Yeah I didn't play The Division at all besides what I did on Friday (although the Beta was extended so now it ends tomorrow.) I went in with almost no idea as to what the game was about. All I knew was that it was a shooting game that took place in New York. What I found out was that apparently The Division is Destiny in New York. You shoot enemies, their damage level pops up with each hit, then they die, then you loot the bodies. Oh, and apparently there's a virus that's infected the city, but unlike Prototype and The Last of Us this one doesn't turn victims into powerful beasts or clickers. There's also clearly separate PvE and PvP sections. Of course, it's not like we knew that. After completing all the story missions (which took about an hour) the game told us to go to the Dark Zone. We figured that maybe it was a place full of enemies and maybe be some sort of "horde" gameplay. But after running around for about 15 minutes with very little enemy contact, I had to conduct a Google search to find out The Dark Zone was a pure PvP section that focused on, well I'm not sure what, but after I found this out we made a bee line to the exit.
Much like Destiny, after playing the Beta for a game I knew nothing about, I didn't get more enthusiastic about playing the full version. I'll keep it in my gamefly queue for the time being, if for no other reason than nothing else better is coming out (April should be pretty sweet though with Quantum Break & Uncharted 4.) I just hope the Xbox One version isn't too butchered.
