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Watch Dogs Legion - fight back the power

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Watch Dogs Legion The idea seems sound--instead of playing a traditional protagonist, you recruit a group of heroes out of randomly created, ordinary citizens of London. We've cycled through more characters than we could count in Watch Dogs: Legion, and could not tell you the names, or personal details and customs, of any of them. Watch Dogs: Legion instructs you to recruit the people you brush shoulders with based on their capabilities. There's no 1 player personality" as such in Watch Dogs: Legion. With Watch Dogs: Legion, the key is in the name: you're leading a literal legion in the streets of London against a technical militia, using anyone and everyone to fight back. Like the two games before it, Watch Dogs Legion is a middling experience. Like San Francisco in Watch Dogs 2, Legion's London is a wonderful place to spend time. In Watch Dogs Legion, hacker group DedSec has been framed for a series of terrorist bombings in London, and its members are dead, missi

FIFA 21 Review: A Rough Diamond

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FIFA 21 gameplay FIFA 21 brings welcome attributes to every console game mode (even Career Mode) while creating smart tweaks to the on-pitch gameplay. While ball movement occasionally feels upsettingly artificial--more on the series' wayward physics shortly--there's no denying FIFA 21 plays a better console game of football than last year's entry. FIFA 21 is a great soccer experience for people who don't play these types of games frequently, but the restricted mode selection and the general feel of this console game will leave a lot to be desired for yearly fans. I'm having fun with FIFA 21. EA has made significant improvements to how the game plays on the pitch, additional welcome quality of life tweaks, and given Career Mode - much maligned in last year's console game - a Soccer Manager-inspired makeover. Once you do, you will appreciate the changes EA made. FIFA 21 may not contain any brand new modes or major new features, but by providing substantial changes