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  1. Mar 11, 2016
    5
    The Division is one of the most beautiful and detailed games I have ever played, the combat is solid, but it becomes very, very repetitive and dull after a some hours.
    I would recommend to rent it first

    Graphics 8
    Art design 10
    Story 5
    Atmosfera 9
    Gunplay 7
    Fun factor 5
    Replay value 6
    Adictivness 2
  2. Mar 16, 2016
    5
    this game is a twin brother of Destiny(at launch). story that tries to make you buy a season pass(curse this filthy trend),endless grinding (surprisingly which i liked in division),and a very disappointing characters.
    and a poor character customization which screams laziness.the guns mostly looks the same. with some color variations. enemies are just a meat shield that has no tactics.
    this game is a twin brother of Destiny(at launch). story that tries to make you buy a season pass(curse this filthy trend),endless grinding (surprisingly which i liked in division),and a very disappointing characters.
    and a poor character customization which screams laziness.the guns mostly looks the same. with some color variations. enemies are just a meat shield that has no tactics.
    and that F ing server issue. that happened during mission which pissed me off.

    at least the dark zone is incredibly fun to play. which makes my score higher. and a solid gun play is also a plus.
    just buy it if you liked destiny at launch.
    may the odds be with you.
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  3. Mar 23, 2016
    5
    The Division is one of the new half MMO half shooter games akin to Destiny. The game is fun enough to play but has a very boring open world with many repetitive tasks to do. Destiny had this issue as well but what kept me invested in Destiny The Division lacks. Destiny had exceptional music and design throughout but The Division has boring music and boring art direction. Playing the gameThe Division is one of the new half MMO half shooter games akin to Destiny. The game is fun enough to play but has a very boring open world with many repetitive tasks to do. Destiny had this issue as well but what kept me invested in Destiny The Division lacks. Destiny had exceptional music and design throughout but The Division has boring music and boring art direction. Playing the game becomes boring quickly if you are not doing a main story quest or playing with your friends in the dark zone. The dark zone is the best part of the game but also its major downfall. The dark zone is really the only endgame activity and it gets boring very quick. Destiny had the raids which were designed well and kept you engaged throughout. The Division is fun to play but lacks the hooks to keep me playing. Expand
  4. Apr 4, 2016
    5
    The division is a good game.... but it's a game full, i mean FULL og glitches and BS design dessions. And by that i mean the "Challenging" daily mission, because everyone is a bullet sponge, more than anything else, and it's not challenging, as much as it is just a pain the the but to complete. Because of one specific enemy. The rushing, baseball bat wielding, shotgun spamming A-holes, andThe division is a good game.... but it's a game full, i mean FULL og glitches and BS design dessions. And by that i mean the "Challenging" daily mission, because everyone is a bullet sponge, more than anything else, and it's not challenging, as much as it is just a pain the the but to complete. Because of one specific enemy. The rushing, baseball bat wielding, shotgun spamming A-holes, and that is what you'll have to deal with in the endgame in the division, unless you wanna try the Dark Zone, witch is and you guessed it, full of more A-holes that just kills you, because they are D1ckh3ads. So right now, if you don't enjoy grinding, it's not a game for you. Expand
  5. Apr 28, 2016
    5
    This review is based on my experiences after playing the game daily since march and it's worth mentioning my review depends much on the end game, which in all fairness should be included in the summed up version of any review.

    In its current state The Division is not a solid game. It lacks most of the things I am looking for in a game, such as a story that's alive and gets you hooked up
    This review is based on my experiences after playing the game daily since march and it's worth mentioning my review depends much on the end game, which in all fairness should be included in the summed up version of any review.

    In its current state The Division is not a solid game. It lacks most of the things I am looking for in a game, such as a story that's alive and gets you hooked up on "what is going to happen next" and "oh, that's some interesting turn around". I mean, the back story of the game is really intriguing but there's no actual follow up on the post apocalyptic, dystopian story in the game and you never really get any feeling of being in this chaos except from the fact that New York are all abandoned after the pandemic spred via dollar bills during black friday. (How many people actually pays with bills anymore?). According to the size of the map the dev's could've done so much more. Instead the game concentrates on Dark Zone, which is approximately 1/5 of the map. Everything outside is dead. There's no reason going around free roaming after you've done the side missions that don't reward you more than some new specs and perks from the Base of Operations. It also lacks interesting characters, such as rememberable enemies, allies and/or missions. Your own character is just like everybody else.

    The loot are not rewarding and nor is the crafting system. All of it reminds me of climbing a mountain that just grows larger and larger. Of all you manage to achieve there's always something new that you need to do before you get what you're looking for. Some gamers may like this type of gaming but most of the other RPG games out there are more rewarding. The Division is like a wank without any pay off.

    But the game has a lot of potential. I really enjoyed when I met some bosses walking around outside Dark Zone. More of that! Give the map outside Dark Zone some life. There's tons of interesting places and appartments, parking lots and construction sites where they can make something happen.

    And speaking of Dark Zone. I've heard much about the Dark Zone and mostly it's pretty negative things like the loot suck and there's a lot of griefing in there that go rogue on you etc. But when I look at Dark Zone it reminds me of the time when it was snow outside and you walked to school and you knew it will be a snowball fight on the football pitch during the breaks. Anyone entering the pitch knew about the rules. You get some and you loose some - you consent to the rules. Don't think you can go in and just mangle down anyone without reprisals. And if you get mangled down you don't go running to the teacher with tears in your eyes and pointing down the pitch and say there's a quartet of griefers that threw snow in your face. Take the Dark Zone for what it is. The loot could've been better though. For even with a Scavenging over a 100% there's only slim chances that you get rewarded with any decent loot.

    There's two types of gameplays I hate: anything where time is ticking down and the other one is waves. It's not very refreshing, it's not very pioneering and it's just boring. The new Incursion Falcon Lost are a wave based game mode and it's a challenge. The worst thing with this is that you only get rewards once a week. However you can collect two rewards after complete both the Hard mode and the Challenging mode.
    These modes have a recommended gear score level at 140 for Hard and 160 for Challenging. But after the first week gamers already glitched their way to top gear score even though they didn't complete the mission the regular way. This lead to heavy problems since the glitched out mega super players with high gear score tried to matchmake players with higher gear scores so they should have a chance of beating the level the normal way. So if you had a gear score of 150 you got kicked out. I can honestly say that the best players I've played with have had gear scores around 150 and not 210+. Luckily this issue have been fixed. But there's still too many issues of matchmaking in the game. I don't know how many times I experienced missions that don't load and you get to load another one, and another one, and another one.

    The game is broken in so many areas. PC gamers have serious issues with hackers and all of the platforms (Xbox, PS4 and PC) suffer from all the players that cheat through missions with all of the glitches. Massive and Ubisoft have however tried to sort things out, but there's only more glitches coming.
    I've been playing it daily since march 15 and now time has taking its toll. My final judgement regarding this game is that it is not a complete game in its current state. However, I hope that Massive and Ubisoft listens to the critics and make it better. More things to do outside Dark Zone, refine the loot and crafting system and makes sure to address the other issues regarding cheating players and hackers.

    Unfortunately this isn't the first time Ubisoft comes out with a so so game...
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  6. May 21, 2016
    5
    Not really sure I can add much to what has already been said about this game. It has a really good foundation but as you progress it becomes more annoying and less fun. I was an idiot who bought the season pass before even playing the game and that is the only reason I am keeping the disc. The PVP in this game is really not balanced at all. The culture in this game is really really bad,Not really sure I can add much to what has already been said about this game. It has a really good foundation but as you progress it becomes more annoying and less fun. I was an idiot who bought the season pass before even playing the game and that is the only reason I am keeping the disc. The PVP in this game is really not balanced at all. The culture in this game is really really bad, people tend to shoot you in the back a lot and if you don't have a group you can get rocked on over and over and over. The gap in gear is crazy, you can just twink out a level 14 and walk around one and two shotting all the newbies. I even caught myself laughing at a few low levels getting plowed down by me and my friends. But after much thought it just turns people into arses.

    Also the bugs in this game are horrible, you will be fighting someone and then they glitch through the wall to where they can shoot out but you can't shot in along with a whole bunch of other glitches. I gave them time to fix the game but I have minimal hope for the longevity of this one.

    Very disappointed I bought this and even more so that I bought the season pass. Save yourself some money and rent the game before you buy it, otherwise you may have remorse like many of us out here.
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  7. Aug 30, 2016
    5
    I bought this game for roughly $45 about a month after it came out. I haven't played in a few months, so this is my review of when I last played the game in February/March.

    The overall feeling of the game is that it's a strong foundation for something really solid, but knowing Ubisoft, that won't happen. I'd compare this to Destiny at launch and even the months after. The visuals are
    I bought this game for roughly $45 about a month after it came out. I haven't played in a few months, so this is my review of when I last played the game in February/March.

    The overall feeling of the game is that it's a strong foundation for something really solid, but knowing Ubisoft, that won't happen. I'd compare this to Destiny at launch and even the months after. The visuals are seriously solid for the current gen. The game looks great. The shooting and cover mechanics are simple, but smooth and appropriate for this game.

    However, there's not really anything to do. Sure, there are tons of side missions, but they're all just the same 3-4 grind missions you find in a typical RPG. None really have any soul to them that make the city feel like a living, breathing environment. The main missions and characters are pretty underwhelming. Nothing stands out about them. If you're looking for any explanation of what's going on in the plot, don't look for it. You'll be disappointed.

    The DZ is also broken, with higher level players stomping all over lower level players with near infinite health bars and impossibly overpowered weapons. Also, this is some of the worst character customization I've ever seen in a game that calls itself an RPG. It's not a huge deal, but the clothing options mostly feel the same.

    Overall, I don't think this game deserves the hate or praise it gets. It's a very average game overall with a lot of disappointment and broken promises, but still some fun to be had.
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  8. Mar 4, 2017
    5
    The gameplay was fine at first but devolved into bullet sponge hell. Without friends to co op with the singleplayer becomes nearly unplayable as you have to take down way too many way too powerful bullet sponges. The Dark Zone is worthless and the end game leaves so much to be desired. It's the epitome of just alright and horrible as a loot game.
  9. Mar 9, 2017
    5
    This game had so much promise but the early launch bumps eventually did it in for me. I played from Day 1 until the Underground DLC launch and by then the fatigue was there. No longer was this game fun but a grind. The games map can only be explored so many times before you eventually go back to the daily Dark Zone/Raid grind. The worse part is at times it feels like you can get the sameThis game had so much promise but the early launch bumps eventually did it in for me. I played from Day 1 until the Underground DLC launch and by then the fatigue was there. No longer was this game fun but a grind. The games map can only be explored so many times before you eventually go back to the daily Dark Zone/Raid grind. The worse part is at times it feels like you can get the same piece of equipment over and over again while in the beginning this was much better since breaking it down rewarded you for your constant grind but eventual nerfs ended up killing the little fun there was left in grinding to get what you want. I am going to come back later when the final DLC is released and I can see if I will enjoy this experience as I did my first time around or if it is Curtains for me when it comes to The Division. Buy when its on sale for $20 Expand
  10. Apr 20, 2017
    5
    The Division

    Overview Now that the first person shooter market is over run with the same old same old vibe of games it seems third person shooters won’t be out done. With game such as Tomb Raider, Gears of war, and Uncharted setting the bar very high there is little room for error. If that weren’t enough, Tom Clancy’s name and license has all but run its course. Recent games like Ghost
    The Division

    Overview
    Now that the first person shooter market is over run with the same old same old vibe of games it seems third person shooters won’t be out done. With game such as Tomb Raider, Gears of war, and Uncharted setting the bar very high there is little room for error. If that weren’t enough, Tom Clancy’s name and license has all but run its course. Recent games like Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Rainbow Six Under Siege haven’t done much to uphold the good name of both Ubisoft, and Tom Clancy. With The Division, Ubisoft looks to change this.
    Story
    On Black Friday, a smallpox pandemic, transmitted by a virus planted onto banknotes, sweeps through New York City. The disease, called "Green Poison" and "The Dollar Flu", causes widespread chaos, and Manhattan is placed under quarantine. The U.S. Government activates sleeper agents in the population who operate for the Strategic Homeland Division, or simply "The Division", to assist emergency responders, in restoring order. The Division’s story is a deep and intriguing one and satisfyingly unfolds at a slow but nice pace. It was a very smart move by Ubisoft to include a story in this game. Without it things would totally revolve around online play. Games like Evolve and Destiny suffer greatly from an absent story so when a gamer’s internet is down things get boring pretty fast.
    Graphics
    The Division has so much going for it graphically that it’s frustrating to see the hiccups that the game goes through. First off, this game at a glance is breath taking. The care and detail given to the city of New York is impressive. Cars react to being shot nicely. Snow and other weather physics are nothing short of amazing. Shadows, lighting, and other little touches are remarkable. With a clean and crisp HUD gamers will easily become immersed as fights unfold throughout the city of Manhattan. Just as quick as you admire the visuals, you doubly will become frustrated. Numerous graphical glitches and bugs plague this great looking game. Clipping, map texturing, and pop ups happen far too frequently. With a game this graphically sophisticated a few hiccups are expected, but it happens way too often.
    Gameplay
    The game play is a mix of several games. There are elements of Borderlands, Destiny, and GTA to name a few. You’ll basically be playing an MMO. You build stats buy gear and earn loot. You take control of your agent scour the city in hopes of helping citizens or securing drop zones much like dying light. Unlike Dying Light your best bet is to work with a squad because going at any mission alone is borderline suicide. You dodge, run, and shoot your way through the city. Things are simple and satisfying, but as the game progresses the mastery of your character becomes deep and rewarding. The loot system is a bit broken, but then again what console MMO isn’t? The game lets you create your own character but as you venture online you quickly learn that there isn’t much depth in this area as hordes of online players resemble each other. Load times are an absolute pain in the butt. You will be sitting through cut scenes only to be greeted with black screens as the next area loads. To sum things up the game is fun but gets old real quick.
    Sound
    The sound is quite impressive but music itself is absent. The guns sound realistic and other ambient sound fills in the gaps. Sadly music is missing while you play…what’s left is dead silence until either a huge battle or a cut scene takes place. Don’t expect much by the way of sound.
    Replay Value

    The replay value is high mostly due in part to the online fun that can be had. You team up with friends and or strangers to tackle the challenges Manhattan gives you. Enter the dead Zone and duke it out with other players, or do the unthinkable and GO ROUGE. The potential for endless fun is there, but unfortunately things get repetitive real fast. The division has potential to be played for years, but what hampers this is the same thing that plagues many games these days. In a word that thing is GREED. It seems publisher’s first concern now-a-days is how can they drain your pockets of every dollar you have. Can’t earn it? Why not buy it? Want weapons or gear that even the odds? Why not buy it? You want DLC after DLC but no bugs fixed? Why not buy it?

    Much like Destiny this game comes off as no more than a cash cow. It’s a great game to play online with friends for a while but it soon becomes apparent that you have been there and done it in many other mediocre shooters. So the Division doesn’t do much to set itself apart from those aforementioned titles. The Division is a decent rental but it would be hard to recommend it for purchase, as you will undoubtedly spend way more than the 59.99 price tag in the long run. With that said the division gets a 5 out of 10.
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  11. Oct 9, 2017
    5
    The most engaging and engrossing parts of the Division come from the trailer, and that, as well as the repetitive missions make this game the perfect example of Ubisoft games in the last few years. With a few notable exceptions, every mission plays out exactly the same as the previous one, due to of the reuse of bosses and lack of distinct locations, which is one of my main issues withThe most engaging and engrossing parts of the Division come from the trailer, and that, as well as the repetitive missions make this game the perfect example of Ubisoft games in the last few years. With a few notable exceptions, every mission plays out exactly the same as the previous one, due to of the reuse of bosses and lack of distinct locations, which is one of my main issues with this game. The Division doesn't do anything that feels new or unique or interesting. The best open-world games will put some sort of interesting twist on the usual formula, like in Horizon: Zero Dawn there was an excellent combat system for the dinosaurs. In Breath of the Wild there were a lot of creative interlocking mechanics that resulted in tons of moments that were very organic, not to mention being able to run straight to the end of the story mode added a sense of realism to an otherwise very whimsical world. The Witcher 3 added branching story mechanics that aren't often seen in open-world games, and as a result, the story itself felt very vast. The Division really doesn't try to do anything extremely ambitious, and as a result the game ends up suffering because it sometimes feels like it could be any other Ubisoft sandbox game. It plays out every trope that's been used in every other game and does those all acceptably well, but then forgets to add anything new. It has the base of a good game but fails to do anything more than the very basics, yet the base is still there, and despite its numerous shortcomings, the game at points does improve upon the usual formula. The overworld is extremely detailed and even if the rewards are very surface-level, it does feel much more exciting to explore than other games. Even some very old mechanics are improved here, for example the gun mechanics are simple, but add an element of strategy through the turrets the player can set up, and this really brings life to the more played out aspects of the game. Also, I've never played it, I've heard that playing with friends is good. This game is extremely recycled, but due to the small improvements it makes, I didn't end up thinking the game was a complete waste of time, more just a slight improvement on a genre that's been beaten to death by greedy corporations, so I'm going to give the Division a 5 out of 10. Expand
  12. Nov 25, 2018
    5
    Игра супер, мне она очень нравиться! Я не покупал DLC CONTENT, а жаль. Оценка могла быть выше.
  13. Sep 8, 2020
    5
    The game is not bad but it is to repetitive. I played like 10 hrs and it is always the same, easy mission with dummy NPC that run to you and shoot in the open. The DZ game mode is good but at the end is the same as the story mode.
  14. Oct 7, 2022
    5
    The game was pretty dull playing on my own. If you play the game try and make sure to get a buddy with you.
  15. Dec 25, 2016
    4
    The Division is a third person shooter action-MMO. The premise of the game is that someone has released an engineered supervirus in New York City. You are a member of The Division, a top-secret organization of sleeper agents who are activated to help bring order to the city.

    And here we already run into our first issue – why? Why are we sleeper agents, and not just ordinary citizens who
    The Division is a third person shooter action-MMO. The premise of the game is that someone has released an engineered supervirus in New York City. You are a member of The Division, a top-secret organization of sleeper agents who are activated to help bring order to the city.

    And here we already run into our first issue – why? Why are we sleeper agents, and not just ordinary citizens who have decided to help? Because we’re super badasses and they wanted to justify that? How would random schmucks who spend most of their time doing other things all be super badasses?

    Whatever.

    The point is, you are going into New York City and establishing order by killing rioters, looters, sanitation workers, criminals, and private military company folks who are all trying to take over the city. And yes, the sanitation workers thing is not a joke; they walk around with flamethrowers on their backs trying to clean things up.

    Alas, despite this pretend-variety, in reality, most enemies fight pretty similarly – there’s some difference with the sanitation workers (the cleaners) because of their flamethrowers, but otherwise the factions are largely interchangeable, save for the fact that the PMC faction has medics.

    The enemies are mostly pretty samey. There’s a handful of special enemy types, but they are basically ordinary enemies with some added ability, save for the snipers, who just attack you at long range. The only real exceptions are some “unique” enemies, who are anything but unique but which have more health and sometimes play a bit more differently, with a couple of big, heavy characters and one who carries around a shield to block your attacks with.

    Sadly, this “variety” is pretty minimal compared to the gameplay length, and by the end of it, you will have fought all of these enemies to the point where it becomes rote.

    The Division is a new kind of MMO – a primarily single-player experience wherein you will never encounter another player in most of the game area due to almost the entire world being an instanced area for the player alone. You can play with other people at will, but you can also play it as a single-player experience, and frankly, it works just fine as one and doesn’t feel like it gets much added to it from multiplayer. That being said, that’s not really a good or bad thing – it is about the same quality either way, and unfortunately, that quality is rather low.

    The real problem is the sameiness. The game is ultimately just a cycle of you going out and killing enemies to get better loot. The dungeons are just a series of battles with enemies which are, frankly, mostly interchangeable with battles you get into wandering around the city streets, save that sometimes there are reinforcements which join the battles. The quests, too, basically follow the same mold, and ultimately the game consists of “defend a location while enemies attack you in waves” and “attack enemies who are defending a location”. Basically the whole game follows this, and there is very little variety – what little variety there is mostly a function of the particular environment, and even there, there are a number of copy-pasted environments, including a sewer fight that I think I had five separate times.

    The story is pretty bland – in theory, it is a neat idea, but in practice, you just don’t have any link to any of the characters (being a mute protagonist) and they’re all fairly generic. None of them are terribly voice-acted or get terrible lines, they’re just bland and lack any real depth. As such, there’s no reason to care about their plight. The civilians are all interchangeable, and there’s just so little to grab onto anywhere in the game.

    All in all, this is just not worth your time.
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  16. May 12, 2018
    4
    Well, I've decided to trade in The Division after less than a week. I'm not sure why I bought it as I didn't like Destiny and have never enjoyed any MMORPG, I guess I was just really hoping I could find the first online co-op game on the PS4 worth playing since Bloodborne as my brothers and I haven't had very much to play together over the last six months.

    At best the game could be
    Well, I've decided to trade in The Division after less than a week. I'm not sure why I bought it as I didn't like Destiny and have never enjoyed any MMORPG, I guess I was just really hoping I could find the first online co-op game on the PS4 worth playing since Bloodborne as my brothers and I haven't had very much to play together over the last six months.

    At best the game could be described as unambitious but to be honest I've simply found it downright boring. The cover based shooting is functional, but its not even close to being as good as something like Gears of War, and the RPG elements just turn everything into a grind (and don't get me started on the bullet sponge enemies). Add in an instantly forgettable storyline and 6 hours is about as much of The Division as I can take.
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  17. Jun 29, 2016
    4
    Welcome to the generic world where everything looks the same, everyone wears the same clothes and uses the same weapons. But do not fret! Visit the daily appearance vendor to buy new weapon skins, we're glad to say that there are 100 different shades of brown to choose between. Highly mediocre game, repeating gameplay and alot of frustration during incursions/DZ which clearly is aimed moreWelcome to the generic world where everything looks the same, everyone wears the same clothes and uses the same weapons. But do not fret! Visit the daily appearance vendor to buy new weapon skins, we're glad to say that there are 100 different shades of brown to choose between. Highly mediocre game, repeating gameplay and alot of frustration during incursions/DZ which clearly is aimed more for group-with-mic people. If you are a solo player. This isn't a game for you. Expand
  18. Mar 27, 2016
    4
    It's been more than 2 weeks since the release and after finishing the story and leveling the character to level 30, there is not much else to do but wait for the incursion. As of now the game is stale, with not much motivation to grind for loot, it takes too much effort to get high end gear and chances are against getting a good roll, even if it is, it serves to no purpose other thanIt's been more than 2 weeks since the release and after finishing the story and leveling the character to level 30, there is not much else to do but wait for the incursion. As of now the game is stale, with not much motivation to grind for loot, it takes too much effort to get high end gear and chances are against getting a good roll, even if it is, it serves to no purpose other than getting into the loop of grinding.
    The dark zone gets dull after a while, the npc are bland with bullet sponges at every corner during the challenge missions which in the end seem just bad game design.
    The game could get better, but we just have to wait and see.
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  19. Sep 7, 2016
    4
    Game without a goal. Grind for more powerful weapons against more powerful enemies. No skill or outsmarting, just A.I. and algorithms that constantly keep you right at the point of death with one reload clip left in your gun. Repetitive missions. Players with dedicated time will definitely fair better then new players due to picky perks. Don't step away for a week if your team grinds,Game without a goal. Grind for more powerful weapons against more powerful enemies. No skill or outsmarting, just A.I. and algorithms that constantly keep you right at the point of death with one reload clip left in your gun. Repetitive missions. Players with dedicated time will definitely fair better then new players due to picky perks. Don't step away for a week if your team grinds, you'll miss some special gloves that only work with a certain ammo score with the addition of a certain perk while standing 250 feet away blah blah. 4 for the atmosphere. Expand
  20. Mar 8, 2016
    4
    The very definition of mediocrity. Bland mechanics, shooting feels uninspired, missions are mind-numbingly repetitive. An unsuccessful mishmash of tactical shooting, RPG, and MMO; Ubi should have picked one and stuck with it. Wait for this game to drop in price, or borrow from a friend.
  21. Mar 24, 2016
    4
    I waited out a lot to write something about this game and i can say that my enthusiasm hasn't really payed off. I played for 43 hours and 28 minutes and all i can say is that the last 7 have been a really huge bore. The endgame is really lacking and the only reliable way to get gear right now is crafting, which makes replaying missions useless. At the moment i can't say that i am lookingI waited out a lot to write something about this game and i can say that my enthusiasm hasn't really payed off. I played for 43 hours and 28 minutes and all i can say is that the last 7 have been a really huge bore. The endgame is really lacking and the only reliable way to get gear right now is crafting, which makes replaying missions useless. At the moment i can't say that i am looking forward to anything the game has to offer. I will probably be back for incursions, but i will do them once or twice and i will be done. Unless they have some interesting mechanics, which are otherwise lacking in the campaign and dark zone.
    The dark zone is where the division is at its most worst in my opinion. Unless you want to craft things, there is 0 need for you to extract. I heard that the new patch increased the rogue percentage but it's just not enough for me since most of the time the items i get are too boring to extract, and that's what i usually get with 185 scavenging. I had only one yellow drop that wasn't even an upgrade to the vendor stuff. Not even in terms of armor or any other stat that isn't a talent.
    The gameplay is solid but it is severly lacking. There's no variety to anything, since the actives are just that, only actives, and don't require much skill to deploy. The guns are somewhat different and they feel different, which is the only nice thing i can say about the gameplay.
    If you are expecting interesting missions, well, all i can say is that the game is just horde mode. The last boss has some kind of a mechanic (if you pay attention to the dialogues) but can easily be ignored and shot through without any problem.
    What is the most unfortunate thing for me is that i bought the season pass, but i already feel like this is the last game i'm going to play because it is nothing more then a deception and it is so boring it got me bored of gaming in general, and i'm not even salty when i'm saying this.
    Although i cannot say that they failed anything, not even the dark zone is really that bad, it is just boring, which is different from complete failure, this game just doesn't seem to be engaging enough for me to keep playing it. The lack of dropped loot and the lack of boss mechanics really kill it for me.
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  22. Mar 12, 2016
    4
    Im going to be realistic in my score because no game is a 1 or 0. that's just ignorant. But games like these are the reason you rent them first because after playing this repetitive destiny copy past crap your already bored and looking for something else to do. I can see the mindless and easily amused liking this game but if you like depth and are a pc gamer like me then do yourself andIm going to be realistic in my score because no game is a 1 or 0. that's just ignorant. But games like these are the reason you rent them first because after playing this repetitive destiny copy past crap your already bored and looking for something else to do. I can see the mindless and easily amused liking this game but if you like depth and are a pc gamer like me then do yourself and your wallet a favor and rent it first and you will thank me later... Expand
  23. May 9, 2016
    4
    The Division is set in post-apocalyptic New York City after a manufactured virus is spread during Black Friday shopping sales. Lost to factions and gangs, the government sends in Division Agents to reclaim the city. The Division is a third person shooter with a mix of RPG and MMO elements. Your character runs around the city completing missions, side quests and encounters to secureThe Division is set in post-apocalyptic New York City after a manufactured virus is spread during Black Friday shopping sales. Lost to factions and gangs, the government sends in Division Agents to reclaim the city. The Division is a third person shooter with a mix of RPG and MMO elements. Your character runs around the city completing missions, side quests and encounters to secure zones throughout the city. However this game is riddled with problems. Firstly, the story to the game is not presented well, the side missions are repetitive and provide nothing but your time The missions are too easy and the Dark Zone (the games PVP) is ridiculously boring and and filled with cheap tactics, glitches and cheats.

    To excel in PVP you gear means everything. In a game where gear specs are completely random this can be quite frustrating as luck plays more of a factor than skill in being a unstoppable force in the Dark Zone. The shotgun NPC's are overpowered and over accurate, the gear drops are so randomized it is extremely frustrating as your search for the best in slot gear. A lot of the games abilities and talents are broken or glitched. The loading times are unbearable. With the exception of the Dark Zone area, you never once encounter another player running around the city unless in a party, making the city a very bleak underpopulated world.

    This game has potential, but very problematic. The developers are new to this genre of games and vast issues the game faces shows it. On a positive note the graphics are very appealing. But we all know graphics aren't what make a game great.

    Overall this is a mediocre game. Maybe The Division will improve in the future, but in the meantime it is a game to get if you literally have nothing better to do. For the trophy hunters, getting the platinum trophy is extremely easy, however there are grinding elements especially with the collection of collectibles throughout the game world. The PVP trophies are simple especially if you have a friend to kill trade.
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  24. Oct 6, 2019
    4
    There are very few games that I simply couldn't finish. This is one of them. A few hours in and I realized that there is almost zero plot. It's basically just a ton of repetitive collection-type missions to upgrade your home base. It's sad because the world the devs created has so much potential for good lore, intriguing side missions, and a captivating storyline.

    The enemies are all
    There are very few games that I simply couldn't finish. This is one of them. A few hours in and I realized that there is almost zero plot. It's basically just a ton of repetitive collection-type missions to upgrade your home base. It's sad because the world the devs created has so much potential for good lore, intriguing side missions, and a captivating storyline.

    The enemies are all the same and take an entire magazine to kill. The bosses are even worse and lack any interesting/memorable features. They're just boring bullet-sponges as many others have mentioned. Not that much weapon variety either, just the same guns with different stats. If you want to compare, it's like Destiny 2 without the diverse environments, enemy variety, weapon variety, and with inferior controls.

    On the flip side, the feel of the guns is pretty good, and the city is fairly detailed. I can see how it could be fun if you did everything with friends. But for someone who's just trying this several years later after picking it up for $4.99, it's very hard to enjoy. I ended up returning it after 2 days.
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  25. May 27, 2016
    4
    I did not like this at all.

    - Enemy AI are bullet sponges
    - I feel that the city is empty and I'm always walking around
    - Story is pretty light
    - Not many enemy models
    - Aiming and recoil mechanics at times are undesirable
    - Very repetitive.. Just a soulless series of fetch quests.

    Graphics and city detail are nice!

    Not worth $60
  26. May 19, 2016
    4
    Darkzone and End-game is such a **** The most fun part was leveling1-30, so rent/borrow it, max your character level with some friends over the weekend than bring it back.
  27. Oct 2, 2018
    4
    Standard Ubi fare. The word is cloying. Sweet at first, but suckening later.
  28. Mar 25, 2016
    4
    The entire game is just one big bullet sponge. The environment/graphic look great, but only when all of the textures fully load in after a long time. There's plenty of detail that went into some areas, but the same cannot be said for gameplay. It's very simplistic and repetitive. Most missions are just you going from room to room to shoot bullet spongey enemies that do absurd amounts ofThe entire game is just one big bullet sponge. The environment/graphic look great, but only when all of the textures fully load in after a long time. There's plenty of detail that went into some areas, but the same cannot be said for gameplay. It's very simplistic and repetitive. Most missions are just you going from room to room to shoot bullet spongey enemies that do absurd amounts of damage to you, gauntlet after gauntlet after gauntlet. The 'boss' fights are hardly interesting. They're just dudes with bigger health bars, with the final boss just being one giant health bar while enemies spawn around you to insta-kill you as you're camped in a corner, just unloading magazine after magazine into it. The game is perhaps better to play with friends? But in the end, you're all just doing the same thing. Emptying bullets into a health bar that goes down a bit faster. That, and there's still plenty of bugs in this game, like enemies just teleport spawning in front of you suddenly. Some cover areas are bugged to where you can't walk around their corners/unable to climb over them/running into an invisible wall when all you want to do is just drop down five inches of its ledge. Wait awhile before you pick this game up. It needs far more interesting content and fixes before it can even dream of being worth sixty bucks. Expand
  29. Mar 19, 2016
    4
    This game is painfully average. You will find many people giving positive reviews to justify their purchase. As was covered by the Angry Joe review - this was a great disappointment to many. Do not be one of the people who say it's fantastic just to justify your purchase. Care about gaming - tell the truth. Unless you like bullet sponges and repetitive gameplay ofcourse.
  30. Apr 10, 2016
    4
    Fantastic game, great graphics. Unfortunately full of bugs that cause great frustration. Therefore in the current status of development trash! I am sick of restarting and restarting will therefore not continue playing.
  31. Mar 16, 2016
    4
    So the game is great in aspects of a solid RPG but thats not why I'm writing this review let me cut straight to the chase The Dark Zone. The Dark Zone is a love hate relationship but is over ran by a bunch of pubescent teens that like to camp and harass the **** out of you and camp your stuff so you may never get the items you've rightfully earned and drop lots of ranks. It's a shame thatSo the game is great in aspects of a solid RPG but thats not why I'm writing this review let me cut straight to the chase The Dark Zone. The Dark Zone is a love hate relationship but is over ran by a bunch of pubescent teens that like to camp and harass the **** out of you and camp your stuff so you may never get the items you've rightfully earned and drop lots of ranks. It's a shame that this game has so much appeal and the whole idea of a Dark Zone is sweet. But the fact that other players can hear your mic conversations and randomly join in on your party chat with friends to know what your gonna do and talk to back and fourth I really feel Ubigay screwed up on. What part of the game requires strategy but you cant do it because you have 2-3 other dip ****s listening in so they know your next move. I really had high hopes for this game and in one fell swoop it was ruined by a bunch of over geared lvl 13-14 players decked out in legendary gear at 14 to kill other players and all they do is sit together and act all nice then kill you when your trying to load the chopper.. This game is for you if you have no life or only see to it as to bully other players and ruin there experience of the game. Has Ubigay ever heard about Battle Grounds? I think not I think The Dark Zone should be a PVE with harder bosses and etc not a lets see if my team of bullies can kill a team of friends/casual players. So as I will say the missions are very bland The Dark Zone is blunt and needs a lot of improvements. Oh and so you know they whole aspect of RPG shooters turning into a mass pvp game where Level and gear matters is terrible. There is a huge reason why other mmo's have a balancing to there PVP. So I will play my game till its beat but I will get rid of it right after because the experience I've had in the Dark Zone was utter **** Better to stick to Destiny least they did they're research on how to execute a proper MMO.
    I hope I don't prevent people from playing this could be gem but if you plan to play solo or with maybe 1 other friend then move on this game is NOT for you. Thank you for reading my review and I hope this helps out in any way.
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  32. Mar 23, 2016
    4
    "The division" is not unique and the aspects that seem remotely unique are done poorly. the game is super repetitive and has NO replay value. enemies are bullet sponges and there are very few different types of enemies. and that is a thing a MMO needs is a varying cast of enemies. the weapons are nothing special. the game play is nothing special. the are only a few actually useful"The division" is not unique and the aspects that seem remotely unique are done poorly. the game is super repetitive and has NO replay value. enemies are bullet sponges and there are very few different types of enemies. and that is a thing a MMO needs is a varying cast of enemies. the weapons are nothing special. the game play is nothing special. the are only a few actually useful abilities/ talents out of what is there. the character customization is horrible. all the missions are the same essentially. go here, kill this thing, maybe turn a valve or something, done. there is nothing redeeming about this game. Expand
  33. Mar 9, 2016
    4
    That's not a bad game. But..
    The story (yeah that game has a story) is "okay" but nothing great about the scenario...,
    The shooting part have nothing new too. Really I have the feeling I played the game already tons of time even if it's the first time I'm playing it. You can count on your fingers the skin of ennemis and NPC, or the same objects are everywhere. (But I'm a fan of the echo
    That's not a bad game. But..
    The story (yeah that game has a story) is "okay" but nothing great about the scenario...,
    The shooting part have nothing new too. Really I have the feeling I played the game already tons of time even if it's the first time I'm playing it. You can count on your fingers the skin of ennemis and NPC, or the same objects are everywhere. (But I'm a fan of the echo things, that's beautiful).
    The Darkzone is fun with friends but alone... You're gonna be raped and a lot...
    So that's an okay game but I don't see myself spending too much time in it.
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  34. Mar 12, 2016
    4
    I don't know what to say but this game is boring, the missions and the city lacks variety. 'Go here, kill that' - rinse and repeat. They took their time making a good looking game, i dont mind the mechanics either but this game is such a bore, it is so disappointing. This game proves graphics is not everything.

    I like how people are saying there's tons of missions, but do they not
    I don't know what to say but this game is boring, the missions and the city lacks variety. 'Go here, kill that' - rinse and repeat. They took their time making a good looking game, i dont mind the mechanics either but this game is such a bore, it is so disappointing. This game proves graphics is not everything.

    I like how people are saying there's tons of missions, but do they not realize they are doing the exact same thing everytime? Are they not feeling a little bit annoyed?

    I do like the loot and guns, its the only reason why i may come back to try and obtain the purple gear, other than that i highly doubt i will play anymore, even the PvP in the Dark Zone is very forgettable and pointless? (only for end-game gear). They can keep expanding the map, but the content wont be there.

    Two words that sums up this game
    LACKS VARIETY
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  35. Mar 9, 2016
    4
    Another Destiny. All you do in this game is grind pointlessly and do quests but the quests r same **** diff toilet. Only things that make a quest different from one another is the location of the quest. The story is lack-luster and does not feel like you are even a part of it. it shouldnt be long until microtransactions and dlc after dlc start taking over the mindless fans of the grind . IAnother Destiny. All you do in this game is grind pointlessly and do quests but the quests r same **** diff toilet. Only things that make a quest different from one another is the location of the quest. The story is lack-luster and does not feel like you are even a part of it. it shouldnt be long until microtransactions and dlc after dlc start taking over the mindless fans of the grind . I give it a 4 only cause if you have friends then it can be somewhat fun. But so can any game. I would not recommend this game to anyone. Expand
  36. Mar 10, 2016
    4
    I feel this game epitomizes the modern game developer’s mind-set, which is all about the aesthetics at the expense of game play. Since Splinter Cell ubisoft have never got it quite right. The reason for this? They are stuck in a time warp; their games are basically off line type story games. I mean, to throw a grenade (in real time in a gun fight), you have to press the button, get theI feel this game epitomizes the modern game developer’s mind-set, which is all about the aesthetics at the expense of game play. Since Splinter Cell ubisoft have never got it quite right. The reason for this? They are stuck in a time warp; their games are basically off line type story games. I mean, to throw a grenade (in real time in a gun fight), you have to press the button, get the curser to where you want and press the same button again. After some time we are all quite capable of judging where it will land so let’s just press the button once. The smallest of ledges require a button to jump over. Yes the graphics and scale of the map are great but is this what gets people coming back to play a game again and again. No, it’s gameplay. Tons of people are still playing MW2, and it’s not for the graphics. Look at Rainbow 6 Siege multiplayer, I defy anyone to say that this is quality online gameplay, it’s dreadful. Developers are always seeking to improve things, and rightly so, it just seems that improvements are all about more, more controls, larger maps, more options, more guns (some of which are really the same in this game) etc. COD has not been improved in the slightest for the jumping, running along walls addition, this is just an add on for the sake of change. I played Division last night and when we had to kill the female boss, my friend just stayed way back and shot a few bullets at a time into her as she run back and forth along the balcony bit. Rather like playing MGS a decade ago. All this, of course, is just my opinion; however I think the sayings “bigger is not always better” and “less is sometimes more”, well applies to the modern online games we are seeing. Expand
  37. Mar 10, 2016
    4
    The game is set in a modern time with normal individuals wearing street clothes. If the NPCs were wearing full suits of armor or were like 10 foot tall beasts, I could understand having to dump 50 bullets into a guy. But, if they're running around in a shirt and jeans, it doesn't make sense. I feel like the game is trapped between wanting to be an entertaining shooter and a RPG likeThe game is set in a modern time with normal individuals wearing street clothes. If the NPCs were wearing full suits of armor or were like 10 foot tall beasts, I could understand having to dump 50 bullets into a guy. But, if they're running around in a shirt and jeans, it doesn't make sense. I feel like the game is trapped between wanting to be an entertaining shooter and a RPG like Destiny. Its trying to wear too many hats. If the combat was realistic, I think we would have a different discussion or if the higher the level the enemy, the larger or more armor they had, or if the bosses were massive like in Destiny, then the game would make sense. The graphics are gorgeous, but overall, its a piece of junk and a waste of money Expand
  38. Mar 11, 2016
    4
    Ummm. This game is not great at all. Clunky, sluggish controls. With all the beta time a lot of these bugs should of been squashed before release. Not impressed at all. Luckily got the game for free so I don't feel like I wasted money.
  39. Mar 12, 2016
    4
    I played the game serveral hours. But i don´t like the gameplay. The city looks very nice but I see the same looking place all over the map. The opponents look very simple. The job my char has to do is allways the same. That is boring.
  40. Mar 20, 2016
    4
    The division. When i started playing I can't deny I liked a lot what was on my screen. Dispite the e3 footage being much more better looking, this is still very nice. The 3rd person cover thing Is also something I like a lot. And it's well done in the division. And i like a good story and getting better items,mand this was also an rpg! Wow i couldn't wait.

    However...when playing more
    The division. When i started playing I can't deny I liked a lot what was on my screen. Dispite the e3 footage being much more better looking, this is still very nice. The 3rd person cover thing Is also something I like a lot. And it's well done in the division. And i like a good story and getting better items,mand this was also an rpg! Wow i couldn't wait.

    However...when playing more and more of the game I was just more and more disappointed.
    There is this infection going on...that is the main cause of all bad things, that is, total anarchy sweeps through NY. You are there as part of a secret agency to correct that..that is the chaos that will overtakenthe city. Basically this means you shoot down gangs. Endlessly. There are some paperthin story aspects to it, but this is what you will be doing. Sounds boring? Well it doesn't have to be but it is. There is very little story bound to who you are wiping down. Or to the other agents. There is some, but it didn't interest me one bit.
    To sum it up...the story didn't get me. At all.

    Then there is this dreaded bullet sponginess. It should be excused because its the RPG element, but for me it just didn't work. Having more realism would have. Shooting people in the head over and over again without effect because they are more "leveled" just feels off. In another more fantasy lik setting it wouldn't.

    The division feels very bland. Streets look the same, they look great, but its more of the same, and more.., enemy's do, hell even the bosses are just very much the same and can absorb an insane amount of bullets.

    There is the darkzone where you get killed instantly ifnyou come alone and even with a group, its not as fun as "regular" multiplay games.

    What's left is the looting. Thats sorta fun. But a shallow aspect for an entire game.

    No the division is not for me.
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  41. Mar 28, 2016
    4
    First of All, This is a MMO RPG, this is nth different from other RPG.

    Its just another game with consistence on looting, leveling up. another word BORING, it is a game for no brainier, update yourself with latest glitch then you're the top players in the serve. It is nth like back in Diablo 2. If any future game developer wanna do any MMORPG again, pls take a look on PSP - Monster
    First of All, This is a MMO RPG, this is nth different from other RPG.

    Its just another game with consistence on looting, leveling up. another word BORING, it is a game for no brainier, update yourself with latest glitch then you're the top players in the serve. It is nth like back in Diablo 2.

    If any future game developer wanna do any MMORPG again, pls take a look on PSP - Monster Hunter.
    It got a way better looting system, farm, wider range of weapon of choice. They alimented the PvP element, but did a good fine job with cooperate

    The only good thing is it is very popularized game at the moment

    Pro:
    Very populated game for at least 2-3 months

    Good Coop system (but not the actual play, Army of Two by EA is a way better 3rd Person shooter.)

    a must for Any mmorpg players (Destiny, Diablo)

    Cons:
    Only few missions, you could finish all of it on 1st night.

    fooling graphic (we know the E3 demo)

    Too repetitive.

    Little Variety of Enemies So Far

    Worst PvP system I've ever seen (You will never get a fair fight in DZ)
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  42. Mar 31, 2016
    4
    Although there are many interesting elements, and the co-op / pvp in the deathzone can be really funny and "new" as a concept, the game is really - REALLY - repetitive, in a boring way.
    The game has just 5 or 6 "types" of missions, repeated all over until you hit level 30, this means that after 2 hours you've already seen everything the game has to offer in terms of gameplay, because the
    Although there are many interesting elements, and the co-op / pvp in the deathzone can be really funny and "new" as a concept, the game is really - REALLY - repetitive, in a boring way.
    The game has just 5 or 6 "types" of missions, repeated all over until you hit level 30, this means that after 2 hours you've already seen everything the game has to offer in terms of gameplay, because the story itself isn't all that great, and it's just about looting and shooting.
    This is gonna become even worse when you think that every new addition to make the gameplay just a little more enjoyable is gonna be payed as a DLC.
    If you wanna waste time with friends, this game could be a cool thing, otherwise just don't buy it.
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  43. Apr 21, 2016
    4
    Game mechanics and visuals are nice unfortunately the bugs and glitches have left the end game severely unbalanced which means at present there is little end game unless you enjoy glitching your way through content to keep up with others.
  44. May 5, 2016
    4
    This game is incredible mediocre and did not live up to the hype or other people's expectations. After 30 hours into the game and finished all of the quests, there are just nothing left to do except farming in the boding and repetitive dark zone. Enemies are simply bullet sponges and terrible AI. The world felt lifeless and no interesting locations. The game requires an internet connectionThis game is incredible mediocre and did not live up to the hype or other people's expectations. After 30 hours into the game and finished all of the quests, there are just nothing left to do except farming in the boding and repetitive dark zone. Enemies are simply bullet sponges and terrible AI. The world felt lifeless and no interesting locations. The game requires an internet connection and almost impossible to finish quests alone. The story is un-compelling and Trust me, don't by this game except you want a grindy and repetitive MMORPG. Expand
  45. Mar 13, 2017
    4
    I want to criticize in this game is the downgrade I did not think that again we were going to hit the game with a slowdown in terms of graphic quality is great even if it is superior to watch dogs, another negative point is having to always connect to El Internet if it is true that it is becoming fashionable in the games of this company among many other mistakes but bugs when the gameI want to criticize in this game is the downgrade I did not think that again we were going to hit the game with a slowdown in terms of graphic quality is great even if it is superior to watch dogs, another negative point is having to always connect to El Internet if it is true that it is becoming fashionable in the games of this company among many other mistakes but bugs when the game wants, many cheaters and some servers for nothing dedicated.

    My score 4/10
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  46. Mar 21, 2017
    4
    If you don't have PS Plus this game sucks, if you have PS Plus this game still sucks, the mechanics, story and characters are very slow and a little boring, classic Ubisoft game, a little sad
  47. Mar 23, 2018
    4
    I gave The Division a low score because the gameplay is simply bad, but i like the idea behind of this game and it reminds me of the older game i used to play (forgot the name, but i remember its on ps1)

    York city looks decent at times but there is simply nothing to do really except those random escort quests or finding a lost phone from somewhere for leads to somewhere nobody cares
    I gave The Division a low score because the gameplay is simply bad, but i like the idea behind of this game and it reminds me of the older game i used to play (forgot the name, but i remember its on ps1)

    York city looks decent at times but there is simply nothing to do really except those random escort quests or finding a lost phone from somewhere for leads to somewhere nobody cares about. I dont understand why this game is the way it is and how come the devs think this is what we want from a game?

    I would would much rather shovel this up their *** than give this game any higher score than this, the cost of gold edition wasnt too bad (50€) i think i can get some time out of this game while im waiting other GOOD games to come, it's best if you skip this one completely.

    Main Story is few cutscenes long and the story characters didn't catch my interest at all, i have played the game around 55 hours trying to get to max level to see if the end content is anything to look forwards to.

    But now i feel like i've seen enough, i've done 94% story mission already which maybe 93% are encounter missions or side missions that play the same way (no cutscenes, only straight up "go there secure and kill") all the time and the remaining 1% is cutscenes that probably last 25min in total tops
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  48. Jun 17, 2019
    4
    Эта игра полностью не оправдалась... Ужасно в ней все: графика, ИИ, сюжет, геймплей, атмосфера... Плюсов нет!!! От слово- совсем! (Если кто-то посчитает мое мнение необъективным, просто поиграйте в нее 5 часов)+на ps4 aim не работает!!!Эта игра полностью не оправдалась... Ужасно в ней все: графика, ИИ, сюжет, геймплей, атмосфера... Плюсов нет!!! От слово- совсем! (Если кто-то посчитает мое мнение необъективным, просто поиграйте в нее 5 часов)+на ps4 aim не работает!!!
  49. Mar 3, 2020
    4
    Visite en la vida real a Washington y en realidad se parece en mucho lo único que no tenía los mismos escenarios que en el juego pero el último update que lanzaron daño mucho el estilo de juego de muchas personas. Hacen muchos cambios grandes y afectan a los veteranos que jugaron el juego desde el principio.
  50. Mar 15, 2023
    4
    1. If you are a solo player, don't buy it
    2. Enemies are sponges, you need to shoot them many, many times to kill them.
    3, Nice graphics
  51. Mar 8, 2016
    3
    Basically if you liked destiny at launch its more of that. The game had decent enough shooting but that's basically it. The game lacks depth and once you hit level 30 and get the best gear, there is no reason to continue. It's good for about 1 playthrough of the story then your done, which i personally feel isn't worth it.
  52. Mar 31, 2016
    3
    Played this all the way to 30 and DZ rank 40. The game is full of bugs that should have been picked up in beta or QA testing, menu glitches, crashes, item bag glitches, falling through the world, and more are all common place. PvP is a free for all and all the best PvE gear is locked behind it, the game is a griefers paradise. Do Not Buy This game.
  53. Mar 11, 2016
    3
    Wtf did I just play? What was my motive in this generic shooter with mediocre visuals and an atmosphere as immersive as a day time soap? Seriously avoid this garbage unless you like a game that decides the "hard" difficulty just means morphing the brain dead AI into bullet sponges who still walk head on into your barrage of gunfire. If NY were on the brink of destruction in this game, itWtf did I just play? What was my motive in this generic shooter with mediocre visuals and an atmosphere as immersive as a day time soap? Seriously avoid this garbage unless you like a game that decides the "hard" difficulty just means morphing the brain dead AI into bullet sponges who still walk head on into your barrage of gunfire. If NY were on the brink of destruction in this game, it was caused by the boredom of being in it. P.S. Although it's available it isn't really finished and it full of bugs, didn't crash at all though. Expand
  54. Jun 3, 2017
    3
    How does this game have an 80 percent? It sucks. I have no clue why people except this as a passable game. It's loaded with problems that so many people have failed to address or have just flat-out ignored.

    The game was completely unplayable at launch, as I spent 2 hours trying to join get in a server. Even when I finally got in, I had to wait in an in-game line to access a terminal
    How does this game have an 80 percent? It sucks. I have no clue why people except this as a passable game. It's loaded with problems that so many people have failed to address or have just flat-out ignored.

    The game was completely unplayable at launch, as I spent 2 hours trying to join get in a server. Even when I finally got in, I had to wait in an in-game line to access a terminal that only one player can use at time. That's right. A f*cking line. In a video game. And it only got worse from there.

    Luckily, the problems at launch were fixed quickly, so I'll give them credit there. However, that didn't fix the other problems. First, the story, which is boring and uninteresting, but honestly, I saw that coming. Second, the monotony. The Division is the most repetitive game I've ever played. Mission after mission, all you're doing is going from point A to point B and killing dudes in hoodies, who are the most bullet-sponge enemies I've ever encountered in a game. The bosses aren't much better, and are pretty much just more powerful dudes in hoodies. To give you an idea of how bland the enemies and bosses are, the final boss is a helicopter.

    Then there's the Dark Zone, the single worst part of the game. The Dark Zone was planned to be a PVP area where players could battle it out for special loot. However, when you kill someone in the Dark Zone, you're marked rogue, and every player on the map can see you, so you become a giant target for people to come and kill. Because of the AI coming to kill you, it actually benefits you more to work together, which means you're doing the exact same thing in the Dark Zone as you were doing in the main game.

    Lastly, there's the endgame, which happens when you get to level 30. What you get is daily missions and some extra loot. I tried one of these missions and realised it was exactly the same as every other mission I had done before, so I dropped out of it quickly.

    Overall, The Division is probably the worst game Ubisoft has ever released, and one of the worst games I've ever played. It's not completely broken, but it's still really bad. I can't recommend it to anyone, unless you like repetitive gameplay.
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  55. Mar 11, 2016
    3
    Well, it's just generic as possible: post-apocalyptic third-person online cover shooter set in New York City - how can you get more genereric than that? The obvious huge graphical downgrade from the impressive E3 demo is also a downer.
  56. Mar 22, 2016
    3
    such a boring MMO shooting play.
    looks gorgeous graphics, but that's all.
    If you love Shooting in static motion when you encountered enemies right up a corner, Then go and buy it now
  57. Mar 9, 2016
    3
    Having played the game for a solid 7 hours i want to give this game a good review...but i cant....
    yes, i love the loot system (its better than destiny's) yes i like the dark zone feature but only because im good at screwing people over in game which i am not proud of. yes the graphics are DECENT and the story is DECENT from what ive played so far. but nothing stands out. there certainly
    Having played the game for a solid 7 hours i want to give this game a good review...but i cant....
    yes, i love the loot system (its better than destiny's) yes i like the dark zone feature but only because im good at screwing people over in game which i am not proud of. yes the graphics are DECENT and the story is DECENT from what ive played so far. but nothing stands out. there certainly are some mmorpg elements. but nothing we haven't seen before. there was potential. but the division didnt live up to the hype as alot of people will tell you. they locked three MAJOR "DLC's" behind a paywall for gods sake...the enemies are bullet sponges that take way too long to die, the cover system is clunky, the customization isnt minimal but it isnt grand either, we as a community need to stop supporting this kind of business ethic, because the companys that dont care about its people are never going to unless we say this is wrong..... See being an old school gamer, i like full games, with the addition of new content later via add on packs or paid dlc. but what i dont like is a developer locking major expansions behind a pay wall, seperating the player base. this goes against everything that a good game does. Fallout 4 (and i know im gonna get some hate for this) is an example of a good game, they gave us a full story, gave us so much content. and then went on forums and asked the player base what they wanted in the season pass that they sold at launch. see they didnt have an idea of what add ons they would include. so they asked the fans what they want to see. the division just locked three addons behind a paywall so they can get more money from people that play. its a bungie stunt all over again and we are all going to fall for it. then as soon as all of the add ons are out they are going to announce a new "the division" and make us all do it again. ubisoft is a sketchy developer and they do not have my trust as a gamer and as a consumer. they arent as bad as EA but they arent as good as FROM SOFTWARE
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  58. Mar 8, 2016
    3
    In so many ways this is another Watch Dogs. Downgraded, bland with nothing much to do. The graphics looks good sometimes but there isn't really much to do in this game. lifeless boring Ubisoft title.
  59. Mar 9, 2016
    3
    Disappointed from the start...

    I looked forward to the Division but after playing the beta i started to have doubts over the content. My friends said i can't judge full game on the beta but i wish i did. Right from the get go i was disappointed with customisations of my mute character. Very little options and not much personalisation i was expecting much more for an apparent RPG
    Disappointed from the start...

    I looked forward to the Division but after playing the beta i started to have doubts over the content. My friends said i can't judge full game on the beta but i wish i did.

    Right from the get go i was disappointed with customisations of my mute character. Very little options and not much personalisation i was expecting much more for an apparent RPG

    Then there is the story if you can call it that.. the missions feel no different between each other and i feel no sense of accomplishment upon beating them. They are boring dull and repetitive, if you want play game for long periods of time, this game is not for you.

    Now for combat i do enjoy duck and cover system but it irritates me that it take a clip to the head to kill a thug wearing a baseball cap and hoodie. I know its RPG but it just doesnt work for me a human doesnt survive a clip of an M4 to the head, or when set guy with gas canister on fire and they just brush it off or when you fire a grenade launcher into their face its just stupid.

    Then there is free roam, or walking simulator as thats all i seem to do, walk around doing boring side quests for reasons i still don't know.

    I think if Ihadn't played destiny id have appreciated this game more but Destiny bored me enough and this feels like present day Destiny

    I will say though i do like loot system and weapons customisation i think they have done a good job here. Also the environment is designed well its just the content within it.

    Game had great potential but unless raids they release soon are completely different, i dont see myself playing this game much more after ive completed story
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  60. Mar 9, 2016
    3
    Graphics: What UBISOFT promised 3 Years ago -> 10/10! What we became -> 5/10 ... Weather is nice to see, but the random NPCs dont even use theyre mouth to talk. Ah yeah .. Im a mindreading agent... Sorry, but 4 - 5 yrs of development .. no more comment.

    Mechanics: Well .. moving in combat is sometimes quiet annoying. You often stuck on some invisible edges or do moves you dont really
    Graphics: What UBISOFT promised 3 Years ago -> 10/10! What we became -> 5/10 ... Weather is nice to see, but the random NPCs dont even use theyre mouth to talk. Ah yeah .. Im a mindreading agent... Sorry, but 4 - 5 yrs of development .. no more comment.

    Mechanics: Well .. moving in combat is sometimes quiet annoying. You often stuck on some invisible edges or do moves you dont really wanted to. Ok its not me i am talking about, but i here that very often, when i hear some friends in Party.

    AI: Very stupid NPCs. I can often shoot 1-2 magz in enemys that try to gesticulate more than once and repeating the same gestic instead of seeking cover.

    Bugs: yeah .. they will always be BUT why the heck they didn't fix those from the Beta?? Players get kicked out of combat while they are in a group. Its rarely, but still existing. I couldnt finish 2 Quests for more than 10 Hours. Seemed like there was a missed trigger, but when the mission is: " return to HQ to finish side missions" and the Mission Agent is standing 1m in front of me, but i cant interact .. thats very sad.
    I had in the Beta the feeling, that waypoints and waymarker worked better than now. It happens often when i set waypoints that the Path wont show up, even if the destination is more than a mile away.

    Longtime Motivation missing. Many people already talked about it, and when i take a close look at the Map i can only say. Its way more smaller than people realize at first sight. There are really nice sightseeings and its beautiful to watch, but when i hear about Players that finish the game within 15 hours .. seriously. I think people would share my point when i say, the size of the Beta was 1/4. I dont include missions in that, because i am talking about the Map size.
    I played the Beta and i was like "wow ... that might be small part from that whats coming to us at release".
    I am very disappointed right now...

    Where is the promised 4rd player THE DRONE?! They cutted the hell out of the game ... not only the HUD, they also kicked out an whole character!!!!

    But now less from the negative
    What i really appreciate are the game tactics. It makes fun playing tactic and its easy for the group to pull together. What i also like is that every kind of group acts different. That puts the player in a whole new situation that makes him rethink his strategy and harass him to fall back if he has to .. Its a really combat based game.
    Well, this is the only i reason why i give only 3/10. The HQ has some nice Features that can be upgraded, but that shouldnt be the main part of the game and i hoped there would be something more, because i just go to the base to craft some items (yeah thats an extra + .. the crafting system) but thats the only thing that makes this game really RPG. There is no RPG if you cant craft.

    In this game is much potential that first has to be expanded. Right now the Content is for me like every other Indi game "In nicer graphic"..
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  61. Mar 16, 2016
    3
    Tom Clancy's The Division came with a ton of praise before it hit the shelves due to the reception of the Beta. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to play during the beta and bought it based on a friend's recommendation. Well, shame on me. The game, while beautifully recreating a post-pandemic (it is not post-apocalyptic folks) New York looks great left me with less enthusiasm and moreTom Clancy's The Division came with a ton of praise before it hit the shelves due to the reception of the Beta. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to play during the beta and bought it based on a friend's recommendation. Well, shame on me. The game, while beautifully recreating a post-pandemic (it is not post-apocalyptic folks) New York looks great left me with less enthusiasm and more outrage. I did my time with Destiny and was hoping for a similar experience, granted Destiny Vanilla was frustrating for most at least the game felt different depending on your playstyle and your loadout. The Division, while possibly better looking to some (I prefer/remember Destiny having a bigger impact for me) offers little in variation. Sure you have your skill-trees but everything else plays the same. The only difference in weapons are automatic, shotgun, marksman rifle or pistol. I got to level 15 and felt no difference in my armory. Visually your character looks roughly the same throughout, and the character design is very limited for a self-proclaimed RPG. On top of that the missions that I completed were repetitive and the NPC's were all the same annoying characterization of angry New Yorkers. It was grating. I was completely disappointed by the process and managed to return my copy luckily. Wait a year, and then buy this game. Maybe then it will live up to the hype because currently the Darkzone is busted (check out Forbes for a great article on that) and they've of course put up a huge paywall of DLC which is the norm now. Expand
  62. Mar 17, 2016
    3
    Beautiful garbage. Same enemies on repeat, all the time, same gameplay, no tactics, just shoot people more as you level up. Rewards the stupid gamer with chicken feed upgrades to keep the simple minds motivated. A worrying trend in modern games...a simple addiction-reward tactic designed to consume hours. They play this game and say 'yeah, that was ok, got some better knee pads too'. MyBeautiful garbage. Same enemies on repeat, all the time, same gameplay, no tactics, just shoot people more as you level up. Rewards the stupid gamer with chicken feed upgrades to keep the simple minds motivated. A worrying trend in modern games...a simple addiction-reward tactic designed to consume hours. They play this game and say 'yeah, that was ok, got some better knee pads too'. My god. Whatever happened to getting addicted to gameplay. Then you hear about the 'end gane content' that might be coming. So I have to put 70 hours of repetitive gameplay in to possible get the chance to have some actual real fun on a raid style mission? Nope. Get it traded in Expand
  63. Apr 18, 2016
    3
    Let me say first off that this game is hands down some of the most stunning environments and world building I've ever witnessed in a game. It's recreation of and envisioning of a virus stricken New York is stunning, the streets and alleys filled to the brim with detail. Bodies line the sewers, papers blow throw the air, crashed cars line the streets, storefronts looted by vandals. ThisLet me say first off that this game is hands down some of the most stunning environments and world building I've ever witnessed in a game. It's recreation of and envisioning of a virus stricken New York is stunning, the streets and alleys filled to the brim with detail. Bodies line the sewers, papers blow throw the air, crashed cars line the streets, storefronts looted by vandals. This game is a stunning vision of a bio-terrorist attack. Even the weather system, which changes all the time, is a stunning achievement. One minute you could be wondering the dark zone in a clear Winter night, and within a matter of minutes you can hardly see through the swirling snow falling from the skies. Having said that ultimately this game, in my opinion, is a failure. It's story seems shallow, its' characters nothing but cookie cutter characters from your typical Hollywood film. Throughout the game I found myself wondering why bother saving these people, I don't even know enough about them besides their names and the fact that one's paranoid, another's a typical good cop, and another is an abrasive doctor. Half the time I didn't know who the bad guy was. I mean I knew who he was, but the most information I got about him came from an ECHO at the end of the game. And while the crafting system is decent, everything looks the same, and the perks don't feel game changing enough. Now I believe that also has to do with the fact that there is absolutely no enemy variety in this game. There are guys with flamethrowers, guys with shotguns, guys with baseball bats, guys with turrets, drones, and, and this one only shows up once at the end, a helicopter. These enemies don't allow the weapons to shine, to show you why you should choose this perk over that. Even the incursions, advertised as the Raids of the Division, is just you in a room fighting fifteen waves of enemies, all of them bullet sponges, while an APC one shots you and your team. And that's the essential problem with the Division. There's not nearly enough variety where it matters most. In the environment, sure, but in the story, the enemies, the weapons, even your own characters, they're all the same. They all look the same, sound the same, act the same. So unless you want to play a game that literally is just the same from beginning to end, I do not recommend this game. Besides the Dark Zone (And God I hope you have friends for The Dark Zone cause its troll central without them) this game has nothing new that makes it worth $60. It should have cost me more then $40. Expand
  64. Apr 21, 2016
    3
    I had such high hopes for this game was fun til you reach the cap.There is no real endgame the crafting is the endgame all you do is craft items to get rid of because you cant get the right stats.Then the bugs and glitches i would not endorse this game at all play destiny instead of this.
  65. Sep 18, 2018
    3
    The division es un puto fracaso y es un insulto para la comunidad de los videojuegos se se haga tanta publicidad de un producato para luego sacar esta mierda. La mayoria del videojuego es malo, como el movimiento del personaje, el mapa, el sistema de apuntado, pero esque las misiones secundarias son pesimas, muy simples y aburridas. Vergüenza le tendria que dar a ubisoft.
  66. Nov 3, 2019
    3
    ОЧень убого. Шутер с элементами рпг, как-то воспринимается как чтото чужеродное.
  67. Apr 1, 2019
    3
    This game gives you mixed feelings, but mostly negative ones.

    I'll analyze WHY as a proficient end-game player at gear score 290. If you play this game for long enough, it will give you three-stage feelings: 1. Frustrating: Before reaching level 30, this game is considered hard, you'll have to do lots of missions and skill stuff to NOT to be killed by a bullet-sponge enemy. 2.
    This game gives you mixed feelings, but mostly negative ones.

    I'll analyze WHY as a proficient end-game player at gear score 290.

    If you play this game for long enough, it will give you three-stage feelings:
    1. Frustrating: Before reaching level 30, this game is considered hard, you'll have to do lots of missions and skill stuff to NOT to be killed by a bullet-sponge enemy.
    2. Entertaining: After reaching level 30, you'll start getting classified gears and have a feeling that enemies are easier to kill, but still they are huge sponges.
    3. Unfulfilling: You want to collect all classified gears, but you'll find out that the RNG in this game is deliberately designed, so that you'll never get a full classified gear by ONLY doing LZ boss farming or Global Events or other things like that. It will keep giving you some specific classified gears and you'll notice lots of duplicates.

    In short, the more you want to collect a full set of classified gears, the more frustrating you will be. If you want to play this game, don't be a perfectionist, otherwise you'll waste lots of time.

    The only pro of this game is graphics, otherwise I can think of nothing.

    Details of RNG in this game: Although the official said the chance of dropping classified gears is 6% atm, they didn't say anything about WHAT kinds of gears to drop. I kept farming LZ bosses and use a sheet to record the drops. I noticed that I hadn't have any new classified gear drops after about 50 times of farming, 50 times! There are 15 bosses, so statistically it should drop about 1 classified gear in one farm. But still nothing new after 50 times. There are always about 2-3 classified gears in any set that I will never have a chance to get.

    I can understand why they designed RNG like this, because they want the players to participate in all kinds of activities and keep playing as a proficient player in the team. So skilled players like me or you now can attract more novice players just like you and me in the past and that means sustained income, because they've got servers and developers to feed, of course.
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  68. Mar 19, 2020
    3
    A game I was waiting for as great while. love the look of snowy New York and as a Destiny player love the combat and RPG. but after finishing the story and collecting all the collectables. there's no content. well what about the Darkzone ?. full of teams that have better gear from the darkzone attacking you. so you never get the gear or time to grind the gear. fine if this is what you likeA game I was waiting for as great while. love the look of snowy New York and as a Destiny player love the combat and RPG. but after finishing the story and collecting all the collectables. there's no content. well what about the Darkzone ?. full of teams that have better gear from the darkzone attacking you. so you never get the gear or time to grind the gear. fine if this is what you like good for you. but this excluded large amount of the player database. game needed a PvE darkzone as well. Ubisoft done massive update of the game which helped a lot. Underground was ok but repetitive. My fav Survival. a great game mode enjoyed a lot. PvP games boring and no one plays. A great idea for a game. but normal Ubisoft cheapness laggy servers and rushed to launch. shame and Division 2 has same issues and problems. Money grabbers and not game producers Expand
  69. Mar 27, 2020
    3
    It was innovative. I loved the controls and the visual. It also had the grind that I wanted
  70. Mar 18, 2016
    2
    At first glance this game is o'k, pretty look and role-play system, many weapons etc. But when you play it it turned to an ugly monster: a lot of bugs, nad cashing, boring and similar side-quests, and as a center of ugliness: Dark Zone PvP. This pvp are made SO BAD, that it does not provide fun, only anger.
  71. Apr 3, 2016
    2
    In all I have a lot to say about the game both positive and negative so lets cut to the chase.

    Pros: After watching so many reviews on the net I had no high expectations of this game what so ever and surprisingly I wasn’t disappointed with it at all. The single player campaign is fun and for anyone interested in the story there are a lot of POIs on the map which will last for hours. Few
    In all I have a lot to say about the game both positive and negative so lets cut to the chase.

    Pros: After watching so many reviews on the net I had no high expectations of this game what so ever and surprisingly I wasn’t disappointed with it at all. The single player campaign is fun and for anyone interested in the story there are a lot of POIs on the map which will last for hours. Few times I smiled to myself when I played a recording from a mobile phone of some girl stalking back the stalker.

    Cons: Price! To get the full value from the game you HAVE to play with others in Dark Zone, therefore few friends who like this game will help a lot. The end game concentrates around getting the best equipment by crafting it (any other way is a huge luck). The problem is that to get the best you will have to achieve a high rank/level in Dark Zone (DZ). For anyone unfamiliar with the game, this is where all the players can go all out VS high difficulty NPCs and… other players. To get the rank you will have to kill a lot of NPCs or other players. This is when this game goes down the drain. Let me explain. Due to some early dev mistakes and some exploits there are a LOT of payers who managed to max out their characters and now they are hanging at the DZ waiting for ’beginners’ to join the cemetery. I like the game a lot but I simply can’t play any longer. The matchmaking systems which works pretty well became pointless as now the team of 2 rogue (PKs) players can easily take down a team of 4. Some time back some no-lifes complained that ‘rogue’ system is too punishing so the devs changed it. Now the system is way too punishing for casual players. Due to the whole setup it is not possible to teleport within the Dark Zone, so yesterday I was stuck at the safe house for 20 minutes as Rogue were camping and killing everyone… I wasn’t even able to leave and roam around the safe-zone due to lack of teleport within the DZ. What can I say… another lovely evening… another Tibia flashback. Oh… I almost forgot… be prepared for microphone abuse… the cherry on the top is when some ‘no-life’ go wild on the mic after they kill you.

    If you want to buy this game, wait. The devs need to figure out what they actually want to do, at the moment it looks like a f*fest for all Pks (rogue agents).
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  72. Sep 26, 2017
    2
    I tried this game after many patches that supposedly improved the game from its terrible earlier state. This is one of the worst games I ever played. The game is visually beautiful (but empty), but all the budget apparently went into graphics, because it has the worst gameplay of any game I have ever played. Enemies literally take hundreds of bullets to take down (and you fight waveI tried this game after many patches that supposedly improved the game from its terrible earlier state. This is one of the worst games I ever played. The game is visually beautiful (but empty), but all the budget apparently went into graphics, because it has the worst gameplay of any game I have ever played. Enemies literally take hundreds of bullets to take down (and you fight wave upon wave). Your character is killed with a single bullet or two, or one swing from a baseball bat (which you almost can't avoid, because you MUST reload at least twice to kill the enemy charging with a bat, and he kills you when you go for your second clip). The controls are also terrible. You try to run towards a door to escape the horde of enemies, but the camera "jostles" and you run into a wall instead. This results in death as it takes 20 seconds or so to turn around, line up the door again, and try to run. Yuck. Even worse, he developers crowed that this was a "great" single-player experience (you absolutely, positively can not play this game solo), but that was just a lie. This is the worst game I ever played, but the graphics are amazing and the concept has such great potential. But the gameplay is so bad, it remains the purchase I most regret in more than 15 years of gaming. Expand
  73. Nov 10, 2018
    2
    I really liked the game at first, but It frustrated me more than anything, and this is not what I want to be feeling when playing a GAME.
    It takes 25 bullets to kill 1 enemy (or 5 headshots), the aim is completely off, especially when guys with baseball bats run at you, they always seem to dodge for some reason. It takes you 8 bullets to kill them but they kill you with 2 baseball bat
    I really liked the game at first, but It frustrated me more than anything, and this is not what I want to be feeling when playing a GAME.
    It takes 25 bullets to kill 1 enemy (or 5 headshots), the aim is completely off, especially when guys with baseball bats run at you, they always seem to dodge for some reason. It takes you 8 bullets to kill them but they kill you with 2 baseball bat swings.
    Melee (for your player) is terrible! just a measly kinda back hand small hit, nothing that will do any damage to your opponent though. No way to sneak and strangle, or brawl. Is that what they teach these supposedly highly trained, last resource soldiers?
    you die, and have to start from zero...
    Thanks but the 6 hours demo was enough for me to decide to buy another game, this game is totally out of whack and not enjoyable.
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  74. Jul 30, 2016
    2
    Where to start. I've put in over 450 hours on the Division. Most of that time spent in the Dark Zone(the PVP) area. The story itself is very intriguing but how it's fleshed out isn't the best. Missions are very repetitive. Leveling from 1 - 30 was actually quite fun.

    And then you hit level 30. So now in order to accomplish anything you must venture into the Dark Zone to get better
    Where to start. I've put in over 450 hours on the Division. Most of that time spent in the Dark Zone(the PVP) area. The story itself is very intriguing but how it's fleshed out isn't the best. Missions are very repetitive. Leveling from 1 - 30 was actually quite fun.

    And then you hit level 30.

    So now in order to accomplish anything you must venture into the Dark Zone to get better gear. Be prepared. You will run into a steady stream of higher leveled, better geared players that will kill you without a second thought. Not for your paltry drops, but for your currency and for **** and giggles. The best part? When you get jumped and killed by another player YOU lose XP, money, keys, and any items you might have gotten.

    In essence Massive/Ubisoft has gone out of their way to make a game that actually rewards people being online bullies. It's not uncommon to walk out of the DZ after a few hours and have less XP than when you started and absolutely nothing to show for your time there.

    That's part of the problem. The major issue is with Massive itself. This crew of developers has no clue what they want to do with this game. The only thing they have consistently done is ignore their user base.

    Things are regularly nerfed without any prior notice. The game is FILLED with glitches that can be exploited to your advantage. In order to get anything of note accomplished in game, you need a group.

    The graphics are bland and have an amazing bluish hue at all times. NPC's have maybe 6 skins between each faction. So there isn't much variety.

    Hopefully if you purchased the game you weren't stupid like I was and bought the season pass. This "season pass" is an absolute joke. Your reward for spending the extra money? 5 crafting materials a month for the first three months. Just now has Massive implemented bi-monthly "events." These events are nothing more than killing 6 - 8 enemies and getting a supply drop.

    If you want a blue print on how to mistreat your customers while taking their money look no further than Massive/Ubisoft.
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  75. Mar 18, 2016
    2
    Short and sweet. This game is fun. Grab your friends, form a team and kill some Rikers. Cleaners or LMB. Graphics are really good for this type og game and the gameplay is fantastic. Enemy ai improves as you rank up and they will try to flank you rush and snipe you all at the same time.
  76. Mar 9, 2016
    2
    Usually i really don't care about making reviews for game, but this time this game was so boring that i felt i had to do one exceptionnaly.

    The division is an extremely repetitive and boring game. I played it during 8 Hours , and found absolutly nothing to do after grinding for hours and running in the the dark zone . All missions are litteraly the same ( clean this area , go there
    Usually i really don't care about making reviews for game, but this time this game was so boring that i felt i had to do one exceptionnaly.

    The division is an extremely repetitive and boring game.
    I played it during 8 Hours , and found absolutly nothing to do after grinding for hours and running in the the dark zone .

    All missions are litteraly the same ( clean this area , go there and press A )

    Let's put this clear , this game is all about grinding again and over again . The storyline is non-existent . The graphics are probably the worst i've seen for a AAA games of this budget, and the PC port is just ridiculous ( can't get decent framerate with 980ti )

    It's obvious this game was downgraded from the ground up , that's is to say not only the graphics were set to be poor , but the gameplay too.
    The idea was clearly to match Destiny , with a game that could adress toward as much people as possible.

    Weapon modding is really really cool, but seriously , why the hell can you add a suppresor to a Machine Gun ?

    The weapon are absolutly unbalanced , sniper is the perfect weapon while classic riffle take thousand of bullet to kill a single enemy.

    The darkzone is the worst concept i've seen .
    Basically you end up in 1 vs 30 match if you hit someone by accident or if try to have fun by going "rogue" with the whole map running at you with no chance to survive .

    This make me laugh when people say the dark zone is a good concept. It's a lazy as f*ck concept so that Massive don't have to write a match making system , capture the flag or deatch match gameplay.

    I honnestly think massive wasn't ready at all for this game . Seriously those guy did "Just Dance Now" ... i don't think this was possibly enaugh to do a AAA from scratch.

    This game tries too hard to copy Destiny and to hide it .

    If you like , deep and complex game , just avoid this garbage.
    If you like grinding , stupid gameplay , and loot based game, you're going to love The Division !
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  77. Apr 6, 2017
    2
    I bought the Division on a whim, with some extra cash I had lying around, seeing the hype that it was generating near its launch. I regret every penny of that purchase. I know I am not this cruel with my reviews, and usually always seem to find good in a game, but I find absolutely no appeal in the Division. And for the fan of MMOs that I am, that is quite the feat.

    Listen, i'm sure
    I bought the Division on a whim, with some extra cash I had lying around, seeing the hype that it was generating near its launch. I regret every penny of that purchase. I know I am not this cruel with my reviews, and usually always seem to find good in a game, but I find absolutely no appeal in the Division. And for the fan of MMOs that I am, that is quite the feat.

    Listen, i'm sure the Division is fun if you have some friends. Although I have a few, none of them bought the game, or at least didn't play it. I went solo for the entirety of the experience, and did not enjoy any of it. The game just kinda starts with a paper-thin backstory, and then continues to take through a series of repetitive trials veiled by a plot so thin it appears invisible from the side. And i have to say, for an MMORPG, this game failed in the character creation aspect. There is no reason to make more than one character, unless you like endless cover shooting and bullet sponge enemies.

    The guns all feel samey, and the gear customization does not extend farther than the overall look of "dude in a hoodie." The game does look beautiful, i can give it that, but that may be the only positive I can cite. I found most of the slog pointless, and at the end, it all just felt like a pointless timekiller. The game wasn't engaging, it didn't engross me in it's world, it didn't give me a memorable experience, there just was nothing to make me like it. That may be the problem actually. It's not that there's bad things; there's just no good things. 2/10
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  78. May 26, 2016
    2
    This game has everything to be the worst game of the year . Ubisoft again, making the worst games market . Glitch and hacks are minimal things to be tidy in this waste.
  79. Mar 9, 2016
    2
    I was waiting for this game so long, after so many promising videos and fake gameplays from E3.
    Shooting to things that are unbreakable. Walking whole city, i mean minutes just holding your pad to reach to any place. There are games in previous generation where things get broken when shooting. There were games in last generation where you can drive a motorbike or a car.
    the game is based
    I was waiting for this game so long, after so many promising videos and fake gameplays from E3.
    Shooting to things that are unbreakable. Walking whole city, i mean minutes just holding your pad to reach to any place. There are games in previous generation where things get broken when shooting. There were games in last generation where you can drive a motorbike or a car.
    the game is based in small missions which gives you nothing special. No feeling of going thru a history, no big bosses...
    About music, well, there is no music. Just some stupid chat in the radio... and i am drescribing it perfectly with the word "stupid". They are none sense and useless. Just to give you something to listen when walking again and again the corridors that blocked streets of NYC are in this game.

    Once again Ubisoft trying to steal your money. They did with mine, i hope you are more clever.

    Still waiting for a good game in PS$... sorry...4.
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  80. Mar 23, 2016
    2
    I sold my copy of the game yesterday. I feel bad about writing a bad review for this game because I think the game could be a lot of fun if you had people to play it with. I did not, though.

    I told the guy I sold it to that I hoped he'd like it, but that I didn't think it was very good. He said, "That's surprising. All my friends have been saying it's great." That makes me think he'll
    I sold my copy of the game yesterday. I feel bad about writing a bad review for this game because I think the game could be a lot of fun if you had people to play it with. I did not, though.

    I told the guy I sold it to that I hoped he'd like it, but that I didn't think it was very good. He said, "That's surprising. All my friends have been saying it's great." That makes me think he'll have a lot of fun with it. He'll be able to take on missions with his buddies.

    But if you're a single player like me, you're going to be very bored. I wouldn't have bought the game in the first place if I knew the single player experience was so hollow. The reviews I read said that the main story was still fun if you were playing it by yourself. It's just not true. This game is meant to be played with friends.

    I think it's false advertising to say this game has "RPG elements." Sure, you level up and can use better gear throughout the game, but that's not all it takes to be an RPG. An RPG needs to have dynamic characters, and those just don't exist in this game.

    I don't understand it. You have all these game studios fighting over a few storyboard writers. It's like, "Did you hear that Mass Effect lost so-and-so to Bungie. That means Destiny 2 is going to be so good and the new Mass Effect is going to be terrible." But shouldn't there be like a whole bunch of good storyboard writers out there? How hard is it to write a good story for a video game?

    Hard enough, I guess.
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  81. Mar 9, 2016
    2
    Graficos como watch dogs, no hay ninguna evolucion. Misiones repetitivas...calles vacias.....no se puede jugar en modo 1 jugador, es bastante aburrido.
  82. Mar 9, 2016
    2
    This game is god-awfully repetitive, has no story other than the first opening cutscene, It's more fun watching paint dry than playing The Division by yourself, and i want my money back .
  83. Mar 9, 2016
    2
    This is a great game. Graphics look fantastic for me (Dual 970GTX). Game play is fun. I do think it will depend heavily on DLC content, but then again, i think that' s been ubisofts plan from the start. Me and my 3 friends have had a great time playing! If you play with a group of friends, you cant go wrong.
  84. Mar 10, 2016
    2
    Really bad game. The design is awful. Graphics are great and the game runs smoothly but these are the only pros of this title. Actually everything else is bad. First of all the game is buggy. To activate my agent I needed to find a walkaround on the web. But nothing improves aftarwards. After completing the first mission you DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO NEXT! I couldn't start the nextReally bad game. The design is awful. Graphics are great and the game runs smoothly but these are the only pros of this title. Actually everything else is bad. First of all the game is buggy. To activate my agent I needed to find a walkaround on the web. But nothing improves aftarwards. After completing the first mission you DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO NEXT! I couldn't start the next mission because it was available in a location that I still didn't unlock. But to unlock this location I needed to complete all the tasks located in my spot, however it was simply impossible to choose any task! There is no legend on the map informing you about sidequests, events, etc. - you're just running around the city like a complete idiot wasting your time. And you really don't have a clue what to do. I completed the first mission 3 times just to level up hoping something will unlock, but nooo! Generic, boring, badly design, worst game in YEARS! Oh, the creators came up with an "awesome" idea - you cannot kill an enemy with even 2 or 3 headshots - even though you're using a machine gun. Yup, that makes sense! Really - don't waste your money on this - I wonder how actually this game gets positive reviews from some representatives of the press. I have a theory... Expand
  85. Mar 17, 2016
    2
    This game is worse than Destiny. I'm at level 20 and I'm already contemplating quitting. Making a "realistic" mmo action RPG was a horrible idea. Enemies are just bullet sponges which i understand is what all rpgs are at their core , but I'm sorry dumping a belt of .308 out of an M60 into anybody, body armor or not, will turn you into pulp. Which as you progress becomes a repetitive,This game is worse than Destiny. I'm at level 20 and I'm already contemplating quitting. Making a "realistic" mmo action RPG was a horrible idea. Enemies are just bullet sponges which i understand is what all rpgs are at their core , but I'm sorry dumping a belt of .308 out of an M60 into anybody, body armor or not, will turn you into pulp. Which as you progress becomes a repetitive, agonizing, chore. Hell you're lucky if some of them even flinch after dumping a magazine into their skull. On top of that the storyline missions are the only unique things in the entire game every side mission and encounter are the same damn thing in each zone. Playing solo honestly feels punishing at times, like the game designers strictly intended for you to play this with at least one friend or not at all. Why? Because when you're going up against a heavily armored elite enemy nothing slows them down except flashbangs. So when they bullrush you, which most of the elites do, running is almost as bad as as just standing there and dumping bullets into them and taking everything they got. Character progression is horribly implemented as all of your abilities, perks and talents are received from upgrading your base. This wouldn't be bad if it wasn't for the fact that you have no control how you receive the different wing upgrade points, which in the beginning is mostly medical meaning if you want to run with tech or security settings you have to progress through more than half of the game to really get into them. Then there's your level which is pretty much pointless as per its only real purpose is to limit the gear you can wear. So even though hardcores who defended that this game wasn't Destiny even before an alpha or beta was released, it is and it has all the same pitfalls Destiny had. Honestly, without the fantasy element that Destiny has this game is going to dead end quick, I mean if the government quarantined a deadly outbreak and containment got this bad realistically they would eventually just have to cut their losses and eradicate the infection. Even if the game moves to world wide epidemic the world would be like "The Last of Us" kind of vacant. Then there's the endgame content which is the dark zone which isn't and has no "raid" area it's just a bunch or random mobs that if you go in solo can easily out number and overrun you, on top of the problem of other players ganking you and stealing your hard earned loot. I'm sorry but if i'm going to spend hours grinding elites and can lose it all by dying to elites or other player before getting it extracted than no thank you i'm out. Few, so few rpgs rob you of loot in your inventory upon death and limit your option of using it on pickup, especially endgame loot, that i'm not really sure how anyone thought this was a good idea. And it's not just loot your DZ rank which limits what chests you can open is lost when you die which is just so stupid. This really just goes back to the game designers punishing you for not playing with friends which i get that this game is an mmo but, getting people together for hours of grinding with no real goal for endgame content is a joke. Character creation is a joke and changing gear has little or no effect to your appearance. The cloths appearance options are a joke as most of the stuff i've found are just very slight differences from each other. It really just feels like ubisoft just took what Destiny was doing and tried to cash in on it with a slightly different twist. The metacritic review seems like it was bought as per even ign didn't give this game as high of a rating. The farther you get in this game the less it feels like you're progressing even when constantly upgrading your gear the enemies just seem to take longer to kill and unflinchingly laugh at your well placed bullets. Oh and let's not forget about the randomly peppered land mines you constantly run into when you're nowhere near enemies that you have to waste a medkit on if you even get skimmed by it because of the bleed damage. Or go threw the horribly mapped item wheel to use a debuff cleans item which the items and grenades wheels are horrible to use under pressure. And the items, those are pretty much useless never touched the damn things. Some of the the abilities like the homing mine that chases people down and then explodes before it actually reaches them or the turret which sometimes decides to not shoot at anything are also pretty damn annoying. Just super disappointed by this game and wish my friend hadn't demanded we get this so we could play together. Expand
  86. Mar 19, 2016
    2
    I must admit I'm baffled by all the positive reviews this game is getting, although maybe it's because I'm playing solo and have no interest in joining up with randoms. The game is repetitive and boring, with limited variety in enemies and gameplay. After loving Fallout 4, Metal Gear V and other games over the last few months, I found the Division very average in comparison.
  87. May 9, 2016
    2
    The single player story line was unique and well written. Then you stop playing it and the game becomes horrible mess of glitches and bugs and grievers. It's not worth the money. Ubisoft pretty much released a game that we (the buyer) are now beta testing it for them. It's going to take months for them to fix it. Save y our money and buy another game.
  88. Dec 9, 2016
    2
    Since you die with one shot from them vs 10-20 from you, doesn't seem fair. Should be 1 shot 1 kill if a head shot. You can't play offline, you can rummage thru trash and have several routes to the same location very little stealth. Needs to be more like a sniper game. You don't just walk upright and hope NOT to be spotted. Would be a great game if it was just more thought out, you areSince you die with one shot from them vs 10-20 from you, doesn't seem fair. Should be 1 shot 1 kill if a head shot. You can't play offline, you can rummage thru trash and have several routes to the same location very little stealth. Needs to be more like a sniper game. You don't just walk upright and hope NOT to be spotted. Would be a great game if it was just more thought out, you are fighting a war after all. You can't snipe and the bad guys seem invincible. And you die fast. Expand
  89. Jun 20, 2016
    2
    A much awaited game... But NOT at all worth. If you have played Sprinter Cell Black list then you can easily understand it. Here are the reasons-
    1. The handling of the character is not easy. (as compared to blacklist)
    2. All such combat games have "stealth" killing, Division does not have any. 3. It is a game based on 21st Century, but there is no "Drone" in it. Pathetic 4. You have
    A much awaited game... But NOT at all worth. If you have played Sprinter Cell Black list then you can easily understand it. Here are the reasons-
    1. The handling of the character is not easy. (as compared to blacklist)
    2. All such combat games have "stealth" killing, Division does not have any.
    3. It is a game based on 21st Century, but there is no "Drone" in it. Pathetic
    4. You have to spent full magazine to kill a man and sometimes more.
    5. The character is so weak that it dies with the 2-3 blow of baseball bat.
    6. The developers have deliberately developed this game in such a manner that the player is forced to play it online (on PS Plus).
    Game is not developed sincerely. It is better to wait for next series. And that too with caution this time.
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  90. Nov 25, 2016
    2
    There might be a good game in here somewhere, but I can't find it. The cinematic trailer looked awesome! Bought the game for sale on the PS4 and let it download for 4 hours, then I get a quick opening montage to let me know there is a viral epidemic and society has collapsed in New York City. I'm one of a group of elite embedded agents in place for just such on occurrence? QuickThere might be a good game in here somewhere, but I can't find it. The cinematic trailer looked awesome! Bought the game for sale on the PS4 and let it download for 4 hours, then I get a quick opening montage to let me know there is a viral epidemic and society has collapsed in New York City. I'm one of a group of elite embedded agents in place for just such on occurrence? Quick tutorial on taking cover and shooting, then I'm dumped in a safe house with what looks like other players running around and some npc trying to sell me something and that keeps telling people not to walk away. Ok, quick cut-scene where I"m "another one" then I'm off to do some generic mission. I got to a place where I'm supposed to go to Manhattan, but I can't. There's nothing else to do. Looking at the door to Manhattan I apparently have to wait 16 hours to 'copy files'. Nothing shows up as downloading on my Playstation, are they telling me I have to leave the game open and running for 16 hours?

    Anyway, from the 5 or so missions I did get to do, it seems like a less interesting near-future WOW. Get a little dialog if I'm lucky, then run for a hundred yards to get somewhere where I hear 'Warning: Hostiles". Shoot said hostiles and walk up to a glowing box with the medical supplies, food, or whatever (they all look the same). Apparently those were bad guys, but it seems to me they could have just been normal people like anyone else, just trying to survive. So I kill all them and steal their food or medical supplies to give it to someone "who needs it more". Only I don't even get to do that, I just get a "mission complete" and some xp.

    The trailer and reviews led me to believe this would be a deep and interesting RPG with a story where I get to be a hero and make a difference. What I got was a basic cover shoot-em-up with "bad-guys" that might not really be bad, but eat bullets like it's their last meal and keep coming. Oh, and I get to use my "UPlay" account which I setup for a Battlefield game years ago and never wanted to have to touch again!
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  91. Aug 7, 2019
    2
    Holy crap this game is bad. I love Tom Clancy games, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six Siege, but The Division was just bad. The controls were made by a disabled horse, and I found out that the people from Tomb raider also helped making this game. How I found that out was that you have to shoot an enemy 50 times just to kill him. And the cover system is just absolute trash. At first I thought theHoly crap this game is bad. I love Tom Clancy games, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six Siege, but The Division was just bad. The controls were made by a disabled horse, and I found out that the people from Tomb raider also helped making this game. How I found that out was that you have to shoot an enemy 50 times just to kill him. And the cover system is just absolute trash. At first I thought the cover system was clever in a way and it is. But when you try to survive in a horde of enemies its toxic. And there is such a limit to customizing your character. And the only thing good about this game is that its not some boring apocalypse its actually a clever toxic flu that spreads in a city that is in money, sidewalks, ect. It becomes so bad that it has made the streets into a wasteland. Other than that the game is cancer. Expand
  92. Jun 7, 2022
    2
    This is a cover based shooter with zero variety and very dull combat encounters, bullet sponge enemies, bad movement (cover to cover for example) and dumb AI till the very end. There's also a nonexistent story full of bland characters including the protagonist, so you don't have any motivation to continue this game after a couple of hours. You can't do stealth either and the melee isThis is a cover based shooter with zero variety and very dull combat encounters, bullet sponge enemies, bad movement (cover to cover for example) and dumb AI till the very end. There's also a nonexistent story full of bland characters including the protagonist, so you don't have any motivation to continue this game after a couple of hours. You can't do stealth either and the melee is totally irrelevant since it barley does any damage so you better off not to using it. The Co-op is almost the same deal. Even if you have friends on your side you can't really used them to flank the enemies for example. Plus you can't use any vehicles to travel therefore your only option is to run around the city. The only good things in it are the graphics, the animations and the atmosphere which gets boring after a while to be honest. Expand
  93. Mar 9, 2016
    1
    Boring and repetitive. Terrible shooting mechanics and bullet sponge enemies. This game is fun for a couple of hours, but suffers from a severe lack of variety and overly complicated controls.
  94. Apr 21, 2016
    1
    If you look at this game from a graphics perspective it is a very beautiful game. Graphics and effects are awesome. From there it is all down hill.

    1. Game crashes / fails to start constantly making Co-Op missions hugely problematic, and just starting the game can be a challenge. 2. There are a huge amount of glitches in the game, creating abuses, areas you can get stuck in, and lots
    If you look at this game from a graphics perspective it is a very beautiful game. Graphics and effects are awesome. From there it is all down hill.

    1. Game crashes / fails to start constantly making Co-Op missions hugely problematic, and just starting the game can be a challenge.
    2. There are a huge amount of glitches in the game, creating abuses, areas you can get stuck in, and lots of situations where the game **** you over with glitches, making for a frustrating experience.
    3. Dark Zone, an integral part of farming gear for the end-game is basically a ganking paradise where griefers and trolls outnumber normal players, making it near impossible to get play in this zone without these people ruining you experience. Even worse is the "Rogue" system is so onesided, that it is usually abused by griefers instead, keeping them free to gank you to hell, without being punished or targeted. A horrible, horrible system.
    4. Co-op missions have a somewhat solid matchmaking system, only problem is that if a player leaves the group, which they do OFTEN, you have to start the entire mission over, since people cant join mid game.

    This is just a short list of the many many frustrating parts of this game. I have to admit that it is strangely addictive, and the story line is fairly interesting. But I have no idea how a AAA title can be this flawed both from a functional point, as well as a gameplay point. I bought the season pass along with the title, and I have to admit that i honestly regret this decision now.
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  95. Jun 5, 2016
    1
    I haven't regretted buying a game more than I regret buying The Division. I knew it was going to just be a filler game for me but I haven't wanted to see a game to fail as badly as I want to see The Division fail. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay and story were fine (if uninspired and didn't feel particularly rewarding killing anything) up through level 30 but it promotes the most immoral,I haven't regretted buying a game more than I regret buying The Division. I knew it was going to just be a filler game for me but I haven't wanted to see a game to fail as badly as I want to see The Division fail. Don't get me wrong, the gameplay and story were fine (if uninspired and didn't feel particularly rewarding killing anything) up through level 30 but it promotes the most immoral, immature play in the Dark Zone and the constant accusations of "being a weak player" from the horrible community that surrounds the game doesn't help. It's a shame that the community is such a negative one but the design of the game encourages that attitude.

    The dark zone could be an exercise in tactics but it's largely just a cesspool of high level players killing new players at the entrance gates or extraction zones; not for gear but to hinder the other players. The general DZ community (which is the only community left) thrives on making the other players' time worthless and they consider that "fun". You see "manhunt" videos on youtube with players just killing whoever seeing how long they can go. Sure they're interesting to watch but putting yourself in the victims' shoes, they could've just gotten a drop they actually wanted just to have it taken from them for some nobody making a youtube video no one will watch. Outside of the terrible DZ community, the DZ is really just an area you run around collecting boxes of division tech which allows you to craft the highest tier of weapon or armor but the catch is you have to buy blueprints from DZ vendors with a separate DZ currency and DZ rank requirement (Don't worry about currency though. You'll have about 50 times what you need by the time you reach the rank you have to be). The only things worth crafting are somewhere around rank 50+ which is several hundred hours of DZ play with minimal backwards progress whenever you die. That sums up end game. Collecting boxes of crafting materials to craft weapons that have Destiny ratios of bad perks to good perks in the hopes that once you finally get all the requirements to make your weapon (or armor) you get to roll the dice with now hundreds of hours of work and that's if you know what perks you want and can utilize based on your other gear. Then, you don't have any content to use your new perfectly crafted gear (because you somehow didn't get shafted 500 times in a row) so you go back to collecting boxes of materials now for no good reason. That's it. Box collecting. You don't even shoot at enemies anymore because they can't give you anything you want. the only reason to shoot an enemy is because it's in the way to your next box.

    The incursions are no more than challenging story missions that have the same reward to time invested problem the rest of the game has. Everything in "end-game" pve has so much health that it doesn't actually matter what weapons you use since you'll run out of ammo in the first room... for every weapon you have. The difficulty scales with the number of people in the squad so don't worry, all your friends don't have any ammo after the first room either. It gets better if everyone is geared properly but they're still a slog for a drop that isn't going to be worth it. You might as well be visiting your favorite boxes of materials.

    Unless you can dedicate hundreds of hours to grinding gear, holding square to collect boxes of materials, don't mind wasting tons of your free time to someone who, on a whim, kills you and takes any progress you might have made in the past hour or so, and have thick enough skin to not get mad at 80% of the playerbase **** you, you're never going to get or stay up to date or be able to do or craft anything worthwhile (and that's if content that fits that description is created as it doesn't exist at this time). There's nothing to do in this game once you arrive at end-game. Save your money. Borrow it from someone, watch a playthrough of the story on youtube or twitch or wait for a really good sale and don't get your hopes up for anything worth doing after you finish the story. Almost any game is better than The Division in its current state and PS4 doesn't even have all the hacking issues PC has.
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  96. Mar 11, 2016
    1
    Where to start? The fact that the environment is very bland. The story has no depth whats so ever. The AI is stupid. Audio quality is even worse that the graphics, I think that's the first time I have noticed this in modern over hyped game. And the dialog is the standard American security team stereotype, which is really not interesting to say the least.

    The thing that killed it for me
    Where to start? The fact that the environment is very bland. The story has no depth whats so ever. The AI is stupid. Audio quality is even worse that the graphics, I think that's the first time I have noticed this in modern over hyped game. And the dialog is the standard American security team stereotype, which is really not interesting to say the least.

    The thing that killed it for me though, is that there is too many things going on the screen at once. "Press x here and here or there, press circle here, hold square, here is a really big box for your weapon status info" nothing is subtle. In addition to a lot of user interface features that seem like an afterthought.

    A really shallow game.
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  97. Mar 8, 2016
    1
    Shallow is the perfect description. It has no substance, no quality, just a shallow safe-play cash grab. Nothing new to see from any genre - as a shooter, rpg shooter, mmo-esque destiny type, or even video games in general. Quests, characters, story, npc's, ability tree, upgrades, gameplay styles - the total package here people, all are a resounding... eh. Forgettable and highly deletable.Shallow is the perfect description. It has no substance, no quality, just a shallow safe-play cash grab. Nothing new to see from any genre - as a shooter, rpg shooter, mmo-esque destiny type, or even video games in general. Quests, characters, story, npc's, ability tree, upgrades, gameplay styles - the total package here people, all are a resounding... eh. Forgettable and highly deletable. More Ubisoft trash. Stop supporting developers with no talent!!! Expand
  98. Apr 25, 2016
    1
    To put it bluntly, this game is an unmitigated broken disaster. That the Tom Clancy name is a part of the title of this thing is appalling, as this does not deserve to be associated with the Tom Clancy name.

    We are told that this is a Tactical RPG, but this really didn't feel much different than, say, SWTOR...but then that'd be an insult to SWTOR because at least there is gameplay that
    To put it bluntly, this game is an unmitigated broken disaster. That the Tom Clancy name is a part of the title of this thing is appalling, as this does not deserve to be associated with the Tom Clancy name.

    We are told that this is a Tactical RPG, but this really didn't feel much different than, say, SWTOR...but then that'd be an insult to SWTOR because at least there is gameplay that is fun there. The missions are simple: either go fetch or save some schmuck that couldn't save themselves from a wet paper bag with a flashlight and a map. Ad nauseum! Boss fights? Yeah, find the weak spot(s) and shoot. I was bored less when I was doing this in GTA V.

    Oh, and I hope you micromanaged your gear, or you're screwed! Don't even get me started on the worthless attire you can pick up...

    Glitches and exploits! Get your glitches and exploits here! It's glitch and exploit heaven in this game, and Ubisoft hasn't done jack **** to fix them. Ooooh, they'll ban you if you're caught using exploits in Falcon Lost...how about the other BAZILLION other glitches and exploits that I can find numerous videos on YouTube on inside of 10 seconds??? For every one Ubisoft supposedly fixes, fifteen more pop up immediately.

    Dark Zone is pointless for new players as the rewards system was nerfed (along with other things) with the update that brought us Falcon Lost. Unless you were playing from Day 1 and have either done the grind legitimately or have used exploits to rank way up, you'd want to avoid this at all costs (and it's a toss-up even with a party of four if they are higher rank).

    Boy did I get fooled when I played the "beta". I was stupid enough to buy the Gold Edition...now I have buyer's remorse. I give it a one only because of the three minutes of fun I had with this game.

    Avoid this game like The Clap!
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  99. Mar 8, 2016
    1
    This game still feels like beta. Minimal character creation.
    AI still needs lots of work, for a cover shooter you don't need cover most of the time (boss fights you need cover but you're plagued with bullet sponges.

    Although it's better than destiny launch, its going in the same path, with minimal launch content, vague payed DLC.
  100. Mar 9, 2016
    1
    Seriously.. Who would score this game a 10 unless the last game you played was 1995 Command & Conquer? The Division gets a 1 for graphics and scenery. There's one other thing I like about this game because it's creative but it lasts a minute compared to how much time you actually spend running around a city collecting loot. How boring is this game tho really? The missions? The enemies? TheSeriously.. Who would score this game a 10 unless the last game you played was 1995 Command & Conquer? The Division gets a 1 for graphics and scenery. There's one other thing I like about this game because it's creative but it lasts a minute compared to how much time you actually spend running around a city collecting loot. How boring is this game tho really? The missions? The enemies? The fact you can't play offline or even solo for that matter, and the 5 clips to the head before you kill an enemy a level up. I understand they are trying to touch every little thing the users want but it didn't work. Not for me. I'll be wasting my long hours on other games. Expand
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 63 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 63
  2. Negative: 1 out of 63
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 7, 2016
    80
    It won't win converts to the genre and the plot is problematic, but The Division is a handsome open-world offering, spiked with treachery. [May 2016, p.81]
  2. Edge Magazine
    May 1, 2016
    60
    That's the essential nature, and essential problem, of The Division's underlying structure. It's asking you to hunt gear with no tangible reward in terms of what you can do, how you do it, or what you look like doing it. [May 2016, p.108]
  3. Apr 28, 2016
    60
    It builds a strong foundation on the gameplay front, offering up rewarding combat and simple skills, but doesn’t follow that with anything substantial, being content to let the standard end game grind and excellent-yet-stressful PVP try to cover all the questions its writing leaves you with.