Watch Dogs: Legion 2025 Review

Woke Dystopia Meets Wild Fun on Game Pass

All screenshots by author.

LONDON , LAMBETH DISTRICT — Cut to Sammi Jones, 80, a gynecologist in a white lab coat shuffling down the sidewalk, brushing against a brick wall with the words “STAY WOKE!” in graffiti. Half-asleep, I spot him from my DedSec hideout, squinting at my profiler. “Geneticist?” I mumble, bleary. “We need one…” That’s how this old doc joined DedSec, sparking chaos.

I got a 2020 game — dated, laughably woke, yet brilliantly chaotic. Ubisoft dropped it October 29, 2020; it hit Xbox Game Pass February 25, 2025. Does it still thrill? Let’s unpack Ubisoft’s leftovers from 2020.

Even on XBOX Series S the game runs and looks great, but in all fairness this was taken in photo mode.

Ubisoft’s Rocky Year: Financial Troubles and Stock Volatility

Ubisoft’s 2025 is a wreck. The Watch Dogs: Legion and Assassin’s Creed Shadows publisher saw stocks plunge 10–15% after Star Wars Outlaws bombed and Shadows delayed. Revenues and bookings crashed 31–52%, pushing for a break-even year, betting on Shadows. Investors panic, with X posts whispering Tencent buyouts or bankruptcy if Shadows flops. It’s a dark backdrop for Legion’s Game Pass comeback, showing Ubisoft’s 2025 gamble.

Super smart, I would expect nothing less from the geniuses at Ubisoft. Great work guys, no one will find our hideout if they pull that secret handle. Can we get some ball caps with our terrorist/vigilante logo too? Thanks!

The Dated, Agenda-Driven Story (But It Feels Organic for You)

London’s dystopia, with “STAY WOKE!” banners and Albion’s grip, feels stuck in 2020, clashing with 2025. DedSec’s hats and secret door tags? Laughable — they’re begging for Albion’s boot. Half the city’s immigrants, not Brits, but Albion deports people for “looking Bulgarian,” which is a ridiculous thing to say because it would put more than half of London in jail for not looking like a “native British person”.

Whatever Ubisoft thinks that a “British” person looks like is a mystery. If they mean Anglo-Saxon people, then why does Albion have black officers? Thus, deportations for “looking Bulgarian” make zero sense. I even saw an Albion officer with a Jamaican accent arresting someone.

This dated story — Ubisoft’s 2020 “woke” push — feels heavy, tone-deaf now with U.S. borders tightening. Their “anyone goes” vibe is out of touch with the reality of running a country. The “coincidental” disclaimer offered by Ubisoft at the start of all their games is flimsy at best.

Don’t want to be an underpaid immigrant working on a VISA? Where residency is tied to work? Apply for citizenship through the proper channels today (or stay in where you are and fix your country as a collective, which would be the responsible thing to do, as opposed to blowing stuff up in the country you came to). This stuff is hard to take seriously.

It’s maddening seeing pink-haired grad students, 80s punk rockers who stumbled from a music video, and people who look like an H&M fell on them like the side of a silent film barn, strutting through bomb-happy London, looking like trouble. They’d stand out, not blend, unless old or pros like lawyers. This over-the-top madness screams Ubisoft’s now dated leftist agenda, yanking me out.

Ubisoft’s excuse — “no real-world links” — dodges satire. Does Churchill, a British legend, become a pig rebel? Britain’s torn: he’s a WWI and WWII icon, but some slam colonial quips, blaming war chaos, not intent, for Bengal’s 1943 famine. Starmer’s Labour yanked portraits, igniting fights.

X and reports show split — some cry history erasure, others shrug at flaws, citing Japan’s invasion, cyclones, mismanagement. I doubt Ubisoft’s mask nods to this; it’s their “woke” flex, not history. On February 27, 2025, Trump boasted to Starmer that Churchill’s likeness is back up in the Oval Office, hinting Biden ditched it. Trump’s pro-British, Starmer shrugs. This tug-of-war makes Ubisoft’s mask a jab, but their disclaimer’s sketchy. See Trump’s mention to Starmer.

Trump holds a press conference with Starmer and mention Churchill.

I dig Albion’s name — not siding with them, but it’s badass, echoing Dark Age of Camelot (DAoC). Authoritarianism ruins it — borders are not only smart but required to have a sovereign country, but police states can make any agenda look bad. Yet, the story’s mine. “Play as anyone” crafts my DedSec crew, adapting missions. It’s personal.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Leaks and High Stakes

Assassin’s Creed Shadows, launching March 20, 2025, leaked February 25 — videos showed feudal Japan, Naoe, and Yasuke. Ubisoft scrambles against spoilers, but clips spread. Pre-orders are solid, yet leaks, history debates, and finances threaten Shadows. They need it to flip a 31–52% revenue dive, save 2026. It’s a dicey bet, with Ubisoft’s 2025 survival riding on this.

Mechanical Brilliance: Drones, Hacking, and Mayhem

Watch Dogs: Legion’s gameplay rocks despite its lame story. I build DedSec from anyone — grannies, workers, cops — unless they hate us. Even people who take our my ops become adversaries like Shadow of Mordor, where foes target my operatives, but Legion skips Nemesis nicknames — Warner Bros. owns that copyrighted system, unused since.

Recruiting anyone, even Albion, is cool but immersion-breaking. Some balk if I’m reckless, but most jump in. Any and all officers flipping? Dumb — it yanks me out. A perk? Sammi’s procedurally generated as is everyone by certain parameters— Eastern European names to accents and so forth, adding variety plus satisfying authenticity (one of the few instances in this game). Hacking’s epic: drones scout or strike, I sneak in, hack cars to dodge cops by crashing them into people for kills, diversion, or car chase obstacles.

A construction drone can be used to ride on (but legally people aren’t supposed to, but DedSec does) and can be used to lift cargo in heists.

It’s strategic, fun, but loops repeat. I wish Ubisoft spiced lines and variety. Still, recruits feel fresh despite knowing beforehand what their overall underlying attitude will be. I just don’t buy the whole “anyone is willing to join a terrorist organization” mechanic, but I appreciate it.

NPCs have schedules which makes this great portrayal of London feel even more dynamic and alive. I wonder how much money she makes.

Dressing Up and Headcanon: Your Dream DedSec Crew

Dressing characters is a blast. Outfits, masks, and gear let me craft recruits’ personas — my headcanon rules. That grandma hacker? A spy in a trench coat, mask. The construction worker? A reluctant hero in a hard hat, flannel. You met Sammi Jones in the intro — gynecologist I mistook for a geneticist, sleepy — now doomed, with venomous insects, unlocking meds. Hilarious, right? I adore my quirky shit libs because their my shit libs, outgrowing Legion’s liberalism through recruitment and the organic storytelling of the Legion system.

The most useful idiot on my team.

Why Play Watch Dogs: Legion on Game Pass in 2025?

Watch Dogs: Legion screams 2020, but “play as anyone,” drones, hacking, and dress-up hook me. My shit lib roster and these tech tricks prove a lame story can’t always kill fun. On Xbox Game Pass since February 25, 2025, it’s a steal. It’s a prom queen in a pig dress: epic mechanics, lame story. Sammi, 80, dodges drones, wrangles insects, leads DedSec in tweed, yelling, “I’ve delivered babies, not bombs — where’s my walker and whiskey?!” Got a Sammi type in your DedSec crew? Drop a laugh or rant in comments.