I also enjoy the style of The Division.
I also enjoy the style of The Division.
Total transformation here—something entirely new, fresh, and unmistakably different.
I don't get this bullet sponge nonsense. For a start enemies around your level drop fairly quickly with one or two head shots, improve your aim. Its an RPG, I can sneak up behind an unarmoured NPC in Skyrim and it takes about 3 or 4 hits with a huge broadsword to put them down, is that sword spongy!? Its still a fantasy game, if you want realism then you have ARMA and a host of other military sims. Theres always gonna be hate as its Ubisoft, I'm not a huge fan of their games usually, only played FC4 and Child Of Light in the near past, but they've really done a job with this IMO. The mechanics are solid, the loot is good but it's the world that drags you in. Not sure how long it will last past the level cap but I'll easily put 40-50 hours into this and that's not a bad return. I also think it's optimisation is ok, there's loads of tweaking options to get it to scale to most hardware. With high level settings it's a stunning looking game so it will be demanding. People just don't like turning settings down, then complain of bad optimisation. 6700 and 980ti both ocd and I had to do a fair bit of tweaking to keep it above 60fps at all times (1440).
Your processor meets the basic needs but falls short slightly, and your graphics card is nearly there. You might manage the game, but likely only at lower resolutions and with reduced performance. Expect around 30 frames per second—still not ideal.
Spongy bullets are an RPG/MMO title... because it's an MMO it'll include dungeons and grinding elements... that's how it works.
It's about gathering rewards in an RPG, but if every weapon you use ends up dead in a few shots, the value of good gear seems low. Still, I get why some games blend mechanics—maybe it's meant to feel different or test something else. Personally, I enjoy Warframe and Borderlands, and I think they might have been inspired by each other.