One Of The Most Impressive Open Worlds Of This Generation Hits Xbox Game Pass Next Week

Come on... We all know how this game was received by the audience.

I picked this up cheap on disc a few years ago and traded it in that same day, the world does look nice but I didn't like the game at all

Looks like it got decent reviews from what I found?? I never got to play this, so this is a nice surprise for GamePass 👍

Their version of London was extremely ugly, and very repetitive. I don't think it has ever been highly regarded as an open-world map.

I've never had the chance to play this - from what I can see here the world building looks ace! I'm a sucker for a good city scape so will be trying this out - thanks for the heads up!!

if its similar to GTA I'm all for it!!

It looks nice but the game play gets very repetitive as you progress through the game.

It is fun to just explore though I guess.

I honestly forgot there was a third Watch Dogs...

I've considered getting this in the sales a few times, but glad to see it on GP.

I'm finishing up Cyberpunk 2077 so maybe I can move over to another sci-fi near future open world game

Legion's London is a grimy, lived-in location complete with near-endless graffiti, plenty of pothole-laden roads that could do with some serious council attention

Clearly, the dev team took inspiration from Hull. Lol.

I'm looking forward to jumping in. Watch Dogs 1 is the best of 1 and 2 imo, but having never tried 3, I'm keen to get hands-on.

I was so so disappointed when I seen this article was about watch dogs had my hopes up for something actually good 😭

@Ricky-Spanish yh same lmao, Legion was the last thing to come to mind

This game is known for putting the Watch Dogs franchise in a coffin. Too bad because I really liked the first 2 games.

If this is "one of the most impressive open worlds of this generation", I guess that says much of how uninspired this generation has been... 😒

Very underrated game. Loved the world and the stealth, and has some incredibly written missions.

Oh yes! I forgot about this one. Def going to download and play it.

I played through Legion at launch and that's 98 hours of my life that I fully regret.

Let's be honest, first game was ok but a overall kinda messy, second game was(and still is) a masterpiece(in my opinion, I love Watch Dogs 2 so much that I took the platinum trophy twice) but Legion?
Legion is one of the worst open-world games I've ever played.
I had more issues with Legion than I ever had with Cyberpunk 2077 on launch.
On top of technical issues that only got worse the more it got patched, Legion was just not a fun game and its central gimmick got tiresome in the first few hours of playing.
The "Play as any NPC" gimmick is a cool concept but the execution was very under-cooked with characters that sounded like none of the few voice actors had gotten the same script to read and then it all got thrown into a mixer and then got randomized whenever anyone had a thing to say.

Story-wise, it was pretty bland.
When I call what the twist is, 5 minutes into the game, it probably is not a good twist.

Conclusion:
Legion is a travesty and I feel bad for anyone who will try it.

I got this on the cheap so I could prance around in London.

It's awful, not a single redeemable thing about it. It plays terribly, and doesn't look very good

@Fishysensei Legion is one of the worst open-world games I've ever played.

98 hours though? Surely it can't be that bad if you opted to spend that much time there?

For just a second I thought Xbox was publishing an official release of Fallout London....

Colour me disappointed...

@Kaloudz
That was me desperately trying to take the platinum trophy out of spite so I would not leave things unfinished but the game broke me and I just walked away from it.

@Fishysensei "Worst game you ever played for 98 hours?" What kept you going then if it is as bad as you say? 🤔

Update: I see you already answered, still... 98 hours? 😏

@RetroMan71
See the comment just above yours.

@Fishysensei Brother, you've more patience than me haha. If I hated something that much, I'd turn tail and cut my losses.

@Kaloudz i was thinking the same thing to be honest.. no offence intended @Fishysenseibut if you didnt like it, why play for 98 hours??

@Lordyeet I can't recall a time where I spent more than a few hours in a world / game I didn't like that much. Have you played it?

@Kaloudz no but if its on game pass ill give it a go!

i'm not much of an achievement person though so each to their own, but i'm similar to you in if i don't like it i wont stay on it

I bought Watch Dogs Legion on Series X launch day. I was enjoying it (not the best, but definitely good fun and worth the money), until I encountered a bug where the autosave didn’t work, and with no manual save function, I lost hours of progress. I gave up. I’m certain the bug has since been fixed, so perhaps I’ll go back to it at some point…

@Lordyeet Haha same here. It's the whole reason I've yet to buy Crash 4 because I know at some points it's hitting GP 🤣

if you think this game has a good open world you need to play better games

@Kaloudz nice! im pretty new to the xbox community after being solo playstation for a long time so im just getting used to game pass! its a lot more in depth which is amazing!

@themightyant That baffles me as a gamer. I mean sure, if I was playing a (let's say) 10 hour platformer and I was halfway through and felt bored or found it unenjoyable at that point, perhaps, perhapssss, I'd see it through. But nearly 100 hours in something I'm not only not having fun in, but strongly detest it, I wouldn't commit. But that's just me.

@Lordyeet Welcome to the green side brother!! I hate to throw games around, but if you have game pass, can I suggest Moonlighter? It's an outstanding game. You dungeon dive at night and sell your goods in your own store at the village by day. Expand your village, upgrade your dude, and go at it again at night - trying to get further in and beat the boss (unlocking the next dungeon along the way). It's a very good solo game ☺️

@Kaloudz OOOH this sounds like id enjoy! ill get it downloaded - thank you!

@themightyant thanks!!

i do catch your drift on what your saying above - perhaps our play styles are just a little different, but you deffo sound like you have more patience then me!! i also like a really rich long game where i can clock 40 odd hours worth of story so if i wasn't enjoying it to a certain degree, i feel like it would just sour my experience of it

@Kaloudz I agree that watch dogs 1 was an incredible adventure that still holds up today. Watch Dogs 2 somehow went backwards in my opinion and I've never played legions so I'm curious to see how the game lands.

I'm currently enamored with Avowed, Obsidians take on fantasy action adventure has surprised the hell outta me. I'm having a ton of fun exploring completing side quests, running into trouble trying to kill bounties, and idk the game feels good to play & it looks great too so I'll probably be playing Avowed for quite sometime lol.

I really loved the setting. It's rare to get such an immersive environment in London and the mechanics were unique. The best Watch Dogs for me by a mile and 10/10 for myself. I strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Ubisoft style open world games. It's a great addition for Gamepass!

I think I played Watchdog Legion on Series X near launch. The framerate (to me) was so bad that I put it down.

I bought this in a sale a while back. Played for a few hours then when I went back it had only saved what I did for the first hour or so. I got in a right strop.

@Master_Cthulhu70 Avowed is amazing isn't it? The only thing that is hurting me is that when I try to use the menu (to spend points or change gear) it lags for like, a minute. I press LB/RB LT/RT and it doesn't do anything for ages (Series S).

But yeah WD1 was perfect for me. I loved Aiden too, which a lot of people didn't. I also wasn't too big on WD2. The whole vibe and setting just didn't feel like the right fit for me. I think darker and grungier (like WD1) is the best theme for the game.

@themightyant Yeah I can usually tell pretty quickly if I'm not going to like something - but I try to persevere for an hour or two just in case something "clicks" as was the case with Witcher 3 lol.

@Lordyeet It's really something buddy. You'll love it. You can even set your own prices for the items you sell to make max profit, but if you set too high, folks will just walk out lol.

The games sh1t and you know it is. I'm calling shenanigans

@Deljo that may be the case for you, however thats not the point of the article, the point they are making is that the world in the game is impressive personally I'm looking forward to giving it a go just because it looks like a good map

I don't play Ubisoft games for the most part, but I do remember seeing PC previews for this game and it had really impressive ray traced reflections (IIRC).

@Deljo Very nice reference 👏

Hmm, article had me quite excited for this, then the comments rather dampened the enthusiasm! I do like Ubisoft open world stuff in general though (we aren't supposed to admit that these days, are we....?) so I'll give it a go. Would like to have a look around the open world, if nothing else.

@ItsTrippi it's a 76-80 on metacritic with a 6.5 player rating.. you didn't like it sure but it wasn't poorly received by everyone as you claim.

Saints Row Remake is the worst open world game I've played and it's not even close.

@Lup Really? This game had writing on par with the newest Saints Row flop. It was very dull and repetitive too. It tried way too hard to rely on it's body changing / recruitment gimmick thing and for the most part it falls flat.

@Scrubchub I think if you enjoy the setting of London, a unique open world mechanic or tech based mini games you might enjoy this one. It was fairly well received by critics overall even if it isn't groundbreaking like a RDR2.

@Jenkinss Ubisoft managed to get RT on the Series S which is even more impressive given it's one of the very few games to achieve this.

@Darylb88 PC/PS5/XBSX has a user score of 5.2, if that's not poorly received I don't know what to tell ya. In a world where anything below a 7 is considered a failure (I don't agree with this but it's the norm). I'd say that's pretty terrible for a triple A game.

It doesn't mean you can't like it. But there is no reason to talk it up as some amazing hidden gem of a game like this article is doing. The game was just way too repetitive, buggy, slow, and gimmicky.

But to each their own. Right now Avowed is getting ripped apart but I think it's a fairly good game and enjoying it.

@ItsTrippi Its average of 5.9 (Basically 6) on Metacritic isn't that bad. I am aware the game is acquired taste and the article is designed to get ad click through by not mentioning the game. I enjoyed it a lot and I also am enjoying Avowed too. Tbh I enjoy most games across most genres although the Saints Row reboot was terrible.

London is not the UKs capital. You do know that the UK is made up of four different countries? England - London, Scotland - Edinburgh, Wales - Cardiff, Northern Ireland - Belfast. That's a wee lesson for you Americans.

@ItsTrippi

I think the A.I questline had topnotch writing. Brilliant and terrifying stuff. It made me uncomfortable in a good way.

The writing in general is way better than 2.

@Kaloudz

If you haven't played this one, there's a DLC featuring Aiden (I've read you liked him), which is pretty good (kind of a prequel to Legion) but in case you don't like playing as a random character, you can actually use Aiden the whole game (except some missions where you need to use multiple characters).
I used a random (customized by me)one as my main and Aiden as a secondary one.

No offense bro but this game is kinda crap. I bought it when it first came out, I think it was cause I just wanted to play something made with the SX in mind and there wasn't much else at the time but damn is it boring. I should have learned with the first watch dogs game. I think I put maybe 5 or 6 hours in it and never turned it on again .

@Weebadtoad London is most certainly the capital of the UK.

It looks a good mid game that it's worh playing on Game Pass.

At least they experimented with interesting ideas, even if they didn't quite pay off.

I've actually written a book about artistic depictions of London and I agree Legion is one of the best in videogames. Much better than Assassin's Creed Syndicate which just didn't feel right.

As for the game itself I thought it was pretty good mechanically - I definitely got into it more as the game went on. Mainly let down by the awful writing and painful voice acting.

@Lup Ohhhhh!! Do you have to buy the DLC to play as him, or is it included in the game via Ubisoft Rewards (or whatever it's called these days). I feel bad for Ubi. They get so much crap and I for one love most of their games. I certainly hope Shadows floats them above water level.

I hate to add to the warnings about this game, but...
I bought this in a sale not that long after launch because Watchdogs 2 was a fine game and as a Londoner born and bred (spent 40 years there) I wanted to roam the city of my mispent early years virtually.
The game never grabbed me unfortunately, and though the world looked superficially interesting, it got boring very quickly.

The joy of game pass is everyone can see for themselves, but I'd urge you to keep expectations in check and I hope you get more out of it than I did!

@Kaloudz inspiration from hull lmao🤣😭

@Decimateh 🤣🤣🤣

@Kaloudz

You have to buy it, I don't know how much it goes for though. I bought the Deluxe Edition (or whatever it's called) a long time ago and it was included in that.

Game had potential and some good features but the world world is barren. London looks too shiny. The car handling is horrible. NPCs are pretty non existent. Missions are very repetitive and rather boring. Story is quite interesting at times. You can tell it was a rush job with the obvious from the publishers "Yeah looks really good is it finished?" "No we have quite a bit more to add and tweak!" "So it's good enough to release?" "No!" "Cool we will release it then!"

@Ricky-Spanish i love the carnie episode 😀

Terrible game though.
The second game was more fun.

This game was a flop. Even by Ubislop’s low standards this was a failure. Game Pass is going through a rough patch right now: Starfield, Redfall, Avowed… all stinkers.

@Lup Argh! Hopefully you can buy that ability separately and cheap. I'd play as that dude in a blink! Easily the best character in the series as far as I'm concerned. I'm not sure why so many took issue with him when the first game came out.

@Kaloudz

I loved him too. The first Watchdogs was great, but half the reason was thanks to Aiden.
The DLC is half him and half... I can't even remember his name from WD2, the mask dude.
But the Aiden parts steal the show and it has a very cool mission that feels a little bit like a horror game.

@Lup Thanks dude. As soon as it hits the service I'll see how much it is for that DLC because that will make it night and day for me. It's like an issue lol. I do it in AC too. Whenever I can unlock Ezio's outfit, I'll use that for everyyyyyyyyy AC game lol.