Hackers in the world of video games are a bit cooler than hackers in real life. In video games, hackers can take anything they want, break into any kinds of security system so that they can get what they are looking for. This is basically what the game Watch Dogs Legion will be like. This kind of plot is not something new, it is just a mixture of the things we have seen in other video games before.
If you are dying to play Watch Dogs Legion, which will be released on March 6th, 2020, you can check out the video games below. They are all similar to Watch Dogs Legion at some points, either the theme of the game of the gameplay of the game. Of course, I am not saying that these games are better or as good as Watch Dogs Legion, but then perhaps they will be enough to fill in your gaps while we are all waiting for Watch Dogs Legion.
Driver: San Francisco
One of the great things about the upcoming Watch Dogs: Legion is that the game will feature various playable character you can play as any of in-game characters, even one’s mom (well, as long as she agrees to join the hacker group and can still use her knees). Much as this concept is exciting, a similar idea has been used in the open-world game from Ubisoft Reflections, Driver: San Francisco – the fifth installment in the action-adventure racing Driver series.
Entering the breath-taking car chase inside the mind of Tanner, you would be carried away with the unique gameplay loop of Driver: San Francisco. Going back to its roots and opting for a more old-school experience where driving was once again key, the sequel did introduce one new unique feature: Shift. The mechanic allows you to jump into different cars and minds via teleportation which replaced the ability to actually get out of your vehicle and commandeer a new one. Isn’t it fascinating? You can’t say that you are a fan of Watch Dogs while pretending that you are not a digital voyeur.
Far Cry 2
As the players can choose anyone in the game, it also connects to the ability to recruit NPCs of them. For example, one will have to learn how to understand the world view as well as to act and speak like one, to take the role of a drone expert. And this would bring you round to the way that DedSec sees things.
The process is based on the similar buddy system used in Far Cry 2, the open-world first-person shooter of Ubisoft. The players will choose their in-game character from a pool of NPCs, and start to recruit those called Buddies to assist players in other missions by completing side quests. However, if the Buddies get too many bullets, they can be wounded or killed permanently during the missions, just like any regular civilians of Legion. Even though the two games are set in two different continents, it comes as no surprise to players of both game as the designer behind the idea is the same person, Clint Hocking from Ubisoft. In Far Cry 2.
Volume
Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs Legion would probably be the first AAA game to address Brexit specifically. In Legion’s world, Brexit happened on the same scheduled date in the real world, on March 29, 2019. The game shows attention to the economic crisis, the uprising authoritarianism, and the governmental privatization that causes the fictional conflict in the game.
The creation of Mike Bithell, Volume, shares a similar theme; however, the game chooses a stranger setting: before the Brexit referendum, which put the UK in the current mess. The story of Volume is based on the modern take of the Robin Hood legend, concerning Robert Locksley, a hacktivist who streams the stimulation of heist to teach the young to take from the rich via the similar mechanics of the Metal Gear Solid series.
Locksley will be facing off against Guy Gisborne (played by Andy Serkis) who has cut England off its surrounding neighbors to run the nation as its corporatocracy. Despite having a different type of stealth game from Legion. The volume also expresses the insidious effect of corrupt corporations.
GTA: London
One might be taken aback to know that Watch Dogs Legion isn’t the first game that Canadians have taken a crack at creating Smog Central. It has to be dated back to the late 90s when Rockstar Toronto released Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, bringing back the 2D engine and joyrode to the capital. At the same time, the soundtrack of GTA: London was universally well received as it was the accurate retro 60s’ sound that created the London vibe, making the game more attractive to players. For the first time, Rockstar has licensed its soundtrack.
If you have never tried the old GTA, it might take some time for you to get used to the bird’s eye view, but the sensibility is still familiar. Even though this standalone expansion of GTA might not have shared the sense of purpose and timeline like Legion, it does own its anarchist bent
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Actually, you can totally say this title is the prequel of Watch Dogs Legion. We have seen so many game or movie series that have the long plotline, like Star Wars with a plotline that lasts thousands of years. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is also set in London, just 150 years before Watch Dogs Legion. And the things Watch Dogs Legion can offer you, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate also can offer (the 150-year-old version of things in Watch Dogs Legion). In Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, you can jack and drive horse and carts (instead of cars), live the life of gangsters, and ride with your shotguns beside you (instead of modern weapons).
We have not had any kinds of confirmation that these two games are in the same gaming universe, but the chances are high. What can be better things to do while waiting for Watch Dogs Legion than playing the 150-year-old prequel of the game itself?
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