The Division (PS4/X1/PC)
 

Okay, this game is officially on my radar.

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Same. Been following it for a while and was bummed when I heard it was delayed. Found this showing off some gameplay:

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Could have sworn there was a thread on this...

I certainly couldnt find it. If you do, by all means, merge.

It's gone. I find it hard to believe a thread wasn't made for this epic game, but whatever.

What's gonna be hard is this coming out with Destiny and Halo 5 in my library. I may not have time for this.

Did they reveal anything new about this at e3?

Cause the trailer I saw certainly didn't. They may as well have shown last years trailer.

You can capture bases.

With this also being an MMO-ish shooter like GTA Online and Destiny (and Borderlands to a degree), and all of us pouring hours into them, what would you like to see in this? What would you like retained or done better?

I'd like Manhattan to be huuuuuuuuuuuge. Really take some time to explore all points from Battery Park all the way up to the GWB.

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Anyone gonna be on the beta for the X1? Wanna try it out, but again, its a game that kinda requires team play

I'll have it.

GT is Fignuts82 if I'm not on your friends list. Think I am already tho.

Dark Zone looks like an interesting take on pvp. Thats gonna test some friendships.

Drave's on XB1.

Any of you guys on that willing to give an early report card? I'm jumping in when I get home from work on PS4.

Taking half day - I started the download, but it seems to be slow for me here. I'll jump on as soon as I can.

Got a beta for UFC 2 too :D

So after watching GB's Quick Play of this, I realised that I just didn't get it before. Not felling the shooting a huge amount, but there's so much going on I dig it. Think I'll wait for a sale.

For those interested in the beta but missed out getting free keys, several retailers are offering beta codes as part of their pre-order sales for the game at the moment.

http://www.destructoid.com/the-divis...s-337412.phtml

I'm digging this right now. Really just screwed around and did some side missions. Didn't do that first major mission or get to the Dark Zone yet.

Only concern I got right now is travel. I don't know how much of Manhattan we got to play with, but it felt like forever just going from point A to point B. Wonder if they'll take a page out of Destiny's book and give us dirt bikes or maybe we can restart the subway or something.

You have my attention, Ubisoft.

I like it.

That is all.

Was tempted to preorder to get into the beta but never got round to it, I'll just wait for the release.

Havent tried Div. yet, but I have been impressed with UFC 2...seems they really improved the grappling controls.

There are "climb up and activate the tower" missions.

Oh, ubisoft.

Really enjoying this so far...my only fear is that I wont have enough pals online to play it consistently. Dont really care for randoms in games such as this, Destiny, Diablo, etc.

Yeah. Found those kinda stupid. I learned from the first one and the 2nd one I did I went and looted and killed first, then start the timer.

I only played for about 30 mins so far, and Fignuts dropped in for about 10 before I had to put the baby to sleep. (Sorry Fig, fell asleep putting the baby to sleep :()

Definitely a very fun game so far. The first thing I did was "setup a base of operations", which I don't think was the first thing I was supposed to do but I wasn't paying attention.

The Dark Zone sounds intense and I can't wait to get there.

The Dark Zone is amazing. Very tense not knowing if you will be shot at any given moment.

Definitely will be more fun with a squad of friends, but not bad solo either.

I have to read more, I have been blasting through tutorials and don't understand where loot comes from (other than other players).

Maybe muck around more outside the Dark Zone and try to get some gear. I will be buying this game for sure.

I think the loot comes from enemy drops.

Drops or items you find. Found a nice blue assault rifle in a duffle bag inside a locked apartment.

Just read some that this beta is in such high demand, there's a wait list on players waiting to get in.

And a little more than a day left to play.

I BARELY encounter shit outside of the couple of story missions, guess that is why I feel like that. I'm going to make this more of a night to sit and really dig into it, so long as my daughter isn't up all night.

Kinda bummed it was 1 major story mission. Ah well.

Into the wild west tomorrow. Gonna poke around the corners of the map and walk the sewers, too. See if I missed any open doors.

I'll be content if I land a exotic............I mean "high end" piece of gear tomorrow before it closes down.

You get your Destiny outta mah The Division! :rant: lol

BUT, BUT, IT'S GOT THE SAME COLOR CODES! I GET CONFUSED TOO EASILY! lol

All in all, good fun in the Dark Zone this morning. I like how it's a blender of PVE & PVP.

Had a moment this morning where I had to send my gear out. I fired the flare and the next thing I know, here come 4-5 players coming straight at me. All were neutral, but I thought for sure I was ripped to shreds by bullets. I was waiting for the "awwww fuck" moment.

Turns out they were cool and just let me be. Gear got out, continued on my way.

This just in:

Ubisoft extends the beta for another 24 hours.

Wooooo!

Spent a lot of time in the DZ and love it. They should just leave the beta up until launch and expand the test. It would be good for stressing the servers as well as increasing the DZ population.

Finally encountered some NPC's and was able to gather some loot. All greens now and next time I head back to a stash I should have enough to buy some blue gear from the DZ vendor.

The only stash I can find is back at HQ at the post office.... am I missing one?

Really fun game.

Just got around to giving it a try today. Seems interesting. Haven't ventured DZ yet, just basic campaign/wandering the streets shiz. Funny how the beta made me go from "I don't care" to "maybe I'll give this a try". I'm still not super fond of anything involving UPLAY though, but at least this didn't try to make me remember my password for it.

Gears of Destiny

Yeah. At the docks where you start the game.

UPDATE:

Beta closes 3 am. PST Tuesday morning.

Tried Dark Zone... didn't really "get" what was going on. Seemed really rare getting any lootable encounters, and while the concept of "rogue" is a neat PvP wrinkle, I didn't really appreaciate being baited into it (had some asshole keep shooting me until I killed him, then suddenly I'm the asshole!), and there didn't seem to be too much upside to killing red players.

So, if I were to pick it up at launch, do we get to keep our shit, or is this an excercise in futility, where everyone starts again at one unless they microtransaction themselves into a frenzy?

Enemy AI encounters are somewhat rare in the DZ from the Beta too. Maybe that will change with the full release? Primarily, the DZ is for "world PVP" if you will. Killing Rogue's nets you DZ Exp and DZ $$$$ to buy really good gear. However, when you are killed in the DZ you lose DZ Exp and $$$, and a shit ton more if you die while Rogue.

As far as being baited goes:

You get a few warnings advising that continuing to attack a non-hostile Agent will make you Rogue. If the guy was shooting you enough, he should have turned red (indicating he went rogue) and you can kill Rogue agents without being turned Rogue yourself.

There is also a timer for turning Rogue, in the instance of friendly fire (happens a lot around extraction points). When you first go Rogue, you have a timer (usually 20-30 seconds) and if you do not make any hostile moves against non-hostile agents, you will go back to being a non-hostile agent.


Definitely some tweaks they could make, but I would like to see how the DZ plays out with a higher population.

I actually lost a DZ rank for dying as a Rogue last night. I mistakenly went Rogue when a PUG group I was a part of were Rogue hunting. Shot a friendly in an extraction zone which made me Rogue and was lit up quick by everyone around.

Next beta rumored to be occurring from February 16th till February 21st and be partially exclusive to the Xbox One.

http://www.destructoid.com/leaked-sc...a-338198.phtml

Well, I was gonna jump on one last time. But with PSN has some issues right now. I think I'm done. Might have a shot to get in early before shutdown.

I'll be happy if they get another beta up. Maybe expand the map more and up the level cap.

Ubisoft announces the open beta test. Runs from February 19-21. Pre-load starts on the 16th.

New story mission will be included this time around.

Already threw my money at a pre-order because I loved what I played/experienced and feel it can only be enhanced.

Tom Clancy bringing the pain. Looking towards the other game, forgot the name

PS4 and PC version should be around the same size in terms of hard drive space needed.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...size-revealed/

Ghost Recon: Wildlands.

Haven't heard a peep about that game since E3. Yet I do have it preordered.

I've read some features on it and it looks super awesome. Probably one of my most anticipated games atm

Glad for the open beta, gonna have to try it on the PC as if I can hit 60fps, I'm going that way.

More complete:

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Gonna really buckle in and grind this game over the open beta to make my final decision on it being a day 1 purchase or nah

Some pretty promising updates there too, especially increased population in DZ.

Kinda hope they cut down gear extractions buy like 30 seconds and make them an even minute.

Totally nerve racking just waiting there hoping you don't get clipped when you got that nice purple gun in your stash you wanna get out. Pretty sure I'll get paranoid and start shooting neutral agents in due time.

And everything you said after your first sentence is the point :P

Ubisoft released the some stats from the closed beta.


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I'm in the minority in the going rogue category. :o

Yeah, I eventually figured that out (hardway), but the guy was taking pot shots and ducking. I didn't know he was a PC, as he was acting like the scattered AI I had encountered. I kept getting chip shots , so I shot back as one is apt to do. When I sniped his ass, of course, I went Rogue. Then, two more agents swooped in and started shooting the hell out of me. Basically, the one egged me into killing him so the others could bonus off of my ignorance.

The other trap is thr extraction point. There were quite a few times when there were multiple people at a chopper, and a group of about 3 would come in, X off everyone, and take all the loot for themselves... even when the point got swarmed with mooks we were trying to fend off. And you can't just get revenge, because by the time you respawn and get back to point of death, unless they're just being class A douchenozzles and racking up a multiple minute red timer or they're right by a spawn point (which they rarely are), they are no longer rogue and you just got screwed thrice (death, robbery, and no reciept).

You should get a revenge marker or something... kill the guy who just killed you. Or at least make the red timer last longer for the person who you just offed than everyone else.


As for AI encounters in DZ, I meant the encounters where you find loot to begin with. Once you find something, they seem to come out of the woodwork, especially at a ground-level extraction zone and particularly at night (in game). Don't know if the freaks coming out at night (thanks, Whodini) was intentional, or if it just happened to work out that way during my playthrough, but that seemed to be the pattern.


With all that said, I'll likely get this at some point. But for XBONE. And DZ won't see me very often.

Open beta starts on the 18th, really tempted but I think I'll just wait for launch.

Why?

Main factor is the lack of time really and if progress doesn't transfer over I'd rather just wait for the final product.

What if you buy something you don't ultimately like?

I can't think of any circumstance where I wouldn't try a beta or demo of a game I intended on buying. We all WISH more games offered access before taking our money. Do your future self a favor and verify.

$60 dude.

If I hadn't played the Destiny beta I could have gone through those areas 490 times instead of 500.

External HDD arriving today, just in time to re-install :)


You should definitely play the beta as much as you can. It will give you a feel for the new stuff, how it plays out, and IMPROVED DZ mechanics (if that is your thing, if it isn't I can see anyone skipping it).

They capped levels at 7 last time didn't they? Or maybe progression just dragged at that point, but it isn't a "lot of progress" to regain really.

Some details regarding the upcoming beta for the game.

http://www.destructoid.com/the-divis...w-342142.phtml

It's certainly a valid point, but that's the risk with the vast majority of console games now that demo's aren't as big as they used to be. But going by the premise I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

It's great they are giving players the opportunity to experience the game before launch, but I doubt I'll be taking advantage.

Data got wiped, gotta start all over again.

This happen to anyone else?

Pretty sure they started everyone over from the closed beta because I had to start over too.

Also, fuck every one of you motherfucks who go rogue during a drop.

I got your back Alvarado - We should coordinate on this.

This is the problem with interesting multiplayer mechanics, the majority all act the same way. You get exceptions which is how we got all those DayZ stories, but everytime I played, some motherfucker just turns heel on you all the time.

Assasins Creed should have been my most fun multiplayer due to the design, but people just played run and stab.

Gotta get a bunch of buddies and run wolf pack. Everyone covers each other, and your mouth shut about your loot.

wasn't paying attention to anything last night during my first play. went straight into PvP and thought that was it for the beta. then realized there are some actual missions outside, so i went and did that. it was alright.

It causes paranoia though for sure. Ran with a group of buddies last night about 5 deep, and even though we watch each other's back, any person I saw hanging near a drop zone that DIDNT have a yellow loot package on his back I held in my crosshairs the entire time.

Sorta gotta change up how you speak now when you play this.

If you pick up that nice purple piece of gear, you can't go "Hell yeah! Got me a nice gun from that guy!" All your friends turn around and pump ya full of holes.


Now it's "Meh, blue kneepads. I'll shop around more, then check out." While saying to yourself "Sweet. Just keep my mouth shut."

I have noticed the weapon drop rates are much better now. Got my M16 back after rescuing a hostage.

Lock picks, however, are harder to find now.

Meh. I found exactly the opposite true. I have had shitty drops (rate good, but mostly sucky grey gear worse than I got already compared to last time. Even the cosmetic clothing drops have been pretty bad for me this go 'round) and found more lockpicks than I know what to do with this time around (though that spot you need one in MSG still seems to be a wasteful, contaminated deathtrap with no reward... maybe they're saving putting something good in that room for the final retail release.)

Ever wanted to know how long it will take for your home town to fall? Now you can:

http://collapse-thedivisiongame.ubi.com/en/#

That was a fun, and slightly scary, little game.

So, on a side note, I decided what the hell and preordered the Gold Edition (game + season pass) on Amazon since they give 20% off to Prime members. Had enough fun with friends to really play this enough to invest.

Finally got round to pre-ordering this even though we are only a couple of days till release. Looking forward to it.

Retracted on my pre-order. Always online games starting to get on my nerves. I'll get it at a price drop.

Ended up buying it. It was like $45 for the Gold version in Argentina so I thought fuck it.

Year 1 DLC plan had a lot to do with it:

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Loot trade. Nice!

Ubisoft revealed their DLC plans for the game which is a mix of free and paid stuff:

http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-d...r-346239.phtml

pretty stoked

Now that's a layout/road map I can get behind.

Xbox One to get one month timed exclusivity for 2 of the 3 DLC packs already announced for the game.

http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-has-...y-347178.phtml

Ugh

Bah. Damn you, Microsoft.

Only a few hours away. Pretty excited for this if you ask me.

Probably going to get this. What are youse guys getting it on.

xbone when I do get it..... probably in a month or so

PS4 here. If all goes well, I got a few buddies at work grabbing this so I got a few people to watch my ass as I go "shopping" in the dark zone.

Picked up my Xbox copy today, just an hour of work left before I can get started on this.

Didn't take long before people found a really easy way to troll people in the game and its not due to any game-breaking issue. Only way to avoid the problem is to cause the game to glitch when it occurs.

As a possible reference, when Ubisoft compiled all the stats for the beta, it turned out the biggest threat in the game were members of your own team. Something around half of the deaths in the game were from teammates killing each other.

http://www.destructoid.com/some-divi...t-347435.phtml


For those interested in the PC gold edition of the game, a couple of retailers have it on sale for $20 off.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-divis...n-347049.phtml


While plans could change in the future, at the moment Ubisoft states they have no plans to expand the game's microtransaction system to include non-cosmetic stuff.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/her.../1100-6435445/

Only gripe I got so far is that by the looks of the map, we're only in lower Manhattan.

Really hoping over that that it expands north to cover the whole island.

Picked it up. If it hasn't been said already, this game is fucking gorgeous. So much detail.

Yeah. Been grinding it out lately. Will be on tonight if you fellas are on the Xbox Juan.

The detail is insane, always makes me double take when I see a rat running in the street.