The Division 2 review — second chances and big wins

The Division 2 is a game about a second chance for a fictional post-apocalyptic world and a second chance for the developer and publisher who created it.

The Division, a game about the release of a weaponized version of smallpox that devastates the human population, and the men and women who struggle to hold what’s left of the world together, had tremendous promise when it was released in March 2016. The recreation of a huge swath of Manhattan, where the game’s action took place, was a technical marvel. The relative simplicity of a cover-based shooter was married wonderfully to RPG-style gear and skill systems complex enough to warrant spreadsheets for players that wanted to get into the weeds on percentages and odds.