The Division 2’s American Sign Language emotes are fantastic, but should be unlocked from the start
In between all the shooting, The Division 2 players are able to use emotes to communicate. It might be signalling for help, say, or the slightly less urgent act of playing an imaginary piano. But some of the available emotes are more specialised: they’re American Sign Language.
ASL, for those unaware, is a visual language used by deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Conversations are communicated using one or two hands to perform a series of gestures and signs, and the language has its own grammar and sentence structure. It’s specific to America, too - other cultures have their own variations.
As someone who is deaf and mainly used to British Sign Language (BSL), and who has also been learning ASL over the past few years, I think the emotes’ inclusion is a fantastic move. What I’ve picked up of ASL has been gleaned from videogames such as The Quiet Man, movies like The Quiet Place, and through American signers who use the language in social media videos. The Division 2, then, represents another great opportunity for players like me.
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