Reviews - SirPigglin

Hello ! I'd like to talk about a problem I had while playing division 1.2, and I don't know if other players had the same problem as me, at least I hope they'll understand my concern. The problem I want to point out is not a bug or anything like that, it's more a feeling I had while playing.

First of all, I want to underline that I had a lot of fun playing; discovering a new universe while finding familiar elements, it was a nice experience. However (and here we come to the subject I wanted to deal with) I found the game very long. That is to say that the whole introduction side where we sneak into the streets and buildings of City 17 seemed very redundant to me: we walk, we pass in the streets, we enter buildings, etc. Of course, that changes after the Kleiner's lab scene where the game becomes more dynamic and Barney hands us the Holy Crowbar.

I think comparing a mod with the original game is not the best way to criticize it, but it seems unavoidable for what I want to say. In Half-Life 2, we meet Barney after two to three minutes, and we end up in Kleiner's lab after about nine minutes. In RTB:R, we meet Barney after about twelve minutes and we meet Kleiner after twenty minutes. We notice then, if we synchronize the game times, that the meeting with Barney in RTB:R is well after the meeting with Kleiner in Half-Life 2. This problem also persists in the scene in Kleiner's lab, which can be summed up in a very long dialogue between our two friends, at the end of which we put on our HEV suit after having waited for ten minutes doing nothing (whereas the scene in the original game lasted only five poor minutes...).

I know I may sound ridiculous by giving you a lot of times, but please believe me that when you play the game, you'll feel it and it'll get boring. Maybe the developers have the answer to my problem, maybe they want to make our pleasure last, and that can be understood. In any case, I hope I won't feel the same when playing the next divisions. By the way, division 2 looks very promising, I can't wait!

Anyway I thank you for taking the time to read my post, I hope you will be understanding.