Since you don’t recruit characters, there’s really not much to grind for. Unfortunately what happens in between is where the fun ends. There were some missions that I managed to accomplish without ever setting foot in restricted areas. Surveying an area for the best points of entry and using the tools you have at your disposal to make things easier for you. There’s still the charm of being tactical in your approach. If you’re fond of this gameplay loop, then nothing’s really going to change. You go to an area, you sneak around, hack stuff to accomplish an objective, and leave. Still, the gameplay loop largely remains unchanged from the main campaign.

If you came from the previous two entries, everything in this game feels stunted from inventory to abilities.

No longer can you call the police to arrest individual citizens, no longer can you cause the street lights to turn green and cause traffic accidents, no longer is Aiden’s blackout ability anywhere near as potent or visually impressive as it was. The limitations that Legion sets for the main campaign force these two characters to be nowhere near powerful and capable as you were in the previous games. The fun derived from gameplay is still inferior to the previous two entries. On the other hand, without this mechanic we get to see just how empty and spacious London can be. And the godawful British voice acting made me shiver every I hear the dialogue. It always struck me weird how anyone we recruit in the main campaign suddenly becomes an elite hacker. The prospect of playing more sensical characters in the setting is an added welcome. Reflections on the floor are a nice touch What kind of story could this dream team of hackers offer? With the main mechanic of “playing as anyone you want” removed from Watch Dogs Bloodlines, how will the game move forward? On the surface, the super serious Aiden getting entangled with the more wackier Wrench feels like an interesting dynamic. The main interaction between the two and how their stories intertwine is what Bloodline explores. For Wrench, he’s got a bone to pick with someone. For Aiden, it starts of as normal mercenary work gone wrong. Wrench from the second game makes an appearance and both of them have their personal reasons for being in London. In Bloodlines, we’re finally able to see the continuation of Aiden Pierce’s story and what happened to him after the first game. No longer will you be playing as procedurally generated characters with exaggerated British accents roaming around the streets of London, but you’ll be placed back into the shoes of some of the original cast from the previous two games. And in my opinion, it’s all the better for it. Watch Dogs Legion Bloodlines is an expansion of the main game that decided to get rid of the main mechanic of what made Legion what it is.

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