History VideoGame / TheDivision2

* SequelHook: More like Expansion Pack Hook, but the general idea is still the same. Two free story missions that take place on Coney Island give players a small sampling of what to expect in the paid ''Warlords of New York'' DLC, both in gameplay and lore. [[spoiler:Namely, the second mission has D.C.'s Agents fighting the Cleaners and the ending cutscene shows that Aaron Keener is starting to make good on [[NewWorldOrder his plans]] that he hinted at in the first game.]]

''Tom Clancy’s The Division 2'' is an open-world ThirdPersonShooter MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame under the Creator/TomClancy brand and a sequel to ''VideoGame/TheDivision'', which was released worldwide on March 15, 2019. Like the first game, it was developed by Creator/MassiveEntertainment and distributed by the company owner, Creator/{{Ubisoft}}. It takes place throughout Washington D.C. in the summer, in contrast to New York in the first game when it was set in winter.

''Tom Clancy’s The Division 2'' is an open-world ThirdPersonShooter MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame under the Creator/TomClancy brand and a sequel to ''VideoGame/TheDivision'', which was released worldwide on March 15, 2019. It takes place throughout Washington D.C. in the summer, in contrast to New York in the first game when it was set in winter.

* BonusBoss: The [[spoiler: 12 Hunters]] operating in the D.C. area are Endgame bonus bosses that only become active after you complete the main campaign. Each one is a OneManArmy significantly tougher than pretty much anything else in D.C.; on the plus side, they're not aligned with any of the factions and thus you at least don't have to worry about them being [[FlunkyBoss Flunky Bosses]].

* EccentricAI: {{Invoked|Trope}}: While ISAC, the AI that lets [[TheRemnant the sleeper agents of the US government]] coordinate and use advanced technology in case of societal collapse, isn't sentient ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or is he?]]), its [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] reactions and {{Literal Minded}}ness results in more than a few headaches. For example, at one point, as the protagonist is trapped by rebel soldiers, MissionControl asks it to "find a way through the vault". ISAC searches for [[ExactWords "finding a way out of the vault"]], which understandably doesn't show up in any database.

* EasyModeMockery: "Discovery Mode" for the Operation: Dark Hours raid, which gives every enemy less health and allows for matchmaking. Granted, it doesn't ''actually'' mock anybody, but Discovery Mode parties are excluded from the raid drop pool, so that means no [[CoolGun Eagle Bearer M4]] or Specialization-boosting Gear Sets.

* {{Apunkcalypse}}: While the apocalypse is still very recent and the first game's factions didn't have much of it, it is in full effect for the Hyena gang. They dress in punk fashions, tag everything in graffiti, and murder indiscriminately anyone they encounter in order to live wild drug-fueled lives of hendonism. At least until the Sheriff puts them all down.

* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of ''Warlords of New York'', [[spoiler:while Keener is killed and his plot to deploy Eclipse is foiled, he manages to activate ANNA, uniting every rogue agent across the country, which will prove to be an even graver long term threat to the Division. In addition, Black Tusk notes that they benefit from this as well since they can take advantage of the Division being kept busy trying to deal with the rogues.]]
** [[spoiler: The post game event concerning hunting surviving high ranking rogue agents ends in an even worse state for The Division, as the Division were accused for treason by Faye Lau, a former high-ranked mentor agent turn rogue who shoots the President, himself siding with the rogue elements and Black Tusk as well.]]

* HopelessBossFight: During the side mission to go find the missing Agent Edwards, [[spoiler:you're attacked by a Hunter, with no way to actually beat him. After enough time has passed or he takes enough damage, the Hunter hits you with shock ammunition, with the animation lasting until he's taunted you and left.]]

* HopelessBossFight: During the side mission to go find the missing Agent Edwards, [[spoiler:you're attacked by a Hunter, with no way to actually beat him. After enough time has passed or he takes enough damage, the Hunter hits you with shock ammunition, with the animation lasting until he's taunted you and left.

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** While the Division themselves use gadgets that in real life have mostly have never left a drawing board, Black Tusk's most notable equipment, from their [[https://www.bostondynamics.com/bigdog "BigDog"]] style robotic Warhounds to the blanket sized [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_display flexible displays]] that litter their areas, are based on publicly known prototypes from when the first game was set.
** EMP grenades from Black Tusk Elite Controllers both harm the player as well as disrupt them. This seems a little far-fetched, but it's entirely possible that those grenades are emitting some form of lethal radiation, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/bjj45p/were_all_actually_robots/em8qtnf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x which is known for disrupting electronics in real life]].
** The Turbine Blimp improvement is something that is being developed in the real world.
** The level design of The Summit was generally considered "uninspired" by most players, with a common criticism being that it's a skyscraper that has very few windows. A Website/{{Reddit}} user jokingly made [[https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/iyhwy3/how_kenly_tower_aka_the_summit_looks_from_the/ a picture]] of what The Summit would theoretically look like from outside. However, there actually is an equally unassuming building in real life on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street 33 Thomas Street]] that's speculated to be some sort of NSA communications hub; it's lack of windows is just one of many features of the building meant to withstand nuclear blasts. The Summit's general location on in-game Manhattan is in the same general area as 33 Thomas Street, lending some legitimacy to this theory.

* [[UselessUsefulSpell Useless Useful Skill]]: [[UpToEleven Pretty much all of them.]] As a side effect of deliberately designing skills such that they require more manual input to preemptively counter certain PlayerVersusPlayer metas (a common complaint in [[VideoGame/TheDivision the first game]]), most skill builds end up being useless in PlayerVersusEnvironment settings, which is most prominent in the Operation: Dark Hours raid [[https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/bqt3lf/im_a_skill_build_user_who_has_progressed_past/ as shown here]]. The only skill that gets away from this trope is the Reinforcer Chem Launcher, which repairs armor the fastest out of the three armor repairing skills and is easy to deploy. Title Update 5 [[https://youtu.be/EX3KIH2E5QY?t=1423 finally addressed the uselessness of most skills]], although guns in general are still, by design, the best at single target sustained damage.

* ExclusiveEnemyEquipment: The four new skill platforms introduced in ''Warlords of New York'' are unlocked one at a time, each obtained from defeating Aaron Keener's elite rogue Agent bodyguards.

* NoNameGiven: Besides Manny, about every mission is also {{VoiceWithAnInternetConnection}}ed by an unnamed woman monitoring you from a drone overhead. You can find her in the White House where the UI has her designated only as [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep "Drone Operator".]] In the last mission of the first Manhunt, a year after the game was released, Kelso finally identifies her as "Cindy" in a line so incidental that it's easy to not even catch it.

''The Division 2'' is an open-world ThirdPersonShooter MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame under the Creator/TomClancy brand and a sequel to ''VideoGame/TheDivision'', which was released worldwide on March 15, 2019. It takes place throughout Washington D.C. in the summer, in contrast to New York in the first game when it was set in winter.

-->"'''It's a fucking cistern!''' Do you call an ambulance a van? NO, because there's a word for it: ''ambulance''. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Just send the fucking poison [to kill the community using the cistern]. Jesus.]]"