In my first outing as Jessica, I found myself in Chinatown. Most of the missions in the game boil down to a few basics like this – go here, hack that, try to get out unnoticed – but playing in digital London is a real treat that completely elevates the game. After I had shut down their scheme, the doctor was happy to join the team. This in turn led to me discovering that some gangsters were stealing organs. For example, when attempting to recruit a doctor, I had to access a National Health Service server by breaking into a hospital. I have everyone from a builder to a spy to a living statue on my team.Īll of this is randomly generated, and the system works impressively well.
Walk up to someone and your in-game smartphone will reveal their skills, and you can start a mission to recruit them.
The remnants of DedSec, including an annoyingly chipper AI called Bagley, task you with rebuilding their ranks. That is because the gimmick of Watch Dogs: Legion is that you can play as anyone in the game.
I ended up going with Jessica Okello, a barista with a vendetta against Albion, but I could have chosen Vivek Mittal, an internet celeb with a motorcycle, Lyes Ait, a software engineer who runs a dark-web forum, or many others. You choose from a selection of randomly generated characters, each with their own benefits and backstory. From there, the game takes an unusual turn.