It's still a third-person shooter that puts an emphasis on stealth or hacking technology to use in inventive ways. Past all those new systems, Watch Dogs: Legion uses most of the same core mechanics as the past two games. Legion will also feature up to four-player co-op, with progression shared between single-player and multiplayer.
When a character dies players will have the option of laying them to rest, meaning they're gone forever, or attempt to have another character rescue them. Players will need to be careful with their characters, however, as permadeath is present and any playable character can die. This system has you playing everything from a grandma super-spy, to a rogue taxi driver. Of course, their abilities are themed around those classes, and past that character's looks and equipment can be customized.
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These characters are procedurally generated and can be recruited by playing a mission, or series of missions. Characters are separated into three categories once they're recruited combat, stealth, or hacking. Legion's gameplay, from what Ubisoft has shown, seems to revolve around the idea of being able to recruit any NPC in the game's world. Since it was announced in 2019, it's likely that Ubisoft will eye Watch Dogs: Legion as its big game of 2020, which would point to a Fall 2020 release date.
Because of all these delays, Ubisoft doesn't have a confirmed title for Fall 2020, although rumors of a new Assassin's Creed are out there. While that's a fairly large window, it seems likely that Ubisoft would want to get Legion out before the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X or to coincide with the new consoles and have it be a cross-gen title. Legion was reset for a release sometime in the fiscal year 2020-2021, which officially starts on April 1, 2020. This is due, in part, to the lackluster reception and sales of both Ghost Recon Breakpoint and The Division 2. Ubisoft also delayed Rainbow Six: Quarantine and Gods & Monsters at the same time, showing a full-blown effort to re-evaluate their production. Ubisoft had originally set Watch Dog: Legion's release date as March 6, 2020, but in late 2019 the game was delayed indefinitely.