The Division - Reception Flop

As someone who was hyped for Evolve, The Division shats all over it. What happened to Evolve was not only did it get boring pretty quickly the idea of a 1 vs 4 type of mode just sucked arse. I've already put 11 hours into The Division (lvl 14) compared to the 20 hours I've put into Evolve, and I see The Division not slowing down at all.

I really wanna double dip on The Division as well cause the game looks amazing on the PS4, but the history of Ubisoft games on PC has me turned away for now (just wanna see how it runs on my 970). Been playing The Division solo and co op and it got pretty epic trying to protect my friends who were 9 lvls below me. I don't think I've had this much fun in a sp/co-op game in a very long time, who knows it might get stale 60 hours from now but with only 11 hours into it so far it's been worth the money.

I don't say this much, but Ubisoft did a pretty damn good job with The Division.

Second biggest launch ever. That reception doesn't mean shit. Expect more online only games going forward...yuck.

There are criticisms to be had about The Division. That's not what I'm saying. I'm not expecting the game to get AAA rating across the board or anything like that. I'm simply talking about the kneejerk people have or how cynical people have become where they'll go out of their way to buy a game they know they will not like, a game they don't know a thing about and it ends up being completely different than their expectations, or people that refuse to understand how insignificant some "within 2 hours of launch issues" are in even the first 48 hours of a multiplayer focused game and will proceed to shit on the game whenever they can.

I don't trust user reviewer on the web for video games usually because you can expect people for certain games to rate the game lower than it probably deserves(ie. People scoring the game either 0/10 or 1/10 even though the game deserves higher). I don't think the game will be a critical flop and I expect it to get good scores. The game's launch could have been pulled off better, but the game from what I heard is not that bad.

That's because the servers for PC were too few and crashed.

Whereas the XB version was great because pay for servers with Gold.

Well despite the amount of Internet hate and the lack of pre-release reviews, the game is a smash hit. Good job folks. You did it!

Enjoying the game. If greasy Neckbeards cynical internet rants held any influence over me I wouldn't be able to enjoy any game ever.

It's actually not that bad. I haven't gotten far though so near end game stuff could be a problem.

I am loving the game personally. I haven't had many issues in terms of server crashes or glitches/bugs. The game runs well on the highest settings as well and looks good. The fire fights, especially on the harder difficulty, are a lot of fun. Even more so if you are teaming up with people.

I doubt the game will ever be as magnificent and flawless as the hype that was generated by its promotion over the last few years has made people think it would be. In terms of my expectations for the game, I think it has exceeded them. I thought it was just going to be another shooter, but it does set itself apart from others in my eyes. I wouldn't say it's the best game I have ever played, but it is a good, solid game.

There are some fake reviewers out there as well. It's just people who like to see a game that has been hyped to the maximum fall completely on its arse. You can tell by the 0/10 scores with only and hour of play time clocked up. Either that or the review is just brought on by slight frustration at being restricted from playing the game for five minutes due to a server error or something else near launch time. There are some decent negative reviews out there that I have read though, which are fair. At least they explain why the game isn't as good as they thought it would be and why they dislike it. Rather than just saying Ubi**** and not giving any explanation whatsoever.

Decent game, put in an hour in the xbox one version. Seems like they need to add more servers. At the end of my gameplay I got taken out of the game and put into a que and was 304 on the list before getting back into the game. Also at times the net code is horrible, I would shoot enemies or use my sticky bomb ability and not register any damage. Hopefully maintenence is adding more servers, seems like they didn't prepare for the large amount of users.

Game is fun, just need to iron out the launch issues.

Started playing today, probably about 3-4 hours in.

Eh, it's okay.

I definitely think the people pretending it's the worst thing ever are just being idiots. At the same time though I wouldn't say anything so far has really impressed me. Character customization sucked. Graphics are really good but not amazing. There's some really interesting graphical tech in certain places. Gunplay is about as good as bullet sponge enemies can be. AI is okayish, it gets the job done. Unit variety is good so far, but there's some suspension of disbelief that has to happen when guys charge your machine gun with a baseball bat. I also really worry about if the variety can keep up as the game goes on. Sound design is pretty nice. RPG options are solid enough.

Overall it's well produced and very competently made game, but nothing that really wows me. Only a few moment where I got excited so far, the rest seems pretty run of the mill. I'm just going through matchmaking and it's more fun with co-op, but I imagine with friends it's better.

I enjoy it enough that I'll probably play it through to see what endgame is like, but as soon as Dark Souls 3 comes out it'll get dropped hard, assuming it even lasts me that long.

@Ballroompirate:

It has similar problems Destiny had when it comes to repetitive end game content, but unfortunately that's par for the course in this genre. If someone doesn't like repeating high level content in order to get better and better gear, they should stay away from this and similar games. Personally, I absolutely love it and can't stop playing.

To prove this, it was at something like 80% positive, until the server died for 30min, then people vote bombed it...solely because of that server crash.

http://www.vg247.com/2016/03/09/the-division-sold-more-copies-in-first-24-hours-than-any-game-in-ubisofts-history/

The Division sold more copies in first 24 hours than any game in Ubisoft’s history

Wow!

looks like the review percent has risen quite a bit

That answer is stupid. That's not what he is saying at all, that's just what you wish to take from what he said.

@Wasdie Same can be said of the film industry. We know what is coming every summer. Explosions, car chases, sci fi, action/adventure, super heroes. There is no reason a formula film cant be a good film. And I agree with what you have clearly shared. Following a formula for a game is no different. It doesn't make said game a bad game and none of the buyers and fans of these games need justify their enjoyment of them to the elitist mentality (something you also touched on earlier) that detracts from these games existence. In short, you don't like it? Don't buy it. You gonna cry because so many do and its ruining teh gamezing for you? Get a new hobby.

The thing is there's not that many lvl 30's and the chances are A LOT of people that are complaining are ether A.) not lvl 30 or B.) Haven't played the game.

Proving once again that the know it alls here know absolutely shit. Selling a lot doesn't make it a good game/guess you like Justin Bieber then is the typical response now. I wouldn't open a business with 99% of the people here.

makes you wonder why no one is going for the loot shooter genre. I remember when BL1 came out, the game was empty, there was nothing for you to do but run chests and collect items you can't use on anything because there's no content to use em in. Even with its flaw, it still sold a f*ckton. BL2 sold a lot. Destiny sold a lot and now The Division. Its kinda clear that there's a lot of people interested in the genre but strangely, we aren't getting any new games in the same genre. How hard is it to create a world, fill it with a loot generation engine? Devs are dumb. i kinda wish ME4 has some of the mechanics from those games but still retains its quality story telling.

lol

i agree with you but that's not true for all ppl here ... yeah here ppl read too much into games and they go into details but after all it's you that makes the decision and opinions always should be taken with a grain of salt.

I'm in line with you, tbh i kinda lean to get this game mainly because i wanna experience sth new and this experience is kinda new to me.

And no i don't want ME4 to be a game like this, ME series has its own charm.

I'm playing the game on pc and really like it. A pity there's maintenance on right now as I was just getting into it for tonight.

@mjorh: no, i don't want ME4 to be like the division either. What i want is more depth in the loot system and random drops like in the division/BL/diablo/destiny would be a good addition. ME1 already had something similar but the loot tables weren't big enough.

I just started playing it on PC. I am enjoying it so far. I had recently played the closed beta and I already knew it was game I was going to enjoy. It looks and runs great which is a bit of an oddity with all the broken Ubisoft games lately. I am sure I will get my money's worth.

@mjorh: I exaggerate for jest of course.

If you enjoy this trash good for you, but don't complain about other people for not liking this rehashed trash. Copy pasting the same game every year shouldn't be percieved as a great achievement. A average score of 6 out of 10 fits the game really well.

I could deal with how boring this game is if only the servers weren't slow as ****.

@thepclovingguy: All wrong over here genius. I haven't bought a COD or yearly release like it in 7 years or so.

I didn't complain that you don't like them. I pointed out that your assessment of logic in Wasdie's post was lacking exactly that. All it contained was what you want to see when in fact there was more to it than that. Also if you're going to tell me don't complain about other people not liking something you should be practicing that principle by not complaining that reviewers maybe do like something.

Reviewers are the supposed to tell us if the game is worth buying, not tell us over and over again how much they love call of duty. And wasdie's post wasn't making much sense either, you cant simply compare movies to video games. One is a collection of non interactive movie scenes while the other one requires the player's attention and input in order to function properly as a video game.

Movies don't require your attention? How does one come to a conclusion of liking or not liking a film if they didn't pay attention to it?

We'll have to agree to disagree. I totally understood Wasdie's post had more substance to it than "just keep making the same thing over and over", which by the way is a perfectly acceptable business model (that is what this industry really is) as long as it brings in rev.

Its selling fast but I have learned my lesson from Destiny. I have seen this movie before. a lot of people are going to buy it and then complain later.

What settings do you think I can run it on with my I7 4790k and Nvidia 970, 32 gigs of ram?

Dayum!

I've been busy the last few days and haven't haven't been on any forums or anything though I've played maybe 4-5 hours of this game.

Honestly surprised at all the negativity on here. I'm having a lot of fun with it. The combat starts to improve once you unlock more abilities and new enemies start to show up. The environments are fantastic. The mission design is quite good for a game of this nature. There is a lot of stuff to do between main missions and I haven't even started on the Dark Zone yet. It looks amazing and runs great. Anyone who is surprised by a few server hiccups on launch week and are bitching about them are living in a fantasy land.

Honestly I have no idea where all this negativity is coming from. Ill-informed clowns like @thepclovingguy I guess. I've spent time playing with friends and randoms and both seem to be enjoying it so far.

Its not perfect or ground breaking but I'm having a good time with it.

The only clown here is you for supporting games like the division, thats the very reason why games like call of duty just wont go away.

I really dont understand what this game has to do with Call of Duty. thanks for verifying my statement

@thepclovingguy: why should this game or COD go away?

Flop or not the game already sold millions.. just to show you in the real world nobody gives a single f**k about a review in an online website lolz

Are you Keanu Reeves by any chance?

@Juub1990: I don't know what that's supposed to mean

@Juub1990: you mean Kevin Lomax?

@finalstar2007: people give fucks all the time about reviews on a website

Yes.

@Juub1990: then no, my degree is in biology not law

If you would just think for a second, you would come to the conclusion that the game brings nothing new to the table just like every call of duty, it basicly does what older ubigames have already done so many time over. Its basically nothing more than a dumb down mmo shooter and I personally dont care about that, if people enjoy it that's fine. However, I dont like when fanboys dismiss negative reviews as garbage or hate. I dont see how an average user score of 6/10 makes you guys so upset. 6/10 is neither bad nor good, its simply average.

@thepclovingguy: so what?

there is definitive proof in this thread that most of the user reviews so far are garbage/hate. Its way too soon for any balanced user reviews with reasonable perspective anyways. If outlets whose job it is to review a game as soon as possible haven't managed to get them out the door yet, why would random gamer's reviews be trustworthy.

Total Warhammer will be pretty much the same thing as recent Total War games but in a new universe. Should it get a 6/10 as well?

Awesome game is well, awesome. Glad to see it having record sales. It's just so much fun to play, and it looks damn good too. Congrats to Ubisoft and the gamers for knocking this out of the park.

Again I am not talking about individual scores, they are just as reliable as any paid "proffessional" reviewer, what I am actually talking about is the overall user score. If the majority of people liked the game, then the overall user score will end up being mostly positive.