Expansion II: Survival, which was released in 2016, will be free over the weekend. From August 18 to August 20, everyone will be able to launch a mission from the terminal at the base and get acquainted with completely new game conditions.

As is customary, a case from life. One of the first missions – the second seems to be the second for equipping the medical department of the base – ends with a grandiose battle with the Cleaners. Guys do not know fear and reproach, are hung with extremely unreliable propane cylinders and are eager to burn out everything living in their path. Two partners, stuck on the lower floor, got bogged down, and the respawn was closed to us in a timely manner. Alive – only your humble one, and even more like an unfinished chop than a person. And so, you hide behind a column licked by flames of fire, measure out timings for reloading up to a second, and gradually lay down the entire enemy detachment for eternal rest. You put it, notice, rather on pure luck. And then you return triumphantly to the fallen brothers in arms, “pick them up”, catch half a frame of the given honor and rush into battle.

That is the whole point. The game provides rules and options, but you already generate pure cinematography. The story clips, by the way, also exist – and they are set extremely professionally. Here, the techno-ambient in the spirit of Vangelis pours molasses in my ears, and the camera angles are perfectly selected, and even there is no sense whatsoever. You know how the “Big Apple” fell under the yoke of smallpox, turning into the Americanized “Zone of Exclusion”? If not, we will not deliberate, see the extremely informative trailers. In other words, as in any respected RPG, including MMO, the internal narrative is built by itself – from small-town events, heroic exploits and rare cutscenes that are pleasing to the eye. But the priority, of course, is your personal experience – do not expect the cinematography of The Witcher or Mass Effect, the Division is not about that at all.