You can play as anyone you want in Watch Dogs: Legion, which launches on October 29 on PC, Playstation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One. Whoever you play as can die permanently, though. While that sounds discouraging, especially if you get attached to a specific character, Ubisoft has confirmed that permadeath is not a requirement.

In a Reddit AMA, creative director Clint Hocking responded to someone asking about how permadeath works when selecting a difficulty setting. The short answer is permadeath is optional.

"Difficulty and Permadeath are separate options," Hocking said. "You can play in Easy, Normal, or Hard, and you can play with Permadeath on or off in any difficulty."