Tom Clancy’s The Division

Michael
Oct 14, 2020
4 min read

Updated: Jun 11

Introduction

The Division stands out differently from all other games. It’s not just a game, it’s a whole feeling. It provides everything that an excellent title should have. A brilliantly detailed and vast map, a lot of customizations, challenging enemies, re-playability, multiplayer, and a smart split of PVP and PVE regions makes the game a masterpiece and counts as a new-gen game. Color schemes and combat mechanics are all amazing. The number and level of enemies depend upon your lobby size, making it ideally challenging with friends. Don’t wait and enter the streets of New York to establish peace and order.

Gameplay

The scene portrays a pandemic in New York City that gave origin to many riot groups and gangs that are not co-operating with the officials. As an agent, your job is to restrict any illegal activity or inhumane actions. Establishing peace during a pandemic is a challenging task, that’s why division agents are recruited. Every segment of the map holds its side missions, crates, dossier, and encounters. Your gameplay experience will determine according to the customizations you configure, gears you loot, or missions you select. Firing feels super smooth irrespective of the gun you use. Authentic guns make the combat super intense. Pretty amazing to use a Vector with its incredible RPM, or finding that power punch M44. It doesn’t end here as you can even have 30+ weapon talents that add bonuses to your weapon.

Variation in enemies is always a crucial part of a game, and division has a good variety in style and difficulty of combat. Some of them will die quickly, while some are built like tanks and will require loads of ammo magazines. As you can’t jump in the division series, so only specific objects are climbable. There are no vehicles, so you will have to travel on foot, but a lot of encounters with enemies can happen, so either select that or use fast travel on safe zones by completing their respective missions. According to your party size, the number of enemies change, which keeps the game difficulty balanced and fun. Your primary objective is to establish a Base of Operations (or BOO), where you can meet other players and unlock three wings – Tech Wing, Medical Wing, and Security Wing. It broadens up the gameplay hours by a lot, personal favorite missions as they are unique, and each upgrade can provide one or more Perks, Skills, or Talents for the player, as well as making cosmetic changes to the wing and the base overall.

Graphics

Hands down to the best realistic graphics that you will encounter in an open-world game. They are not bland nor too shiny, making it a perfect balance. The moment you enter the map, you will see gorgeous detailing and an impressive design. Every structure you see on the map can exist in the actual world, making it a great game to have a realistic experience. The snowy atmosphere is a delight to the eyes. Glass reflections and sun glares are all amazingly done. You will be surprised to see the amount of detailing done on the inner and outer parts of the map. Small detailing like tiny logos on machines, torn pages on the ground, graffitis, pianos, and photo frames in houses. Probably the only game with so much text on the screen and still no interruption on screen as it blends perfectly. The orange tint for the interactive menus feels so good. And all these detailing on a huge map!

Main Pros and Cons

Pros

Great overall game.
Broad gameplay.
Supports multiplayer.
Astonishing graphics and in-depth detailing.
Story feels real.
Impressive way of supporting PVE and PVP playstyles.
Various gear customization.
Easy to learn controls.
Good looking attire and skins.
Aim shoulder swap.

Cons

It might feel challenging for a lot of player base because some of the enemies require a lot of bullets.
Stutter and crash issues on minimum rigs.
NPC allies are dumb.
Dark zone has hacker problem.

Tips to new players

Only play single-player if you are ready to grind and face a big wave on enemies. An effective agent depends a lot on his gear. So instead of sticking to one type of gear set, change them while leveling up. You can add mods to specific equipment that will help you in combats. Focus more on wing missions as they unlock several weapon talents and perks. The most basic and effective gear set is to use high damage sniper, high rpm rifle with a big mag, and a good firepower pistol. If you are struggling with knowing where the enemies are, use tactical scanner ability that can be unlocked by the medical wing, this will highlight all enemies on the radar.

Miscellaneous Information

Dossier-

Along with the story missions, there are several side tasks that award you extra items.

Division Shields - Shields are a collection of twelve collectibles that reward players for completing challenges throughout the game. Earning a Shield will reward the player with a shield cache that contains a selection of valuable items and currency bundles. They also give rewards that you can redeem in division 2.

Commendations- These are specific general and combat challenges that reward you cosmetic cypher fragments which can be used to buy 3 random premium cosmetic items from the premium vendor.

Evidence- A unique way to gather information that helps you to figure out what is really going on in New York.

Field Data- It can be categorized into six categories: Survival Guidebook, Phone Recordings, Incident Reports, Crashed Drones, Missing Agents, Echos, and each one has different missions and rewards.

Expansions- Visit underground to collect audio journals and urbex albums for extra rewards.

Loadouts-

The game has the option to make six loadouts that you can switch anytime according to the combat.

Crafting-

You can use electronic parts, fabrics, weapon parts, and tools to craft better mods and gear.

Conclusion - Honest Rating

Division not only slays the graphics scene but also stays firm in the gameplay aspect. There is a lot of stuff to do in the game, making it high hour grinding game. Select your gameplay according to PVE or PVP preference. Remarkable in-game UI and multi-player options make it a perfect pick to play with friends. Highly recommended game, even without a sale.

Rating: 9/10