The Division 2: PS4 Review

The Division 2: PS4 Review

Developed by Massive Entertainment
Published by Ubisoft

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 arrived at a difficult time.

Just days before the Christchurch mosque shootings, which claimed the lives of 50 Muslims and injured scores more, the game's premise seemed like such a good one - fight the terrorists invading Washington DC following a viral pandemic.

But the game's commitment to reality as well as its superlative execution of the third person shooter means most of it feels a little too close to home right now.

That said, the game's a quality cover-based shooter which trades very nicely on what was presented the first time around. It begins with a distress call from Washington and sees you heading there to take out the threats that have emerged in the vacuum since the first game - but that's just the start as various power factions have risen up in place of what was there before. And it's up to you to assemble teams, squads and save the day.

The Division 2 is a tightly knitted shooter that does what it's supposed to well.

Enemy AI seems to have increased since the last time, but with some precision shooting, it's one shot and done for many of them. This makes the game an easy in-point for those not really au fait with shooters, and still presents enough of a challenge to those for whom they are a regular occurrence.

Levelling up safe houses and progressions is easy enough to do once you know what you're doing and while it takes a little time to get into the game's way of doing things, it's easy enough to quickly grasp.

Ultimately, The Division 2 is more fun perhaps with mates shouting in the background at you rather than as a solo experience, but it does represent the pinnacle of what a shooter can and should offer at launch.