Playing The Division 2 in 2026...

So, they've added a realism mode to The Division 2 that apparently makes it feel like a more lethal tactical shooter where you do more damage and also take more damage. The HUD is minimal as well. Ubisoft sponsored the video today and asked if I check this out. And I'm going to test if I can one tap these guys here with a head shot. Yes. Be careful. Yeah. Did you notice how there are no damage numbers on their heads either? I mean, this is I've never played The Division like this before with a really low time to kill. They've like streamlined the RPG elements, too. So, there's no talents, random attributes, etc. And I had a look. I've not played this since October 2019, so it's been a while for me, so it feels pretty fresh coming back to it. Oh man, I love that I can just one tap everyone. That's sick. There's a guy at the back there. Makes it a lot more satisfying to play. Let's get down. There's a guy there. Is that going to blow? Yeah. Okay. Push up on this guy here. Get an angle. Got him. Are we clear? I think we might be clear. God damn. Look at the detail in these skyscrapers. I forgot how good this game looks. It's incredible. Really? Okay, we're going in. What do we got in here? Unknown biological compound detected. Oh no. Entering contaminated area. We need to get down there. Come on. Gunshots. And there's a lot of dead people here. Are you alive? Oh, that guy's alive. And this one. Help them. La, we've reached city hall. I'm with the survivors. The Haven settlement is sending medics. Make sure the area is secure before they arrive. I mean, she's dead. Secure the basement. It's got to be regularly into the basement. In here, agent, cover us while I get these people out. Don't you worry. Keep your mouth on. I can barely breathe in this thing. Press G to whip a grenade. I mean, it's the perfect opportunity for a grenade, isn't it? Are they going to group up? Oh my god. Let's go. Everything in the room blew up then. I feel this [ __ ] mad. Yeah. So, you can hold space and rush to cover. Agent, this is Gears of War. There's a surveillance system in the basement. We need to find out who is responsible for the attack. Any other bad guys? Oh man, it looks so good without the hood. Active server detected. Download the footage. Downloading. Let's see what we got. Analysis complete. Javier Kajika, James Dragoff, Theo Parnell, Vivian Connley, Aaron Kenir. Status Rogue. So those are all the bosses. Then we got to take him out after Coney Island. We knew Kenor was working on some kind of virus, but I didn't think he could weaponize it this fast. Meet me at the Haven settlement. I'll send you the coordinates. We have a lot to talk about. There's more baddies here. Don't I have a little turret? Yeah, I remember. We have abilities. I can tell the turret to pick targets, too. Do I have another weapon? Oh, it's a sniper. Will hurt you more than me. And a pistol. Oh, yes. Grenade extracted. City hall is clear. Let's regroup in the park and go to Haven. Let's go. We got incoming. I need you up here. I'm coming. It just throws you into the action. Little flank here. Love that cover system. Clear. Nice to see you in one piece. Look at that shotgun. Sent us Haven's coordinates. Let's go. Started raining as well. I think this has dynamic weather in it. Oh, the quarantine zone. Division one PVP. This This was sick, man. Was Division the first extraction game? Maybe. Maybe it was. Look at this. Amherst just chose New York. So, I think they've done some graphical upgrades with this, too. But the game already looked incredible. I think specifically the lighting they've improved. But man, this looks good without the hood, too. Careful, agent. They cooked. Looks like there's trouble up ahead. Get to cover. Ah, yeah. They're cleaners. I remember. Surely I just grenade them right now. I can put my turret there. Aim for their fuel tank. That should slow them down. You can set him on fire. Let's go. Oh, he's got a shield. Oh, he stumbled. That was cool. Come on. The combat is so much more satisfying with a quick time to kill. Haven, we made it. You friendly. You're not welcome here. You've taken in enough agents. It never ends well for us. Let us in. Get back. Oh. Let them in. Roads wants to hear what they have to say. You're goddamn right. Fine. Yeah. Open the gates now. Welcome to Haven. This settlement was founded a few months back by some exJTF and civilian volunteers. They're calling themselves the peacekeepers. So Kina is the big boss. The rogue division agent. He's target number one. [ __ ] that. The division had its chance. We need somewhere to regroup. Find somewhere else. How do you know Haven isn't Kener's next target? Are you kidding me? You make us a target. It's getting pretty rough out there, Paul. But it's your decision. They sound like New Yorkers. Do what you need to take care of Kener and then I want you out. So, I've got four leads to go after here. Then those rogue agents. I've got the crash drone, Brooklyn Bridge, National Bond Bank, or the quarantined skyscraper. I think I can pick any of these. Should we go to the bridge? The Brooklyn Bridge? Why not? Peacekeepers and two bridges have been tracking cleaner movements for the past few days. I think I was just given some rewards for completing that quest. MP5 A2. Let's get that on. Sniper. The pistol. Did I get any gear? Oh, I got some gloves. Increases stability, decreases swap speed. I'm in. Okay, so I'm leaving Haven and I'm going to go over to two bridges. See if we can get a lead on that one rogue agent. It's absolutely tipping it down now. There's a thunderstorm going on. I bet you could play this at 8K a football cuz it has physics. 10 out of 10. If only there was a goal. Oh, I can hit gunshots. Oh man, it is so good to just one. The MP5 is cool. There's a weird passageway down there. Is that a little flank with a UV light? I love how that looks. I've got reports that the peacekeepers are trying to take a Riker's control point. Give them a hand and see what you can find out from them. Oh, the bridge. Oh, they're up there. Is that a sniper? I got my own sniper. Yeah. Well, that guy's got a shield. They love standing next to red barrels, don't they? Oh, yeah. They're head shot. Let's go. Is he friendly? I think he's friendly. Oh my god, he's been electrocuted and he's set a blaze. Just grenade herself. Got Jason Bourne over here. Ah, look at this. Not so spongy anymore. Okay. Right. You want to chat? Roads told us you're looking for a rogue agent working with the cleaners. Yeah, we've seen her. She's sneaky, but still seems to go out on missions with the rest of the guys. Check in with the community near here. They're keeping track of the latest news. What is it? Just a guy sat in a chair. These are friendlies, right? Yeah. We got to head here now. Sounds like Colm's been busy. Head to the community and see what they've found. So, I think I got some more gear there, right? Better mask. Oh my god. LVO AC and a shotgun. I mean, I've got to try this. Can you still do the thing with the doors? Yeah. Do you remember the original trailer for The Division? The guy closed the door and everyone was like, "Oh my god, he closed the door." Ow. Bro, I was talking about The Division and closing doors and you just shoot me like that. Oh, yes. Beautiful. I'm not sure what this is all about. Some kind of a warning. Chinese supermarket. That's where I'm headed. Doors. Close all the doors, baby. I bet there's an achievement in this game for closing all the doors. If there isn't, then I'll be very upset. Oh, man. I'm getting Last of Us vibes here. Dude, the sense of scale and depth there. Heard you were looking for some info on the cleaners. Yes. We recently got word of an attack on the JTF outpost at a nearby shelter. If you're looking for cleaners, that's a good place to start. I'll go there then. Good luck. Oh, they're playing darts. I can't play dots. Well, I don't know the rules anyway. I wouldn't be any good at it. Is this a good score? Did she win? I mean, she got a bullseye. Surely she won. I think I forgot how satisfying this gameplay loop was cuz I just I didn't play it for so long. But yeah, it's fun, man. And obviously, you can play this with friends, too, if you want. You don't have to play solo. Oh, they've not seen me yet. I wish I had a suppressor. Yes, they're going to blow. This gun's good. Should I try the shotgun? Oh, it's a one shot just to play a tactical cover shooter. Man, this is great. Oh, you saw me. All right, I'm going to nade that [ __ ] I feel like out of all of the Tom Clansancy games that are available right now, this might be the most Tom Clansancy still, you know. Uh, here. No, I just set myself on fire. action. H, that isn't good. Right. So, I can't maybe just follow the hose. Follow the hose through here. I don't like this. Fire suppression system detected. Fire suppression system operational. Spot it all. We can't detain chances. Yes, ma'am. Uhoh. Unknown network detected. I'm finally getting a ping from Conley's watch, but it's fake. Bye. Put the turret over there. It's going to give me a bit of cover in the middle. Oh, I like this shotgun. In front of me. Behind me. Ah. Oh, you die quick. You really die quick. I need to heal. Heal. Heal. It's an endless stream of baddies. Wait. Let's go. I'm on the charge. Is that her? [ __ ] No sign of Conley. Check that echo. Might give us the lead. That wasn't her. I thought that was her. Echo detected. Check the echo. Oh, yeah. I remember this. Thanks for the heads up on the This is part of the trailer. I knew you could take care of it. The JTF's not equipped to keep things contained. Wherever they go, they contaminate it. When you're done here, meet me back at the tanker. Looks like Kener's been pulling Connley strings. He's using her to target the JTF, labeling them as infected, and having Connley tell her cleaners to get to work. Connley will have to wait. Agent, you've got incoming from the ground floor. What are they doing? They're just flaming stuff. Let's get a frag in there, I think. How you like them apples? Yes. I feel like John Wick out here. Oh, John. Throw it down and I can do my scan. I p No. Where did you come from? He's flanking. Oh, he went. Another wave incoming. Secure the ground floor and get the hell out of there. I'm moving down to the first floor. Oh, who are you? Barbary, you have a weak spot. Okay, he's a big boy. There's a barrel there. I can do the blindfire. He's got ads. [ __ ] What the hell? I'm guessing grenades are going to do more damage on him. I'm running away. Run away. Go around the corner. Round the corner. No, you ain't got anyone. No ammo. Uh-oh. Uh, shotgun. Get back. He cancels his animation just to make sure. Oh, there's more. I'll get you. I don't think so. Pathetic. A I got him in the barrel. Got l GG. But our luck is about to run out. The cleaners are maintaining a perimeter around a stranded oil tanker in two bridges. Connley said she was heading back to the tanker. We should go pay her a visit. G28. It's a long rifle. Kind of looks like a PSG1 from Metal Gear Solid. And a G36. You can mod them. I totally forgot about all this stuff. I just unlocked a drone, too. Tracks and attempts to maintain line of sight while continuously firing. I'm in. I think that's better than the scan. Oh, you can mod that as well. Now it's night time. Electronic device detected. I've never been to New York, but I will get there someday. I've got a big list of things to do there. Look at the big bridge here. Or what used to be a big bridge. It's now just a a wreck. And I'm sure if you're from New York, you'd recognize all these. I don't know how accurate this game was though in terms of the layout of the place. If you're from New York and you're watching, tell me, do you recognize any of these streets that I'm running around? Obviously, the icons are there, but the streets, I'm not sure. Is it the same layout? This the entrance? Yeah. Time to take down Vivian Connley and hopefully get us one step closer to finding that son of a [ __ ] Ken. We know that patrols of cleaners regularly head out through the west gate of their oil refinery. Let's exploit that opportunity and infiltrate their complex. I like this gun. A lot of peacekeepers are dead because Ken's been using con. Find her and make it count. This is good. Yes. What was the other new one? I got the G36. This environment, man, sounds cool. That guy just opens up a little bit. You get the legs and then he goes for a stumble. Division has infiltrated our complex. Could be a contamination risk. We can't let anything disrupt our operation. Oil is the fuel of our organization and our cause. Sounds like Connley's really invested in this oil business. I guess now you know which buttons to push. Agent, let's wreck their compound. Okay, we're going to blow it up. She loves oil. Check out this. What's all this about? Do I get the high ground? Maybe I get the high ground. They've not spotted me yet, which is good. Put my turret there. having to attack. Where's the one guy that I couldn't see? All right, the drone's taking that guy He's going to blow. Oh, he's climbing up. Yeah, this gun's very good. I think taking the high ground was the right approach. I haven't got any assault rifle ammo. So, I need to pick a gun with a different ammo type cuz look, like I said, you don't get as much. So, maybe MP5 on again. This thing here. Ah, there we go. That's going to block the access. I suggest you sabotage whatever parts of the cleaner's oil production you come across. Might piss Connley off and get her out of whatever hole she's hiding in. Oh, can I use the axe? I like the way you think. You're growing on me, too, Kel. This is a bit muddy here, isn't it? The division's progressing inside the complex. They're approaching the standard. I'm going to welcome those with a frag. Can I get all depend on us to succeed? That guy made a break for it. Yeah, the other two are dead. Oh, it's yellow. That means I can climb it. It's a video game, right? What else can we sabotage? [ __ ] [ __ ] oil gas. That's your job, mate. Oh my god. The whole thing went up. I got shot. Cooling pumps detected. I can destroy those. Whatever they're cooling probably can't handle too much heat. Oh, I got explosives to disable those pumps. Agent little C4 knocking at your door. Put my little guys out. Make sure I don't get flanked. Jesus. Oh, I got flanked. That took off one health bar. I think cooling pumps. There's more. You know what to do. I'm going to blow him up. Don't you worry. Oh, the fish. Oh, sad fish. Cooling pump system compromised. Oh, big boy again. It's that, isn't it? Oh, watch out. Watch out. Watch out. I'm nearly dead. Come on. Come on. Come on. Oh jeez. Heal. No. Bad time to heal. Get the boys out. Come on. Throw more enemies at me. Let's go. I love that you can command them. Let's see what else did you mess with that'll piss her off. Everything. I just blow everything up. I keep sitting myself on fire. Trauma detected. See? Yeah, I know. It's serious trauma. I am the trauma. Unfortunately, throw everything you want at me, lady. I'll take you down. Look at this. Now, that is an arena. Wait, I want my sniper here. Surely I could put the turret on there. Get the drone out. Pop that. It's on, baby. All about the high ground. Do I just shoot it? And another one here. Bit of environmental objectives. I like that. Oh no. Uh-oh. Conly is not going to like that one. Is she going to come down here? Good. The big boss. Hostiles detected nearby. Oh, watch out. That refinery is and the pieces will have to land somewhere. All right, I need cover. Get him. Ow. Come on. Get me one of those flamethrowers. That'd be great. Okay, I think this is going to be an epic boss battle for the ages here. Are we going into the tanker? That is sick. Echo detected. Nearby. I think we are. Nearby. Echo detected. Which one of you is the tech? Not me. I'm the senior cargo technician. You know how to operate the fuel returns? Of course. It's my job to know. I do maintenance on all the ship systems. Good. Keep her. We don't need the rest. Uh, are you going to kill us? Get out of here. I said get out of here. Run away, mate. I feel like if I'm going into the tanker, I'm going to take the shotgun instead. Cinema. There's a lot of damage. If the Division gets beyond this point, they'll seriously compromise our progress and set us back in months. We wouldn't. We can repair the damage, but the threat must be eliminated here and now. Our work is too important. The city depends on us. This is so cool, man. Sounds to me like you're getting warmer, agent. Keep at it. I think so, too. Where do I go? I mean, there's so many options here. above me. Got him. Oh, he's repelling. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, that was just the oil exploding. This lighting here is brilliant. Nice engine. This, isn't it? Snow drop engine. I think they used it on the Avatar game, too, which looked really pretty as well. I'm trapped here like a R in a cage. Goodbye. Missed him. He's down. Nice little sniper nest here. I suppose you can be quite tactical with the cleaners cuz you can hit their explosive bits and then he's right above me. Oh, can actually shoot through that. Nice. Yeah. Yeah. And then use them to take each other out, you know. I'm almost dry on sniper ammo, though. I'm almost at the top level of the ship here. Unknown network. sounds like you're on the right track. I think I am. The more explosions than area. Daddy's home. Connley's in the control room. Get ready, agent. It's time to end this. Oh, I'm ready. on the deck. Is that her? She's up there. Imagine I could just end it there. No, I got to kill all the cronies first. I didn't understand why the division wouldn't recognize our work. What we're trying to do, I guess the only thing the division understands that they're about to lose another agent. No, I think you're going to lose your head, Vivian. There's a freaking fire tower attacking me. What the hell? Can we just shoot it? Yeah. Yeah. Is there another one? Oh, it's fire tower dead. Are you coming out, Vivian? Oh, someone over here. No, that's an easy way to die. Yeah, look at my health. Oh, that was close. That was real close. You see my health then? Yes. Gas valves detected. COVER ME. NO. NO. SEE IF YOU CAN DO anything with those bounds. I'm I'm trying. Did I do it? Oil gas pressure redirected. I think I did it. I was just being attacked mid animation. So, I think we're going to smoke Vivian out of there now. Come on, Vivian. Get your ass down here. Vivian. Oh, she's got a health bar. Okay, she's coming out. Is that Vivian? Yeah, that's Vivian. Now, take her down. Got the drone out the turret. All the damage on Vivian. Ow. Heal. Yes. Take her out. 20% HP. Nearly got it. Oh no. Let's get a flank. Die, Vivian. DIE. NO ONE LIKES YOU ANYWAY. Suck it. Blow to smitherines. Yep. There's nothing left of you. You got her. She's gone. There's not even a body. I think I saw her just get gibbed. Fire, explosions, homicidal maniac for my taste, but I can see why you guys like it. You did a lot today. Well done, agent. Rogue agent, deceased. Uploading data. Connley was invaluable to the cleaners. With her gone, we should start seeing a decline in their operations. We're sending in a team to secure the tanker. Connley's been operating from there for quite some time, so we're bound to find something of interest. So, she's down, and now I got to take out another three, and then I can get to the big boss, Aron Kina. I mean, he looks like a bad guy. I've got an ACR. And I think that's it. Did I get some new gear? New chest rig. I haven't unlocked the seeker mine yet. Sticky bomb. Oh, is that cuz I killed Vivian. How does this work then? I just Oh, I can detonate it. That's super overpowered. All right, then folks. So, I'm going to leave it there for today. And hopefully that gave you a little taste of realism mode in The Division 2. Good first impression from me. Lots of nostalgic feelings coming back and playing this around New York again. Same as the first Division game. I like that the enemies aren't spongy in this mode, too, as that was like a big turnoff for me originally. And yeah, they finally did it, which is nice. Like I said at the start though, thanks to Ubisoft for sponsoring today. They gave me a code for you guys, too. If you want to unlock a shark bait skin for your account, I'll put that up on the screen now. Unlimited uses, so everyone can use it, which is cool. The New York DLC that I was playing here, too, is free. All Division 2 players during this anniversary season. And if you want to check out the game, the link is below. This season also has new gear, weapons, and there are more seasons to come in year eight. Yes, believe it or not, they are in year eight with this game now. Crazy. And I just checked on Steam out of curiosity. From recent reviews, the game is on very positive, which is great to see. So, obviously, people who play this game are enjoying it. Anyways, thanks for watching. If you enjoyed the video, drop a like below. Great way to help support me. Thank you. Subscribe if you're new, and I'll see you next time. The