Is it really worth buying? Why bad reviews?

[cuz]

I've seen this game on the steam store and it has a pretty bad rating from the reviews. But when I look at how many people are playing, there is a good amount. Why is this? Is it worth buying?

Thanks for the help

[sexy[cola]]

I wanna buy it and have same question. And i want to know, is it worth buying without any dlc?

[LX]

I still personally have some issues with the game (cosmetics all generally look pretty similar which reduces a lot of the loot lust, shooting lacks some punch) but overall it has turned into a very solid game.

The city is really really impressive and if you get it on sale I'd say you'll likely get your money's worth even just up to the level 30 cap, but they have also improved the PVE end-game quite a bit and as someone who just plays in short bursts I'm still enjoying it.

[SeeJay]

I enjoy it and I do everything Solo. Great fun. I got the season pass as well to add some
more things to do. Not needed to enjoy the game tho. If you enjoy fighting with your mates
then you might wanna consider Survival and/or Underground DLC's as well.

[Serangel]

Worth buying? Yes, the game is alot of fun and the DLC's while they dont really progress the story and game, they offer more game modes to play. Why all the bad reviews? Idiots thought they were getting a traditional Tom Clancy game that is more "mil sim" like Rainbow6 and Ghost Recon. What the division is, is a RPG that uses guns and technology instead of swords and magic. So when those players fought enemies, they were "bullet sponges" because they didnt understand health pools, stats, and other RPG elements.

Now, the game did suffer a bit when launched due to numorous bugs and glitches, but most have been taken care of and the ones that still exist are just annoyances. There was also a spring of hackers that was bad during one of earlier updates but that issues has also been largely fixed to where there are no more hackers than any other online game.

[Roman]

It worth buying, game has great repetitive value. Once you think you bored with it, it gives another options for gameplay. Such i had at about lvl 20, then 30 when was opened global ranking and then farming gear sets you prefer

[Kerkain]

I played for a bit during the open beta and it wasn't enough to get me super interested. I held off for a long while. I got lucky and regained some interest during the free weekend last week or week before last... whenever it was. I played all weekend and enjoyed myself a LOT.

So I bought the season pass while it was on sale (might still be?)

I had all last week off of work for the holidays and I didn't play any other games. I played The Division all week, nonstop. Thankfully when I'm not working I have no life whatsoever so this benefited me quite a bit.

And now I have over 100+ hours in just the last week.

I spent most of the game solo, knocking out all of the little side missions in each sector and when I did decide to open up my gameplay a bit and do some matchmaking, I got incredibly lucky with the random party I was setup with and we ended up spending almost 30+ hours straight running through EVERYTHING.

I've yet to do any of the Survival stuff and I've only began getting into Underground stuff. Before that I worked through Dailys, High Value Targets, farming the district bosses, farming missions over and over to get set items to try out a plethora of different builds to see what I enjoyed the most. I absolutely love that changing out some gear I can go from DPS to Tank to Healer in a few minutes without having to flip characters or grind out new characters to select a different class.

My least favorite aspect of the game so far has been the Darkzone and I'll explain why. Mind you this is my opinion from my small experience in the area and I actively avoid it.

I don't go into the darkzone except for one of the Daily missions. This is my opinion but I find the PVP super annoying and inconvenient for my playstyle. Every encounter I've had with other players in the Darkzone save for one, has been pointlessly toxic. Players are incredibly rude (especially if you have the proximity voice chat open) because they "tricked" you or because their 4 man group overpowered you waiting on an extraction to finish while fending off the PVE encounter that shows up. Suppose you'll get that in every game that offers an open PVP area, though. Or I've just been stupid amounts of unlucky with my encounters.

The loot that I've picked up from the darkzone has never really seemed all that much better compared to what I can get from the PVE content, there are some named drops that show up only in the DZ but I'm not all that concerned about getting it.

I will say thought that for about two hours, the first time I went into the DZ, I had a blast. My party and I were all DZ newbs so everything felt amplified, the risk the possibility of losing everything we spent time looking for, seeing other players run past us while we hid off in an alley to avoid them. It was pretty intense. I enjoyed it for that bit of it at least. Now it just seems like a frustrating chore to go in.

As for the question of is it worth it, for me, it absolutely has been worth it. I've enjoyed the time I've sunk into the game and I've had a lot of fun trying to perfect my build and find the perfect pieces of equipment to compliment the builds I'm working for.

[Itzdecode]

compare patch 1.3 to now, which is patch 1.5, its getting better though

[cuz]

Alright thanks. Appreciate the help.

Originally posted by LX:

I still personally have some issues with the game (cosmetics all generally look pretty similar which reduces a lot of the loot lust, shooting lacks some punch) but overall it has turned into a very solid game.

The city is really really impressive and if you get it on sale I'd say you'll likely get your money's worth even just up to the level 30 cap, but they have also improved the PVE end-game quite a bit and as someone who just plays in short bursts I'm still enjoying it.

[cuz]

I can see what you mean, thanks for the reply (and all that detail) I appreciate it.

Originally posted by Kerkain:

I played for a bit during the open beta and it wasn't enough to get me super interested. I held off for a long while. I got lucky and regained some interest during the free weekend last week or week before last... whenever it was. I played all weekend and enjoyed myself a LOT.

So I bought the season pass while it was on sale (might still be?)

I had all last week off of work for the holidays and I didn't play any other games. I played The Division all week, nonstop. Thankfully when I'm not working I have no life whatsoever so this benefited me quite a bit.

And now I have over 100+ hours in just the last week.

I spent most of the game solo, knocking out all of the little side missions in each sector and when I did decide to open up my gameplay a bit and do some matchmaking, I got incredibly lucky with the random party I was setup with and we ended up spending almost 30+ hours straight running through EVERYTHING.

I've yet to do any of the Survival stuff and I've only began getting into Underground stuff. Before that I worked through Dailys, High Value Targets, farming the district bosses, farming missions over and over to get set items to try out a plethora of different builds to see what I enjoyed the most. I absolutely love that changing out some gear I can go from DPS to Tank to Healer in a few minutes without having to flip characters or grind out new characters to select a different class.

My least favorite aspect of the game so far has been the Darkzone and I'll explain why. Mind you this is my opinion from my small experience in the area and I actively avoid it.

I don't go into the darkzone except for one of the Daily missions. This is my opinion but I find the PVP super annoying and inconvenient for my playstyle. Every encounter I've had with other players in the Darkzone save for one, has been pointlessly toxic. Players are incredibly rude (especially if you have the proximity voice chat open) because they "tricked" you or because their 4 man group overpowered you waiting on an extraction to finish while fending off the PVE encounter that shows up. Suppose you'll get that in every game that offers an open PVP area, though. Or I've just been stupid amounts of unlucky with my encounters.

The loot that I've picked up from the darkzone has never really seemed all that much better compared to what I can get from the PVE content, there are some named drops that show up only in the DZ but I'm not all that concerned about getting it.

I will say thought that for about two hours, the first time I went into the DZ, I had a blast. My party and I were all DZ newbs so everything felt amplified, the risk the possibility of losing everything we spent time looking for, seeing other players run past us while we hid off in an alley to avoid them. It was pretty intense. I enjoyed it for that bit of it at least. Now it just seems like a frustrating chore to go in.

As for the question of is it worth it, for me, it absolutely has been worth it. I've enjoyed the time I've sunk into the game and I've had a lot of fun trying to perfect my build and find the perfect pieces of equipment to compliment the builds I'm working for.

[cuz]

Sweet, thanks for that.

Originally posted by Товарищ БЕРИЯ☭:

It worth buying, game has great repetitive value. Once you think you bored with it, it gives another options for gameplay. Such i had at about lvl 20, then 30 when was opened global ranking and then farming gear sets you prefer

[cuz]

Yeah solo doesn't seem to bad, people say it's better with others but it looks pretty good. Thanks for the help.

Originally posted by SeeJay:

I enjoy it and I do everything Solo. Great fun. I got the season pass as well to add some
more things to do. Not needed to enjoy the game tho. If you enjoy fighting with your mates
then you might wanna consider Survival and/or Underground DLC's as well.

[cuz]

Yeah that makes sense about the negative reviews. They didn't expect it to include RPG elements. TBH I can see why people don't like the elements of RPG and the so called 'bullet spungeness' but it doesn't seem too bad. Thanks for the help.

Originally posted by Hail God Emporer Trump:

Worth buying? Yes, the game is alot of fun and the DLC's while they dont really progress the story and game, they offer more game modes to play. Why all the bad reviews? Idiots thought they were getting a traditional Tom Clancy game that is more "mil sim" like Rainbow6 and Ghost Recon. What the division is, is a RPG that uses guns and technology instead of swords and magic. So when those players fought enemies, they were "bullet sponges" because they didnt understand health pools, stats, and other RPG elements.

Now, the game did suffer a bit when launched due to numorous bugs and glitches, but most have been taken care of and the ones that still exist are just annoyances. There was also a spring of hackers that was bad during one of earlier updates but that issues has also been largely fixed to where there are no more hackers than any other online game.

[cuz]

Yeah it seems like hey have fixed quiet a bit, thanks for the reply.

Originally posted by Shrapnel:

when this game 1st came out it was a hacker and cheater heaven. Nothing worked and everything could be exploited (was fun in a way) crafting sucked, DZ sucked, loot was hard to get gear unless you cheated...7months later this game is an actual game now, that works. I think most new people would be happy to buy it now

[cuz]

Ive heard that this 1.5 has improved quiet a bit with this game, it's good to hear. Thanks for the info.

Originally posted by Pureplayaz99:

compare patch 1.3 to now, which is patch 1.5, its getting better though

[Danatz]

Originally posted by Hail God Emporer Trump:

Worth buying? Yes, the game is alot of fun and the DLC's while they dont really progress the story and game, they offer more game modes to play. Why all the bad reviews? Idiots thought they were getting a traditional Tom Clancy game that is more "mil sim" like Rainbow6 and Ghost Recon. What the division is, is a RPG that uses guns and technology instead of swords and magic. So when those players fought enemies, they were "bullet sponges" because they didnt understand health pools, stats, and other RPG elements.

Now, the game did suffer a bit when launched due to numorous bugs and glitches, but most have been taken care of and the ones that still exist are just annoyances. There was also a spring of hackers that was bad during one of earlier updates but that issues has also been largely fixed to where there are no more hackers than any other online game.

Absolute bullcrap. The game was absolutely terrible until they patched it with a ton of patches.