Xbox - The Official Magazine - UK (2019-08)

partofyourresistancemovement,and

swappedbetweenasrequired.Imagine

a crossbetweenGrandTheftAutoVand

StateOfDecay 2 , whereyourcharacters

cansufferpermadeath,forcingyoutocry

andmoveontoplayingassomeoneelse.

Characterswe’veseeninthegameplay

revealssofarincludea cheekyyoung

geezeranddroneexpert;a grannywho’s

actuallya retiredassassinandstillhas

themoves;a bareknuckleboxer,assorted

hackersandroboticsexperts,ex-MI5

operatives– thebigsellhereisthat

everyoneinthegameworldisa secret

weapon,andyouhavetofindthem,recruit

themandbuilduptheirskillsasyoubuild

uptheresistance.

Ofcourse,sinceit’sWatchDogs, there’s

sneakingandhackinginvolvedasyou

worktotakethecitybackfromthecorrupt

forcescontrollingit,whilethecombat

lookstohaveallthemoves– andplentyof

guns,or‘shooters’,asinfamouscockney

gangsterslikeDannyDyerandDickVan

Dykecallthem.Allinallit’sa verycool

propositionandwe’reprettyexcitedforit,

thoughstillwonderingif theUKwillhave

actuallyleftEuropebythetimethegame

isreleasedinMarchnextyear.Q

ondon...it’sa rightmess.

Government’sf**kedoff,

extremistsaregrabbing

power,organised

crimeis slicingupthe

Boroughs.”Butenough

aboutthegrimrealitiesofa UnitedKingdom

in thegripofa politicallyandsocially

catastrophicBrexitprocess.Atleastwe

canescapeintotheslightlymoreneonand

shinyworldcreatedbyUbisoftforitsthird,

thistimeLondon-based,instalmentofthe

hacker-focusedactionadventureseries,

WatchDogsLegion.

Inthisgrittyurbandystopia,a mercenary

privatepoliceforcepatrolsthestreets

anddroneswatchpeople’severy

move,whiletheresistancebegins

itsfightbackintheformofthe

BritisharmofDedSec,thehacktivists

fromWatchDogs 2 , co-ordinatedby

a helpfulAIassistantcalledBagley.

ApartfromthebeautifullyrealisedLondon

setting,Legionstandsoutthankstoits

ideathatthereisnoonesingleheroin

thegame;theboastisthatabsolutely

anyNPCwhohastheskillscanbe

recruitedtoDedSecandbecomeyour

character.Theseguysarelevelledupas

BELOWThe

UK is a now

surveillance

state,and it’s

up to yourband

of merrymisfits

to fightback.

LIBERATEA BLIGHTEDBLIGHTYINUBISOFT’SHACK-’EM-UP

WATCH DOGS

LEGION

QPUBLISHERUBISOFT/DEVELOPERUBISOFT/ETA6 MARCH 2020

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