#21

well, Jim and myself had an evening of this last night and although He'd played it the night prior to get into the swing of it, seemed to pick it up right away, probably quicker than I did when I first played.

I think when the man himself comments, he'd agree that it is by far a better game than the reviews would have you believe. I put it down to the fact we played it after the reviews, so weren't expecting the game of the year, but still, a lot of unfair points were raised, or at least over emphasized.

Angry Joe review



Graphics comments would have you believe it's a pretty broken game, awaiting a hotfix/patch to sort it out into a playable game. Unless the review was based on the beta, I haven't had a single experience like that, but then, he didn't exactly state whether he had AMD/nvidia card, was trying to run SLI etc. or what drivers he was running. We did have an 'issue' last night where our gun animations disappeared so we both appeares to simple supply death with outstretched hands until another load/checkpoint though everything functioned fine.

Loot. They portray the game to primarily drop character appearance clothing, and term this as 'loot' which is your reward for completing missions etc. whilst there is this for of loot, which does nothing as to customize your character, you often get it alongside the real loot, which is found in crates, as rewards for completing missions, and on the corpses of fallen enemies. As i probably said before, it follows the borderlands style of color rarity, and adds in additional buffs to your overall character - % damage %skill damage %specific damage to specific skills such as duration, health, blast radius etc. 

All enemies are exactly the same. Well, staying in the same area, playing the same missions results in the same enemies. At the start you'll only see about 3 variations of the basic 'rioter' then specific named 'bosses'. moving throughout the city, you'll discover about 4 different factions with about 3-4 different class types - 'shock' type, that get in close and melee, standard assault, sniper, grenadier. Granted after that, the only different enemy variation will be boss, but that's still 16 individual enemy types, or skins at least. The AI can be a bit dumb though, think gears of war - sometimes the AI gets a little confused as to the best place to seek cover when there are two of you suppressing/flanking and can just jump out of cover onto you. There is the truth that the fight mechanics are the same - they all attack you with guns and/or explosives, and use cover to cover and, no, there are no aliens but then, this is a tom clancy branded game, so it's never going to throw off the wall stuff at you.

Got stuck on stuff 3 times! last night i got stuck between an ammo box and the side of a subway train. First time getting stuck on the terrain, would suggest not trying to squeeze into small spaces you're not supposed to go - this isn't source engine, there are the odd invisible wall, and some walls you can't climb over etc.

going to be quiet about this game now. Realize I look like a prize fanboy trying to validate a purchase to everyone I secretly feel the same as every reviewer about Some of the comments are valid, and you know exactly where they're coming from, but the reviews are really harsh.

*edit to add link, duh...

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#22

What he said.

It's not a perfect game and has its fair share of flaws but the reviews do seem to be overly harsh. It is very much a hybrid game, trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible. It suffers because of this, since each of the things it does is very average.

However, as a whole the game simply works... surprisingly well I might add. I had fun playing coop with the man of G and forsee great times ahead when (if) we all get the game.

Jimbo approves. Despite all the negativity surrounding the game it is good and I think you guys would indeed like it.

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#23

I really enjoyed playing this on Sunday so much so i started a single player game yesterday it has some great features

#24

Well TCT for that in-depth review there Meg. Also, *cough* Witcher 3 *cough*.

As for The Division - we need to work out a day that we are on to continue our co-opage.

#25

Well i thought Dyson have covered everything i was just agreeing good game

As for Witcher 3 i was going to play it after i completed GD but now i want to play Division too many games not enough time

Division Friday coop?

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#26

Just stuck up my review here (if anyone is interested).

As for Friday - if we play The Division, Greg will be left on his lonesome. Don't get me wrong, I would love to play it (far more than anything else we have at present).... but it depends on Smegularse. If he is still erecting () phallic shaped cabling then fair enough, but otherwise, wouldn't something like ACM, Vermintide or whatever be more suitable?

#27

True dat we will have to await comment from Smegory then

I could buy Division for him that will upset him However he would still have to catch up to where we are

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#28

Yeah, there is that. We know how much he likes owing money . Although, he would, like you say, need to put some hours in on his tod to get up to wherever we were - and I don't see that happening before this Friday somehow. Let us await Smegory comment...

#29

You guys just go for it. My money situation will be resolved next month so I will be able to pick up games at the same rate as you chaps.

I appreciate the consideration you guys are taking so I don’t fall too far behind but I don’t want to hold you up. I will either buy it and try and catch up later or just catch you guys on the next game.

Shit timing all this I know.

#30

OK Greg, appreciate the heads-up. It's a real shitter that it has worked out like this, but hey-ho. Nowt can be done there really. I think myself, Meg and G-Man are all really enjoying it. If you do fancy getting the game at a later date then let us know - although as said, some catching up will be required.

Are you sure about us playing the Division on Friday then? It will mean another week without co-opage (for you). Although, given I am not about next weekend, I suppose you guys can Sup Com it up some (or something) in my absence.

#31

It is a shame Greg but if thats ok with you i think Division on Friday is a go.  It is really good and i am sure you would enjoy it and playing solo you will catch up fairly quickly as we can only advance when we are all on

You sure you don't want me to buy you a copy and pay me back when i see you next?

As Jeg says we can play something you do have next week it will give you a chance to finish your falic shaped guinea pig run and converting you house to left hand .  Also you can play Division left handed i think!

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#32

Any chance of starting a little earlier? Say 7pm?

#33

I will find out but 7 maybe pushing it a bit Eve won't be back till 6

#34

I thought we were going to start a new character when greg got round to purchasing? You'll never catch up from that level difference, unless played outside of co-op. I imagine it will be like our little folley last night Jim where I was level 23 to your 12 - you just go down if an enemy sneezes in your direction - even behind cover, probably not a good introduction to a game to have to cower behind cover until all the action has dissipated

greg, you'd be proud of me last time we got this together, BT proper 'ed it up, the once reliable engine had me falling through the world, guns floating in mid air, I got stuck waist deep in water no one else could see - real seamless drop in / drop out mercenaries stylee...

#35

You'll never catch up from that level difference, unless played outside of co-op. I imagine it will be like our little folley last night Jim where I was level 23 to your 12 - you just go down if an enemy sneezes in your direction - even behind cover, probably not a good introduction to a game to have to cower behind cover until all the action has dissipated Tongue

I think that was the general idea...let him play single player to level up to where we are. Also, I shan't be doing that again! A level 20-odd with a level 12 really does not work

greg, you'd be proud of me last time we got this together, BT proper Facepalm'ed it up, the once reliable engine had me falling through the world, guns floating in mid air, I got stuck waist deep in water no one else could see - real seamless drop in / drop out mercenaries stylee...

You did Greg it up proper... or BT did... whatever happened it was funny. What with disappearing weapons, falling through floors and getting stuck in scenery it has been eventful so far, at least!

Originally posted by Maximus:
I will find out but 7 maybe pushing it a bit Eve won't be back till 6

Be good if we could Meg... let us know. I will be on from about 6:30. The earlier the better in my eyes.

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#36

I will try

#37

I am sure there is some special temporal warp that opens up when you play coop games. I have the hardware fuck up gremlin and yours just sees you falling through the map until someone rescues you with the helicopter.

Cheers for the offer Meg but I would just be in the same boat if you got it for me. You guys just go for it I have plenty of stuff to keep me occupied.

#38

That we will then. Division Night here we come. Check those corners, check those corners!

#39

Ok furry muff then Greg have fun doin whatever lefty vegens do

Yes Jeg Friday night Division

#40

Well not a very successful gaming last night i keep getting kicked off this happened at least 6/7 with an error about the Division services are not currently available then it wouldn't even let me log on said my account was unavailable

This can happen when they do server maintnance apparently it is a problem with Ubisoft servers.  However they weren't doing maintnance last night and you were fine Jeg.  Hopefully this will fix itself and i won't have any issues tomorrow

I went and Gregged it