when resuming the game from the main menu.
Fix a crash that could occur when quitting the game.
Fixed a black screen that could occur when playing the “Inside Albion” mission.

Stadia

Fixed an issue where lightning could get overblown during the day.
Optimized loading time when quitting to the main menu.

[Megaman]

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Title Update 2.40 is live now for PlayStation, Xbox and PC! The update is coming soon for Stadia players, and we'll be updating you here when it does go live.

Global

We have added the ability to retire Prestige Operatives, which will function like their Permadeath behavior: They will be gone for the remainder of the playthrough. Starting a new game will add the Operatives in that playthrough.
Fixed the Unequip button in the store not unequipping equipped items.
Fixed an issue where skipping a cutscene could cause the cutscene to continue to play while the player regained control over their operative.
Fixed an issue that caused the Welcome Page settings to not correctly reset when choosing the Reset to Default option.
Fixed an issue that caused clothes to not show up on a character after having saved or loaded the game while wearing an outfit. This fix is going live for Xbox One and PC and will follow shortly for PlayStation 4.
Fixed an issue that could cause reflections to judder and pop in with Raytracing enabled.
Fixed incorrectly applying low resolution textures on the Outwear Hoodie item in the "Synthetic Error" clothing pack.
Fixed an issue that caused the paint from paint grenades and paint guns to not show up when hitting enemies.


Xbox Series X/S

Fixed an issue causing the game to not properly save progress.


Xbox One

Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash while driving.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash during gameplay.


PC

Enabled Ray Tracing for Ray Tracing capable AMD GPUs.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when using DirectX12.
Fixed shimmering artifacts behind particle effects when DLSS was enabled.
Fixed an issue that caused the game to not launch with Korean localization despite selecting Korean localization.
Fixed an issue that caused double clicking on the Back button in any Tutorial menu to return to the same submenu they attempted to leave.
Fixed several issues that could cause the game to crash due to a UI bug.
Fixed missing highlight when hovering over buttons in any Clothing Shops in-game.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash after interacting with the Walkie Talkie during the Initiation mission.
Reordered the DLS options to correctly reflect which are available when playing on an NVIDIA GPU.
Fixed an issue that caused prompts to not correctly reflect a key binding change.
Fixed an issue that could crash the game when switching from DX12 to DX11, and then back to DX12 again.
Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when force closing the Ubisoft Connect overlay, while the game is launching.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when controlling a drone.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash during a Spiderbot takedown sequence.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash if an NPC died.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash if it was minimized for more than 5 minutes.
Fixed an issue that prevented Photomode pictures to be locally saved after uploading to the cloud.
Fixed an issue that prevented players to map Parkour and Aimed fire to the same keybinding.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when loading into the Open World or starting a new game.


PlayStation 4

Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when the game was launching.
Additional memory optimizations to improve game stability.
Fixed an issue that could cause the error message “Upload failed” to be shown when uploading saves to the cloud while the upload was actually successful.
Added an additional fix for an issue that could cause the game to crash when quitting to the Main menu.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when leaving the game idle for more than 15 minutes.


PlayStation 5

Fixed an issue that could cause a crash to occur during the HUMAN ERROR mission.
Fixed very bright reflections to appear during daytime in New Scotland Yard.

[MyTMouse]

Got the game for Christmas and am enjoying it more than the previous 2 games in the series

Accidentally found a glitch that allows your character to stay invisible to the AI even though you appear normal on screen. It's really a bad thing to cheese your way through stuff this way though so I'd never do it except for schnits and giggles...if you go invisible before you load into another area you'll stay in that state (not visibly) from then on until you reload the game or change team members, you'll get the audio that going invisible does the entire time though. When I stumbled on this I was wondering if I had a sound glitch and then noticed that cars won't stop and the AI can't spot you either...it even worked in one of the fight matches but I quit out as soon as I noticed that.

probably hundreds of people have found this but I thought it was cool even if I'll never really use it

[Megaman]

Update 3.0

Implemented various quality of life improvements for the User Interface on PC, including several fixes to unclickable option buttons.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when deleting a save file.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when the game was booted in DirectX 12 mode.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when changing any option in the gameplay tab from the main menu.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when quitting to the main menu after completing a mission.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash after exiting the benchmark in the Video settings menu.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when attempting to hack a person or vehicle.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when a player's last operative is downed with Permadeath enabled.
Fixed an issue where an incorrect default quality pre-set was being selected for AMD 6 series graphics cards.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to select any Data Menu app while using a Tobii device.
Fixed an issue where pressing the "Continue" button would always launch the first save slot even if the player had a more recent save in a different slot.
Fixed an issue where MSI Ambient Link would not engage until quitting to main menu and continuing a game.
Fixed an issue where a black screen would appear when interacting with a tube station and simultaneously hacking a security camera.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash due to an engine bug.
Fixed an issue that would cause FPS drops and stuttering on some PC specifications.
Fixed an issue where the player's operative state would not be saved if the game was exited while on a forced operative swap screen (Such as when the operative died, arrested, passed out or injured).
Fixed an issue where the game screen would go black after enabling HDR.
Fixed an issue where the game displayed various graphical artifacts when launching the game for the first time after enabling HDR.
Fixed an issue where aim assist would have a wider area on higher resolution screens.
Fixed an issue where camera shake would still occur even when camera effects were turned off in the settings.
Fixed an issue where the photosharing feature would be unavailable on the borders of different boroughs.
Fixed an issue where the game could temporarily freeze when quitting to the main menu.
Fixed an issue where aim lock would not target valid objects during some missions.
Fixed an issue where options settings would not save if the texture resolution confirmation message is canceled in the Graphics Settings menu.
Fixed an issue where the game would not pause if the player was in the Gallery screen, and alt tabbed.
Fixed an issue where the menu music would stop playing after switching spoken languages.
Fixed an issue where Autodrive would automatically disable when the player hacked another vehicle.
Fixed an issue where vehicle headlights and shadows would intermittently disappear.
Fixed an issue where dynamic lighting was too strong with Tobii light adaptation.
Improved Tobii UI functionality on game HUD elements.
Fixed an issue with AMD video cards where visual artifacts were visible in game.

[Megaman]

This seems to run worse off now since the patch. Still holding out on this until a GPU upgrade

[Dungeoncrawler]

This seems to run worse off now since the patch. Still holding out on this until a GPU upgrade

Out of curiosity are you going 3080 or 3090?

[Megaman]

Out of curiosity are you going 3080 or 3090?

3080 at this stage

[acroig]

3080 at this stage

At this stage 4080.....

Sorry, I was nasty.

[Megaman]

If it is expected in Q4 2021, I’m waiting.

[theshadowcult]

yeah i think if you have not gotten a 3k series card yet, dont bother. just wait till the end of the year (unless you are like me and your card died so you had to get a replacement :/ )

[Dungeoncrawler]

3080 at this stage

Roger that; the vram amount kind of bothers me with the 3080 though. I'm no longer in a rush to acquire one however. It bothers me more regarding the reason why the shortages are occurring. Anywho, good luck

[KAC]

yeah i think if you have not gotten a 3k series card yet, dont bother. just wait till the end of the year (unless you are like me and your card died so you had to get a replacement :/ )

How does that make any sense? That’s like 8-9 months away and you will most likely miss all the games through 2021.

[Thr0tt]

Anyone reinstalled this to try out the limited Online mode ?

[Exposed]

I thought PC online mode is still delayed. Only consoles have limited online mode now.

Last I heard:
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-dogs-l...initely-on-pc/

[Megaman]

Patch 3.22 14.5GB

Watch Dogs Legion Title Update 3.22 Release Notes

PC


Fixed an issue that could cause an infinite loading screen after initiating the in-game benchmark.
Fixed an issue that would cause certain objects to not reflect properly while ray tracing was enabled.
Also fixed an issue that could cause a black screen and invisible UI elements when loading up the game for the first time while using DX12.
Fixed an issue that could cause game performance to be drastically reduced after several hours of gameplay when using an AMD graphics card and have ray tracing enabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when quickly switching between app categories in the data app.
Also fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash while free roaming the Open World.
Fixed an issue that could cause the hologram during the More Human Than Human mission to not be smooth when using High, Very High or Ultra presets with DX12 enabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when selecting certain weapons.
Also fixed an issue that caused the Buy Upgrade button in the Tech tab to not be highlighted when hovering over it with the mouse pointer.


Global


Fixed an issue that caused several masks to go missing from players’ wardrobes after TU3.0.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when performing an operative swap in specific areas of the open world.
Also fixed an issue that would cause placeholder text to be displayed for inactive operatives when inspecting them while in a restricted area.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when ray tracing was enabled.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to freeze when selecting a tab in the in-game store.

[koralis]

Started playing Watchdogs 2 the other day, and remembered why I stopped playing Watchdogs 1... I HATE the "save" systems they use on consoles. I don't want to have to do 4 minutes of travelling every time I want to reattempt something, and heaven forbid they "save" me in the middle of something I can't seem to accomplish (in WD1 it was escaping from a chopper tailing me.)

[Thr0tt]

I thought PC online mode is still delayed. Only consoles have limited online mode now.

Last I heard:
https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-dogs-l...initely-on-pc/

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/amp/watch...ow-live-on-pc/

[acroig]

https://www.pcgamer.com/watch-dogs-l...isappointment/

[Exposed]

Worthless without PvP modes like Hacking Invasion and Bounty Hunter or something new they can think of.

[Thr0tt]

This is just a contractual obligation, game promises MP did it promise it was going to be any good ? Box ticked, they can now move on like most of us did months a go.

[Megaman]

Watch Dogs Legion 3.25 Update

Global


Additional fixes for the missing masks players had reported after TU3.0. Masks should be available in the wardrobe after the update is live.
Fixed an issue that could cause the “Recruit an Operative” objective to not correctly update during the Online Mode onboarding mission, causing players to be unable to complete the mission.
Fixed an issue that could prevent players from recruiting an additional operative with a “Team is full” message during the Online Mode onboarding mission, making it impossible to complete.
Fixed an issue that would allow enemy NPCs to target and shoot players through the floor.
Fixed an issue that could cause an infinite loading screen when trying to join another Spiderbot Arena match after finishing a match and joining via the leaderboard screen.
Fixed an issue that could cause a player to lose control over the camera after joining a new Spiderbot Arena match when joining via the leaderboard screen.
Fixed an issue that caused the text chat to not properly work on PlayStation systems. Text chat has been re-enabled.

PlayStation 5

Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when launching the PlayStation 4 backwards compatible version of Watch Dogs: Legion.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when leaving a Spiderbot Arena match and joining a public free roam session.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when disconnecting from a Spiderbot Arena match.
Fixed an issue that caused the Text To Voice Chat option to not work.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash during combat or while driving.

Xbox Series X/S

Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when disconnecting from a Spiderbot Arena match.

[Jankan]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/w...n/free-weekend

[Megaman]

Patch 3.30

Watch Dogs Legion Update 1.15 Patch Notes

Global

Improvements made to reduce the game freezing when a player joins or leaves an Online Mode session.
Fixed an issue that could cause game chat to not work anymore after being kicked out of an Online session due to inactivity.
Fixed an issue that could cause potential recruits to be removed from a players list after disconnecting from the game.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Spiderbot Arena entry point to disappear from the map when disconnecting from a public Online session.
Fixed an issue that could cause gunfire sound effects to infinitely loop during Online sessions.
Fixed an issue that could cause Operatives to spawn stuck in inside textures after switching Operatives during the Vigilante and The Red Blade missions.
Fixed an issue that could cause the camera position to be misplaced when joining a Spiderbot Arena match from another Spiderbot Arena lobby.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Tactical Op missions to restart when the session host left the group.
Fixed lighting issues inside the Drowning Post pub.
Fixed an issue that could cause the map objective to not properly update after switching to the first recruited Operative in Online Mode.
Fixed an issue that could cause the objective “Investigate the Stage” to not properly update under certain circumstances during the “Moscow Rules” mission.


PC

Fixed an issue that could cause the “Download Cloud save” option to not appear properly.
Fixed an issue that caused the Push-To-Talk function to not have a default key binding.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash during free roam London and co-op missions in Online mode.
Fixed an issue that could cause purchased bundles to not correctly display that they have been purchased in the in-game store.
Fixed an issue that caused item prices and the “Purchase” button to not correctly update after acquiring WD Credits.


Stadia

Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when launching the game.
Fixed an issue where the Queen Bee “disable drones” ability did not properly work in the Tidis Park location during the City Event.
Fixed an issue where game controls could become unresponsive after connecting to Ubisoft Connect.


PlayStation family

Fixed an issue that could prevent users from accessing the Online Mode when disconnecting a user by switching profiles.


PlayStation 4

Fixed an issue that could cause a Spiderbot to become unresponsive to Hacking after gathering several Hotspots.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash after playing for an extended period.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash on loading into London free roam, co-op or Tactical Op missions.


PlayStation 5

Fixed an issue that could cause the game to become stuck at “Connecting to servers” when trying to launch the Single Player campaign.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when running the PlayStation 4 version of Watch Dogs: Legion.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash when excessively using the text chat in the Online Mode.
Fixed several missing car engine audio files.


Xbox family

Fixed an issue that could prevent players from reconnecting to the Online mode after disconnecting from the game.
Fixed an issue that caused the achievements “Piece de Resistance”, “Bullseye” and “Bottom’s Up” to not correctly transfer from Xbox One to Xbox Series X/S.


Xbox One

Fixed an issue that could cause a black screen when starting the game if two users on the same consoles were using different audio DLCs.

[Dungeoncrawler]

^^

[Munkus]

Why does it say Patch 3.30, then update 1.15, when my game version is 1.3.3?

[Munkus]

Finished WD2 and now playing Legion. All graphics settings on Ultra at 1440p and the fps stays above 60. I'm really impressed with the attention to details in virtual London. I'm not sure about the lack of a single protagonist, though. The ability to recruit and play any NPC seems a bit gimmicky to me, but we'll see how to goes.

[acroig]

Finished WD2 and now playing Legion. All graphics settings on Ultra at 1440p and the fps stays above 60. I'm really impressed with the attention to details in virtual London. I'm not sure about the lack of a single protagonist, though. The ability to recruit and play any NPC seems a bit gimmicky to me, but we'll see how to goes.

Exposed loves this game so any questions ask him, he knows it all.

[Munkus]

Exposed loves this game so any questions ask him, he knows it all.

I can see why he loves it. Very fun so far, and gorgeous to boot.

It does remind me a bit of a dress-up simulator, though. There are many clothing and shoe stores around London for you to customize the look of your character. Just wish there was a hair and nail salon so I could really look pretty.

[acroig]

I can see why he loves it. Very fun so far, and gorgeous to boot.

It does remind me a bit of a dress-up simulator, though. There are many clothing and shoe stores around London for you to customize the look of your character. Just wish there was a hair and nail salon so I could really look pretty.

[Exposed]

Dafuq, I absolutely hate Legion, by far the worst in the series.

I do love WD2 though. If you only played single player, then you basically missed half the game. The online modes like Hacking Invasion and Bounty Hunter are what keeps WD2 alive to this day.

London is utter **** for a location in Legion and the story sucks. Everything cramped, the outer open areas around London were excluded so you're stuck with a tiny map. Bad game mechanics, no weapon choice, online mode currently sucks and will always suck because it's not PvP friendly. Note they didn't include Hacking Invasion, a staple of the Watch Dogs series, in Legion because they couldn't figure out how to make it work in this shitty map/location. For that reason we won't see any PvP modes like Bounty hunter either, so this game will be long forgotten and fizzled out. Unlike WD2 which still lives and breathes to this day due to its massive online community for modes that people actually want to play without stupid design choices.

[Fuku2]

But it has RTX.

[logical]

Dafuq, I absolutely hate Legion, by far the worst in the series.

I do love WD2 though. If you only played single player, then you basically missed half the game. The online modes like Hacking Invasion and Bounty Hunter are what keeps WD2 alive to this day.

London is utter **** for a location in Legion and the story sucks. Everything cramped, the outer open areas around London were excluded so you're stuck with a tiny map. Bad game mechanics, no weapon choice, online mode currently sucks and will always suck because it's not PvP friendly. Note they didn't include Hacking Invasion, a staple of the Watch Dogs series, in Legion because they couldn't figure out how to make it work in this shitty map/location. For that reason we won't see any PvP modes like Bounty hunter either, so this game will be long forgotten and fizzled out. Unlike WD2 which still lives and breathes to this day due to its massive online community for modes that people actually want to play without stupid design choices.

Now that you got all the good stuff out of the way tell me about the great stuff.


I still plan on playing this one just because I played the first 2.

[Munkus]

I never play the MP stuff anyway, so I don't care about it.

So far having loads of fun with Legion. WD2 is still better in many ways, IMO.

[Megaman]

Patch coming tomorrow


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[Munkus]

The new patch just broke all sound in the game if you have an XBox controller attached. Initial screens have sound, but as soon as you click Continue at the main menu, all sound cuts out.

Disabling the controller before launching the game seems to work, and sound comes back. But if you plug the controller back in...pooof no sound.

Funny thing is, the patch notes say they fixed this specific issue. Um, no, it wasn't broken before. You just introduced this bug.

[bill dennison]

The new patch just broke all sound in the game if you have an XBox controller attached. Initial screens have sound, but as soon as you click Continue at the main menu, all sound cuts out.

Disabling the controller before launching the game seems to work, and sound comes back. But if you plug the controller back in...pooof no sound.

Funny thing is, the patch notes say they fixed this specific issue. Um, no, it wasn't broken before. You just introduced this bug.

works for me can't stand controllers

[Munkus]

works for me can't stand controllers

I like them for finer control of walking speed and driving. But when I get into a firefight, I switch to KB/M.

Playing the whole game with KB/Ms is fine too. Getting used to the key mapping now.

[Evileh]

games like this, racing, flying, most 3rd person exploration games that benefit from walking I use a controller. I even play control with a controller.. no issues.