I’m back to my semi-regular Division grind. I was thinking about the game due to the recent, time limited, addition of the realism mode (no gear levels or bullet-spongy enemies, limited ammo etc) but couldn’t join in at the time because I forgot how to make Ubisoft Connect work on Linux. I finally figured it out again (use GE-Proton-9.27 and set Windows to 10, otherwise it won’t launch for me) and I also managed to snatch the latest DLC for less about 55% off so I decided to jump back in.
I’m not done with the DLC yet so there isn’t much I can say about it other than “it’s more TD2”, even if in smaller package. Some missions are better than others in terms of design and how they fit my game style so things tend to alternate between “this is cool” and “I’m in pain, help”. One thing that really caught me off guard however was when a mission finale turned into a desperate defence section - the surprising part wasn’t the change itself but the fact that this short part managed to actually make me feel like the situation really was as dire as the story wanted you to think.
It’s an excitement and engagement that doesn’t really happen often as writing and set pieces in TD2 tend to fall flat for me for the most part. It was a nice change and I hope there’ll be more moments like this in the future.
Now if only devs would let us replay all of the past manhunts in full instead of in their shortened version, that would be nice. I’m still missing part of the story after taking a break when they jumped the shark with Keener’s “death” during Warlords of New York and I’d love to know what’s going on.
Edit: Welp, yesterday’s updated broke Easy Anti-Cheat for me and now I can’t even launch the game. This sucks.
Yakuza 0
I’d like to finish this game some day. I’ve been on my first playthrough for 7 years now. I’ve been on THE SAME CHAPTER for 7 years now. Granted, most of this time was me not playing the game but still - I have saves from multiple years, all stuck on chapter 7. Why is it all sevens?!
Alright, I came back to the game with the plan to finally finish it so how did it go? Well, I started the game and went back to spending most of my time on the hostess club mini-game. This playthrough might take another 7 years to finish at this rate…
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The Division 2
I’m back to my semi-regular Division grind. I was thinking about the game due to the recent, time limited, addition of the realism mode (no gear levels or bullet-spongy enemies, limited ammo etc) but couldn’t join in at the time because I forgot how to make Ubisoft Connect work on Linux. I finally figured it out again (use GE-Proton-9.27 and set Windows to 10, otherwise it won’t launch for me) and I also managed to snatch the latest DLC for less about 55% off so I decided to jump back in.
I’m not done with the DLC yet so there isn’t much I can say about it other than “it’s more TD2”, even if in smaller package. Some missions are better than others in terms of design and how they fit my game style so things tend to alternate between “this is cool” and “I’m in pain, help”. One thing that really caught me off guard however was when a mission finale turned into a desperate defence section - the surprising part wasn’t the change itself but the fact that this short part managed to actually make me feel like the situation really was as dire as the story wanted you to think.
It’s an excitement and engagement that doesn’t really happen often as writing and set pieces in TD2 tend to fall flat for me for the most part. It was a nice change and I hope there’ll be more moments like this in the future.
Now if only devs would let us replay all of the past manhunts in full instead of in their shortened version, that would be nice. I’m still missing part of the story after taking a break when they jumped the shark with Keener’s “death” during Warlords of New York and I’d love to know what’s going on.
Edit: Welp, yesterday’s updated broke Easy Anti-Cheat for me and now I can’t even launch the game. This sucks.
Yakuza 0
I’d like to finish this game some day. I’ve been on my first playthrough for 7 years now. I’ve been on THE SAME CHAPTER for 7 years now. Granted, most of this time was me not playing the game but still - I have saves from multiple years, all stuck on chapter 7. Why is it all sevens?!
Alright, I came back to the game with the plan to finally finish it so how did it go? Well, I started the game and went back to spending most of my time on the hostess club mini-game. This playthrough might take another 7 years to finish at this rate…
At least I’m having fun, I guess.