{"id":7440,"date":"2023-05-08T11:24:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2023-05-08T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T19:00:15","slug":"playing-the-division-1-in-2023-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/playing-the-division-1-in-2023-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing The Division 1 in 2023, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When The Division was announced way back when, it was extremely fascinating. The gameplay demo had gorgeous graphics, unique movement mechanics (including closing a car door as you slide along it&#8217;s frame for cover), and an immersive HUD. When it was released? It actually lived up to the hype (or, at least was good enough to be fun).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is The Division worth playing in 2023, though? That&#8217;s what this series is designed to explore as I start the game over from humble beginnings.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='code-block code-block-1' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'>\n<div id=\"gg_ads_midLeaderboard1\" class=\"gg_ads__adSpot gg_ads__adSpot--midLeaderboard\">\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8114869302769879\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8114869302769879\" data-ad-slot=\"7913841931\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting started in The Division in 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When a game is 7 years old and is from a developer that clings to microtransactions and DLC like a baby clings to it&#8217;s blankie, you can expect a lot of notifications upon getting into the game after creating your character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For about 5 minutes or so my HUD was populated with notifications of unlocks for various collectibles and more that I couldn&#8217;t even access until I made it to the central HUB of the game.. So much so that I just decided to let them scroll on by, as they were blocking a significant chunk of my vision on the right side of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once that was done, though, I was sufficiently impressed: The Division still looks damned good in 2023.. And performs very well on modern hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Division&#8217;s ongoing success is because of it&#8217;s core gameplay loop as a loot shooter with optional PvP, but it captured a lot of folks because of how visually immersive it is, which the next part of this series will focus on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will say this: World design in The Division makes up for any lacking graphical features common in more modern releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exploring a trash-strewn, disease-riddled New York is spectacular, especially as you move from cover to cover to select the best spot to engage from.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='code-block code-block-2' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'>\n<div id=\"gg_ads_midLeaderboard2\" class=\"gg_ads__adSpot gg_ads__adSpot--midLeaderboard\">\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8114869302769879\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8114869302769879\" data-ad-slot=\"6808095089\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moving through the story of The Division solo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of exploring, The Division has a lot of DLC available to it, including major gameplay functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could&#8217;ve lept into it with an older character, but instead I&#8217;m choosing to focus on the core gameplay that The Division launched with.. At least, for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing I&#8217;m noticing is that they seem to have tweaked the combat a bit to be more in-line with The Division 2; while enemies are a bit bullet-sponge-like, they aren&#8217;t as bad as I recall they were back at launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has made playing the main story much more entertaining to me than when I first played it. I felt like combat as a solo gamer was quite frustrating, but now? Now I&#8217;m enjoying it quite a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the difficulty does ramp as you progress, and if you don&#8217;t manage to do the 1 thing a loot shooter is designed to do &#8211; upgrade your gear &#8211; you&#8217;re going to have a bad time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, I haven&#8217;t had too many challenges maintaining powerful gear with the crafting system, vendors, loot and mission rewards available to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how things progress, but initial impressions? The Division is still very much playable (and even better than it was at launch) in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This series began as an attempt to relive a better time before major AAA games came out a buggy, near-unforgiveable mess costing $70. Check back later for parts 2 and 3!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When The Division was announced way back when, it was extremely fascinating. The gameplay demo had gorgeous graphics, unique movement mechanics (including closing a car door as you slide along it&#8217;s frame for cover), and an immersive HUD. When it was released? 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