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In _TD2_, you meet Manny, who tells you things are bad, you need to fix them, and you should go here. The difference in the effort spent on storytelling between the two games is striking. And disappointing.
The Division
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In the first forty-five minutes of the original _Division_, you will meet Faye Lau, the tough-as-nails Division agent who becomes your handler, leading you through her beloved New York City as you try to make sense of what happened.
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Having played, and enjoyed, the original _Division_, I was a little surprised by how quickly I was disappointed with the sequel. But where the original felt full, vibrant, **alive**, the sequel feels hollow.
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The Games I Played (This Year) (So Far)
I’ve been working on coming up with a definition of “deep play” as I use it to refer to video games. I went back over the games that I’ve played so far this year, and looked at how many experiences I had that really grabbed me, and what
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One Classy Drop
Another search and destroy grind. I started in Times Square again, went through Clinton, Hell’s Kitchen, Hudson Yards, Chelsea, the Tenderloin, Flatiron, Gramercy, and Stuyvesant. Took out the Bullet King, Soretto, Strings, Erskine, Fray, Five-O, Belzer, Riot, Corporal Wright, and Chains. It was quite a hike. I did get
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Another Day in the Dark Zone
Sunday evening, I slipped into the Dark Zone to get my daily assignment done, 10 rioters. I was in DZ01, and slunk up to Koreatown, where they tend to congregate. I found a couple packs of them, and quickly got my quota. I was mopping up, chasing a grenadier down
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My New Go-to Game
I tried using a different set of gear in The Division, and it was a lot of fun. I equipped four pieces of the Defense set, and two AlphaBridge. The idea was that the AlphaBridge would help me recover health, but I’m not sure that they are needed. I
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Running With Strangers
I like playing solo. I mean, I like playing the co-op stuff with the guys, and I'll even do PvP if I'm playing with my friends, but what I really like is playing solo. Solo in an open world. With deep play. Not asking for much.
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Afternoon Run
I finished the World Boss route I started this morning, and then went to the West Side Piers for a while to mess around. It got a little hairy in there, with all the insta-spawns, but I did find a few more phones. And I got another Caduceus. That’s
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Open World Boss Route
I found this map on Reddit, showing the locations of the Open World Bosses, named Elites on the Open World Map who you can farm every four or hours or so. I usually start a session running part of this to farm credits and mats. I used this route to