Watch Dogs Legion releases on the 29th of October, but multiple early reviewers from sites like Eurogamer, EGM, and The Gurdian are reporting a game breaking bug effecting Xbox One X consoles. After only a few hours of play the Xbox One X will begin to overheat and enter emergency shutdown mode to prevent major damage. While the console cools it will not turn on in order to troubleshoot the issue or play a different game in the meantime.
I've been playing Watch Dogs Legion for a few days, but like several other reviewers I spoke to, I encountered a critical bug that bricked my console a few hours into the story content. I'm delaying the review until it's patched - but I can only suggest you don't buy it yet.
-Keza MacDonald (@kezamacdonald), October 28, 2020
This issue does not seem to affect standard Xbox One systems, only the enhanced Xbox One X (which Ubisoft still recommends). Other games like Borderlands 3 had a similar Xbox One X issue. Ubisoft is already aware of the issue and will release a fix shortly after commercial launch. While this will help the vast majority of players, there will still possibly be a handful of people without internet connection that will wind up purchasing an unplayable game.
Kurtis Seid, NoobFeed
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