A YouTube spent hours following NPCs in surprising and disturbing results.
This very bold gameplay mechanic generated a lot of interest from the gaming public. It seemed to the world like it had the potential to be either amazing or terrible. Now that the game has finally released, the truth is actually squarely in the middle. The game received mostly positive reviews from critics, but most agreed it was far from the world-changing experience it was promised to be. The game largely lacked depth, and the play-as-anyone simulation had considerable limitations if fans pushed it too hard. For the most part did enough to fulfill the letter of what it promised and nothing more, leaving an enjoyable open-world stealth game that likely won't make too many waves.
One YouTuber, random NPCs for hours on end and seeing what they did. He encountered precious little variation between the actions of the various NPCs he investigated. Most of them did a single activity related to their randomly assigned occupation for many in-game hours, then went to either a London Underground station or a residential home, both places where the player couldn't follow. They never emerged while DefendTheHouse was watching. One NPC, a bike courier, even got hit by a car, but that didn't change his schedule much. After running around in a panic, the courier spent some time wandering aimlessly before heading home as if nothing had ever happened. Watch the experiment unfold below.
Given how large the game's open world is, and how well-stocked it is with recruitable NPCs, it can seem a bit disappointing that the characters lead such obviously scripted, thoroughly uninteresting lives. But it should be ed that Watch Dogs: Legion is primarily a stealth game, and not a life simulator. The NPCs' formulaic behaviors provide just enough pretext for the player's first encounter with them to feel organic, and under most circumstances that's about all that's needed before the recruitment process begins.
The Watch Dogs: Legion that fans got isn't quite as immersive as the Watch Dogs: Legion that fans were promised, but that doesn't mean it's a bad game. There's still plenty of fun to be had for stealth enthusiasts, and recruiting new operatives is still a novel and enjoyable concept, even if their lives are basically meaningless without the player's intervention. The video game industry is rife with broken promises and failed ambition, and in a world like this, a game like Watch Dogs: Legion being enjoyable instead of revelatory isn't too much of a loss.
Source: DefendTheHouse