Two days in: Tom Clancy’s The Division is very cool.

Completely absurd premise, of course.  But the plot is good so far, the action is reasonable, the city looks gorgeous in that post-apocalyptic sort of way, and I enjoy wandering around town and giving civilians energy bars to make them feel better.  …But I apparently can’t give them guns and ammo and armor and then go find rioters and Cleaners to shoot to death and take their territory over.  This seems like a sensible thing to do, right?  I mean, it’d be a lot easier to reclaim New York City if I’m not the only person punching the clock

Sorry. You gotta find something to gripe about in a game, or then people might think that you’re having fun.  I’m having fun. If you’re gonna get it, get it now while the PC version is still 20% for Amazon Prime members.

In the Mail: Tom Clancy’s The Division.

Yeah, I broke down and got it as part of some impromptu retail therapy. Little annoying that it came today, because I special-ordered it to come yesterday; which meant that I didn’t have an excuse to skip the debate, as need be. It all turned out OK, though, so never mind. I’ll just install it tonight, instead.

I’ll let you folks know how it plays.