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The Division 2 - March 2019
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Can't say the videos are getting me hyped at all, just looks more of the same but in a worse setting...... Doesn't look to have the same atmosphere as TD 1, that feeling when a snowstorm would kick in 
Hopefully we'll have the same amount of fun we had when first playing the division 1, despite all the issues it had.
Hopefully we'll have the same amount of fun we had when first playing the division 1, despite all the issues it had.
Can't say the videos are getting me hyped at all, just looks more of the same but in a worse setting...... Doesn't look to have the same atmosphere as TD 1, that feeling when a snowstorm would kick in
Hopefully we'll have the same amount of fun we had when first playing the division 1, despite all the issues it had.
I think its good they moved from the winter,as if they made winter again,it would be "samey samey" no?
And since i played a bit,i can tell you that atmosphere is there,just different,and DZ is much more scarier,especially if solo
Dont need winter for atmosphere
Thats what I wanted from Division 2. More of the same but in a different setting. I said so many times while playing Division 1 that they could make a whole series of this, its almost unlimited, they could set one in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, London , Rome, Moscow, Tokyo and so on. I quite like the choice of Washington because its so open compared to the claustrophobic New York setting so it works well as a different feel. If they make a 3rd one I'd choose Las Vegas or maybe California (San Francisco/Los Angeles).
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Took me a while to realise... It's atmosphere. Everything they've been harping on about with the Division 2 upcoming release is ALL about gameplay, PVP, changes to skills/armour etc etc.
The first one did a little of this, but it's main selling point was the environment, a desolate New York drenched in snow with fog soaked streets. This one, all gameplay videos look roughly the same in terms of terrain and environment. Just doesn't feel right... Hopefully I'm wrong?
All videos is basically from few hours gameplay in same area,so..Besides,lots of things still under NDA.
Cant say anything about LZ,but all 3 DZ "maps" are quite different.One is kinda jungle,other has long straight streets,and the last is kinda QQC kinda.
There is atmostphere,different from NY since its not winter,and i really like that feeling.People need to stop comparing Div 1 and 2 atmospheres,2 different games in 2 different settings.
People really should stop expect Div 2 to be to similar to Div 1.There are enough similarities.
Special report:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/368029367
Soldato
You've nailed it. The atmosphere is what kept me playing TD1, nothing beats that setting for me, nothing. Everything looked and felt so right, when the heavy snow fell with the ambience of the world around you, nothing has given me those true winter feels in gaming before. Ive seen the TD2 world done to death over decades, I couldn't care less about PvP either. There are bigger and better games to get a PvP hard on over.
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Couldn't agree more - LOVED the setting in TD1 and I've got no interest in PVP - all I want is a nice long PVE mode that you can solo if you want or team up and go co-op!
Yeah I'd love something along the lines of City of Heroes PVE wise - maybe not the full on MMO type experience but just the way the content was done so you can replay so much of it without getting bored, etc. in TD1 right now there is very little reason to even bother hitting the streets, etc. other than occasionally for high value targets, etc. if you are really bored but for some reason don't want to turn off the game.
Doesn't necessarily have to be a nice long PVE mode but some kind of "living" PVE mode.
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It's something I hope that's still there, just not being talked about. As Turbo said, it was something so intricate into the first one. Walking down a dead abandoned street, with a random person kneeling over and dieing there and then just added to the environment, selling it as a desolate place of death and madness. Making you feel disconnected as an agent with a job to do.
As said, I hope I'm wrong but I also agree with Turbo, the environment has been done a tonne of times, feels a bit Crysis 2 to me, fingers crossed I'm wrong.
I think you've misunderstood my point, I'm not comparing the 2 games entirely, just stating from a casual perspective from a player who enjoys the world they play in. And regardless, being a game directly related to the first, you can fairly and easily compare the 2... Had it been a different IP, then fine, I get that.
My worry is they are focusing on improving (which I do NOT disagree with) mostly combat and PVP. They haven't focused on the setting or story to any real measurable degree. It's meant to be a country plunged into chaos, and it just feels like all they care about is the afore mentioned gameplay and PVP.
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People wonder why Devs throw out crappy dlc and add ons, look no further than this guy.
In days of yore games would come with all the locations included.
When PR campaign was launched for Div 1,nobody really talked about SP campaign either,Demos/Betas was all about DZ as well.
Campaign in Div 2 will be ~40h,which you probably can drag much longer with all sides,findings etc.They didnt even talked properly about PvE tbh.Still some time to go till release,so they dont showing all cards i guess,simple PR campaign like most companies do nowadays.
Campaign in Div 2 will be ~40h,which you probably can drag much longer with all sides,findings etc.They didnt even talked properly about PvE tbh.Still some time to go till release,so they dont showing all cards i guess,simple PR campaign like most companies do nowadays.
Thanks, I've been gaming since 1982, in over 35 years of gaming I remember many many many times when expansions to games have included new locations. Its not something thats new to gaming, it was prevalent in the days of yore too. Indeed the very first online games had expansions with additional lands. On the plus side, its nice to know that my gaming history has had such a massive impact on the industry and there I was thinking I was just an ordinary gamer. I rock !
I don't think they can really make a success of PVP in this game - it seems too lead by people like Marco who have their own clique and ability to dominate the scene and shape the game to their terms including development wise and you can't force players to be prey especially if they have any choice to not play the game - you just aren't going to see a thriving small squad dynamic like the trailers, etc. try to portray without backing off the player as the goal and giving a much bigger scale to the PVP kind of like Eve Online where individual players are more a side-dish in many cases to the real action.
I'd disagree and say it sounds like they've listened to the complaints from a lot of the "normal" players and made adjustments. Normalization in DZ with periodic Iron Banner style unrestricted, update rouge system, clean DZ drops, etc.
Div 1 suffered because the DZ was pretty hardcore and for a long time it was the *only* place to get the top teir loot. These days there are a ton of ways to get good gear without being forced into PVP. I hope they carry over incursions, legendry missions, resistance/underground/survival. Even if just a little at launch.
Div 1 suffered because the DZ was pretty hardcore and for a long time it was the *only* place to get the top teir loot. These days there are a ton of ways to get good gear without being forced into PVP. I hope they carry over incursions, legendry missions, resistance/underground/survival. Even if just a little at launch.
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I loved Div1 and im starting to get hyped for Div2. Must admit when i
Yeah DZ in DIV1 was super intense but fun. I get why they are going for a normalized DZ but at least there is going to be the old style (by the sounds of it) as well.
Funnny thing... I was going to post last night that i had finally got over the new setting without the snow.. then it started snowing where i am... It's a sign i tell ya
Slowly getting hyped for this now..
Yeah DZ in DIV1 was super intense but fun. I get why they are going for a normalized DZ but at least there is going to be the old style (by the sounds of it) as well.
Funnny thing... I was going to post last night that i had finally got over the new setting without the snow.. then it started snowing where i am... It's a sign i tell ya
Slowly getting hyped for this now..
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I agree they had many better options for location and atmosphere than the one they have chosen. They could have set The Division 2 in London after a hard no deal Brexit . The more I see of The Division 2 the less exited I get about it and I loved The Division 1
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Is it true that they have turned off voip in the darkzone unless in a squad ?
So now I can't kill another player in the DZ then hear him tell me how he was courting my Mother the evening before ?
Sad times.
So now I can't kill another player in the DZ then hear him tell me how he was courting my Mother the evening before ?
Sad times.