My PC version boxed copy arrived today, came with the Hazmat gear set which was a pre-order thing from back at release, nice!
Teamed up with some Amazon purchase strangers and did the starting area up to the main base camp drop off scene. Lots of people playing it seems. So far $10 well spent! :D
Some helpful chat commands:
/w [Nickname] – you can use this command to chat privately with a specific player.
/g – switches the channel to group chat, so you can talk to your teammates.
/1 – use this to switch back to public chat.
/s – this command is used for chatting with nearby players.
So there was a patch tonight and now my game is broken. :P It was fine last night. Full-screen is now a slideshow, as is the map screen even in borderless-window mode.
I tracked the above issue down, and I bet it’s related to this changelog item from the last maintenance update:
Fixed incorrect framerate limit when VSync is on or when Frame Limiter is enabled.
I’m using frame limiter on with vsync off (best settings to use for GSync). This combination caused the unplayable freezing for me. Turning frame limiter off or vsync on fixes it. :P
Hit level 7 last night, I have unlocked the medical and security wings so far and I finally have green or blue gear in all the slots. Overall I am really enjoying this as a single player game. Also getting a long range rifle with 12x scope, really seemed to make the game easier. :)
The world design is fantastic, people yelling out the windows, the echo locations, looting places. I have closed many many many vehicle doors. Weather effects are also top notch, such thick fog, lovely snow, the night time glow of the city with Christmas lights.
I returned to the Division after seeing some twitch streamer play Survival, and have been having a blast. Survival is great; tense and frantic and satisfying, even though I haven’t extracted successfully yet.
Plus I found the Bullet King again, so that was nice.
I tried for the first time this game now that they are having a free weekend and…
yeah I don’t like it. I suspected this from the start, so it isn’t a surprise.
In fact I’ve never seen a waste of technology (New York is impressive! so photorealistic and it runs well too!) in such a bore of a game. I just can’t into ‘third person cover-based shooter with health regen’ games. That type of gameplay is barely engaging to me, like just enough to play it if it had a very good plot with good characters… which it isn’t the case game.
Now add things like the mediocre AI, and the lack of enemy, weapon and location variety thanks to the realistic setting, and this is really a mediocre game. The scenario as pretty as it is, it also feels limited in interactivity and possible exploration. The entire game feels sterile, where the only thing you can do is go to the mission points and then kill the red-labeled guys, gain higher-dps weapons, and that’s it. Try to go a bit off the path and buildings and shops are not enterable and there is nothing to take or see.
Both Dying Light and Borderlands 2 are action-loot games with coop which are much, much better, DL because the dynamic gameplay between the more meaningful exploration, the bigger freedom, the zombies, the parkour, the differences between day and night, etc, and Borderlands 2 having loot which clearly is more fun, more variety of enemies and locales, and good side characters with a good villain, with a larger-than-life story.
And that’s ignoring the entire tone-deaf feel of the story, with the mystery ‘Division’, American government agents in civilian clothes that kill hundreds of people (all them have gangsta looking with hoodies, so don’t worry! ;) ), mostly for the crime of looting… ironically, as you also go looting everywhere you can.
Yeah, I found being a few levels over the recommended level was useful when playing solo. Once you get to the endgame there are abilities and armor sets that can help with that too.
I have noticed that in the last 2 weeks the safe house’s are full of players, checking steamstats, a lot of people either picked this up cheap recently or have returned after the last 2 great patches.
Survival revamped this game for me in a way few expansions/patches ever have. Got on the chopper for the first time ever last night and WOW what a rush. I was richly rewarded for my efforts with ~9 goody packs and ~6 set pieces. I’m less impressed with underground, but I’ll try it a few more times. Have yet to try an ‘incursion’ or ‘high value target.’
Interesting. Why do you find Survival so good (edit: serious question, btw, wondering what you like about it)? I enjoyed my time with the Division but then got a bit bored before getting to max level.
