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Watch Dogs: Legion is an open world action 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 with the help of technology such as voice modulation.[2] Alongside this system, an optional "permadeath" mode can be enabled on any difficulty.[3] The game uses an upgraded version of the series' Disrupt engine, with the 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]
Post-release plans for the game included various free content updates which added four-player co-op missions, versus multiplayer modes, new characters and new missions, with a New Game Plus mode being added in the future. A paid story expansion titled Bloodline, featuring the protagonist of the first game in the series, was also released.[6]
General information
- Official forums
- Official Discord server
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source |
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Epic Games Store |
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Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available. |
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GamersGate |
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Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available. |
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Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available. |
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Green Man Gaming |
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Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available. |
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Humble Store |
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Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available. |
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Steam |
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Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available. |
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Ubisoft Store |
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Gold Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. Included with Ubisoft+. |
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- 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.
- Deluxe Edition includes the base game, Lynx operative, the London Dissident Pack, 1 week of VIP status.
- 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. |
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Golden King Pack |
Golden cosmetic skins for vehicles and weapons and the Uneasy Lies mask. Included with pre-orders. |
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Bloodline |
Story expansion. |
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London Dissident Pack |
Three additional masks (sapphire guard mask, cardboard cyborg mask, distortion mask). |
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Ultimate Pack |
Three unique characters (Lynx, Leopard, Viper), three additional masks (sapphire guard mask, cardboard cyborg mask, distortion mask) and four weeks of VIP Status (currency and online experience boost). Included in the Ultimate Edition. The VIP Status is not included with the Ubisoft+ version of the game.[7] |
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HD Textures Pack |
Automatically added to library upon purchase. |
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Microtransactions
Type |
Notes |
Boost
| In-game currency and a map showing all collectables can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.[8] |
Cosmetic
| Cosmetics can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.[8] |
Currency
| WD Credits can be purchased in bundles for real money, at a base rate of 100 WD Credits per 1 US dollar.[8] |
Unlock
| Operatives with unique appearances and personalities can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.[8] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Keyboard and mouse settings
Audio
Audio and language settings
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, Music, Dialogue, SFX and Chat Sound.[10] |
Surround sound |
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5.1-7.1 |
Subtitles |
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Option to enable for all spoken dialogue or only for mission-related dialogue.[10] |
Closed captions |
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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. |
Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Licensed OST |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Voice command and speech-to-text settings support English only. |
Arabic |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Turkish |
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Fan translation, Watch Dogs Legion Türkçe Yama. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Latin American Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s)[16] |
TCP |
80, 443, 9003 |
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
Tobii Eye Tracking and MSI settings
Issues fixed
Lower than expected performance on some systems
- Some systems are seeing lower than expected performance, with little to no performance improvement running at lower graphics settings, resolutions or with DLSS enabled on Nvidia RTX graphics cards, and hardware not being fully utilised.[17][18][19][20][21]
Randomly crashing on some systems, especially online
- Some systems have the game crash at random intervals and locations.[23][24][25][26]
Change the DirectX setting to DirectX 11 in game or use -DX11 launch option
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Game is not saving correctly
- The game sometimes autosaves incorrectly, leading to loss of some progress, such as completed missions or operator unlocks, or corruption.[27][28][29]
Use the in-game cloud save upload and download options as a potential workaround[citation needed]
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Set process core affinity to one core when quitting to main menu[30][31]
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- Open the pause menu and select "Quit to Main Menu".
- Minimize or Alt+Tab ↹ away from the game and open the Task Manager.
- Right click on
Watch Dogs: Legion under the Apps list and select "Go to details".
- Right click on the highlighted
WatchDogsLegion.exe and select "Set affinity".
- Uncheck all the present checkboxes except
CPU 0 and click OK.
- Return to the game and accept the prompt to return to the main menu.
- Once the loading screen appears, open "Set affinity" again on
WatchDogsLegion.exe and check <All Processors> .
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Tragic-Ivy error, can't connect to online servers
Re-enable Ubisoft Connect's overlay[32]
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- This error indicates that the Ubisoft Connect overlay has been disabled.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11, 12 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
Low end configuration
Set hidden settings[33]
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- Set the lowest desired settings in-game and close it.
- Open
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Watch Dogs Legion\WD3_GamerProfile.xml with a text editor.
- Lower the
TemporalUpscaling factor or GeometryQuality as needed.
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Disable 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 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- 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.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
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
- ↑ Ubisoft - Watch Dogs: Legion – New Story Details and Post-Launch Plans Revealed - last accessed on 2020-10-15
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Contents of editions, season pass, and ULCs - last accessed on 2020-10-30
- "*Please note, the Four Weeks of VIP Status is not included in the Ultimate edition of Watch Dogs: Legion available on UPLAY+."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Ubisoft - Season Pass and Monetization in Watch Dogs: Legion - last accessed on 2020-10-20
- ↑ Ubisoft - Transferring your Watch Dogs: Legion progress between PC and Stadia - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 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
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ubisoft - Watch Dogs: Legion PC Specs Revealed - last accessed on 2020-09-15
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Digital Foundry - Watch Dogs Legion PC Hands-On: Next-Gen Ray Tracing Features Previewed - last accessed on 2020-07-14
- ↑ PC Gamer - Watch Dogs: Legion's online co-op mode is now live on PC - last accessed on 2021-04-07
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Connection Troubleshooting - last accessed on 2020-10-30
- ↑ /r/Watch_Dogs Subreddit - MEGA THREAD: Watch Dogs Legion PC Specs and Performance Compare - last accessed on 2020-10-30
- ↑ ResetEra - Watch Dogs: Legion PC performance thread - last accessed on 2020-10-29
- ↑ /r/Watch_Dogs Subreddit - PC Performance Thread - last accessed on 2020-10-29
- ↑ /r/pcgaming Subreddit - WARNING: Watch Dogs: Legion currently has terrible PC performance issues - last accessed on 2020-10-29
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Rtx 3080 + ryzen 3900x with 60% GPU usage! Whatttt!!!!! - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-10-29
- Changing the game to run in DX11 saw an improvement on my system, up to 20 FPS more than DX12 on the same scene in some isolated instances, and has been reported by other users in both the referenced threads and the Watch Dogs Discord server as well.
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Unable to Play due to constant Crashing - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Constant crashing and poor performance - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - PC crashes since update - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Unplayable AFTER the patch - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Autosave broken - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Lost my spy - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Proof that the save system does not work (with explanation and pictures) - last accessed on 2020-10-31
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - Workaround for autosave issue when going back to the main menu - last accessed on 2020-11-01
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-11-01
- I haven't had any data loss from incorrect saving so far, but changing the core affinity as described did decrease the amount of time needed for the game to save before loading back to the menu, and extremely long save times at this point appear to be causing some of the reported issues.
- ↑ Error code Tragic-Ivy in Watch Dogs: Legion - Ubisoft Support - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ How to play Watch Dogs Legion on a low end PCs! - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ /r/Watch_Dogs Subreddit - Is there a way to disable BattlEye? - last accessed on 2020-10-29