Next bug I run into, can't throw/deploy any time of spider-bot. It shows the arc but makes a weird click noise and won't let me deploy. Reloading fixed it.
Also I'm trying to wrap up the side missions before finishing up the main storyline cause I'm generally OCD about doing 100% in games. It seems like the 404 missions are basically infinite? So you're always going to have these stupid big white "!" sidequest markers on the map which are just the next hack spots to get 404 contracts. Lame. I guess all the actual story side missions come from your base only? I've got like 2 more left from there.
And besides forced shootouts with non-combat characters, other things that suck in Legion:
-Way, way, way waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many rotating hacking puzzles. I'm so sick of this stuff. Especially if you try to grab every tech point on the map when you're near them and a ton are "puzzles" meaning this stuff.
-There's been a couple missions so far where you have to survive as a drone fighting other drones (London Eye Borough Mission, Stormzy Mission) and these are not fun. Like why can't I hack the incoming drone and have a support drone buddy or do anything besides flying in circles trying to not die while shooting at things?
-In general I'm just really tired of running around as spider-bots & drones in this game. They really push out little variety there is in the game that most mission consist of hacking puzzles and spider-bot/drone platforming bits.
-Most characters only having 1 free equipment slot. Since you need the spider-bot like 75% of the time it basically makes the other stuff a bit worthless. Yeah there are spider-bot deploys in most places, but those ones don't have the double jump/sprint/cloak. Should've had a character upgrade tree that let you unlock a 3rd equipment slot.
-I'm never gonna shut up about the bugs in this game. I've played the majority of Ubisoft games and this is 10x buggier than any game I've ever played from them which is saying something. I don't go one session without encountering something game breaking where I have to reload or figure out a fix. Usually like 2-3 major bugs a day playing. Then you have the crashes on PC... even worse when it's midway in a multipart story mission and you start outside when you reload and have to get back there again.
I'm finishing up the game because I've put 27 hours in already and might as well see the thing through but I can't wait to finish this and move on to a better game with my free gaming time. I would not recommend Legion to anyone, there's just so many better games you can play. If it didn't have any bugs/crashes/performance issues it'd be a 7.5/10 or something, ok but pretty generic and easy to get burnt out on how the whole game is just infiltrating these red zones over and over and over for dozens of hours. But with the bugs/crashes/performance...just not a good game.
There's good ideas in there, but it feels like a mish mash game of concepts without any core design pulling it all together in a satisfying cohesive way. Sometimes you get fun emergent sandbox experiences out of the infiltrations of zones and there's a decent amount of ways to approach usually and the multiple NPCs things can be good even if almost everyone is worthless outside a few. Feels like a game that if it had another 6-12 months in development with a clear vision could be pulled together and maybe in a year it'll be a better game.
