Watch Dogs: Legion

Watch Dogs: Legion

Developers
	Ubisoft Toronto
	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Paris
	Ubisoft Bucharest
	Ubisoft Reflections
	Ubisoft Leamington
	Ubisoft Mumbai
Windows	Ubisoft Kyiv
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Disrupt
Release dates
Windows	October 29, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	72
OpenCritic	74
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, 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
Watch Dogs	2014
Watch Dogs 2	2016
Watch Dogs: Legion	2020

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.

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. Alongside this system, an optional "permadeath" mode can be enabled on any difficulty. 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.

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. The final release date of October 29, 2020 was announced during the July 2020 Ubisoft Forward event.

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.

General information

Official forums

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition, Gold Edition, and Ultimate Edition also available.
Steam		Gold Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Ubisoft Store		Gold Edition and Ultimate 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.

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
Season Pass	Includes Bloodline expansion, four hero characters, three DedSec story missions, an exclusive car skin and Watch Dogs Complete Edition.
Golden King Pack	Golden cosmetic skins for vehicles and weapons and the Uneasy Lies mask. Included with pre-orders.
Bloodline	Story expansion.
London Dissident Pack	Three additional masks (sapphire guard mask, cardboard cyborg mask, distortion mask).
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.
HD Textures Pack	Automatically added to library upon purchase.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	In-game currency and a map showing all collectables can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.
Cosmetic	Cosmetics can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.
Currency	WD Credits can be purchased in bundles for real money, at a base rate of 100 WD Credits per 1 US dollar.
Unlock	Operatives with unique appearances and personalities can be purchased from the in-game store using WD Credits.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\WatchDogsLegion %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Watch Dogs Legion\WD3_GamerProfile.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2239550/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\3353\
Steam	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\7017\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2239550/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		Saves can be transferred between PC and Google Stadia, but must be uploaded and downloaded in-game.

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ gameplay. FMVs and menus are pillarboxed. In-game HUD can be centered at 16:9 ratio or stretched to all screens.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and in-engine cutscenes. FMVs and menus are pillarboxed.
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.
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%.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Options to sync to the refresh rate or half the refresh rate.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate is uncapped.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Options for Peak Brightness and Paper White.
Ray tracing (RT)		Supports ray-traced reflections via DXR.
Color blind mode		Settings for protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia color blindness.

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  Quality settings

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  Image settings

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  HUD settings

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  FOV of 110° at 16:9

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  FOV of 110° at 21:9

Input

Keyboard and mouse settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keyboard layout can also be manually specified in game.
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.
Controller sensitivity		Separate options for look and aim sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Option to invert X-axis is also present.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Xbox Bluetooth controller support is non functional.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, Bluetooth, V2 V2 tested, official wireless adapter not supported.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Gameplay settings

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  Gamepad settings

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  Key rebinding (1 of 3)

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  Key rebinding (2 of 3)

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  Key rebinding (3 of 3)

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  Rebinding using a DualShock 4

Audio

Audio and language settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Dialogue, SFX and Chat Sound.
Surround sound		5.1-7.1
Subtitles		Option to enable for all spoken dialogue or only for mission-related dialogue.
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.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Licensed OST

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Voice command and speech-to-text settings support English only.
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Turkish				Fan translation, Watch Dogs Legion Türkçe Yama.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

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  Accessibility settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		4	Co-op, Versus Added in an update in March 2021.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 443, 9003

This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

VR support

Devices	Native	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking

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  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.

Change the DirectX setting to DirectX 11 in game or use -DX11 launch option

Randomly crashing on some systems, especially online

Some systems have the game crash at random intervals and locations.

Change the DirectX setting to DirectX 11 in game or use -DX11 launch option

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.

Use the in-game cloud save upload and download options as a potential workaround[citation needed]

Set process core affinity to one core when quitting to main menu

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>.

Tragic-Ivy error, can't connect to online servers

Re-enable Ubisoft Connect's overlay
This error indicates that the Ubisoft Connect overlay has been disabled.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	BattlEye

Low end configuration

Set hidden settings
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.

Disable BattlEye

Use -BattlEyeLauncher launch option

System requirements

Windows
	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.