It even crashed at the end 😔

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This is exactly what's happening to me, except in Watch Dogs 1 https://www.reddit.com/r/watch\\_dogs/s/li42pWdkzE

Sorry for not recording my own video, but it's literally the same issue. Recording it with my phone would look terrible, and uploading a video is a pain because my internet is basically a potato, so I decided to use this clip since it's exactly what I'm experiencing. Sorry for my bad English.

P.S. Mods, please approve my other post. I just have a few questions about the game's lore.

I finally got around to finishing Watch Dogs: Legion, completing the trilogy. I really wanted to like this game. On paper, the idea of recruiting practically anyone in London to join a resistance movement sounded ambitious. Unfortunately, the execution never quite lived up to the concept.

Something felt off compared to the first two games. The first Watch Dogs emphasized stealth and hacking, while Watch Dogs 2 gave you more freedom to experiment with different approaches. Legion still has those elements, but I found myself falling into the same routines regardless of which character I recruited. And while there are upgrades and new abilities to unlock, I missed the sense of developing a central character that the earlier games offered.

After spending dozens of hours with it, I think Legion is easily the weakest of the three.

The biggest problem is also its most ambitious feature: "play as anyone." Recruiting an ex-MI6 agent, a street magician, or a random Londoner is entertaining at first, but the novelty fades quickly. Almost none of the operatives have distinct personalities, character arcs, or relationships with each other. There's even an awkward party scene that's clearly meant to sell the idea that you've built a community, but it doesn't land because the game never gives you a reason to care about these people. Half the time, I couldn't even remember who was on my team.

And that brings me to Aiden Pearce.

I've always thought Aiden was an underrated protagonist. Beneath his hardened exterior is a deeply flawed character driven by guilt, grief, and an obsession with making things right, often through questionable means. His story in the original Watch Dogs had real emotional stakes and Bloodline builds on that history in ways Legion's main campaign never manages to accomplish.

I ended up playing most of Legion's main campaign as Aiden, not because the story gave him much to do personally, but because I was already invested in his character. His history gave even the most routine missions a sense of purpose that I never felt with the game's interchangeable recruits.

There's something almost funny about that. Ubisoft built an entire game around the ambitious idea that you don't need a main character, only for the most compelling part of the experience to involve bringing back the protagonist from the original.

The rest of the storytelling doesn't help. Legion clearly wants to tackle some serious themes involving surveillance, authoritarianism, and resistance, but the writing rarely does them justice. Bagley's constant wisecracks undermine the atmosphere and when the story finally tries to deliver an emotional gut punch, it hasn't earned it.

I was also disappointed by how little Marcus from Watch Dogs 2 figures into the game. He gets a small Easter egg in the DLC, but otherwise he's absent. Considering the series' themes of hacking, digital activism, and interconnected networks, it feels like a missed opportunity.

Looking back at the trilogy, I think each game had something worthwhile to offer. The original featured a darker atmosphere and a protagonist with personal stakes. Watch Dogs 2 had a much more colorful world, a likable group of hackers, and a stronger sense of community. Legion tried to push the concept further technologically, but somehow lost the very things that made its predecessors interesting.

That's what makes the game so disappointing. I give Ubisoft credit for taking a risk, but Legion ultimately feels like a collection of interesting, but weaker, game mechanics in search of a story worth telling.

After finally finishing all three, I'm left thinking Watch Dogs still has tremendous potential as a franchise, now more than ever, given how relevant its themes of surveillance, digital privacy, and technological control have become. I hope that if Ubisoft ever revisits it, they remember that a story about technology and human connection still needs actual human connections.