The review embargo for Watch Dogs: Legion lifted earlier today, and it's shed some light on an apparent overheating bug that has been plaguing the game on Xbox One X ahead of launch.
As highlighted by Eurogamer, this "game-breaking bug" can make campaign progress impossible, occurring around 6-8 hours into the main campaign. The game freezes, and then the Xbox One X warns it's about to shutdown.
This was also echoed by EGM in its review, describing it as "one particularly pernicious bug that occurred multiple times during a particular cutscene," although interestingly it didn't occur on a standard Xbox One.
Ubisoft says it's aware of the issue and it's working to have a hotfix ready for Friday, October 30th, so if you're planning on tackling the game on launch day (the 29th), you might want to pace yourself a bit!
Are you picking up Watch Dogs: Legion for Xbox One X this week? Let us know below.
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And some fools still send death threats to CDPR for actually making a thoughtful decision.
Great...
I'm working my way through the Ghostrunner campaign, so will definitely beat that first before starting Watch Dogs Legion.
A shame though, and it's not the first game to have overheating issues on the One X (for example, Darksiders 3!).
And they shipped it anyway. This is what companies think of you and how they view you, your time and your money.
I had no interest in this game to begin with. And now it’s less than zero, of that’s possible.
Wow. Both games I preordered effectively delayed in the same week! I need to stop preordering.
Hehehehe. Hotfix.
According to Eurogamer: "The issue appears to be triggered around 6-8 hours into the main campaign (during a mission called - I kid you not - 404)."
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-28-watch-dogs-legions-has-a-game-breaking-bug-on-xbox-one-x
If the bug is particular to a campaign mission, then it might be possible to focus on side activities and avoid the bug until the hotfix. I'll give it a try tomorrow.
This is bad for anyone buying a physycal copy and no internet connectivity.
Also, ponies are going to have a field day with this one...
It might be better to wait for the hotfix. The bug bricked this reviewer's console for hours, presumably until it cooled.
https://mobile.twitter.com/kezamacdonald/status/1321407057875116032
I plan on playing at midnight as i'm very excited for this game but I will stick to the first few missions and avoid that mission until the hotfix.
Man. I was gonna preorder this. Now I'll wait for the inevitable watchdog legions gold edition, with all the dlc and steelbook, sale.
Just to note it's only some Xbox One X's. Still better to be safe and only play up to that mission until the hotfix though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJQg8UQhYUw
Sounds like the Xbox One X is badly designed. Perhaps so is the series X? JOKING!!!! don't shoot me
Sounds quite shocking something like this wasn't picked up in testing. Surely there were a large number of people testing on an Xbox One X who came across this problem?? If not why not? (I work in testing so I really want to know the answer to these questions!)
Eurogamer says the bug has been fixed. Play on.
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