The Division. Are we interested?

platypus · 14 Jan 2016 at 10:59

Loan me your key

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CrispyOtter · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:00

so up for the beta... let the key search begin!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:00

wanderer89 said:
Is the beta just for this weekend? I'm away the weekend but I want to play it

Starts 29th Jan

wanderer89 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:03

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Starts 29th Jan

Any idea when it ends? A quick google says the beta starts sometime this month.

Nexus18 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:13

Wait a second, having to PAY for a limited BETA/DEMO...

Are you ******** me?

If UBI can get away with this then EA will have no problem doing it too with future BF betas/demos except it will be £10+ every 24 hours....

Still, if the regulars are buying the beta then I will follow suit too!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:15

If spending £1 saves me £20, I'll take that ratio in life every time.

Nexus18 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:17

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
If spending £1 saves me £20, I'll take that ratio in life every time.

After the BF 3, 4 (after the wonder patch) and BFH alpha/beta running and being better than the final released version, I don't go by betas/demos now

wanderer89 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:20

Nexus18 said:
After the BF 3, 4 (after the wonder patch) and BFH alpha/beta running and being better than the final released version, I don't go by betas/demos now

Yet if everyone else gets it, you will too

Nexus18 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:21

wanderer89 said:
Yet if everyone else gets it, you will too

Yeah.... you ronku sponsored whores are too good at your jobs!

mid_gen · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:35

Nexus18 said:
Wait a second, having to PAY for a limited BETA/DEMO...

No, you get a beta key if you pre-order the game. Some people are selling these keys on key selling sites.

Nexus18 · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:38

Ah I see! No problems with that

MrZen · 14 Jan 2016 at 11:59

I’m so excited for this game, looks amazing followed it since it was announced :cool:

However I’m sceptical graphics wise after the Watchdogs issues.

But gameplay looks solid.

Lets hope it turns out to be a good game!

Nexus18 · 14 Jan 2016 at 12:12

And beta key bought for £1.62

Swagger187 · 14 Jan 2016 at 15:28

Just preordered on Steam. It looks good, lets hope it plays that way. Only game that has caught my fancy this year

platypus · 14 Jan 2016 at 15:36

Way too much to pre-order. As much as I'd like to see the beta I'll wait until its on sale after release. Assuming anyones still playing it.

Twirlywoos · 14 Jan 2016 at 16:01

Nexus18 said:
And beta key bought for £1.62

If Ubi can get away this then other publishers will follow and soon it will become the norm having to pay to play betas.

I cannot believe people are paying to do this. For retail games this Early Access model must not be encouraged.

Dano · 14 Jan 2016 at 16:05

Twirlywoos said:
If Ubi can get away this then other publishers will follow and soon it will become the norm having to pay to play betas.

I cannot believe people are paying to do this. For retail games this Early Access model must not be encouraged.

Ubi are not selling keys.

Brocky36 · 14 Jan 2016 at 16:09

Twirlywoos said:
If Ubi can get away this then other publishers will follow and soon it will become the norm having to pay to play betas.

I cannot believe people are paying to do this. For retail games this Early Access model must not be encouraged.

Whilst I get your overall sentiment, £1.70 to try the game before you fork out full whack for it isn't really a bad deal and I suspect that is the main reason people are buying these, as opposed to getting early access.

Nexus18 · 14 Jan 2016 at 16:09

As above, supposedly it isn't ubi's doing:

mid_gen said:
No, you get a beta key if you pre-order the game. Some people are selling these keys on key selling sites.

I wouldn't have bought it otherwise as I completely agree with you. I would rather buy the full game from steam on release day, try it for 2 hours and then request a refund as that way, the publisher of the game will lose money (hence why batman AK was quickly removed from steam

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Either way, for £1.62 (I think most of the cost was from buyers protection too), I won't lose sleep over it

I haven't really played any games for the last few months now so I badly need something to get me back into PC gaming and unfortunately this is the only game that looks mildly tempting and something a bit different

wanderer89 · 14 Jan 2016 at 16:13

Nexus18 said:
I haven't really played any games for the last few months now so I badly need something to get me back into PC gaming and unfortunately this is the only game that looks mildly tempting and something a bit different

Pretty much how I feel to be honest.