Tom Clancy's: The Division

[Anti Hero]

Ubisoft may finally have nailed it, alpha players saying lots of good things.

Europe E3 gameplay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFfxzBQKFnY)

12 cool features (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRNkagoNbNE)

30 min walkthrough (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsV6pB4seOE)

Drops March 8 2016

[West-Side]

Might be the first ever "online exclusive" game I will purchase.

[Thorpesaurous]

Might be the first ever "online exclusive" game I will purchase.


Same for me. I'm scared about how disappointed I'm gonna be because it'll feel like my perfect game but I'll be terrible at it because I just don't play online.

[nightprowler10]

Might be the first ever "online exclusive" game I will purchase.
Same here. Though I'll probably wait until I fin out if the game runs good.

[nightprowler10]

Same for me. I'm scared about how disappointed I'm gonna be because it'll feel like my perfect game but I'll be terrible at it because I just don't play online.
Yeah same feeling here. I'll end up getting it with a group of friends otherwise I'll be pretty frustrated.

[Anti Hero]

My raid group from Destiny pretty much all went separate directions after Battlefront and FO4 came out. This seems like the most likely game to bring us back together.

Ghost Recon Wild-lands is another likely choice and deserves it's own thread. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E28oJQELN0g)

E3 Gameplay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP2iMTo23HI)

Tactical gameplay and customization (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFieT5h762c)

[Draz]

Looks good, what's it about? I need to start gaming again.

[Anti Hero]

The Division takes place in mid-crisis New York, an open world with destructive environments that is free for players to explore. The player's mission is to restore order by investigating the source of the virus. Players have to team up with other Division agents as they progress. The game's core mechanics is similar to a standard shooter, in which player character can carry three weapons, and explosives like sticky bombs and smart mines to fight against enemies.[3] Players may take cover behind objects during firefights to avoid taking damage from enemies, and to give them a tactical advantage when attacking. As the game is set in a third-person perspective, the character model is visible.

The Division Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_The_Division)

[Rose]

The Alpha was good. Definitely promising, hoping that the beta next month? delivers a bit more.

[Anti Hero]

MarcoStyle (https://www.youtube.com/user/MarcoStyleNL/featured)

Didn't realize there was so much info out there.

[Thorpesaurous]

A 15 minute clip of a group re-taking Madison Square Garden.

I suppose this could be spoiler-y. But it looks awesome, especially if you have a fondness for midtown Manhattan and The Garden in general.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/01/15/test-chamber-we-take-back-madison-square-garden-in-the-division.aspx

[DeuceWallaces]

Got a beta invite today. Was going to give it a whirl I think.

[Thorpesaurous]

Got a beta invite today. Was going to give it a whirl I think.


Nice. Let us know how it is.

[Draz]

Got a beta invite today. Was going to give it a whirl I think.
Well?

[DeuceWallaces]

I'm moving and ran out of time. Have to break my PC down tomorrow so it'll have to wait until next week if it's still going. I didn't check the dates.

[Rondooooooooooo]

This looks pretty impressive, my only concern is that it seems like you would be screwed if you dont have a group to play with.

I am sure there will be some LFG sites out there to help find people to play with tho....

I guess people are getting the BETA code by pre-ordering the game on PSN, then they get the code and install the BETA, then after it is installed the cancel their preorder and still able to play :lol

[Rose]

Started today for xbox, not bad at all. Hoping the customizations is a bit better in the release.

One thing I don't like so far is the menus. You should be more easily able to swap between gear.

There's a big focus on the RPG aspect and less so on the shooter stuff. If you're more into upgrading guns/gear as you progress you'll like it a lot. The gun play is fair enough, nothing innovative nor progressive but just solid. No real complaints here.

Haven't been to the darkzones that much really because none of my friends are off work/out of class yet...but it seems really fun. Reminiscent of the Day Z free roam type stuff, especially the group parts. What I mean by this is it seems like if you're in a group EVERYONE comes at you. Even if it's a group of 3 from what I've noticed all the other solo plays just gang up on them and then take out each other. It's really fun yet at the same time monotonous because it's so repetitive like that. Hoping that changes later on for me when I play with some friends.


The solo mission is the same as the alpha if anyone played that.

[JohnFreeman]

Has potential, but a Ubisoft game....ergh

[Ai2death]

I had a great weekend pouring quite a few hours into this, must say i loved a lot of it. Loved the DZ, got killed a few times and got my own back a few times. I like the rogue aspect, great risk for good reward.

I had a carbine sniper, a police M4 assault rifle and a pistol, the pistols are pretty much useless, especially with a quick reload attachment on the rifle. Only used it once or twice when i was out of ammo on my rifles.

DZ was great even solo i found. Stalking the streets with a sniper, hid from a group of 4 rogues watching them walk past. Tempted to take a couple shots knowing a good head shot or 2 would have killed one, obviously i would have been outgunned though, so just waited. Had some good gear too. The biggest tip to extracting as a solo is to either call the chopper or get to a zone where someone has already called it, then hang on the outskirts of the zone, some where where its hard to flank and wait. Wait a few seconds after the chopper arrives as it takes about 5 seconds for the rope to drop. Then quickly run in and extract with everyone else. Only had one time doing that where i was killed, but it was after the extraction so i got my gear.

My only issue is, when rogue, me and 3 other guys all bunkered down in this one way alley with a narrow gate entrance and reached rogue level 5 where you get manhunt. We had to survive for 5 minutes to get a huge reward. Only problem is, everyone in the DZ comes for you. Now that isn't my issue, it was so epic holding down this ally way with 3 other people i had only just met, i had a sniper rifle and a machine gun, slowly running out of ammo. Used all my grenades. The problem is, the 5 minutes resets as soon as you hit someone just once.
Do you know how hard it is to survive for 5 minutes with out firing a single shot? We tried, we killed everyone, however, we had so many dropped items in our alley from all the kills that everyone just re-spawned and came right back. We managed to get the time down to a minute and a half just firing warning shots to the gate. After 3 minutes though of just firing warning shots and 7-8 players hanging out near the gate must of known we were low on ammo or they can see the time we had to remain rogue. The made a push straight through the gate, we had no choice but to fire on them to survive, Thus re-setting our 5 minutes. We killed them again, but more came and we were picked of one by one.
Were we where looked like a gem cave with all the green and blue dropped loot. Wish i remembered the record button, haven't had that much fun playing a video game for quite sometime.

Overall, really enjoyable game, and i'll get the full thing.

[Thorpesaurous]

Here's a link to a hands on blog from a Game Informer writer. Some good info in there.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/01/29/a-day-with-the-division.aspx?PostPageIndex=1

[nightprowler10]

I had a great weekend pouring quite a few hours into this, must say i loved a lot of it. Loved the DZ, got killed a few times and got my own back a few times. I like the rogue aspect, great risk for good reward.

I had a carbine sniper, a police M4 assault rifle and a pistol, the pistols are pretty much useless, especially with a quick reload attachment on the rifle. Only used it once or twice when i was out of ammo on my rifles.

DZ was great even solo i found. Stalking the streets with a sniper, hid from a group of 4 rogues watching them walk past. Tempted to take a couple shots knowing a good head shot or 2 would have killed one, obviously i would have been outgunned though, so just waited. Had some good gear too. The biggest tip to extracting as a solo is to either call the chopper or get to a zone where someone has already called it, then hang on the outskirts of the zone, some where where its hard to flank and wait. Wait a few seconds after the chopper arrives as it takes about 5 seconds for the rope to drop. Then quickly run in and extract with everyone else. Only had one time doing that where i was killed, but it was after the extraction so i got my gear.

My only issue is, when rogue, me and 3 other guys all bunkered down in this one way alley with a narrow gate entrance and reached rogue level 5 where you get manhunt. We had to survive for 5 minutes to get a huge reward. Only problem is, everyone in the DZ comes for you. Now that isn't my issue, it was so epic holding down this ally way with 3 other people i had only just met, i had a sniper rifle and a machine gun, slowly running out of ammo. Used all my grenades. The problem is, the 5 minutes resets as soon as you hit someone just once.
Do you know how hard it is to survive for 5 minutes with out firing a single shot? We tried, we killed everyone, however, we had so many dropped items in our alley from all the kills that everyone just re-spawned and came right back. We managed to get the time down to a minute and a half just firing warning shots to the gate. After 3 minutes though of just firing warning shots and 7-8 players hanging out near the gate must of known we were low on ammo or they can see the time we had to remain rogue. The made a push straight through the gate, we had no choice but to fire on them to survive, Thus re-setting our 5 minutes. We killed them again, but more came and we were picked of one by one.
Were we where looked like a gem cave with all the green and blue dropped loot. Wish i remembered the record button, haven't had that much fun playing a video game for quite sometime.

Overall, really enjoyable game, and i'll get the full thing.
Holy shit, I can't wait to play this.

[Rose]

I had a great weekend pouring quite a few hours into this, must say i loved a lot of it. Loved the DZ, got killed a few times and got my own back a few times. I like the rogue aspect, great risk for good reward.

I had a carbine sniper, a police M4 assault rifle and a pistol, the pistols are pretty much useless, especially with a quick reload attachment on the rifle. Only used it once or twice when i was out of ammo on my rifles.

DZ was great even solo i found. Stalking the streets with a sniper, hid from a group of 4 rogues watching them walk past. Tempted to take a couple shots knowing a good head shot or 2 would have killed one, obviously i would have been outgunned though, so just waited. Had some good gear too. The biggest tip to extracting as a solo is to either call the chopper or get to a zone where someone has already called it, then hang on the outskirts of the zone, some where where its hard to flank and wait. Wait a few seconds after the chopper arrives as it takes about 5 seconds for the rope to drop. Then quickly run in and extract with everyone else. Only had one time doing that where i was killed, but it was after the extraction so i got my gear.

My only issue is, when rogue, me and 3 other guys all bunkered down in this one way alley with a narrow gate entrance and reached rogue level 5 where you get manhunt. We had to survive for 5 minutes to get a huge reward. Only problem is, everyone in the DZ comes for you. Now that isn't my issue, it was so epic holding down this ally way with 3 other people i had only just met, i had a sniper rifle and a machine gun, slowly running out of ammo. Used all my grenades. The problem is, the 5 minutes resets as soon as you hit someone just once.
Do you know how hard it is to survive for 5 minutes with out firing a single shot? We tried, we killed everyone, however, we had so many dropped items in our alley from all the kills that everyone just re-spawned and came right back. We managed to get the time down to a minute and a half just firing warning shots to the gate. After 3 minutes though of just firing warning shots and 7-8 players hanging out near the gate must of known we were low on ammo or they can see the time we had to remain rogue. The made a push straight through the gate, we had no choice but to fire on them to survive, Thus re-setting our 5 minutes. We killed them again, but more came and we were picked of one by one.
Were we where looked like a gem cave with all the green and blue dropped loot. Wish i remembered the record button, haven't had that much fun playing a video game for quite sometime.

Overall, really enjoyable game, and i'll get the full thing.
I actually loved mine, it's great for killing or at least stunning the enemies that run at you with a bat. Also not a bad gun for the close encounter in the dead zone's subway. Maybe not as great as other guns, but still useful.

Rank five in the dead zone is amazing, it's RDR's free roam online thing but with more cover. Definitely had a similar story with that last night as well. :lol

One interesting tid bit is 64 on pc but only 24 on console. Seems like PC would be a cluster**** like that, I know there's more areas in the deadzone that are inaccessible right now, but it feels like 32-40 would be the max I'd go for.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Is this going to be available through Steam? What I'm reading here has gotten me interested but I've become so used to Steam that it's a near necessity. :lol

[DeuceWallaces]

Open beta this weekend! (http://tomclancy-thedivision.ubi.com/game/en-US/beta/index.aspx) Plus Black Desert Online CBT2. I thought I was going to be social this weekend, but it might be tough.

[Rondooooooooooo]

Open beta this weekend! (http://tomclancy-thedivision.ubi.com/game/en-US/beta/index.aspx) Plus Black Desert Online CBT2. I thought I was going to be social this weekend, but it might be tough.

Yea I saw the open beta this weekend. Starts the 19th, right? Good thing I have no plans this weekend :lol

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Pre-loading now. Definitely won't spend $80 for it on release but if I like it I'll look for it at Christmas.

[Draz]

Added to my cart will download now.

[Draz]

Trying to play the beta but I'm getting an error
The division services are not available at this time. Please try again later.
Delta 20010159

Edit: Beta starts Friday @7am EST. I'll give it a shot. So far this game looks like the first shooter I'll purchase since Destiny, and after skipping the last two final CODS and BF4 blowing, it'll also be the first third person shooter that caught my attention since Socom back when I was 9-13.

Looks a LOT like Socom. Seems like a purchase to me. I'll confirm after I play it tomorrow. I'm excited. I stopped playing video games the past year and need to get myself back in.

[DeuceWallaces]

You could pre load. Doesn't start until tomorrow.

Black Desert CBT2 started tonight.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

All ready to go.

[Draz]

How the fck do I get to play player vs player? It's telling me I have to finish the mission or some shit and I don't have a mission.

[Rondooooooooooo]

played for a bit, got to the middle of the first mission in madison square garden, so far so good. Waiting to get into the darkness zone to get a feel for that.....

[Draz]

Now they made it you need to be a certain lvl to play pvp, I'm too lazy.

[eriX]

Had hopes for this game, but unless something drastic is gonna be added for the PvE and most importantly PvP, ain't gonna buy this game.

[Draz]

I don't even see missions popping up that I can go to.. I got bored

[Rondooooooooooo]

Played about a hour or so in the darkness zone, pretty fun, def hard when you are solo.

I was roaming around and found a group, so we went together and took down a few groups of enemies and did some extracts. Well I guess they got bored because after one extraction 2 of them just started opening fire and killed me and everyone else in the group, taking our loot we had left :/ Its hard to find out who to trust when you are solo, best bet is to go from group to group, and not stay in the same one for very long.

[DeuceWallaces]

I ended up playing black desert all weekend, but looks this was a hit from what I'm reading.

[Draz]

I see this getting old very quick though.. I didn't play the PVP part but hopefully that's good. It's going to be $80? Fck that

[DeuceWallaces]

It's 59.99 for the base game.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

It's $80 for me but that's Canadian pricing

[Rondooooooooooo]

I have a $50 gift certificate to best buy, thinking about just saying fvck it and buying this game.

Only thing I really play now is metal gear solid, so this will provide a good pvp option.

[eriX]

Save your money and buy Overwatch instead.

[Ai2death]

I was talking with the local game store dude, we both played both beats of the Division, and honestly, i'm not sure i need to buy it. If i can get it cheap, or maybe trade some games, or if i get bored i will. But it feels like I've already played the whole game just from 2 weekend long betas.

It feels like i know the whole game already and that there isn't going to be too many surprises at all.

[Anti Hero]

The year one plan was just released recently, looks like lots of content will be dropping all year long. Excited to get started on this as soon as I grab this tonight!

[Anti Hero]

Also, some twitchers that got the physical copy early are streaming it today. If you think you got through all the story and content in the betas.. You sound insane (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sez8O6je0xk)

[TomBrady]

Save your money and buy Overwatch instead.
:applause:

Pre-order beta goes up May 3rd.

[Levity]

if you have amazon prime, you can get this game (or any new release) for 20% /$8 off

[nightprowler10]

if you have amazon prime, you can get this game (or any new release) for 20% /$8 off
How about you order it for me from your prime account buddy?

[Rondooooooooooo]

What is everyones take on it?

[Anti Hero]

Lots of fun so far. Level 12.

[$LakerGold]

I remember watching a trailer of TD & it had something that looked like a huge futuristic machine, Halo-esque, which I didn't like. Do any of you remember what game that was? Because if it was in fact a different game, then I'm getting this one.

[Anti Hero]

It was a different game.

[Ai2death]

Had the day off work sick yesterday, so thought it would be a good time to pick this up,

Only got a couple hours in has i needed the 2gb update.

So far, i'm not seeing to much of a change from the Beta, yeah crafting is unlocked, but it's bare at best, considering it so common to find slightly better weapons and armour, crafting seems like a waste.
Also Talents & Perks are able to be used now, but seeing as i am only level 6, i can't really do much, will hold my judgement and will say, after playing both betas extensively, no surprises yet.

[Rose]

Had the day off work sick yesterday, so thought it would be a good time to pick this up,

Only got a couple hours in has i needed the 2gb update.

So far, i'm not seeing to much of a change from the Beta, yeah crafting is unlocked, but it's bare at best, considering it so common to find slightly better weapons and armour, crafting seems like a waste.
Also Talents & Perks are able to be used now, but seeing as i am only level 6, i can't really do much, will hold my judgement and will say, after playing both betas extensively, no surprises yet.
Something to add (I'm almost as far as you it seems, I'm level 5) it seems like general enemies are less spongy than they were in the beta.

Also a heads up to anyone who didn't know: apparently you're not supposed to go the darkness zone till you're level 10.

[$LakerGold]

I think I'll enjoy multiplayer more than SP. There's a sense of repetitiveness that I'm starting to notice. JGH. Played 30 minutes of it earlier.

[plowking]

I thought I'd really love this game, but watching my friend play it last night for about an hour... I'm not so sure.

Game looks bare, empty and repetitive. I'm still playing MGS 5 at the moment, but I wouldn't mind something with a bit of online to tide me over as well. How is everyone finding the game, particularly those who are a bit further than level 3 like my mate was?

[Brujesino]

An hour into it lvl4 i believe at what level do it start to really pick up?

[Anti Hero]

Just hit 24.. Play all missions hard the first time. If you're playing the missions on normal, we aren't playing the same game.

[Rose]

Just hit 24.. Play all missions hard the first time. If you're playing the missions on normal, we aren't playing the same game.
:lol

But make sure you've got at least two people with you otherwise you aren't gonna beat the missions in under an hour. There is a stark difference though in normal/hard. normal is just gears of war level cover shooter.

But if you play it on hard you can't get by all grouped up using piss poor tactics 90% of the time like you do in normal.

Is overleveling a problem for doing the missions on hard? I just started doing that and it seems like I'm always a level or so above the guys and I'm worried that eventually that's gonna be a 2 level difference and that might increase to 3 and so on and so forth.

How's the DZ treating you? I'm probably gonna get my first full game experience with it today.

[Anti Hero]

:lol

But make sure you've got at least two people with you otherwise you aren't gonna beat the missions in under an hour. There is a stark difference though in normal/hard. normal is just gears of war level cover shooter.

But if you play it on hard you can't get by all grouped up using piss poor tactics 90% of the time like you do in normal.

Is overleveling a problem for doing the missions on hard? I just started doing that and it seems like I'm always a level or so above the guys and I'm worried that eventually that's gonna be a 2 level difference and that might increase to 3 and so on and so forth.

How's the DZ treating you? I'm probably gonna get my first full game experience with it today.


Me and the ole lady been playing pretty much side by side the whole time. I'm about half a level higher than her.. our other friends are split above and below our levels.. The only people that are hard to play with are the ones that didn't have the time to dive into the game and are still lvl 8-11.

I have yet to hit up the Dark Zone.

[Rose]

Me and the ole lady been playing pretty much side by side the whole time. I'm about half a level higher than her.. our other friends are split above and below our levels.. The only people that are hard to play with are the ones that didn't have the time to dive into the game and are still lvl 8-11.

I have yet to hit up the Dark Zone.
I was just meaning that in terms of being a level 23 fighting against level 20 guys eventually and that making hard difficulty too easy. I was way too ****ing vague with "the guys" I apologize for that.

[Anti Hero]

I was just meaning that in terms of being a level 23 fighting against level 20 guys eventually and that making hard difficulty too easy. I was way too ****ing vague with "the guys" I apologize for that.

No worries dude. Yes... We've ran some missions out of order by accident and gone backwards in story and some of the hard missions seemed "Normal" So far the hardest missions we've done were the Apartments and killing Joe the leader of the cleaners.

I'll say, even though some missions might seem easier, the hard AI still does a good job (in missions) of making you work.

[Thorpesaurous]

I've only got a few hours in. I've actually only done the primer missions, and haven't even gotten to the base yet. My initial reactions are exactly what I thought. It's just not my thing. Shooters aren't my thing. And multiplayer isn't my thing. But it's a beautiful rendering of NYC from what I've seen so far, and a really cool concept. I like the cover mechanics, even if they're a bit sticky. I like the jumping from cover to cover thing, which I guess Destiny did, but it's my first experience with it, and I'm getting used to it. Hopefully I'll get more into it soon.

[Levity]

didnt have the highest expectations from the previews, but after playing through the weekend, pretty stoked on this game. have a few buddies i play with, so it makes my experience all that better. we tried a darkzone last night, and got raped. will probably venture back in there when im at least lvl 20.

have always been fan of loot and crafting games, so the division is right up my alley

[$LakerGold]

didnt have the highest expectations from the previews, but after playing through the weekend, pretty stoked on this game. have a few buddies i play with, so it makes my experience all that better. we tried a darkzone last night, and got raped. will probably venture back in there when im at least lvl 20.

have always been fan of loot and crafting games, so the division is right up my alley
Note that DZ level is separated from the outside world.

[embersyc]

Been playing this, only level 13 right now, but it's a sweet game, and looks fantastic on 4k/ultra.

[Thorpesaurous]

l'm starting to get into it now even though I'm not that far in at all. I even only have one wing of the base unlocked.

In spite of it not really being my thing, I'm starting to really like it. For me I have to get over the overwhelming sense at first of the upgrading and crafting stuff. But the map is awesome, and I like that I'm finding even little stuff all around. I probably should continue to press onto missions more, because at this point I'm doing too many encounters, and tracking down real side stuff like tools and cell phones.

[embersyc]

You need the points from encounters to upgrade your base anyways, so you might as well do them while you are playing in that zone.

[Thorpesaurous]

In what has become seemingly a six week after release Ubisoft Tradition, they're giving away free shit to users as a means of apologizing for not having a QA department.

[QUOTE]GAMEINFORMER.COM
Ubisoft is trying to make amends for some of the problems players have experienced since The Division