10 Video Games That Got Really Good When You Stopped Playing

Ubisoft put a lot of effort into hyping up The Division. And with a series of delays, some feared it was either stuck in development hell or was being polished to a blinding sheen of quality. And while the game came out to favorable reviews, it ultimately suffered by being one of the first live service multiplayer RPGs.

Missions were repetitive and progression depended heavily on grinding. There wasn't much reason to explore outside of finding collectibles and the story never went anywhere particularly interesting. There was the PvP-focused Dark Zone - heavily marketed prior to release - where any other player could be friend or foe, but the novelty wore off quick and with no real endgame, its rewards were redundant.

Fortunately, Ubisoft starting updating the game with new challenges and limited-time content, as well as fixing balance and AI issues. Once DLC started coming out to expand on the endgame, The Division finally began resembling what it had promised to be: a varied and exciting loot-focused shooter/RPG not quite like anything we had seen before.