Walking the Walk - The Division

[@princessbosnia5066]

The guy in the window takes a selfie with you if you dont point the gun at him and says something like "keep doing a good job clearing the streets (of thugs)" etc. He would look at the phone, like talking in snapchat, makes a victory sign and tries to take a pic with with you and him. Was a nice touch

[@ACGreviews]

+Princess Bosnia ah I see

[@Th3Jez]

I watched every minute & LOVED IT! My God your level of expertise in almost every area of game design is astounding. Looking forward to part 2

[@ACGreviews]

+Th3Jez thanks

[@forestfaulkingham8641]

Th3Jez I agree ACG I feel has the most in dept and informative reviews on the web really great stuff you said it I really enjoyed the division myself.

[@SpearDusk]

Love the way you actually appreciate the world in games and the little details. Most of the time when someone says a game lasts 10 hours, I'd be like "Well it will last 20 hours for me", because I too absolutely love to appreciate the little things and sightseeing in games. Keep up the great work.

[@ACGreviews]

+OceanRage thanks sir

[@roflsean6495]

I never appreciated the small details in games, especially sound. I used to turn the music in most video games all the way down. Watching your vids has made me stop and "smell the flowers" in games now. Now I own the soundtrack to several of the games I have played. Keep up the good work man!

[@ACGreviews]

+Roflsean64 thanks man

[@KigreTheViking]

+Roflsean64 I always stop and "Smell the flowers" in games like this. So far i have 3-5 games on a list of very graphically detailed games. Nr 1. The Batman Series. Nr 2. GTA V. Nr 3. The Division. The details in these games are on top of the list. The amount of time and effort that has gone into putting texture to things and place them in the world. I mean if you look around in The Division and look at the surrounds a bit more. You will see details and artistry all over and i really appreciate it more and more. Some places tells little stories, (Usually death scenes) but its grim and i like that too. Your review however ACG, makes me think of it and appreciate it even more, because so few devs bothers with truly making the gameworld rich and atmospheric.

[@ACGreviews]

A bit shorter than others. Sorry. Had some issues with the game and falling through the ground lol.

[@wjarchives8689]

+ACG NO really. Bro thanks but when are you doing Far Cry Primal ?

[@jasonciafre6958]

^^^^^ He's right, you should do Primal. There are some really cool moments. Like a mamouth drinking and a croc latches on its trunk.

[@rexa06]

I have same problems no problem! I love these kind of videos of u you

[@AcasualGamer1]

+ACG Hey Karak, can you have a look at Unreal Tournament pre-alpha and compare it with old school classics like Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament 3? (I've grown up with those hectic FPS games and I think this new iteration has the same feel, plus nostalgia). I know it's not a finished product, it may stay this way for some time but it deserves more light! (most gamers today have grown up with modern hp auto regen, camping FPS and some of them will enjoy it)

[@Mitchcraft.]

+ACG If you do part 2 could you tell us about the way MP works and if there are any other MP modes at all?

[@ComicsLamar]

The attention to detail in this game REALLY shows. Like a good pancake, you can tell that they put a whole bunch of love into designing the world, & everyone appreciates a good pancake. The people who don't like love-filled pancakes are usually weirdos. I love your Walking series.

[@RockyPunk]

I love your walking the walk series, it's very interesting and shows a lot of respect to the developers as you're really going through their games noticing the things most people don't.

[@Reveal_City]

Best rendition of NYC since GTA 4!

[@ACGreviews]

+PAXperMortem agreed

[@Tony42Rivers]

Love these walking the walk videos

[@ACGreviews]

+Anthony23Riv thanks

[@augustussculpting9805]

+ACG yeah really nice with this chill theme

[@usernamesareforidiot]

As someone who works in audio for games as a contractor, a fair amount of companies will spend their budget on everything else and then come to us and ask us to do amazing things with the audio. We give them a realistic quote and they offer us 10% of what we quoted because they had no idea that composing 12 hours of music, designing thousands of sounds, processing hours of dialogue, and implementing all of those assets and making them work would involve 4 people and thousands of hours. They start chipping away at what they want because they thought their $20,000 budget would've been more than enough. I could go on longer, but /rant.

[@ACGreviews]

agreed and sad

[@lanasrj]

Grand Theft Auto IV was made for this series

[@Reieva]

I love Walking the Walk videos, always so relaxing.

[@Sundmountain]

Greetings from Sweden! Love your series "Walking the Walk". The Division is now one of my favorite game in years and was really looking forward to this episode. Thank you for the time and effort you put down into these episodes. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@ACGreviews]

+jonneponken94 Thanks man and hello from Oregon!

[@VanillaLoaf]

I think the game is great, but there are a few issues. The fact that you have so few options in character creation is probably most bothersome.

[@MuttleyGriffin]

Love this series of videos. The Division, for me, is one of the most immersive environments that I’ve spent many hours in; I’m going to miss snowy Manhattan when D2 comes out. Having said that, I hope you do one for The Division 2!

[@stanleyjohnson9242]

At about 34 minutes in where you start talking about lighting is one of my favorite places in the game, that area looks so amazing I actually set a screenshot from there as my background on my PC.

[@ACGreviews]

+Stanley Johnson agreed

[@nabed4t]

Any chance of getting part 2?

[@eiadtarabulsi]

Absolutely stellar video as always. You have done such an amazing job of thoroughly dissecting the game's technical aspects. Your attention to detail is a thing to behold. You have the best channel and the greatest subscribers on KZbin. Keep it up, thanks and God bless!

[@ACGreviews]

+Eiad Tarabulsi appreciate it

[@khalkruga]

ive been subscribed to this channel for a while but dont really comment that often, but ive gotta say man, for gaming content this channel is the best channel i am subscribed to by far. Your videos are so informative and enjoyable to watch and Im pleased to have witnessed the growth of this channel. While youtube may not be the perfect example of a meritocratic system your channel is a great example of meritocracy in action, well in my opinion anyway. Much love man keep the golden nuggets of joy coming.

[@ACGreviews]

+khalkruga thanks so much man

[@darthvader906]

Love this like usual with the Walking the Walks. You make me feel like I'm not the only person who plays games walking around slowly looking at textures and shit haha. And as someone who has shot an M1A a lot, I have to say I think that is a fairly accurate sample of the gun firing.

[@ACGreviews]

+Samuel Kowal ya it wasn't too bad

[@TacticalMoistTowelette]

Your videos never fail to impress me. I am always thoroughly entertained by them. Keep it up!

[@ACGreviews]

+Chris Kong thanks kong

[@PabloDriaza]

I love your reviews and commentary! Keep them coming. I really enjoy your reviews.

[@Jay-dg6qg]

Really enjoy these walking the walks, keep up the good work.

[@divid3dbyZero]

Love these Walking the Walk videos. Your research, and love for games really shows through. It does in your reviews as well, but with these longer videos it's much more evident. I also enjoy that there is research to be done. By that I mean all of the detail you go into about how the devs come to a certain decision, or how they themselves do research and build a game world. It gives a serious sense of the mountain of effort they go through to bring a game to market.

[@ACGreviews]

+divid3dbyZero Thanks so much man

[@Irond3vil2]

I played through the story two times but I still barely know the story. From what I gather a lot of people died and the survivors got flamethrowers and developed a high tolerance to gunfire.

[@cmelft2463]

35:46.....thats some great texture pop... Great vid as always!

[@motley17cru]

The cable ties on the hub caps are a cool detail at 21:17

[@CouchCit]

Great great concept and video. Perhaps if more game reviewers did something like this then gamers would have a little more appreciation for what goes into making these games. A couple of points I want to mention: 1. That dramatic change in weather in the beginning is because the introductory cell is just an outside safehouse, and since they want you to be able to see everything clearly it doesn't have the same dynamic weather FX that the map cells have 2. NYC doesn't need a disaster to have those Police watchtowers erected, they're already up in a lot of places, most often in the "hoods". This only really started happening a few years ago. 3. You missed a great moment around the 41:30 mark where you ran past the American flag blowing right near a gigantic light; if you look up at it the global illumination and light refraction FX are amazing, so amazing that I felt inspired to take a screenshot (and that was on the PS4). 4. I hope you show off some of the minor details in environment interaction that the game has; I think it's a great amount included for a shared-world game. For instance, you can actually shoot lights out (but they come back on pretty fast), u can chip away at the concrete barriers to have a better shot at enemies ducking behind them, shoot out car tires to lower the car, objects in the apartments have collision and real-time lighting FX, and in one mission there's a wall mounted fish tank with a dead JTF officer inside and I was quite surprised to see you could shoot the tank and make the water and fish spill onto the floor. Great stuff man, keep it up.

[@ACGreviews]

+Juls Token 2. Looking at them they aren't temporarily randomly plugged into the electric poles with normal pluges though are they? That was the point here and talking to people there it seemed like those are actually set up less temporarily. Maybe they hadn't seen any. Ours in town are different depending if they are temp or permanent including a hardline

[@CouchCit]

ACG No doubt, some of them are more temporary than others, and the ones that are temporary are sometime plugged into electrical poles. I really just wanted to clarify for the viewers that aren't from NYC. Many of us who actually live there feel some sort of way about those watchtowers in residential neighborhoods so it's an important fact to know they're around during these "normal times". Great observation though.

[@RickLag8514]

Rewatching to this while playing Division 2, such a great walking the walk

[@BZanZ]

while watching your review I couldn't help but think that this would be a great game for a walking the walk... and as per usual you never fail to amaze! awesome vid!

[@ACGreviews]

+Eric Bezanson thanks

[@trishravi9422]

Awesome! Love these discussions!

[@ACGreviews]

+Trish Ravi thanks

[@98maplestory]

you do great content man keep it up! :D and i also like that you take your time to read our comments and answering on them :)

[@themarcshark]

When I was playing the beta and it started snowing for the first time, where everything got very gray and I could barely see ahead of myself, I found it incredibly eerie. It almost reminded me of a lot of the 9/11 footage I've seen of people walking through the streets after the towers fell and the dust and debris clouding the streets. Great video as always. Yeah there was a bit of a graphics downgrade, but this game is still really damn impressive technically and graphically.

[@Adonix47]

I always love it when you talk about sound. I think sound is just something that most people (myself included) most of the time will only absorb passively. And I think good sound in video games will have a positive effect on the player even if he or she doesn't notice it. But at least for me it really helps appreciate the game as a whole even more when I have an idea of whats going on behind the scenes and I think your walking the walks are something that really helps in that regard, and not only when it comes to sound. So thanks for uploading such unique content. Oh and by the way, are you still gonna make a second wtw for the dark zone?

[@ACGreviews]

+John Doe thanks and not sure. Pretty busy right now

[@noLuckyStrike09]

Came back to this cause I miss the feeling of this game

[@Perjoss]

I love that bit of background music that plays at around 8:35 its really short in game though :(

[@ACGreviews]

+Sergio Xisto so do I man. Its amazing

[@sripathykiran]

Seeing this walk through, i have high expectations for the watch dogs sequel. Ubisoft always had beautiful and quite accurate setting to begin with, say London and Paris in the AC series or New York in this game. If the single player missions have a huge diversity, i believe it will have a huge potential similar to the sandbox games released by Rockstar.

[@thereluctanthireling]

Great job, the details of this game seem super well done....really wanting to give this a try.

[@Wastedpepsi]

+Alman Squarcina lol when is it even coming. Hell no I aint waiting for that

[@GameWithCow]

I saw two people arguing in a window on a second story window and shot at them and they both ducked and one ran and turned the lights off. This game always impresses me with the little things. Great video and a great game aswell I was surprised that I liked it as much as I did.

[@ACGreviews]

+Cow of Gaming ya insane

[@TheAgentmigs]

You dont like that fogginess?! I love it..i does look a bit volcanic but I absolutely dig it. The contrast between the orange and grays of the UI and background. I think it's a design choice that allow the designers room to play with more color associations, for instance the blue of the safe zones and checkpoints.

[@ACGreviews]

+Alpharion Omegon lol what now? I loved it and talk about it a lot here

[@Thompson011]

In the event of a catastrophe fuel wouldn't be restocked so that would explain the abondoned cara

[@Tentacl]

Damn, you're making me want to play it. I wrote this off after some reviews showing the flaws (I still think the game has), but the choices you highlited are indeed great.

[@ACGreviews]

+Tentacles Ya good and bad for sure

[@lukebecker1990]

Love your eye for details! Keep up the good work

[@LJMpictures]

at 37:00 wtf is going on with the bottom quarter of the screen?

[@Dean444ful]

You mentioned the difference between reverb and echo. So would reverb be what you hear in a more narrow, tighter space (perhaps a hallway), while echo is something you'd hear in a wide open space?

[@Uni0nDirect0r]

I still can't see how it's a "wait for sale" game. I have been playing it for 60 hours so far and I really, really love it. It's beautiful, sounds excellent and feels surprisingly fresh even if it takes some ideas from other games. Of course it's just mine opinion, but damn, I didn't have so much fun with an online game since Guild Wars 2.

[@ACGreviews]

+UnionDirector because of all the issues I ran into. Your having fun doesn't stop me having problems with the game. Take Hitman for instance its a buy but people are shitting nebraska sized craps because I said its a buy when they are getting disconnected. To me its a buy and i don't get disconnected. To them, its shit and they do. Same game/ Glad your liking it though. Hell I am still playing it

[@Uni0nDirect0r]

ACG Good point. I guess although your mileage may wary, it's your responsibility to take every detail into account before telling people something is worth buying. I respect that.

[@ACGreviews]

yep still playing it myself for sure

[@scottawesome6688]

Great in depth review! Just Subbed

[@ACGreviews]

+Scott Awesome thanks scott

[@fortunatesoul12]

Another great walking the walk. I am curious, what was the roman saying? I could not understand and google search got me nothing

[@emjhemx]

Great job man. Question: do you do live streams? I mean Q&A while playing a particular game. I would love to watch that.

[@ACGreviews]

+emjhemx yep randomly I do

[@console4gamers]

3:39 and before, lot of pop in bugs with random people lol :D

[@kudiyyy]

You should be one of the game testers honestly.

[@ThousandPoundPig]

As much as I hate Ubisoft and their bs marketing it's great to see they put so much into The Division, amazing detail buuuuut it's the first. Ubisoft want franchises, their first games are good, second ones are ok, then they keep milking it and not much is changed. Hope this time it's different.

[@1F3rDi1]

Ever thought about doinga Walking the Walk for Deus Ex: Human Revolution? I think you'd like it.

[@mauler77]

Very informative, as ever. I see you turned the radar off but if you like a clean look you should also select 'auto-hide HUD' in the options so the life bar/icons thing only appears when in combat or approaching enemies.

[@ACGreviews]

+mauler77 didn't like it coming and going. Either there or not there lol

[@wanderingkrieger8265]

Great vid walking the walk.... Love it and this game is awesome

[@ACGreviews]

+Kriegerblitzed agreed and thanks

[@OhManTFE]

You know for Mass Effect you can download save editors and tweak any variable you want to recreate your save - rather than having to replay the game.

[@ACGreviews]

+OhManTFE Its a walking the walk video. Which is anathema to save editors:)

[@Icipher353]

Still can't decide what to make of this game. I'm kind of interested, as these sort of post-apocalyptic style of games are very much my thing, but everyone says it's only really good in co-op, so not having anyone to co-op with has made me hesitant to get it. Great discussion anyway. GGs Karak.

[@ACGreviews]

+Darkly Tranquil thanks a harder one than passed ones as Ubi has been overly secretive on some aspects

[@Scautura]

I've been playing solo (only one mission with friends) and I'm enjoying it. It might be better with friends, but in my opinion it's still good on your own.

[@od13166]

This game lighitng surprises me like Alien Isolation

[@johnshearer8800]

Mt. St Helens eh? Portland? Vancouver?

[@geauxburns]

All those vehicles and bicycles teasing your sore worn out walking the walk devices. lol

[@GenXKid26]

Game looks great which platform are you playing on in the video?

[@ACGreviews]

+SupaMario81 pc

[@GenXKid26]

Thanks! Was on the fence about which platform to choose.

[@ACGreviews]

+SupaMario81 Ya it looks amazing on all versions though

[@Acrore]

loved all 43 minutes of this video, the game is amazingly beauitful

[@qfragger]

love these vids, nice job

[@ericnick4498]

Ah man you should've went to time square, quality content as always.

[@ACGreviews]

+Eric Nick lol 22nd comment about not going to the place the person wanted. Its a big world. I guess thats a good thing!

[@ericnick4498]

ACG Time square is really well done in The Division, i kinda expected you to go there just because of all the graphical fidelity's at work.

[@ACGreviews]

+Eric Nick 23rd comment lol

[@art_in_gaming2518]

Do you feel that the world is empty or static?

[@KimDahl77]

Great video. Thanks!

[@ZombieBrainOfficial]

@1:56 WTF? NPC poppin-in out of nowhere?

[@user-jp6qz4cz2y]

Can you kill the neutral NPCs? And if you can does it impact your reputation?

[@42VS]

18:59 Now you know where the other guy went. :P

[@OTBDBOY]

why is everyone uploading 9-11 hours of gameplay?? like anyone's actually gonna waist 11 hours watching a fucking game... bravo to this dude for making it much shorter and more enjoyable

[@ACGreviews]

+TobasFrisk the desire to pretend you don't want to be a star but upload hours of content in the hope someone will think you are a star is as old as youtube lol

[@EumelaninKnight]

Sooo...Do those bodies ever disappear or....?

[@rexa06]

yes they do

[@DRAGONFANG18]

I wanna see a Walking the Walk of Factorio. Even a WtW of the Demo version.

[@tankconnors7323]

Its to bad people are going so nuts about the downgrade...cause the game still looks so damn good!...

[@ACGreviews]

+Tank Connors true as the games downgrade shouldn't ever be the story

[@tankconnors7323]

Exactly...

[@lanasrj]

+Tank Connors I'd argue that the publishers have a responsibility to deliver something that resembles the promise they make to their consumers....

[@SusloNick]

great atmosphere

[@ACGreviews]

+SusloNick agreed

[@Omar12135]

do you think it is worth to buy the division gold edition for 60$ now on ps4 deal of the week

[@tylerinman9826]

Hey, just a quick correction. While playing the game, i heard the radio DJ you hear talk while in the safehouses reference 9/11. So it certainly acknowlegdes 9/11 in this fiction. Just letting you know in case you missed it. Keep up the good work! =D

[@Dknightxs]

dog sniffs it's poo... immersion 10/10

[@SpinnyDervish]

Nice video, gives a great sense of the game. But I love the idea that Sweden is the country with "insane" gun laws when North Carolina is the place "giving guns to babies".

[@ACGreviews]

+SpinnyDervish You may be attributing insane to mean bad. Its insane as in locked down, skilled, highly polished, tight.

[@akaA3e]

This game looks great! It has some DCUO feels in it.

[@MrJimheeren]

While the game is beautiful and I surely enjoyed a couple of hours playing it, the repetitive nature of the game really killed it for me, once you reach level 15/20 there is nothing to do anymore and it gets really annoying to just fire full clips into your enemies and they just don't die. Oh yeah why did Ubisoft change the logo of the NYPD into this strange fake logo

[@V3RTIGO222]

Urgh, KZbin compression does not do this game justice...

[@ACGreviews]

+V3RTIGO222 afuckinggreed. sucks. FYI thats a 1440p video at 45000kbps. LOL. I damn near uploaded a masterpeice. Sometimes youtube just suck. Even the review is better

[@MR3DDev]

The game is beautiful, too bad after playing the beta I discovered this game is hot for me. Might get it on summer sale just to enjoy this world.

[@MR3DDev]

*hot=not

[@ACGreviews]

+yakza5 HOT!

[@MR3DDev]

+ACG I guess I was indoctrinated after playing Super Hot :p

[@parawill7074]

Recently scribed to your channel and really like your reviews. I'm really enjoying the game and it does have its faults, but still plenty of fun. I think a great opportunity was missed when they didn't include consequences for killing civilians (can't even hurt them) and having certain enemies (like the regular hoodie thugs) have instant death when getting shot in the head with at least a level 7 weapon.

[@DogsaladSalad]

My suspension of disbelief clashes with the division. its just.... i cant shoot some fucker wearing a hoodie 12 times in the HEAD and believe that he isnt dead. the world and the gunplay are so near to life, yet the gameplay is far... far from it. i probably wont pick up the division again.

[@systemmonitor5295]

That's just because it's a shoot and loot game. Enemies scale depending on your level... I get where you're coming from - I felt the same way in the beta - but now it just makes sense to me.

[@ericnick4498]

k

[@od13166]

thats becuase you are not type to this rpgs like Fallout

[@matt1523]

You complain, but if it were opposite the way you want it then the game would be very boring. Once you get to the point that you one or two shot every enemy, then it's not nearly as fun. Go play ARMA, Squad, Insurgency, Red Orchestra if you want realism. It's a loot based RPG with shooting elements, not a tactical shooter

[@almalone3282]

have you never played a rpg before

[@landryflip3200]

I AM LEGEND. Man I love that movie to death

[@madieux182]

Bioshock Infinite next?

[@Traphic420]

Driving the drive Mad Max Lmao jk XD

[@mr.bulldobssquire892]

Good video. I so very badly want this game

[@ilqrd.6608]

Geat video karak, I'm surprised you praised the sound of guns that much since I found them very lacking. Most of them sound like airsoft guns (except for rifles). Especially pistols and machine guns sound lousy and not very satisfying. Shootouts in streets are perfectly demonstrated by Heat (the movie) and also Insurgency (the game). In both cases you can actually feel the power of the guns. In that department Division fails to deliver for me.

[@ACGreviews]

+Ilker D. Well each is a real sample. As in a 100% real gun, perhaps I pickedup on that. Could be that they mixed for muddy sound and that the post processing done on each is good. But I have my spectrum set as flat to see where sounds hit and overriding sound isn't the same as accurate sound. which this mostly, not always, but mostly is

[@jayanthvarma6647]

please do one for Assasin's creed Black flag and Dragon Age inquisition thanks!

[@ACGreviews]

+jayanth varma DAI was my first one done ages ago.

[@jayanthvarma6647]

oh...lol my bad XP

[@jesush.christ6184]

Ubisoft has way too many engines. Snowdrop, AnvilNext and Disrupt are all new. Dunia 2 is built on the old Dunia engine, but even that's only 4 years old. Anyone know why they would do that?

[@ACGreviews]

+Jesus H. Christ Depending on an engines internal strengths and weaknesses one that works well for open world cities with a high culling system and a way of handling large number of npcs' might not handle large foliage numbers and huge draw distances.

[@od13166]

this snowdrop engine not made by ubisoft massive entertaiment made it

[@jesush.christ6184]

RAY M Massive is owned by Ubisoft. They're full title is Ubisoft Massive and any decision they make has to be allowed by Ubisoft or ordered by Ubisoft.

[@od13166]

Jesus H. Christ​ i know but theres limitation to make a multi genre game with 1 engine

[@tonyguzman6798]

Dammit I just want someone's opinion on weather or not I should buy the game

[@TheWayoftheSith]

I bet you couldn't wait to get into the psyche of went wrong with this train wreck..

[@raymondregus9208]

The impact of the world is greater if you actually live in nyc

[@bonyeezy7980]

+Raymond The Rapist I can imagine. How accurate is the in-game world?

[@Charok1]

Nice video. I really like videos about game graphics with examples. Much more interesting than "just another lets play". Video Sage makes great Star Citizen videos about graphics. I think it's like Watchdogs. The PR & Ad campaign is better than the game.

[@ACGreviews]

+Chris Walker thanks Chris

[@enditend2]

still disappointed that it's not near 2014 version.... can't help it!! I wanted it to be the best version, but that's ubisoft for us...

[@trilogy10100]

+enditend 2 The beta was downgraded and on release a patch came out and the graphics looks great.

[@od13166]

Even Witcher 3 had downgraded and it looks Decent and ok Division is same

[@sweetgregt]

I've only found the voices to be bad with the enemies.

[@vertelli66]

You should do some vlogs dude.

[@ACGreviews]

+Trevor M ...what? lol

[@younas1476]

+ACG Vlogs, they're like blogs but with video.

[@ACGreviews]

+Younas K (Question Y) right I was laughing because...its me. What the fuck would I even say lol I wasn't laughing at Trevor.

[@vertelli66]

ACG lol it's the new hip trend

[@Zetler]

Too bad you didn't do this in the Dark Zone.

[@ACGreviews]

+Kexin not near as much variation though nor reflections of life. 2 major components of this

[@DeathSeekerism]

Ayy I live in North Carolina.

[@ACGreviews]

+DeathSeekerism congratulations on the baby gun

[@DeathSeekerism]

ACG LMAO! Keep it classy man.