Tom Clancy's The Division 2

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  1. EerieDemonble
    Feb 21, 2020
    6
    Year 1 Review. Had to go back and change my previous review.

    Pros: - Core gameplay and gunplay loop is very satisfiying - Great weapon/gear/skill builds variety (even off-meta builds are viable) - Huge map with tons of content - Beautiful, handcrafted environments that reward exploration - Some quality of life improvements (bigger stash/more crafting materials) Cons: -    Year 1 Review. Had to go back and change my previous review.

    Pros:
    - Core gameplay and gunplay loop is very satisfiying
    - Great weapon/gear/skill builds variety (even off-meta builds are viable)
    - Huge map with tons of content
    - Beautiful, handcrafted environments that reward exploration
    - Some quality of life improvements (bigger stash/more crafting materials)

    Cons:
    - Atmosphere was way better in Division 1 (winter ftw)
    - Many annoying bugs remain
    - Timegated skins with high prices
    - Balance still a bit of a mess
    - Grind is real
    - PVP and Darkzones is a big fat meh
    - Not enough End-game content
    - "THE" most forgettable story and characters on my memory

    So I can't complain too much, I got my value out of this game. It's still a solid 3rd-person looter-shooter and you can have a good time with PVE content. Community is still healthy and finding a group is not a problem. But recent decisions by developers are questionable at best.
    Upcoming expansion "Warlords of New-York" looks promising and will bring a lot of improvements that should've been in the game from day 1. We'll see if it will be any good.

    And, as always. Do NOT preorder. Do NOT buy loot boxes. Or you will get more and more unfinished games with egregious monetization.    … Expand
  2. MykytaP
    Oct 5, 2019
    5
    Having to shoot enemies for so much to kill them breaks the immersion making this game a chore to play. Also choosing a "body type" when You are actually are choosing gender is weird but does not matter too much. The world is lifeless like most other Ubisoft games. Meh
  3. Namloc
    Jun 20, 2019
    5
    Positives
    + Graphics
    + Gadgets (skills)

    Negatives
    - Story is boring
    - Quests are dull
    - Voice acting is terrible
    - Requirements to get signature weapons are ridiculous (or buy the year pass....)
    - Small enemy variety
    - Repetitive zones and quests
    - Gear “upgrades” don’t feel rewarding
  4. iamthebestrevie
    Apr 2, 2020
    6
    It's a decent looter shooter, very generic story and repetitive missions (suppose that's expected from Ubi). But the gun-play/combat is where it's at; the various abilities to use are a lot of fun and the variety of weapons makes it worth a buy (When it's on sale). There's also quite a lot of bugs, albeit not game-breaking, they are still there. Imo not worth it at the full price.
  5. ahart006
    Apr 11, 2019
    6
    Created an account just for this review since EPIC games nor Ubisoft have the balls to include reviews on either platform.

    Division 1: 400 hours Division 2 (When I made this review): 79 hrs @ GS509 I wanted to give a fair review since most 10's in here criticize important game features but somehow it doesn't retract from a perfect score? Most 0's reviews don't give credit where    Created an account just for this review since EPIC games nor Ubisoft have the balls to include reviews on either platform.

    Division 1: 400 hours
    Division 2 (When I made this review): 79 hrs @ GS509

    I wanted to give a fair review since most 10's in here criticize important game features but somehow it doesn't retract from a perfect score? Most 0's reviews don't give credit where credit is due.

    Pros:
    Great Atmosphere, graphics, quantity of guns and gear. Plenty of loot to choose from that can be customized to excessively with mods and combinations. Plenty of world activities, especially for the first play through at tier 1. You will not be disappointed completing the base game activities. And if that is all you're interested in for 60 bucks, you will not be disappointed.

    Cons:
    Pretty much everything else unfortunately (meaning the endgame). And before you jump to any conclusions I'm just hating on the game, I have a collective 479 hours total for the series, and to my knowledge im not a masochist.

    End game content is BROKEN.

    Gear: As of this review, the class sets (greens) are useless and inferior to anything yellow high end gear can provided. The perks they give have marginal effects on enemies and marginal beneficial effects on players. The only way to actually be relevant is to max out DPS, and focus fully on damage, and damage alone. Defense and tech capabilities just don't do any damage. This means no customizing play styles to match different enemy types or gaming preferences. Its all about point and shoot x100000. Which isn't helped by the fact that enemies are tanky bullet sponges. You and your buddies will literally follow bosses around dumping 10 mags each into his/her's face while the boss casually runs/walks around as if they're being pelted with spitballs. This pretty much sums up all smaller enemies with health bar slight bordering on 3 mags/kill (2 mags for headshots).

    With regards to weapons, the best firearms are consistently assault rifles and LMGs. Everything else, is useless save for the exception when you need a sniper to pick off a distant enemy (Which is far and few between). This becomes a frustrating and simply boring process of mindlessly shooting bullet sponges. At least in Div 1 you could try different playstyles (support/medic/assault) in order to focus on various roles. Without that, and dealing with bullet sponges, it just becomes a repetitive grindy game with no excitement in playing against AI's with the intellectual capacity of 2 brain cells (They will literally runs in circles or hop over the same piece of cover 10 times before choosing a spot)

    Additionally, the lack of polish exacerbates the aformentioned flaws. There are glitches EVERYWHERE. They happen consistently enough that you'll be dealing with them every game you play. This becomes extremely annoying when fighting on challenging or heroic, where small glitches can literally cost you the mission, forcing you start lengthy segments all over again. Glitches include:

    1. Can't revive allies
    2. Getting stuck and unable to move
    3. Equipment not deploying
    4. Failure of the UI to respond to commands such as changing cover, rolling, basic movement, deploying gear.
    5. Enemies literally popping in and out of existence. One second you be alone, the next you're surround by 4 yellow health bar enemies.
    6. Unstable server connection causing: enemy rubberbanding, delayed response, general lag
    7. Enemy health bars won't respond to damage dealt, or there is some odd delay before the game registers an enemy is out of health before "killing" that enemy
    8. Game doesn't balance out factions with lower level friends. One second we'll be playing through a mission taking appropriate damage and dealing appropriate damage, the next people are getting one shotted from no where.
    9. Enemies shoot through cover. This one is extremely annoying and frequent. I have lost track of times where enemies are firing through cement, cars, roadblocks, etc while the enemy is literally pointing their weapon through the ground or the enemy is in a regular cover animation.

    Generally speaking the game suffers from lack of balancing for gear (most gear and weapons are useless and there's not point in striving to obtain gearsets yet) as well as what seems to be complete lack of polish in the sever connection integrity and polish in gameplay represented by numerous/frequent glitches. 6.0-6.5 Average user rating is good representation for this games current state. I would highly suggest waiting a couple months for appropriate balancing to be implemented and cleaning up of the numerous glitches before spending hard earned money.    … Expand
  6. staszko
    Nov 27, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is really boring. Firts impression is amazing, but couple hours later you gonna realize its not going anywhere.… Expand
  7. wildecoyote42
    Jan 19, 2020
    5
    As much as I would enjoy this game, my frustration level from the Constant game Crashes keeps me from truly enjoying any type of play. Start the game... oops crash, send report. get into the game and open inventory... oops crash, send report?, get into a fire fight, and AGAIN the same. My system is not the beefiest, but it does SURPASS the games minimum system requirements. To have noAs much as I would enjoy this game, my frustration level from the Constant game Crashes keeps me from truly enjoying any type of play. Start the game... oops crash, send report. get into the game and open inventory... oops crash, send report?, get into a fire fight, and AGAIN the same. My system is not the beefiest, but it does SURPASS the games minimum system requirements. To have no rhyme or reason for the crashes plus the fact this is the only game that crashes leads me to believe the issue is the game and the game alone.… Expand
  8. Xelluse
    Mar 20, 2019
    5
    I dislike a graphics a lot, on one hand there are many objects, but on the other hand the quality of that objects look like from CS1.6, and it heavily contrasts with visual atmosphere, it's killing the atmosphere, cos your eye is focusing this objects, because they stand out from the big picture, also it's very grounded, it does not look like something artistic or inspired in visual side.I dislike a graphics a lot, on one hand there are many objects, but on the other hand the quality of that objects look like from CS1.6, and it heavily contrasts with visual atmosphere, it's killing the atmosphere, cos your eye is focusing this objects, because they stand out from the big picture, also it's very grounded, it does not look like something artistic or inspired in visual side. Also Optimization sucks, especially for such visual quality, on PC it looks worse than ARK:SE on Consoles, but requires more resources to run properly than ARK:SE on Highest settings...
    Shadow and Light work is very bad for 2019 game, even BDO from 2014 looks better in graphics and especially in Shadow-works.
    Reflections also suck.
    particles are annoying and some battles are very eye-heavy and annoying (yes, I understand that it's subjective, and that there are people who like it, but for me it's a huge -).
    Also sound is quite bleh, some weapon sound like a nailgun, but not like a weapon, also they feel like that too.
    Gameplay is also bleh, not fun for me, not bad, not good, very common for modern games.
    And Macrotransactions make it one more Fee to Play game, even F2P games do not do such things anymore...
    It's just a very common game. 5/10 -1 for bad optimization and uninspired graphics.
    So only reason to play is Pseudo-Realistic Concept and if you love grounded and uninspired games for $80.    … Expand
  9. Jorchking
    Mar 27, 2019
    6
    Tom Clancy The Division 2 es un juego que ofrece lo mismo que The Division pero en un diferente lugar.
    Básicamente es exactamente lo mismo que su antecesor y si estás familiarizado con el juego resultará bastante fácil su jugabilidad.
    Los puntos fuertes de este juego son su exploración, juego en equipo, misiones atractivas y ambiente en crisis. Más allá de estas cosas tiene poco más    Tom Clancy The Division 2 es un juego que ofrece lo mismo que The Division pero en un diferente lugar.
    Básicamente es exactamente lo mismo que su antecesor y si estás familiarizado con el juego resultará bastante fácil su jugabilidad.
    Los puntos fuertes de este juego son su exploración, juego en equipo, misiones atractivas y ambiente en crisis.
    Más allá de estas cosas tiene poco más para ofrecer, es básicamente otro juego de disparos más donde hay que seguir ciertas misiones y desbloquear niveles y equipamento. No sobresale en nada a otros juegos del mercado, además posee una IA mediocre y movimientos torpes del personaje al que controlamos haciendo el juego bastante frustrante en ciertos momentos.
    Recomendado si te ha gustado The Division 1 y te gustan los juegos continuistas poco innovadores. No recomendado si estás buscando una secuela con un estilo diferente y más atractivo que The Division 1.
    Calificación general del juego: 6. Aprobado.    … Expand
  10. Camparini
    Mar 12, 2020
    5
    Todo desenvolvedor deveria tomar uma decisão séria antes de começar uma nova produção: ou um jogo possui história e essa história é desenvolvida da melhor forma possível, ou então faça o game sem história. The Division 2 não faz nem um nem outro: a história é pessimamente explorada, até pra servir como pano de fundo(sabemos que narrativa costuma não ser o ponto forte de MMORPGS). A trilhaTodo desenvolvedor deveria tomar uma decisão séria antes de começar uma nova produção: ou um jogo possui história e essa história é desenvolvida da melhor forma possível, ou então faça o game sem história. The Division 2 não faz nem um nem outro: a história é pessimamente explorada, até pra servir como pano de fundo(sabemos que narrativa costuma não ser o ponto forte de MMORPGS). A trilha sonora é simplória demais e repetitiva, tendo eu inclusive tendo que colocar em segundo plano as minhas playlists de Guerra do Vietnã para ver se dava uma animada na gameplay. O game não inova muito, segue a mesma receita do antecessor, este outro sim um pouco mais inovador. O ponto forte mesmo fica por conta dos cenários extremamente detalhados e fiéis com a real Washington D.C..O game é repetitivo ao extremo com missões que não empolgam.… Expand
  11. Varyat_UA
    Mar 8, 2020
    5
    Багів море. Контрольні точки не захоплюються через застрягання союзний npc на одному місці хоча вже ворогів немає. Фінальні арени з босами завдань досить малі і там заходять тільки ті білди і зброя які виживуть під спамом масових атак ворогів. Деякі інтерактивні контейнери чи придмети не відкликаються на натискання кнопки F. Таке враження що розробники випустили сиру і не доопрацьовануБагів море. Контрольні точки не захоплюються через застрягання союзний npc на одному місці хоча вже ворогів немає. Фінальні арени з босами завдань досить малі і там заходять тільки ті білди і зброя які виживуть під спамом масових атак ворогів. Деякі інтерактивні контейнери чи придмети не відкликаються на натискання кнопки F. Таке враження що розробники випустили сиру і не доопрацьовану гру. Перша Division мені особисто більше сподобалась. І сетингом і реалізацією.… Expand
  12. enGaver
    Mar 18, 2020
    5
    A gorgeous but annoying big a** walking simulator. Worst thing that can happen to you is to die and respawn waaaaaaaaaaaay inside a safe house and walk, YES! walk, your way out.

    We get it, the game is well modeled and all but so many corners, stairs, go up, go down again and again it gets really boring the first time. Why the hell i have to do that every single time i finish a mission?    A gorgeous but annoying big a** walking simulator. Worst thing that can happen to you is to die and respawn waaaaaaaaaaaay inside a safe house and walk, YES! walk, your way out.

    We get it, the game is well modeled and all but so many corners, stairs, go up, go down again and again it gets really boring the first time. Why the hell i have to do that every single time i finish a mission?

    Besides that, every mission looks the same, go to point B, kill everyone, then kill the boss, then call reinforcements and hold it for X time. Rinse and repeat. Even Wildlands had a better way to make the game more interesting and the map was HUGE.

    Can't Jump... Like... really? I'ts that hard to program or model jumping animations? Hey look, if i can jump from here i don't have to walk outside the base. Hurray for invisible walls, why even bother modeling a world that can't really be explored. Take an example from Dying Light, big map and can move around how you want freely.    … Expand
  13. Zenren
    Apr 27, 2019
    5
    Being a long time player of The Division, it's with a heavy heart that I don't give this game a 10. The Division is among my favorite first person shooters, surpassing Rainbow Six and Ghosts among the Tom Clancy games, however The Division 2 was not what I expected. It seemed cumbersome at times and the game play, even with a mid tier to high end system, was passable at best. GraphicsBeing a long time player of The Division, it's with a heavy heart that I don't give this game a 10. The Division is among my favorite first person shooters, surpassing Rainbow Six and Ghosts among the Tom Clancy games, however The Division 2 was not what I expected. It seemed cumbersome at times and the game play, even with a mid tier to high end system, was passable at best. Graphics suffer and are not much better than the original, this is with a Radeon Vega 56 at Ultra on 1440p. The game play seems worse, in my opinion. The added equipment options? Pointless in many regards, you're going to use the same exact skills and equips as everyone else. Gear? Same. It's supposed innovations, seem less innovative and more like sabotage. My suggestion, this is a game to buy on sale, don't pay full price.… Expand
  14. NOTORIOUSN8
    Mar 8, 2020
    6
    Still the same issues as the last game. Plus they managed to make the AI even worse. My biggest issue with the AI is how they talked up that it was going to be so good, and then it ended up being the worst I've ever seen in a game. The AI is smart though... they know that they can't die from a single player shooting them so they run in guns blazing and murder you super easy. Basically theStill the same issues as the last game. Plus they managed to make the AI even worse. My biggest issue with the AI is how they talked up that it was going to be so good, and then it ended up being the worst I've ever seen in a game. The AI is smart though... they know that they can't die from a single player shooting them so they run in guns blazing and murder you super easy. Basically the devs did not think it through at all before they put it in the game and then didn't even update it for the paid expansion. Just disappointing. I'd honestly rather have the AI from the first game back.… Expand
  15. Vasot
    Mar 18, 2019
    5
    This game is literally a copy and paste of the first game with changed environments. The graphics are okay but nothing special .The physics are beyond horrible and unrealistic at the end it is just an arcade shooter made for kids...The missions are boring and repetitive and YES bullet sponge enemies are still here just like in the first game.. Story is bland and nothing interesting. GameThis game is literally a copy and paste of the first game with changed environments. The graphics are okay but nothing special .The physics are beyond horrible and unrealistic at the end it is just an arcade shooter made for kids...The missions are boring and repetitive and YES bullet sponge enemies are still here just like in the first game.. Story is bland and nothing interesting. Game is average at best… Expand
  16. philipp_online
    Mar 16, 2019
    5
    Well, I've played 2 beta versions - close and open one. First impressions of the release. Characters - they are ugly as hell with weak customization. After 2 minutes of gameplay, what do you know, maintenance on servers. Another Ubi game with server and design issues. Ubi became a conveyor of poor games, games on 5 out of 10.
  17. DreamCore
    Mar 24, 2019
    6
    Only play this game if you've got a bunch of IRL friends to play with, otherwise it will be boring af. Also when your're lvl 20+ it's a nightmare to solo the side missions etc, because this game clearly wasn't balanced toward soloing. Also every single quest is essentially the same, just kill hordes of enemies and repeat for hours. No story worth mentioning. The world looks pretty much theOnly play this game if you've got a bunch of IRL friends to play with, otherwise it will be boring af. Also when your're lvl 20+ it's a nightmare to solo the side missions etc, because this game clearly wasn't balanced toward soloing. Also every single quest is essentially the same, just kill hordes of enemies and repeat for hours. No story worth mentioning. The world looks pretty much the same everywhere so you can't really tell where you are without looking at the map.… Expand
  18. megapro
    Mar 21, 2019
    6
    Basically, if you have friends that you can play with, this game is a no-questions-asked big 10. But for a solo player, beware that you'll either learn enough about the quirky AI to enjoy the challenge or quit in frustration. The in-game matchmaking almost never gives you someone to play with so have that in mind.
  19. Bitek
    Mar 8, 2020
    6
    it is mindless loot shooter with tons of stuff to do. The city of Washington is vast and looking gorgeous. It is jaw dropping how detailed the city is. The combat is tight and really fun. I like this game. I do not follow the story much. I just keep doing assignments and keep shooting everything that walks and does not look friendly. it is fun to answer the call and help other players init is mindless loot shooter with tons of stuff to do. The city of Washington is vast and looking gorgeous. It is jaw dropping how detailed the city is. The combat is tight and really fun. I like this game. I do not follow the story much. I just keep doing assignments and keep shooting everything that walks and does not look friendly. it is fun to answer the call and help other players in need BUT the game feels repetitive quickly. There is not much variety of enemies.It just gets boring. i am baffled why Ubisoft would spend so much time on creating gorgeous environment but did not invest in creating more types of enemies to make the game more engaging.… Expand
  20. Shekky
    Apr 4, 2019
    7
    I was not a fan of the first one at all I found the first game quite boring. So it was quite refreshing to play The Division 2 and the game hooked me in. Dark Zones are quite disappointing with being limited to 12 people so if your in a squad of 4 your potentially up against 2 other squads. Progression felt a little too fast with me getting to 450 gear score quite easily. Progression needsI was not a fan of the first one at all I found the first game quite boring. So it was quite refreshing to play The Division 2 and the game hooked me in. Dark Zones are quite disappointing with being limited to 12 people so if your in a squad of 4 your potentially up against 2 other squads. Progression felt a little too fast with me getting to 450 gear score quite easily. Progression needs to be fleshed out a little more with a more grindy end game progression you would feel more accomplished when you actually made it to World Tier 4. I'm quite eager to find out what the other specializations will be and what the raids will be like. Should give this game the content it really needs at this point. World Tier 5 will be out April 5 and so this game will get some much need content update.

    +Story and Progression
    +Missions are Challenging with Harder Missions on the way
    -Dark Zones are boring needs larger populations instead of 12 people max
    -Current content is getting repetitive (Patch is April 5 and DLC Coming this Summer)

    in conclusion this game is very much like a Diablo styled Third Person Shooter. With future content and if devs decide to come out with an expansion to this game I will definately play this for years. mJust keep the content coming.    … Expand
  21. Gezzer
    Mar 30, 2019
    7
    As someone that's played over 700 hours (according to steam) I had a love hate relationship with the first one.

    Leveling was great experience but only so-so for a solo player sometimes. RNG was a **** and meta's were the norm. There was pretty much only one best in class weapon, and most end game gear sets were nothing to write home about. NPCs were bullet sponges most of the time and    As someone that's played over 700 hours (according to steam) I had a love hate relationship with the first one.

    Leveling was great experience but only so-so for a solo player sometimes. RNG was a **** and meta's were the norm. There was pretty much only one best in class weapon, and most end game gear sets were nothing to write home about. NPCs were bullet sponges most of the time and would use horde tactics to overwhelm players.
    And the bugs? Well those were the stuff of legends and exploits. Lastly and my biggest complaint the NPC spawning system was really punishing, especially at end game if you played solo. Well they did try to address much of the problems in the first game some still persist even today.

    The second game is a vast improvement on the first in many ways. I've been able to solo up to level 20 so far without any problems. NPCs are less bullet spongy and tactics over just bouncing around has become a viable game mechanic. Bad RNG well still a problem seems better. But the crafting and modding system so far seems whittled down to a point where we really don't need it TBH. The missions are reasonably different, but not as varied as the first IMHO. The environment seems both more and less alive. There are no random people just walking around and everyone is in a militia type group. Also the litter is a bit overdone IMHO.
    The developers have added a few new interesting gameplay elements and have brought over many that they introduced later in the first game. Lastly the bugs. It's pretty much the same story there. Way too many have slipped through Q&A. Even game breaking bugs that just shouldn't be in the game still. There are a couple of "projects" I can't complete due to the bugs. Like I said game stopping. I would of scored it a point or two higher based on the gameplay, my enjoyment, and all the improvements over the first one. But with the amount of bugs there are I just can't in all good conscious.

    But overall the game is a worthy successor to the first and if you liked it I'm fairly confident you'll like the second too. Just don't expect a perfect game. It has just as many warts as the first one did at launch. Let's hope this time the developers fix most of the problems before everyone deserts the game like they did the first one.    … Expand
  22. mr-NachoMen
    Jun 28, 2019
    6
    Despite of being a visually good looking and detailed game, it suffers from an uninteresting story and narrative and a poor mission design in which every single mission you come across have the same structure and objective in other word is a 100% repetitive game and after leveling up your character for a few moments the game gets boring and there's no reason to play it again or even keepDespite of being a visually good looking and detailed game, it suffers from an uninteresting story and narrative and a poor mission design in which every single mission you come across have the same structure and objective in other word is a 100% repetitive game and after leveling up your character for a few moments the game gets boring and there's no reason to play it again or even keep playing it.… Expand
  23. Xemnuz
    Jun 22, 2021
    6
    Critics gives it 8s and users giving it 0s, it defeats the whole point of metacritic, this is obviously not a perfect game and it's obviously very far from a bad game, so let's stay objective guys...
    Very impressed by the first Division, one of the smoothest coded games I've played, at least it ran so well on my PC. Beautiful textures, sounds, lighting, the whole atmosphere is great, a    Critics gives it 8s and users giving it 0s, it defeats the whole point of metacritic, this is obviously not a perfect game and it's obviously very far from a bad game, so let's stay objective guys...
    Very impressed by the first Division, one of the smoothest coded games I've played, at least it ran so well on my PC. Beautiful textures, sounds, lighting, the whole atmosphere is great, a bit repetetive but cool missions as well, I think I gave it 8/10. This however is much of the same but it feels just a tad bit worse in every aspect. That the first characters you meet in a city turned upside down are 8 out of 10 women, which is very unlikely and they are extremely uninteresting, bland in looks and voiceacting. The missions feels a bit more repetetive but it could be because I didnt finish the game too long ago the first time. Graphics are still beautiful and the combat works, though the map is really ugly and unorganized. I felt that the first game had more character and atmosphere and I feel that a 6/10 is the right rating and I hope that a 3rd one is in the making.    … Expand
  24. Butane9000
    Mar 31, 2020
    7
    If you played the Division 1 then to say this game is an sequel basically tells you all you need to know. Honestly if you like looter shooters then you'll generally like this game. I picked it up when Ubisoft decided to have the Ultimate edition on sale for $12. That was a heck of a deal and worth every cent as far as value. While I ultimately don't greatly enjoy the combat for a long termIf you played the Division 1 then to say this game is an sequel basically tells you all you need to know. Honestly if you like looter shooters then you'll generally like this game. I picked it up when Ubisoft decided to have the Ultimate edition on sale for $12. That was a heck of a deal and worth every cent as far as value. While I ultimately don't greatly enjoy the combat for a long term game to play it was alright to romp around D.C. That being said let's get to the meat of the issue:

    The god awful plot, characters, and setting. The Division 1 setup a failed city and an attempt by the government to restore order to a city ruined by a pandemic. In this setting the Divisions attempts to clear out the gangs and restore New York City makes sense from a plot perspective as there's every incentive for the U.S. Government to reclaim the city. However the Division 2 is very different in that the pandemic has spread across the world and decimated the human population.

    This is the first failure of the Division 2. The plot has you a random Division agent head to D.C. to attempt to restore the government. The ultimate problem with this plot ties directly into the games setting. The pandemic decimates the human population, at that level of death there's really no more communal identity. Most survivors will have branched off to create their own communities that will be resistant to any "outsiders" due to necessity.

    This would've made a great plot point. Assuming the government still existed and wanted to "restore" the United States it'd have to do so using the standard methods available to government. These are by force, coercion, or subsidization. Since the government has nothing to subsidize with (currency is pointless in such a scenario) it would have to result to coercion or force. Which inevitably make it look like a bad guy.

    Honestly the bland, unimaginative characters don't help this game much either. I stopped playing weeks ago and I can't remember a single characters name. That tells you how poorly written these characters are.

    Finally the problems with the setting. One of the big points to the game is helping the scattered communities with supplies. But here's the problem with such a plot. With the exception of perishable goods, the world would be a land of plenty. Especially in the United States, you could go to any empty house or store and have clothes and electronic goods for days. The game also ignores one major factor every apocalyptic game forgets which is Bicycles. Sure, maybe there's not gas but that doesn't mean you can't pedal to your destination.

    Finally, the game misses the most engaging plot/setting element such a game should be using to it's maximum potential. The loss of our life of luxury. After helping one community you start hearing a page over the intercom system talking about "vegetarian" options being added back to the menu. Food would be the most precious resource next to clean drinkable water and the life of luxury we've live would quickly fall apart as people would either starve or have to give up their vegetarian lifestyles to survive. Yet the developers seem to prioritize identity politics and fantasy rather then engaging critics on our modern lifestyle.

    At the end of the day the Division 2 is a decent game but it's plot and poorly handled post game leaves it as a short term fling compared to it's competition (Destiny, Diablo etc.)    … Expand
  25. Lykoi
    Mar 27, 2019
    7
    Ярких плюсов у игры два:
    1) Графика вызывает настоящее наслаждение. Это одна из тех игр, от которых моя папка со скриншотами разрывается от разного вида красот. Освещение, текстуры, геометрия объектов, погодные эффекты - все это просачивается отличным звуковым сопровождением практически во всех аспектах.
    2) Стрелять приятно, даже очень. Оружие можно подобрать и настроить так, как тебе    Ярких плюсов у игры два:
    1) Графика вызывает настоящее наслаждение. Это одна из тех игр, от которых моя папка со скриншотами разрывается от разного вида красот. Освещение, текстуры, геометрия объектов, погодные эффекты - все это просачивается отличным звуковым сопровождением практически во всех аспектах.

    2) Стрелять приятно, даже очень. Оружие можно подобрать и настроить так, как тебе нравится - и это отдельное удовольствие. Высокая отдача, но больший урон? А может нужна хорошая точность? Или положиться на удачу и вкачать шансы крита и скорострельность? Решать всегда вам - вариаций плейстайлов масса (а еще прикольно палить по окружающим объектам)
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    Теперь о нейтральных моментах:
    1) Враги. Они - неоднозначные, что впрочем может сильно меняться в зависимости играете ли вы соло (как люблю я) или в пати. За 40 часов игры вам постепенно будут подкидывать вариации четырех видов врагов - психи с дубинками, обычные солдаты, инженеры с разными роботами/турелями и танки в тяжелой броне. В целом ростер врагов и вариации их экипировки в своих различных комбинациях держат все время прохождения неплохо, но в конце осознаешь, что разнообразие не то, чтобы очень впечатляет. ИИ неплохо работает с поиском путей, действует в команде. Фрустрирует появление врагов в спине и слишком долгое ожидание, пока голова вылезет из-за укрытия. На то, чтобы переключиться на гранату и кинуть ее к противнику тоже требуется много времени, поэтому чаще ты просто ждешь, пока болванчик высунется.
    2) Техническая составляющая - проблемы возникают только в кооперативе и я не могу сказать наверняка - дело в игре или в моем слабом ПК. В соло игре у меня были мелкие ошибки и никаких критичных, вроде отсутствия интерфейса, неподгружаемой стрельбы, зависания на загрузке. Оптимизация неплоха, но требуется приличный процессор.
    3) Не очень много заданий - все миссии строятся так: несколько секций где надо пострелять в мобов, последняя самая сложная с каким-то особым противником (это может быть любой вид противника, только более жирный и например со станящими патронами). Другое дело - каждая локация внутри помещений уникальна и сделана вручную, это тоже требует усилий. Поэтому оставлю в неоднозначном данную претензию.
    _____
    Теперь о том, что мне не понравилось:
    1) Сюжет. А где он?
    2) Все что связано с PVP в игре The Division 2 вроде бы сделано неплохо - режим 5 на 5 на продуманных картах, Темная зона со своим веселым рандомом. Но меня почему-то не затягивает.

    По итогу я ставлю игре очень хорошую оценку, т.к. Ubisoft действительно старается сделать увлекательную онлайн игру со своими фишками, но забывает про сюжет и совсем не цепляет PVP. Я продолжу следить за проектом, но только в рамках новых PVE активностей.    … Expand
  26. svonton
    Oct 31, 2019
    6
    kinda better then last time (i mean 1st division), but it's still worst looter shooter that we have at current time. on my mind if you want to grind guns with your friends better play in destiny or borderlands.
  27. gnarlix
    May 16, 2019
    6
    I love Division and still play it. Division 2 had a tough predecessor to live up to, no doubt. Initially I was impressed but the shininess has worn off. The story isn't nearly as compelling as it was in Div 1. There's far too much garbage in the world, and I know it's trying to help sell this version of DC, but honestly I get sick of running around a giant garbage dump. Fog, rain,I love Division and still play it. Division 2 had a tough predecessor to live up to, no doubt. Initially I was impressed but the shininess has worn off. The story isn't nearly as compelling as it was in Div 1. There's far too much garbage in the world, and I know it's trying to help sell this version of DC, but honestly I get sick of running around a giant garbage dump. Fog, rain, weather is amazing in this game, as is shooting. Until the last update looting was decent too but since the update I haven't seen a single common or green drop, it's all blue, purple, yellow. These are supposed to be rare and rarer but now it's all just common trash loot for the most part. Completely taken the joy of getting a rare item out of the game, which I think is really an integral part of the loot shooter genre.

    As for gameplay, until like level 23 the game is far too easy. What i loved about Div 1 is that it was hard but man when you finished a mission you felt amazing. I just ran through missions in this game. I barely ever died, and I'm not that good. Also, i hate that I'll do a rescue mission and like an hour later i can do it again?

    Skills - i see no point at all in it. I get my drone for healing and my turret, and I don't honestly give a crap about the rest. Perks same thing, by level 15 i hate maxed them all, only ones left were those locked to level 30. So i have all these points from caches and nothing to spend them on. There's no joy here either.

    Crafting/weapon mod system is better in this game. I wish they'd applied these improvements to gear mods as well.

    Projects are cool. Love the settlements idea.

    Overall only a 6 out of 10. Even though shooting weapons feels amazing, the world is gross and the game lacks the challenge I loved in the first one. I think the perks and skill system are bad. I think looting is broken. Shooting range challenges are a weird addition that make no sense, but then again neither does the whole premise of this game, really.    … Expand
  28. Reckitt
    May 29, 2019
    7
    Great game. Best if played with friends. Alone is fun too but pick it up and start with a friend for the best experience.
  29. fetfindus
    Jul 21, 2019
    7
    I'm about 25 hours in and I guess it was worth the money. Ubisoft again excels in creating a beautiful open world, and although the gameplay in this is fun it can get very repetitive, especially considering that the game lacks any meaningful story. Killing the same enemy types over and over. I imagine it would be better with friends.
  30. willdoesyt
    Jun 21, 2019
    7
    The Division 2 has good game and gun play, fair if not a little grindy RPG mechnics, and solid single player and world based story told mainly through evidence found in the world as well as encounters and cutscenes through out the early game. However, the game is full of unbalance and lacks build diversity, as well as lacks in the pvp experience. Overall the game is pretty good at afterThe Division 2 has good game and gun play, fair if not a little grindy RPG mechnics, and solid single player and world based story told mainly through evidence found in the world as well as encounters and cutscenes through out the early game. However, the game is full of unbalance and lacks build diversity, as well as lacks in the pvp experience. Overall the game is pretty good at after launch although lacking lots endgame content. However, I know that lots of endgame content and systems will be added and improved on in the future through free dlc and updates, and the game will become much more fun later on, like what happened in the first game. I should note though that the original game launched in a much worse state. I have high hopes for this game in the future, however right now the game is only ok.
    (Written a bit after raid release. I have 65 hours playtime and a pretty maxed out character.)    … Expand
  31. ykmn2003
    Dec 29, 2019
    7
    game system is unique, but the totally game is so so , providing service is suck and not qualified price for what they provide in this game
    but still no more game like this in this century. UNIQUE exactly.
  32. TheMolniya
    Mar 13, 2020
    7
    Division 2 is interesting and addictive
    Graphics 8/10
    Many game-play problems because its TSP genre
    Game don't have plot
  33. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    7
    Decent game. The story is so --so, scoring is great, visual is decent, and the voice is also great
  34. JuanLuisGG14
    May 25, 2020
    5
    This game isn't broken, and it's quite polished for an Ubisoft title... the problem is that it is just dull and boring to play
    I didn't even finished it, it isn't worth my time the extreme repetition and extremely predictable gameplay loop the game has.
  35. muzmuz
    Apr 30, 2020
    5
    The Division 2 is a beautiful looter shooter with barely an interesting loot system and even more boring missions and activities. While my first impression is positive, as the game handles well and combat feels satisfying, it gets progressively dull and unexciting as the hours tick.
  36. LaDix
    Apr 26, 2021
    6
    I had 40 hours fun when I could play the game, delta-03 is still a big problem and I had to disable my antivirus before the game worked. The story is okay fun and there is alot to do, the gameplay is fun and IMO the new mod system is better then it was in the first game, I still like the old story system better where it was divided in 3 story system with the medic, tech and security.
    I do    I had 40 hours fun when I could play the game, delta-03 is still a big problem and I had to disable my antivirus before the game worked. The story is okay fun and there is alot to do, the gameplay is fun and IMO the new mod system is better then it was in the first game, I still like the old story system better where it was divided in 3 story system with the medic, tech and security.
    I do wish the specialization unlocked before the endgame sins it is fun and nice to have a talent tree you can progress through.
    About the endgame, I don't like it, all the work you have put into make does red marks disappear on the map, for it only to get put back on after you finished the story, and it not only 1 time it do it, it do it for every single world tier, I hate it stupid and should not be a thing.
    The dark zone is meh it don't fill that important or dangerous as it did in the first game, and I never felt the need to go in there beside get some easy elite kills for projects, but it so much easyer to just redo a mission.

    It is a okay game to play solo as I did, probable more fun with a friend.    … Expand
  37. DeathKillerNOR
    Mar 27, 2021
    7
    {Personal Experience: Personal Experience}
    5/10
    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Game Mechanic Aspects, Item/NPC Variety, Quests/Missions/Objectives, Co-Op/Multiplayer Aspects, The Characters, Controls} 7.7/10 {Narrative: Dialogue, Cutscenes} 7.5/10 {Visuals: Graphics, Motion Capture/Voice-Sync} 9/10 {Technical: Bugs, Performance} 9/10 {Story: The Story} 5/10    {Personal Experience: Personal Experience}
    5/10

    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Game Mechanic Aspects, Item/NPC Variety, Quests/Missions/Objectives, Co-Op/Multiplayer Aspects, The Characters, Controls}
    7.7/10

    {Narrative: Dialogue, Cutscenes}
    7.5/10

    {Visuals: Graphics, Motion Capture/Voice-Sync}
    9/10

    {Technical: Bugs, Performance}
    9/10

    {Story: The Story}
    5/10

    {Replayability: Replayability (Alternate Endings, Secrets, Multiplayer, etc)}
    10/10 - Good.

    [STARTING PERSONAL EXPERIENCE:
    I played through the “story” of this game in march 2019, about 2 years ago.
    And my experience started by creating a character and ended the moment i finished the plot story.
    I was a huge fan of The Division, and this sequel was a huge letdown for me in every way possible.
    The Plot was no way near as good as the first one, and it was so bad the only thing i can remember about the plot, is that Air Force One had crashed and i was to defend its position, this was the last story mission if i remember correctly. I want to reiterate, this game was a letdown from start to finish for me.
    To the point that i can't justify buying the expansion. Why? Because when i have tried to play this game, i could find no groups when i was matchmaking for Invaded missions. I even spent 1 hour while waiting for a group.]

    [MAIN REVIEW NOTES:
    THE GAMEPLAY
    The World Design is up to par with the previous game and looks about as stunning. This means i could see no improvements between the first game and this one.
    The Game Mechanic, mainly the LooterShooter/RPG part of the game is perfectly developed into this game. With Word Tiers and appropriate gear scores for that world tier. Tho it feels more grindy in this game than what it was in the first one.
    NPC and Items Variety is great. You got a few different bosses and general NPC, and the Number of unique items on all the categories, SMG, LMG, Assault Rifle, Rifle, Markman Rifle, have alot of different options.
    The story missions is kinda the same as the first one, but frankly not interesting in this game.
    Objectives in the open world is alright, and are easy anuff to do solo also. Stuf like patrols, resupply runs and settlements that you have to take over for that area of the map.
    The Multiplayer aspects is where it becomes very disappointing for me, from the beginning i have had problems finding groups to play the invaded missions. It is very hard to find a group to play missions in co-op. Resulting in that you will most likely do them solo, and killing the game for me.
    The characters in this game were fantastic, all the characters i encountered during my playthrough of this game were fantastic. So some aspects in this game were well developed.
    The controls were more or less the same as the first one, so if you have played the first game you will have no issues with this game.

    NARRATIVE
    The Dialogue was great, it is well written and executed.
    The Cutscenes was fantastic as well, have nothing bad to say about those.

    VISUALS
    The Graphics looks the same as with the first one, tho the lighting has gotten an upgrade from what i can tell, but i can't see any more differences.
    The Motion Capture/Voice-sync feels fluent enuff and looks great.

    TECHNICAL
    I don't recall any bugs as far as i can tell.
    I did have a few performance issues, but most of them have been fixed as i can tell. Most of them.
    STORY The story in this sequel was a huge letdown for me in every way possible. 2 years later i can only recall the last mission in the story. So it wasn't that interesting that i would remember any of it after playing through it. After the story of The Division, playing The Division 2 was a disappointment. REPLAYABILITY Well, the replayability is good, as you have the potentiality to get many hours of play in this game. Begin a LooterShooter RPG/MMO and all that. But with the issues finding groups i need to warn you that you might have problems finding players to go into missions with. Unless there is an event or something happening. ] "7/10 – Good. Playing a Good game is time well spent. Could it be better? Absolutely. Maybe it lacks ambition, or is too repetitive," ~DeathKillerNOR~    … Expand
  38. GameGourmet
    Dec 16, 2020
    6
    Sadly, game dropped away all rewards for missions and fortresses just because re-logging after two enemies had troubles with clipping through container which cause soft-locked game. This made me use auto-level pass which come with DLC and skipped nearly two weeks of progression. It's have not so much bugs, but some of them are game-breaking.
  39. BobHimself
    May 5, 2020
    7
    It's a fun game for sure though the voice acting is hilariously bad. Everytime I've tried to play mulitplayer the game instantly gets a delta3 server disconnect. Would be a great game if it actually worked.
  40. slipkout
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    O jogo é ok, da pra passar tempo nele mas o jogo podia alcançar um potencial muito maior que está longe. customização de personagem bem básica a história é irrelevante, o jogo sobrevive pela gameplay e é aí que o jogo brilha, cover based parecido com o gears é muito bom de jogar
  41. Humpster
    Apr 28, 2020
    5
    Pn the surface, a good game however badly let down by clunky movement you always get stuck around circular objects, poor scaling single player can be too much on higher levels. CoOp does not present any real challenges, Maps are accurate to the locations and the storyline is good for the most part. Weapons are all very similar and off no major differences. Too many bugs are introduced andPn the surface, a good game however badly let down by clunky movement you always get stuck around circular objects, poor scaling single player can be too much on higher levels. CoOp does not present any real challenges, Maps are accurate to the locations and the storyline is good for the most part. Weapons are all very similar and off no major differences. Too many bugs are introduced and not fixed including using aim down sights. Would I buy again in hindsight, probably not… Expand
  42. panamaniacs2011
    May 16, 2020
    5
    first of all game looks beautiful but games arent all about graphics , its extremely boring , massive wants players to keep engaged in the end game loop but it becomes work instead of being something fun , kill x amount of npcs , play x amount of times x mission to get x gear , recycling old content with modifiers (aka global events) , speed running old stuff , renaming launch content likefirst of all game looks beautiful but games arent all about graphics , its extremely boring , massive wants players to keep engaged in the end game loop but it becomes work instead of being something fun , kill x amount of npcs , play x amount of times x mission to get x gear , recycling old content with modifiers (aka global events) , speed running old stuff , renaming launch content like bounties and calling them manhunts in year 2 in the end is the same thing, not to mention constant changes in the core mechanics of the game like talents, weapons etc because they are in eternal trial and error cycle and they dont have a clue on what they want as result it forces players to re grind everything from scratch because what you had becomes useless , character manueverability is one of the worst you could experience from any video game and its hard to describe , it feels like the character weights 500 pounds , shooting in the game feels good though , level design is amazing , enemy variety and AI is a step up from the first game, however the lack of different game modes is what killed the game for me, yeah i know its supposed to be grindy but at least the first game you could grind gear doing differentiated activities like incursions , DZ , legendaries , underground , survival, last stand , skirmish , resistance , div 2 not so much , game has more rng layers , and on top of that all you do is missions , DZ , open world (which is better than open world in the first game ) , skirmish and raid (which normal mode doesnt have matchmaking) , i would not include expeditions since is not available 100% of the time (not that people is complaining about that because most of player base hate expeditions anyway) what else can i say? i dont mind the game being grindy to be honest but at least give me more game modes so i dont bore myself to death , division 1 had 4 missions with mechanics called incursions , div 2 the only mechanics based mission is the raid which its just doing dps to the bosses most of the time , some missions have mild group mechanics but none is as good as division 1 incursions , other 95% of the missions (which there are plenty) is just running taking cover and shooting, i dont know how they came up with the idea this would be fun tbh , warlords of new york dlc??? yep you guessed more missions , which some of them have a nice apc boss battle which it was great , other than that more running taking cover and shooting , there is going to be a new season pass which is cosmetics and loot centric which i dont care to be honest , game needs more love from the devs i dont think they even enjoy their own game… Expand
  43. kky
    Jul 1, 2020
    6
    The game was fine the first day it came out, however...every pactch massive made, they added more bug into the game. Compare to the first game, overall is a boost, but from the player suffer from bugs and lag(mostly from server), maybe a 7 is too hight for it
  44. AladdinPrince
    Feb 6, 2023
    6
    **** this **** I wasted my money on the expansion!
    If you are going to buy the game buy it through G2A so they do not get any money!
    Thanks to Angry Joe's news and internet Historian videos I could sit through the grind!
    A waste of money!
    The net code, server stability is a mess!
    I do not recommend the game!
  45. place-holder
    Aug 21, 2020
    7
    Nowadays, this game is good, but I can't give a better score, because if you start playing now, you won't find almost anyone to play the initial missions.

    Due to the repetition of the missions, it is a fun game only for COOP, and you will only find players frequently in high level missions, which can be frustrating for new players. About the graphics: The quality is very good, and    Nowadays, this game is good, but I can't give a better score, because if you start playing now, you won't find almost anyone to play the initial missions.

    Due to the repetition of the missions, it is a fun game only for COOP, and you will only find players frequently in high level missions, which can be frustrating for new players.

    About the graphics:
    The quality is very good, and impressively optimized considering the other Ubisoft games.

    The gameplay (shooting, moving, skills) are also very good.    … Expand
  46. alllucky39
    Dec 10, 2020
    5
    The game is fun for the first hunderd hours and then boredom starts to kick in. The developers made it hard to retrieve good gear and after hundreds of hours invested in the game, they decided to nerf your gear. You will then start the grind again. If you have nothing better to do then buy this game.
  47. Stalker456
    Jan 1, 2022
    5
    I'll put five points for this game because at first I like the game, then less often you enter it without even going halfway and then delete it altogether
  48. AvaKit
    Sep 11, 2022
    7
    This game has beautiful graphics and a very cool atmosphere of the apocalypse. The plot is very boring. It's a pity that the developers abandoned the game, it has a lot of potential
  49. horsemanfone
    Mar 24, 2023
    5
    Hard truth, liked when it was released back in 2019. Devs don't care on fixing whats already in the game Raid for example we needed matchmaking thats no brainer, they keep on adding stuff that nobody cares. its like more bugs more problem.

Awards & Rankings

26
#26 Best PC Game of 2019
9
#9 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
23
#23 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 15, 2019
    85
    Perfect reward system, very tactile gunplay and great visuals make Division 2 the best loot shooter on the market, and one of the best co-op games in the recent years. [Issue#237, p.36]
  2. VGC
    May 2, 2019
    60
    For all the deafening noise and fury of its street battles and set-pieces, The Division 2 is, at heart, a game of co-operative tidying up with incrementally better guns.
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  3. MGG
    Apr 27, 2019
    85
    With the experience accumulated on The Division 1, Massive manages with TD2 to excite our curiosity. Stronger, more generous, better built, the title succeeds where other games as service before it has struggled to. Thanks to its end-game, which renew the experience by adding content and skillfully recycles the existing one, but also thanks to this map of Washington, absolutely fantastic, which allows more than ever to immerse yourself in the universe of the agents of the Division.
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