The Division 2

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March, 2019

  • The Division 2 Open Beta. 2019-03-04 3:30 PM.
    • MMO
    • Reviews

    I tried the open beta this past weekend, because it was free. First, in marketing terms, it was a far better game demo than The Division 1 Open Beta, because you got into the action much faster, and didn’t spend your first 30 minutes just wandering around trying to find where to start. So in that sense, it’s much better. Other than that, there’s nothing much to report. It’s basically identical to the first game, except it takes more CPU and GPU power to run. I’m sure there is some minutia in there that is different and/or improved, but it’s not apparent to me, whose only experience with the game is playing The Division 1 Open Beta. 895 words.

October, 2019

  • The Division 2 Free Weekend Worked. 2019-10-22 6:54 PM.
    • MMO

    Over the weekend I learned about the The Division 2 free weekend. I remembered generally liking the The Division 2 open beta, so I decided to download it and take advantage of the gift. (I wish I’d known that the free “weekend” had actually begun last Thursday.) I proceeded to play for about seven hours on Saturday and Sunday, making my way to level 8. I enjoyed it so much I considered buying it, since it also happens to be on sale right now. (The standard PC version is $21 for the rest of the month.) 915 words.
  • Only Five Games In A Year. 2019-10-31 1:33 AM.
    • Musings
    • Responses

    Naithin poked some of us on the Blaugust Discord to chime in on this: If you could only play five games in a year, what would they be? It turns out this would not be a terribly big sacrifice for me. I don’t play a lot of games in a year to start with. I’ve already done some research for my 2019 year-end post, and the number of new games that I’ve purchased and started in 2019 is extremely small. (Three-Sekiro, The Division 2, Astellia Online.) The number of new games I’ve actually completed is even less. (One-Sekiro.) 1,099 words.

September, 2020

  • The Division 2, Again. 2020-09-20 3:08 PM.
    • MMO
    • Shooter

    So I’m playing an MMO again, kind of. I just happened to notice the other day that the base version of The Division 2 was on sale in the Ubisoft store for $10. Adding in a handful of “Uplay Points”-or whatever they’re called-that I’d gathered from years of playing Assassin’s Creed games, I knocked it down to $8. The Division 2 is my favorite of the “looter shooters” I’ve seen, mainly because the cover shooting mechanics looks and feels more natural than any of the others. Shooting from cover feels a lot more intuitive to me than running and gunning and bunny hopping like a stupid video game character, as you do in, say, Destiny 2. 740 words.

December, 2025

  • Games and Stuff - December 2025 Part 2. 2025-12-31 7:20 PM.
    • Blog

    Dabbling with Ashes of Creation, ARC Raiders, Final Fantasy XIV. Some movies and television. Getting two teeth pulled, and Christmas chemotherapy. 2,945 words.