{"id":112017,"date":"2020-11-04T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/watch-dogs-legion-london-real-world-comparisons\/"},"modified":"2020-11-04T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T13:30:16","slug":"comparing-watch-dogs-legion-to-real-world-london-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/04\/comparing-watch-dogs-legion-to-real-world-london-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing Watch Dogs Legion to Real-World London | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Watch Dogs Legion<\/em><\/strong> has been out in the world for under a week, and many players are already having a lot of fun exploring an alternate version of London. The Watch Dogs<\/em> franchise is known for evolving<\/a> each next installment in its franchise and turning the idea of what it means to be a\u00a0Watch Dogs\u00a0<\/em>game on its head. For\u00a0Legion<\/em>, a major selling point of the game is that players can recruit and play as any NPC, whenever they want.<\/p>\n

The game is set in a London after Brexit, and revolves around DedSec and their goal on freeing Watch Dogs Legion<\/a><\/em>‘s version of London from being a surveillance state. Although there are ties to real-world politics in-game like the infamous Brexit, the world of\u00a0Watch Dogs Legion<\/em> is one step removed from reality. As such, the version of London that the game presents has some key differences from the real world London, and it’s worth delving into those differences and similarities to see what inspired\u00a0Watch Dogs Legion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Like many popular sci-fi video games<\/a>,\u00a0Watch Dogs Legion<\/em> is set in the near future, opting to include gadgets and technology that are more likely to be familiar to those in the modern world, rather than space ships and aliens. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean that everything DedSec members use in\u00a0Watch Dogs Legion<\/em> exists yet in the real world let alone London, but some of it isn’t so far-fetched.<\/p>\n

The AR Shroud ability, for example, is a way to make bodies invisible to bystanders after the player has taken them down. While this technology isn’t accessible to today’s world, London itself participates in augmented and alternate reality technology and games. The city hosts events that can be found through ARGNet, but these\u00a0alternate reality games don’t affect the real world the same way the AR Shroud or Watch Dogs Legion<\/em>‘s Spiderbots<\/a> do. However, various tours and events around London do play into people’s desire to interact with a faux parallel dimension for a while.<\/p>\n

The rest of the heavy surveillance tech found in\u00a0Watch Dogs Legion<\/em> is probably not something most Londoners will see or interact with, although only the future will tell how closely reality and games will coincide.<\/p>\n

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The locations on the game’s map divide London into eight-real world locations, referred to as boroughs, that many locals will be familiar with, although they only represent a fraction of London’s 30+ districts.<\/p>\n