Watch Dogs: Legion
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Toronto | |
Windows | Ubisoft Kyiv[1] |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Disrupt[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 29, 2020 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
OpenCritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | Boost, Cosmetic, Currency, Unlock |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Open world |
Vehicles | Automobile, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Watch Dogs |
Watch Dogs | |
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Watch Dogs | 2014 |
Watch Dogs 2 | 2016 |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 2020 |
Watch Dogs: Legion is an action and open world game developed by Ubisoft Toronto and published by Ubisoft, with Ubisoft Kyiv assisting in development of the game's PC version.[1]
Watch Dogs: Legion, unlike the prior games in the series, forgoes having a set protagonist and instead allows any citizen of its representation of London to be recruited and played, with the characters playing differently depending on their occupation and other randomly generated elements, and is achieved using technology such as voice modulation.[2] Alongside this system, an optional "permadeath" mode can be enabled on any difficulty.[3] It uses an upgraded version of the series' Disrupt engine, with supported features including HDR display support, hardware ray tracing effects, ultra-widescreen and multi-monitor support, an unlocked framerate and Nvidia's DLSS technology.[1]
Announced at E3 2019, the game was originally set to release on March 6, 2020, however by October 2019 it was delayed to an unspecified date in the following financial year.[4] The final release date of October 29, 2020 was announced during the July 2020 Ubisoft Forward event.[5]
Future plans for the game include various free content updates which will add four-player co-op missions, versus multiplayer modes, new characters, new missions and a New Game Plus mode. A paid story expansion titled Bloodline, featuring the protagonist of the first game in the series, is scheduled to release as well.[6]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | Gold and Ultimate Edition also available. | |||
Ubisoft Store | Gold Edition, Ultimate Edition, Collector's Edition also available. Included with Ubisoft+. |
- All versions require Ubisoft Connect, Denuvo Anti-Tamper, and VMProtect DRM.
Version differences
- Pre-orders include the Golden King Pack.
- Standard Edition contains the base game.
- Gold Edition includes the Season Pass.
- Ultimate Edition includes all Gold Edition content and the Ultimate Pack.
- Collector's Edition includes all Ultimate Edition content with premium packaging, an exclusive steelbook case, LED statuette, three stickers and two posters.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | Includes Bloodline expansion, four hero characters, three DedSec story missions, an exclusive car skin and Watch Dogs Complete Edition | |
Bloodline | Story expansion. | |
Ultimate Pack | Urban Jungle Pack, three playable characters, three additional masks and four weeks of VIP Status. Included in the Ultimate Edition | |
Golden King Pack | Golden cosmetic skins for vehicles and weapons and the Uneasy Lies mask. Included with pre-orders. | |
HD Textures Pack | Automatically added to library upon purchase. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Boost | In-game currency and a map showing all collectables can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.[7] |
Cosmetic | Cosmetics can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.[7] |
Currency | WD Credits can be purchased in bundles for real money, at a base rate of 100 WD Credits per 1 US dollar.[7] |
Unlock | Operatives with unique appearances and personalities can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.[7] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Watch Dogs Legion\WD3_GamerProfile.xml |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\3353\ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Ubisoft Connect | Saves are available cross-platform.[8] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Hor+ gameplay and in-game cutscenes. Pre-rendered cutscenes and menus are pillarboxed. In-game HUD can be centered at 16:9 ratio or stretched to all screens.[9] |
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Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay and in-game cutscenes. Pre-rendered cutscenes and menus are pillarboxed.[10] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Ranges from 70°-110°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Windowed borderless, fullscreen borderless and multi-monitor borderless options available.[9] | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA and TAA. DLSS is also supported with four quality presets. TAA is forced on when Reflections are set to High or Ultra, Ambient Occlusion is enabled or Temporal Upscaling is set below 100%.[11] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | Options to sync to the refresh rate or half the refresh rate.[9] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Framerate is uncapped.[12] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Options for Peak Brightness and Paper White.[13] | ||
Color blind mode | Settings for protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia colorblindness. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Keyboard layout can also be manually specified in game.[9] | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Separate options for look, aim and driving camera sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Option to invert X-axis is also present. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Three custom layouts can be saved.[9] | |
Controller sensitivity | Separate options for look and aim sensitivity. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Option to invert X-axis is also present. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | Only stays on the default blue light.[14] | |
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired V2 tested |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Rebinding using a DualShock 4
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Dialogue, SFX and Chat Sound.[9] | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Option to enable for all spoken dialogue or only for mission related dialogue.[9] | |
Closed captions | Captions in cutscene subtitles are dialogue related only. Gameplay Events CC option shows visual description of game audio with a directional indicator on the right side of the screen. |
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Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Voice command and speech-to-text settings support English only. | |||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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Tobii Eye Tracking |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Co-op, Versus Added in post-release updates.[6] |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11, 12 | [12] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Supports Nvidia's RTX ray-traced reflections via DXR.[13] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Anti-cheat | BattlEye |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz |
Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB (Dual-channel) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 45 GB | 45 GB (+ 20 GB for HD Textures) |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon R9 290X 4 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super AMD Radeon RX 480 6 GB of VRAM |
- Requirements listed are for 1080p resolutions using DirectX 12. Additional requirements for Ultra graphics settings, ray tracing, 2K, and 4K resolutions are listed on the Ubisoft website.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 NGON - Watch Dogs: Legion PC Specs & Features - last accessed on 2020-10-19
- ↑ Twinfinite - Watch Dogs Legion Interview: Creative Director Discusses Picking London, Voice Acting, Permadeath & More - last accessed on 2020-10-28
- ↑ GameSpot - Watch Dogs: Legion's Permadeath Is Totally Optional - last accessed on 2020-10-28
- ↑ Eurogamer - Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine - last accessed on 2020-10-28
- ↑ IGN - Watch Dogs Legion Gets October Release Date - last accessed on 2020-10-28
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ubisoft - Watch Dogs: Legion – New Story Details and Post-Launch Plans Revealed - last accessed on 2020-10-15
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Ubisoft - Season Pass and Monetization in Watch Dogs: Legion - last accessed on 2020-10-20
- ↑ Attack of the Fanboy - Does Watch Dogs: Legion Have Cross-Save - last accessed on 2020-10-28
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 NGON - Watch Dogs: Legion PC Settings Breakdown - last accessed on 2020-10-22
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-10-29
- Tested 21:9 ultrawidescreen at 2560x1080 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-10-29
- Changing the antialiasing to any option but TAA changes the settings mentioned to off for ambient occlusion and upscaling and Medium for Reflections. Changing those options back changes the antialiasing setting back to TAA
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ubisoft - Watch Dogs: Legion PC Specs Revealed - last accessed on 2020-09-15
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Digital Foundry - Watch Dogs Legion PC Hands-On: Next-Gen Ray Tracing Features Previewed - last accessed on 2020-07-14
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-10-28