Review: Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Warlords of New York DLC (Uplay/PC)
In the Warlords of New York expansion, hunt down your nemesis, Aaron Keener, a former Division Agent who has taken control of New York. Trained by The Division but disavowing its ideals, he is now the highest authority in town.
Pros:
- Level 30 booster option.
- Can create a new character and choose to do the base game or DLC.
- Level cap increased to level 40.
- New achievements.
- Fog of war- Map is covered in fog until you walk it/explore, even caches and safe house positions don’t show until you find the general area of them.
- Huge map to explore.
- Better AI in placement and tactics.
- All new collectibles/lore in the way of tapes and echos.
- Clever boss fights.
- Storm weather-low visibility.
- Crossplay with Stadia players. (can be turned off)
- Manhunt-You hunt down each gang member (4 of them) and then unlock the Intel for the main boss.
- Boss/manhunt takes place over several locations and events.
- New toys-sticky bomb launcher, shock grenade, decoy grenades.
- Play how you want and do the gang members in any order.
- New projects and rewards.
- More buildings to enter and explore.
- A lot more engagement within the world from little hiding places to loot placement.
- Feels new yet familiar.
- Loot drops feel more balanced and regular.
- Interesting set pieces.
- More enemy types and a lot more focus on aerial threats.
Cons:
- Slow respawn.
- Long loading times.
- Slow matchmaking times.
- Constant difficulty spikes.
- Had a long stretch of large loot drops but all low level and no good.
