Hopefully, Ubisoft will disclose much more about the motivations and the organizations of these hostiles in later beta releases or when the game actually comes out this March.The Division has already created a lot of intrigue around its story. It reminded me too much of Ferguson, Missouri, or 1994 Los Angeles, my hometown. government to bring order to a city filled with hooded vandals who may or may not be looting to survive the smallpox and the cold. My character is brought to Manhattan by the U.S. What were their motivations to loot and kill? Why did I have to shoot them? All I know is that a surprising number of them are named Alex.Īfter the umpteenth hostile I killed, the whole situation started to rub me the wrong way-and it seems I am not the only one. But when I was playing the beta preview, I had no idea why I was fighting them. The hostiles are hooded thugs with shotguns and tear gas canisters who are supposedly agents of chaos. The Worst: Why Are We Shooting at the Hostiles? Alliances and sticking together in packs may be needed in multiplayer to survive through the winter, but it also can create backstabbing and looting from people you trusted. Looting between players and hostiles and between players and players are both possible. One of the best parts about The Division is that it tries to depict the pure chaos in a lawless metropolis. ![]() The Best: It's a Ruthless, Dog-Eat-Dog World It was a sad ending to a tense, well-built situation. At one point, I retreated and found a place to hide, and I just gunned down the hostiles one by one because they, for some reason, were bull-rushing toward me instead of taking position in a comfortable distance away. In the same Madison Square Garden rescue mission, the hostage-takers bombarded me with gas canisters to trap me into a corner. The Worst: The AI Hostiles Are Pretty Dumb Since New York City has collapsed due to an epidemic, doctors are worth their weight in gold, and one senses that something significant is on the line in the rescue mission. One of the best was rescuing a doctor held on hostage in the Madison Square Garden field hospital. Since this is a role-playing game, there are missions along the way for players to finish. The beta preview obviously offers a small glimpse into the entire storyline, but I enjoyed most of the plot so far. But in beta, the range of these skills was limited to one per player, which left me forgetting I can use them to bail myself out of some tough situations. The game's Skills Tree feature sounds promising in its potential to customize the player with new medical, tech and "security power boots." It may spice up the game, especially in multiplayer. The gameplay was standard, and the shootouts blended together into a procession of a seemingly invincible protagonists gunning down a line of enemies. The game left a fleeting impression aside from the dystopian New York City visuals. The Worst: The Gameplay Is Pretty UnremarkableĪfter finishing the beta preview, I immediately hopped onto another video game for another couple of hours. When the snow starts to fall on New York City, it feels both romantic and eerie at the same time. Farley Post Office, which is across the street from the Garden, is the scene of a huge shootout in the single-player mode, and it is really fun. Madison Square Garden is converted to a field hospital and has been taken by the "hostiles." The James A. The upscale Chelsea neighborhood looks like all hell broke loose. The players are supposed to go into the "dark zone" and restore order into the city. ![]() ![]() The premise of The Division is that New York City is stricken with a smallpox epidemic during Black Friday, causing the entire city to descend into chaos. The Best: New York City Looks Like HellĪnd I mean this in the nicest way possible. ![]() Here, we break down parts of the short beta preview into what we did and we didn't like. The verdict? In short: It's definitely promising, thanks in particular to great visuals that makes apocalyptic New York City seem nearly real. Newsweek got its hands on The Division over the weekend. Thanks to the high demand, Ubisoft, the developers for The Division, extended the availability of the preview until Tuesday. Tom Clancy's The Division released its beta preview last week for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, giving gamers a taste of what has been hyped as a role-playing game to dethrone the popular Destiny.
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