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  1. #1

    What is with the terrible story/plot?

    I mean they aren't going to tie in Aaron Keener from division one? Or whats with the traitorous president? No where to be faound at end of game. Division 1 story was in depth and made you care. This games story makes me go yawn.
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    pres Ellis is an ahole, keener is still on the run, and same for the asymptomatic carrier.

    it's still all up in the air can't really tell if it's terrible or not just yet.

    we need dlcs and another sequel eventually, can't close all the plotholes just yet
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    Classic snowflake lvl of writing. Dozends of dead agents AND yet it's one agent against the world. Everyone is the bad guy. I was hoping to see more grey areas and expected the Black Tusk as the actual "good guys" or atleast the good guys aswell just from a diffrent instance of the government. This story is a good example for bad/boring/linear writing.
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    All we know about Hunters:

    -If u shoot a window they get really mad.

    -If u push some buttons they get mad

    -If u salute to a wall they get really mad....


    I like the Story!!
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    The story itself is imo serviceable, if bland.

    The real tragedy in the division 2 is imo the forgettable npc characters. Benitez, Rhodes and Kandel where really memorable and likeable imo. Faye Lau, while not on the same level as the others imo was ok too. The Division 2 absolutely dropped the ball in that regard.

    Ortega is the only Division 2 character I remember by name, him and the "Drone Operator".
    Ortega, the most memorable character in the game, and only because he´s got the most dialogue is as memorable as a person we know nothing about other than she´s female and she operates drones. That´s how bad it is.

    The only thing story whise that intrigues me at this point is Aaron Keener vs The Black Tusk. They´re both ambitious, I don´t think they´re buddies and they gotta rub eachother the wrong way at some point. Plus Aaron Keener would be at least one well written character in DC. If they don´t mess his writing up that is.
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    It's not "Tom Clancy" level by any means. Still fun if not as good as D1.
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    It is sadly all in the Audio log/echoes for this time around sadly. After gathering all of them and putting it all together I can sum up the story being....

    SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!
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    As revealed by audio logs, Russia is currently being hit by the Green Poison as well with every single world government now working together to create a cure for it as the Green Poison outbreak has hit every single nation (china, Japan, India, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, and etc). Everyone is trying to find a cure for it and trying to contain the global outbreak and no one knows who is responsible for it.

    In the Intel audio logs and Echoes it is revealed a Secret High Society Organization is responsible for the outbreak of the Green Poison and New York was just the testing group for it. This Organization is the mysterious benefactor that support Gordon Amherst with his development of Green Poison as hinted back in Division 1 that he had a supporter from the shadows.

    They have planned this Green Poison attack for years and targeted anyone who would create a "cure" for the Green Poison to make certain no one stops it until it has weakened all World Governments enough so they cannot fight back once they begin their invasion.

    The Black Tusks have been working for them since Division 1 as we encounter them as Mysterious people in Black that kidnaps a doctor who almost found a cure for the Green Poison before the First Wave activation.Currently, the leader of the Black Tusks has made preparation to make certain they are not "eliminated once no longer useful" so that the Black Tusks survives and become the Royal Guards of this new World Order this Organization seek to create. This Organization is also the providers for the technology that the Black tusks uses and before Division 2, during Division 1 timeline, the Black Tusk only was a small team of Mercenaries consisting of only Bardon Schaeffer, Ellis Galveston, Petrus Brenner, Eljah Sumner, Jack Bonney, and Milla "Wyvern" Radek until the Organization ordered them to create a army so they can act as their invasion force consisting of ruthless people and murderers ("no quireboys").

    Planning of this attack has been ongoing for years and their first actions was to sabatage military development and manifacturing of equipment. They did this by finacially sabataging companies that provided military equipment and vehicles to every single world government as shown by one of the Echoes. Along with causing a few accidents with dvelopments of military technology and factories that produced these equipment and vehicles. This greatly weakened the Military in each nation from being properly equipped to contain the riots.

    They also planned the development of the Dark Zones as they manipulated other companies and organizations into planning and picking where to place them as revealed in Dark Zone West Audio Logs.

    As revealed in Wildlands, this is the same world as Splinter Cell, Wildlands, Future Soldier, and Rainbow Six so this may be far bigger than just the Division.

    With the use of the Black Tusk they manipulated a good amount of the CIA and FBI to assassinate President Waller and Mendez so they can put Ellis in charge.

    The USA is currently their first target and it seems they seek to claim it first before moving on to the other Nations.

    The Organization's endgame is to establish a new world order with themselves as the world leaders and these people have been manipulating events in society from the shadows since before Division 1.
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    This is the story of the lone agent from New york. That comes to Washington to save it..

    The first thing he does is sign up for matchmaking.

    So much for the lone wolf story saving the city.
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    Originally Posted by orrthehunter Go to original post
    It is sadly all in the Audio log/echoes for this time around sadly. After gathering all of them and putting it all together I can sum up the story being....

    SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!
    Spoiler:  Show

    As revealed by audio logs, Russia is currently being hit by the Green Poison as well with every single world government now working together to create a cure for it as the Green Poison outbreak has hit every single nation (china, Japan, India, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, and etc). Everyone is trying to find a cure for it and trying to contain the global outbreak and no one knows who is responsible for it.

    In the Intel audio logs and Echoes it is revealed a Secret High Society Organization is responsible for the outbreak of the Green Poison and New York was just the testing group for it. This Organization is the mysterious benefactor that support Gordon Amherst with his development of Green Poison as hinted back in Division 1 that he had a supporter from the shadows.

    They have planned this Green Poison attack for years and targeted anyone who would create a "cure" for the Green Poison to make certain no one stops it until it has weakened all World Governments enough so they cannot fight back once they begin their invasion.

    The Black Tusks have been working for them since Division 1 as we encounter them as Mysterious people in Black that kidnaps a doctor who almost found a cure for the Green Poison before the First Wave activation.Currently, the leader of the Black Tusks has made preparation to make certain they are not "eliminated once no longer useful" so that the Black Tusks survives and become the Royal Guards of this new World Order this Organization seek to create. This Organization is also the providers for the technology that the Black tusks uses and before Division 2, during Division 1 timeline, the Black Tusk only was a small team of Mercenaries consisting of only Bardon Schaeffer, Ellis Galveston, Petrus Brenner, Eljah Sumner, Jack Bonney, and Milla "Wyvern" Radek until the Organization ordered them to create a army so they can act as their invasion force consisting of ruthless people and murderers ("no quireboys").

    Planning of this attack has been ongoing for years and their first actions was to sabatage military development and manifacturing of equipment. They did this by finacially sabataging companies that provided military equipment and vehicles to every single world government as shown by one of the Echoes. Along with causing a few accidents with dvelopments of military technology and factories that produced these equipment and vehicles. This greatly weakened the Military in each nation from being properly equipped to contain the riots.

    They also planned the development of the Dark Zones as they manipulated other companies and organizations into planning and picking where to place them as revealed in Dark Zone West Audio Logs.

    As revealed in Wildlands, this is the same world as Splinter Cell, Wildlands, Future Soldier, and Rainbow Six so this may be far bigger than just the Division.

    With the use of the Black Tusk they manipulated a good amount of the CIA and FBI to assassinate President Waller and Mendez so they can put Ellis in charge.

    The USA is currently their first target and it seems they seek to claim it first before moving on to the other Nations.

    The Organization's endgame is to establish a new world order with themselves as the world leaders and these people have been manipulating events in society from the shadows since before Division 1.

    Well done good sir. This also confirms what I tell people that there has always been planned Division 3 and this whole this at least a Trilogy Story Arc. When you look at Trilogys as well the middle one is always the weakest story since it never really introduces anybody major, and is just there to tie the beginning and end together.
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    This is probably my only major gripe with the game. While The Division was not known for it's groundbreaking story, the story was somewhat cohesive, had characters with unique personalities that made them memorable, and at least -hinted- at deeper themes through Paul Rhodes, Ricky Valassi, Larea Barrett, etc..--though I suspect someone took a hatchet to the story sometime during development to make sure the game was an uncomplicated good vs. evil theme.

    In The Division 2, I somehow missed -major- plot points despite being a diligent phone/echo collector. When Black Tusk shows up, it seems almost random. There is barely any mention of this enormous paramilitary group that becomes the entire focus of the end game. There should be footage from completing missions that builds up to the invasion.

    I found the primary characters to be mostly forgettable. The voice acting is fine, but they're just not given anything interesting to say. Kelso has potential to be interesting, but I think the game just vaguely hints at her underlying instability as a red herring and isn't going to follow up.

    There are lines from The Division that are seared into my memory, like Captain Benitez saying "agent I thank you, my guys thank you, and the people of New York f'in thank you."

    I felt like a damn hero when I heard that one.

    Or feeling when Faye Lau says "Captain, we are the wolves."

    Memorable, impactful lines delivered with a quality that you'd expect from a major network show.

    Where are these moments in The Division 2?
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