Gameplay was actually fun because Ubisoft dropped bullet-sponge enemies in favour of quantity and variety. The Division 2 was all of that, at first. It was worth giving up on the old to start afresh with something better, more refined. So, when The Division 2 popped up three years later and I had to give up on months of progress, I wasn’t too disappointed. There was a formula here that could work though, it just needed refining. It had potential, which is why I loved it, but like Destiny 1, it was a clunky first attempt, and it wasn’t surprising that it failed. The Division, the first game, fell into this trap.
And it’s a loop that gets tedious very fast if the gameplay isn’t fun and if missions lack variety. Borrowing pages from the likes of World of Warcraft, Diablo, Fallout, and just about every other RPG you can think of, the core gameplay loop is a grind for XP and equipment, which you use to level-up your character and fine-tune your damage output. A fresh start, againĪt its core, The Division is an online action RPG. Whatever the case, the map is functionally different in that combat takes place in more claustrophobic corridors, but visually, it’s the same old Division. It’s supposed to be a different area of New York, and while the snow’s melted since last time, Warlords’ New York has been hit by a massive hurricane. The second in Washington DC, and the Warlords of New York DLC, in, you guessed it, New York. I didn't, and I sometimes wish Ubisoft didn't either.Īnyway, the setting is different this time around. Seriously, don't think too hard about the plot, or the setting. What separates you from the thousands of other citizens doing the same thing? Your smartwatch, that glow-in-the-dark-and-give-away-your-position wrist gadget that works like a glorified GPS and walkie-talkie thingy. with an arsenal of weapons that will put small armies to shame… ? Uh… OK. You, a member of a sleeper cell of ludicrously well-equipped special agents, must step in to restore order in the world, make sense of this chaos… by scavenging resources and hunting down baddies while donning shorts and T-shirt. Now this might be an acceptable way of life in some circles, but society must be rebuilt, right? And that’s where you come in. The bad ’uns are, of course, living their version of the same dream. The good 'uns are living the post-apocalyptic American dream: scavenging resources, restocking bunkers, and fighting off said nut-jobs while donning shorts and T-shirts, with an arsenal of weapons that will put small armies to shame. Various militant factions and pseudo-religions nut-jobs have taken over the country. That glowing wristwatch sure looks cool, but it's far from tactical.Īnyway, society has crumbled.
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