Tom Clancy’s The Division Xbox One Beta is live now, check out these in game screenshots

With the PlayStation 4 and PC Beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division not set to go live until the 29th of January, Xbox One players get an early chance today to experience the Beta, which is available for those who pre-ordered the game or were lucky enough to be picked from a waiting list.

PressA2Join had the chance to experience The Division Beta first hand and took some screenshots of what could prove to be one of the games of the year.

[core_5]

1080p screens on 900p resolution on xbox one?

[Resis7ance]

You're correct, 900p is meant to be the resolution for the Xbox One.

[YinYangGaming]

Didn't some guys on 'beyond3d' (if I remember the site name correctly) pixel count direct feed screens and say it's 1080p on the X1?

[dirkdady]

Nah bros suppose to be 1440p. I Kidd I kidd obviously referencing that flame bait article from the site we shall not name.

[paulomoreira]

the jealousy of some are really amazing

[aconnellan]

Is it though?

http://n4g.com/news/1856550...

[sinjonezp]

Fellow gamers if anyone have an extra beta code PC PS4 XB1 PM me. I appreciate the love. Been hearing mixed views about it.

[mark_parch]

game actually looks really good, I'm quite surprised

[trainsgofast]

Don't be mad. Xb1 is going to out pace PS4 even more with FULL DX12.1 hardware not in PS4.

[2pacalypsenow]

Lol he said even more

[jcc737]

Man you guys are quick to hate on X1, give it a rest. The PS4 is not "that great" and I own one...it's not all it can be. I favor the X1 personally, which I'm sure will get 3 times as many dislikes if I hadn't mentioned that. Oh well...comes with the turf with this site.

[lilmisscherry]

I've enjoyed the Beta so far. New York City looks amazing!

[Goldby]

Don't you mean 42nd street. /s

[ab5olut10n]

Gotta rep the deuce

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

Times square isn't even in the beta

[YinYangGaming]

Enjoying the beta but as far as I can tell content is same as the alpha at the moment, a lot of fun and can't wait for the full game!

[christocolus]

Wasn't able to get into the beta but its looking like a day one purchase. How fluid are the controls? And is it as immersive as destiny? Missions? I love the fact that it is played from a third person persective too.

[Resis7ance]

The Beta is just a small fraction of the game but you can experience missions and are free to roam certain areas of the City alone.

One of the things I love about The Division is the ability to roll back from gunfire and attached yourself to cover. It helps greatly when grenades are being thrown at you constantly.

A blast radius appears around you so you can gauge if it will do damage and adjust your position accordingly.

[christocolus]

@resis7ance

Nice. Thanks for that.really looking forward to this game. is the the cover system exactly like that in Gears? Can u blindfire?

[Resis7ance]

No problem.

When you roll back the character instantly attaches them to the nearest cover.

The skills are another highlight with plenty to be unlocked, doing a whole manner of different things such as scanning a certain radius for enemies, it even tells you critical hit chances from your current position.

[YinYangGaming]

Controls feel very fluid and the immersion is unreal, some areas do feel almost like a 1:1 recreation of NYC!

[ABizzel1]

@christocolus

Yes you can blind fire.

[Genuine-User]

Controls are pretty good, much better than how they felt in the alpha.

The cover system is similar to Splinter Cell Blacklist.

The story missions (so far) are much better than Destiny. You can roam around the world on your own or with a few friends. You can even match up with randoms for story and side missions.

Xbox One version:

Graphics have improved (since alpha) and tearing is kept to a minimum.

[christocolus]

Thanks for the response Guys. I think i'm going to enjoy this game. good to know you can blind fire and i'm really happy about this

"The story missions (so far) are much better than Destiny. You can roam around the world on your own or with a few friends. You can even match up with randoms for story and side missions."

cool.

[WDBII]

Yeah man. It's gonna be the same. I won't play the beta til i get home but the Alpha left me upset that i had to work. I didn't get enough time in but this weekend! I GOT TIME!!

[ABizzel1]

The good:

*The game plays well
*It looks like they made the common enemies less bullet spongey
*The cover system is great
*The game looks good enough (at times it looks great, but at times it look mediocre)
*It plays like the 360 Splinter Cells, but replaced the execution/interrigation systems with the RPG elements.

The bad:

*The gameplays well, but the gunplay is above average at best. It's not bad, but it'll never make anyone's top 5, top 10, or top 20 shooters from a pure gunplay perspective.
*There's no jump button (I HATE WHEN THERE"S NO JUMP)
*You currently have to walk/run everywhere (this game needs vehicles of some kind, there are literally bikes laying around, let me ride it)
*The AI isn't good at all. Each character is programmed to do a specific thing. Hide, shoot, move repeat or charge, hide, charge repeat.
*Bosses are still huge bullet sponges tanking grenades, and 5 magazines of ammo
*The characters and animations are all generic, thus far, nor do I see any signs of improvement.

Overall:

If you enjoy Splinter Cell and most of the other Tom Clancey games on 360, then you'll likely enjoy The Division. If you don't like those games, you're not going to like The Division, because it's practically a collection of ideas from each of those games especially Splinter Cell Conviction, with the same markers for enemies, words popping and all, as a matter of fact graphically it even looks like a next-gen SPC remake.

As a matter of fact the Division is pretty much an open-world, co-op, but slightly inferior Splinter Cell Conviction with a hint of Destiny, but more convoluted than Destiny's loot, weapon, and armor system.

That's literally the Division in 1 sentence. If you didn't like those Splinter Cells chances are you won't like this game, unless you're just a die hard MMORPG open-world fan, and at that point you're simply proving that add co-op and open world to a game and it's going to double sales.

[Jmanzare]

That's pretty accurate from what I've played so far. A minor complaint I have is the HUD, it's very convoluted

[n1kki6]

Does the gunplay feel like something they can tighten up prior to launch?

[ABizzel1]

@n1kki6

I don't think it's going to get better, but it's not bad either. It's just decent. If you see the gameplay videos and think it looks mediocre, then it's a tad better than you except.

It's an MMORPG, so the weapons you use make a pretty big difference as well, but that doesn't change the fact that it's just decent gunplay. What makes or break it is the weapons you get.

With the right weapons the gameplay will probably be fine to most people, but with the wrong weapon it's going to be bad.

The biggest problem I have is the Dark Zone. It's a fun place to be in, but it's completely unbalanced already, and it's absolutely not meant for single player play.

My first experience I came across a group who were trying to extract, and I snuck up right behind them to watch and see what to do, then a rouge duo came in to try and steal their stuff, so I came out and helped kill the rouges. That's where the fun comes in.

However, I entered around level 5, but there are already Level 8 people roaming around, and to extract stuff you have to get to specific points and do it, rather than go anywhere on the map and pop your flare (which would be significantly better for solo players).

I went to the extraction zone, and hide because I had already seen a few rouge agents not to far from where I was, and I managed to get my items on the helicopter when it came.

However, there a 15 second extraction too, and fortunately I sent it off, while the rouges were fighting another Level 5 solo guy who I couldn't help without getting killed.

I put an entire clip of an MP5 into him while he was moving over to take my stuff off the rope, and it barely took him down to half his health, and he turned around and wiped me, but thankfully my items flew off in the process.

They really need to do something about this, because solo players are going to get stomped in the Dark Zone, and it's designed to where if you go rouge you get the upper hand on other players, because they're shooting at you from behind as you walk away, and have an advantage.

There should be a Karma meter that already predetermines if a person is rouge or good going in, so you can at least have some form of trust, with people.

Yes the downgrade is VERY real, but I think it's a solid game, with really good ideas and concept (especially Dark Zone), but it's execution just isn't there based on this beta, and they need to do a lot more work when it comes to things like balance, gunplay, a jump button (rather than a climb button), characters and acting (campaign wise it seems like it's going to be generic), etc...

The Division 1 should be a decent / solid game. The Division 2 will likely be the game that E3 reveal tried to present it to be.

One more thing:

You have to run everywhere and it gets completely annoying. The only good thing about it is in the Dark Zone, that also means people have to run across the map to get to you, but it also means when people are trying to kill you, it's nearly impossible to get away forcing you to shoot or die, and if you're going solo chances are your options are hide, die, or die.

The game also requires more suspension of disbelief than any other shooter out there, some of the characters are just completely out of place. This is NY under a biological outbreak, yet they try to have smart and spunky characters in it, but with cringe worthy performances. If I had to do a comparison I was expecting a tone of realism like The Last of Us, but instead I got Dead Island if that makes any sense.

[UnHoly_One]

Rouge is a type of makeup.

I think you are trying to say rogue.

[ABizzel1]

lol rogue, although I hear there are some lovely agents out there.

[81BX]

Ughhh why work!?!?!? Why????? Oh well ill be on laters!! Also if you signed up for the resistance beta check your inboxes i got my code today and there is a xb1 stress test on friday. Lol the resistance and division.... 2016!

[SiberPir8]

Can you enter the dark zone in the beta?

[MRoONEPINCHx]

yes !!

[Snappy]

Were is my key i purchased with shopto

[Rooted_Dust]

Watching the Beta has given me more hope for the game. Looks much better than what the Alpha screens led you to believe, even on XB-One.

[ABizzel1]

It looks better than the alpha, but if you're expecting E3 reveal it'll never happen. People are saying how great it look, but to me it looks like Splinter Cell on 360, remade for XBO with updated textures and post processing, but open-world.

Splinter Cell looked amazing on 360, but this is next-gen and while the Division looks good for being open-world, that's just it... It looks good for being open-world, and won't be winning any graphics awards at all.

[Dumbwise]

It reminds me of freedom fighters on ps2

[Jmanzare]

It's not launching for me it says if you own the disk insert it now if you bought this online make sure you're signed in to xbox live

[Anomander]

I had this error as well. I fixed this by going to the Xbox Game store and selecting the The Division Beta game. Their was an option to download. I thought was strange since I already had it downloaded, but selected anyways. It looked it did a quick update and it was good to go.

I originally installed the beta under the My games area when I was looking at BC games I may want to install and noticed the The Division Beta was sitting there a few days back and decided to install it then.

[Jmanzare]

That did it! Thanks!

[ABizzel1]

You might want to put your XBO on automatic updates, so it can download all updates and stuff for you, so you don't have to miss out or wait for such things.

[Jmanzare]

It is set up that way I think there was just an issue with the installation, my Xbox didn't recognize my external hdd at first.

[Anomander]

Even with Automatic updates on it still does not always update games correctly. I have that setting set and will still need to initiate some DLC downloads. For some reason it is hit and miss for me on games.

[BigGamersSmallTalk]

The Division is going to be for Xbox One what Destiny was for the PS4. I'm loving this game! Looks great, plays great! Next generation is here!

[Resis7ance]

I've loved every minute I've spent with it so far.

[Goldby]

if this is what destiny is to PS4.... i feel sorry for you. Destiny, as successful as it is (and how you view the word success) is a very empty game, specially and end game content which is what they boasted. be weary, but then again, i havent tried the division yet

[ABizzel1]

Not at all. It'll be a successful game, but I see it topping around 4m - 5m on both consoles, and if it sells more it literally just goes to show that if you slap open-world and co-op on a game sales will double and possibly triple, because this game is the 360 Splinter Cell games (same gameplay, queues, enemey marker, in-game text, etc...), remastered for current-gen, in an open-world co-op setting, with MMORPG elements thrown in.

And unfortunately Splinter Cell wasn't the greatest seller, even though they were good games.

[kraenk12]

i don't think this game really is comparable to Splinter Cell from watching all those CoOp streams.

Did you play alone?!

[FamilyGuy]

I never played a Splinter Cell game but I do believe this game will be the next big seller because of being an open-world co-op shooter. I wouldn't be surprised to hear Call of Duty following suit soon. The only thing I think might hold it back is it being a 3rd-person shooter. Uncharted and Gears do great in sales but I think there are more fans of the first-person perspective.

[ABizzel1]

@kraenk12

Both alone and with friends, and there's so many things that this game borrows from Splinter Cell that it might as well been call Splinter Cell Online (but the SC brand was overlooked last gen)

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

1. Literally the animation from climbing down the pole in Splinter Cell is the same as sliding down a rope.

2. The gunplay is VERY similar, except the Division weapons controls significantly worse or better depending on the weapon you have, which is the MMORPG feature, but they vary far too much especially in handling.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

3. The on screen prompts are literally ripped right from Splinter Cell Conviction.

4. The cover system is the exact same, except you have on screen prompts in the Division, and with fewer animations (the same goes for the climbing system and animations).

5. The icon over enemies heads is literally the same one from Splinter Cell just inverted to point up in the Division instead of down, and they added more to tell the difference between enemy types such as a Grenade for enemies who throw them.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

6. And graphically it looks on par with Splinter Cell Blacklist on PC, which is a port of last-gen game and the video is pretty much what it would look like on XBO since it running on a 750 Ti @ 60fps, meanwhile the Division is limited to 30fps due to being open-world.

The Division is a simplified version of the Xbox 360 Splinter Cells gameplay, set in an open-world, with co-op, and MMORPG elements.

Not bashing the game at all, but it is what it is.

@FamilyGuy

If it does, then it just proves that making games open-world, co-op, and adding MMORPG elements will make your game sell 2x - 3x more. The Splinter Cell games are good games, but the Division from a gameplay and diversity perspective is a downgrade. Those things are traded in for the above additions. Splinter Cell is a good seller, usually hitting around +2m total with Conviction doing over 2m on 360 as an exclusive, and Blacklist selling over 1m on both PS3 and 360

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Why Sony fans get made of Xbox One games achieve 1080p? Was it always suppose to be 720p? Optimization and time cures all

[killer876]

"Why Sony fans get mad if Xbox One games achieve 1080p? Was it always suppose to be 720p? Optimization and time cures all"

fixed XD

[Qrphe]

Who's specifically is mad?

[Jmanzare]

I think he's talking about all the disagrees on some of the comments here

[FamilyGuy]

How does X1 games being in native 1080p hurt anyone? Even if you are a fanboy that alone just makes comparisons easier.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Got my preorder code but can't redeem it on the website as it just loads forever.

[ABizzel1]

Your PO Code should be around 11 characters, and they should email you your full code.

If it keeps loading you'll have to just try again later, the same thing happened to me when I was trying to get the free DLC, and I kept getting a message saying try later, and it finally worked the next day.

The website is probably being bombarded with the people who didn't pre-order finally getting their codes.

[Izazumi]

Its a beta the resolutions could change.

[bleedsoe9mm]

loving it so far it has a mass effect feel

[BattleTorn]

I'm sorry, but f*^K this game!

The graphics are so disappointing...

The change in HUD is atrocious! Intrusively moves player names/health above the characters!

THE LIST GOES ON, SEE FOR YOURSELF https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[ABizzel1]

Graphics shouldn't make or break a game. And while I agree it's not GOTY Graphics winner like the E3 reveal, it's still a solid looking game and pretty much average for this generation.

The game itself is also in a similar boat, there are good things about it, and a feeling of greatness that could have been, but at the same time there are elements that are just mediocre, and a lot of this game feels like elements pulled from the various 360 Tom Clancy games rather than something new and original.

[FamilyGuy]

That description makes it sound like it gonna be another Destiny, good in some aspects but missing the mark in others.

[FamilyGuy]

There's no option to remove hud aspects? Many games have it in the options

[Goldby]

remember this is just a beta

[kraenk12]

I'm just watching a stream and it looks pretty great even to my PC gamer eyes.

I kinda doubt you even played the game.

[its_JEFF]

I know it's a beta, but the screens don't look as "gorgeous" as they use to. I would sacrifice the 1080p for 900p if it got closer to the look we've been sold leading up to this beta.

[Ginpachi-sama]

If u want free beta keys here u go https://redeem.geforce.com/...

[Rob_Ko]

Is it only for PC or all platforms?

[Ginpachi-sama]

All platforms i guess

[kraenk12]

Nothing available in my country sadly.

[Toolster]

Thanks dude bubbles for you

Is for all platforms as you pick what you need,you them make a uplay account and they email you the beta key to you. Mine took about 30 minds to arrive.

Not played the game much as it was late by the time it had downloaded but liking what I see so far

[Rob_Ko]

Preordered game on PS4 and it's says no beta access and 39 days countdown till release. There is also beta on ps store but not avialable to download.
How can I get into beta?

[GusBricker]

Tomorrow for PS4.

It's only on Xbox One today.

[Rob_Ko]

Oh I see, I thought I can at least predownload it before beta

[windblowsagain]

@rob.

You can pre-order the game on the store. Then download the beta, then cancel the pre-order. Many have done that already.

[NovaCorps]

thats not possible...i pre order the game and down below there is the beta for you to download,just counting the hours now to play

[Jmanzare]

Is anyone else getting a glitch where feye has no voice? At first I thought it was because we were in a helicopter.

[GusBricker]

Only thing that happened to me was that the game started in French for text and subtitles after I selected English, it was really weird.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

spent some time in the beta at lunch...really like what I have played so far and plan to keep my pre-order. Feels like it has some of the hooks of Destiny and a cross of Ghost Recon / Mass Effect MP vibe to the gun play.

[FN4GM]

I hope the game is good cause it looks like poop on xbone.

[MRoONEPINCHx]

certainly does not look poop when you are actually playing it...

[NovaCorps]

compare to the ps4 the xbox version is the poop version sry...

[DillyDilly]

I need a extra XBOX One Beta Code PM me someone

[NovaCorps]

waiting the superior console version which is today,ps4 ofc

[NovaCorps]

IF you want 100% be in the ps4 beta then simply pre order the game download the beta and then cancel your pre order,easy