Ubisoft appears committed to updating Watch Dogs: Legion for some time to come after the game releases in late October 2020. Among the features coming in the announced season pass are four "hero characters," some of who are familiar faces.
Watch Dogs: Legion is the third game in the Watch Dogs franchise. In a somewhat unique twist, players will not have a main character to play, but will be playing any NPC they recruit from the game world. These NPCs will have specialized skills, tools, and abilities. Players of Watch Dogs:Legion will be able to switch between members of their team at will, allowing them to choose how they want to approach any particular problem.
While the vast majority of people players can recruit will be random civilians off the street, the Watch Dogs: Legion season pass will include four "hero characters" that will be introduced to the game over time. The first two, Aiden Pearce and Wrench, are returning characters from previous Watch Dogs games. Aiden Pearce was the lead of the original Watch Dogs and is currently a vigilante, while Wrench was a side character in Watch Dogs 2. Both these characters will star in a story campaign entitled Bloodline.
Watch Dogs: Legion Will Include an Assassin's Creed Crossover
The other two hero characters of the season pass are new faces, though one has a surprising connection to an established franchise. Darcy is a member of the Assassin Order of Assassin's Creed, and her inclusion officially puts the two franchises in the same universe. Lastly, Mina is a woman who has undergone "transhuman experiments" that have given her the ability to mind control other people. Mina appears to be a wholly original character. All four of these characters will be playable in the Bloodline DLC, and in the main campaign of Watch Dogs: Legion.
The choice to include what are essentially four crafted protagonists feels a bit odd in a game where the theme is on the importance of a collective resistance instead of an individual hero. The DLC likely won't be available until 2021, however, which will give players plenty of time to experiment with the "play as anyone" gameplay of Watch Dogs: Legion without a hero on hand. Perhaps most interesting of the promised characters is Darcy, the Assassin. Ubisoft has been coy about how Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed will intersect with the introduction of Darcy, though it wouldn't be surprising for Abstergo, the tech company front for the Templar Order, to make an appearance as well. At the very least, players can look forward to running amok in Watch Dogs: Legion while wielding a Hidden Blade.
Watch Dogs: Legion releases on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, and PC on October 29. The game will also be a launch title for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.