Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A critique of Watch Dogs: Legion - ranging from its Play As Anyone system, to London as a city, to Ubisoft as a company, but particularly focussing on its politics. What does it have to say? If it says anything at all?
SOCIAL MEDIA: twitter.com/MontyZander
PATREON: patreon.com/montyzander
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:07:09 - Part 1: U is for Ubisoft
00:17:40 - Part 2: D is for Dalton
00:31:36 - Part 3: P is for Playing as No One
00:48:46 - Part 4: S is for Spiderbot
01:03:50 - Part 5: C is for Cyberpunk
01:20:53 - Part 6: L is for London
01:36:24 - Part 7: B is for Brexit
02:02:08 - Part 8: E is for Ending
Watchdogs: Legion isn’t just a bloated, buggy, misguided, boring mess. It’s also borderline offensive in its handling of the very serious crisis. Watchdogs meets Brexit sounds like a fascinating, complex match made in heaven… but what we got was an abomination. No Season Pass content, or Aiden Pearce inclusion is going to fix this. The game was a failure in principle, and shocking in practice. And that kinda just bums me out, so hoped that this wee angry breakdown will help.
This means we’re getting political in this video. I know a lot of you joined the channel from my Bloodborne analysis, and I’ve had a couple of comments asking me to discuss some of my politics in more depth – so figured using Legion as a vehicle to do that could be quite fun!
FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED
1) IGN: youtube.com/watch?v=L20nioDjCxU
2) BBC Three: facebook.com/watch/?v=2266834900208150
3) Defend The House: youtube.com/watch?v=MrUJJgppMn4
4) TNT World: youtube.com/watch?v=_Whs--TgiLk
5) NHS Privatisation: keepournhspublic.com/privatisation-is-already-killing-the-nhs - NHS
6) Ruba: youtube.com/watch?v=TKh4_KWn9Zc&t=74s
7) YOUNG_SYLVR: youtube.com/watch?v=0Ex6SjXK5bQ&t=33s
8) FactPointVideo: youtube.com/watch?v=hC8qO1nyYoM&t=885s
9) MovieClips: youtube.com/watch?v=hC8qO1nyYoM&t=885s
10) ArsTechnica Ubisoft Allegations
arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/ubisofts-most-powerful-creative-force-resigns-in-wake-of-sweeping-allegations/?amp=1
11) Bloomberg - First wave of Hascoet allegations - bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse
MUSIC
1 - Mr Robot Theme by Mac Quayle - Composer of "Mr Robot."
#WatchDogsLegion #Critique #Ubisoft
A critique of Watch Dogs: Legion - ranging from its Play As Anyone system, to London as a city, to Ubisoft as a company, but particularly focussing on its politics. What does it have to say? If it says anything at all?
SOCIAL MEDIA: twitter.com/MontyZander
PATREON: patreon.com/montyzander
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:07:09 - Part 1: U is for Ubisoft
00:17:40 - Part 2: D is for Dalton
00:31:36 - Part 3: P is for Playing as No One
00:48:46 - Part 4: S is for Spiderbot
01:03:50 - Part 5: C is for Cyberpunk
01:20:53 - Part 6: L is for London
01:36:24 - Part 7: B is for Brexit
02:02:08 - Part 8: E is for Ending
Watchdogs: Legion isn’t just a bloated, buggy, misguided, boring mess. It’s also borderline offensive in its handling of the very serious crisis. Watchdogs meets Brexit sounds like a fascinating, complex match made in heaven… but what we got was an abomination. No Season Pass content, or Aiden Pearce inclusion is going to fix this. The game was a failure in principle, and shocking in practice. And that kinda just bums me out, so hoped that this wee angry breakdown will help.
This means we’re getting political in this video. I know a lot of you joined the channel from my Bloodborne analysis, and I’ve had a couple of comments asking me to discuss some of my politics in more depth – so figured using Legion as a vehicle to do that could be quite fun!
FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED
1) IGN: youtube.com/watch?v=L20nioDjCxU
2) BBC Three: facebook.com/watch/?v=2266834900208150
3) Defend The House: youtube.com/watch?v=MrUJJgppMn4
4) TNT World: youtube.com/watch?v=_Whs--TgiLk
5) NHS Privatisation: keepournhspublic.com/privatisation-is-already-killing-the-nhs - NHS
6) Ruba: youtube.com/watch?v=TKh4_KWn9Zc&t=74s
7) YOUNG_SYLVR: youtube.com/watch?v=0Ex6SjXK5bQ&t=33s
8) FactPointVideo: youtube.com/watch?v=hC8qO1nyYoM&t=885s
9) MovieClips: youtube.com/watch?v=hC8qO1nyYoM&t=885s
10) ArsTechnica Ubisoft Allegations
arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/ubisofts-most-powerful-creative-force-resigns-in-wake-of-sweeping-allegations/?amp=1
11) Bloomberg - First wave of Hascoet allegations - bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse
MUSIC
1 - Mr Robot Theme by Mac Quayle - Composer of "Mr Robot."
#WatchDogsLegion #Critique #Ubisoft
