1.4 and 1.5 Update Review.

Big Gameplay changes,
Weapon Balance,
Gear Set Balance,
Multiple Tiers 1-5 (based on Gear Score),
PVP (DZ Balance) ,
New sets /weapons
New Survival Mode (Awesome, it's like Battle Royale with mix of DAYZ)
AMAZING UPDATE

" From Release date till 1.2" Game was lacking content and it was quickly getting boring after so many repeats.

Looting was horrible and Crafting was pain in the a...e and RNG was seriously a joke , also Recalibration was so dull and limited.

Game was terribly buggy and cheaters were way overwhelming. All in all it was a terrible release and a game experience for AAA tittle with tons of hype and being the best seller for the company. (Fake Marketing skills, Applause)

After 1.2 patch , everything has started to move towards positive direction, more content, more bug fixing,better management against cheating and exploit prevention.

Now we are on 1.3 DLC (paid content) - i have the season pass, yet in my opinion Current state of the game should have been come as Release version of The Division.

So i still do think , it should have given as free content for the one time as the Release of the game was not a complete working product or even worth for its price.

To the subject, 1.3 version of The Division has rich content, more variety gear wise, better weapon balance (which makes most of the weapons in game useful , unlike before) , there are some nice CC/support Gears in addition and deffinetly less bugs (there are still some ofc).

Much better looting experience,better crafting and recalibration system. All in all overall, game is now at way better state than its junk release.

If they would have released the Division as it is now, probably reviews could be "Positive" instead of overwhelmingly negative.

------------BEFORE 1.2 UPDATE REVIEW-----

As an Action RPG Shooter, The Division is pretty decent and fairly enjoyable only with friends.

It has various RPG mechanics Skills/Talents/Perks/Weapon Abilities/Crafting/Leveling.

Graphics are beautiful enough in close distance highly detailed even on 1080p ,but long distance graphics are horrfic especially Tall buildings ,movements are fine and default fov is also fine as a TPS.

Situational reports,Hidden Intels ,Flashbacks(Echoes) through Events were happened in past is pretty nice touch, but not immersive or fancy at all.

Missions are typical Action RPG ,there are main missions / side missions ,collectibles,encounters and many more to discover which adds a reason for player to freeroam till level 30.

After Completing all missions and hitting 30, Freeroam becomes useless other than getting tools/wep parts/electronics. (BORING) so use Fast Travel.

Map size is not massive, yet its size is enough for freeroaming and keeps you interested till 30.

There are only 4 player CO-OP for Campaign/Side Missions/Encounters and PVPve up to 24 player per instance in Dark Zone (Decent size of the Map), you do gather loot and extract it while other agents can assist you or turn against you for stealing your loot.

PVE is Generic, all the boss fights and missions are generic and becomes boring/repetitive.
It would be better if it was dynamic..But not !, only thing is dynamic in the game is the weather.

(Clarification: We do repeat almost anything in our lives anyway.Some of them becomes utterly boring, yet some of them are fun repeating. So in Division, repeating is boring and also pointless at one point.)

PVP is generally boring, badly designed. (Lack of Dynamic = No Anti Cheat= RPM Cheat)
Detailed Version of Why PVP is boring and badly designed is at the end of the page. (TLDR)

Dark Zone (PVPve) has its own ranking system and currency as well. It's challenging but it's not rewarding. Pom Pom Beanie fest or useless items that you'll never use.

Drop Rates on good loot is horrible that makes you just quit the game as there is no reason spending time or killing DZ06 High End Bosses at all.

RNG is just stupid. You have to craft the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ item 50 times or depends on luck to get the stats you want.

+ Everyone is using exploits on Challenging modes to farm same boss for 2000 times to get a decent High End for their build, so Who cares about crappy DZ?

(Exploits/Cheats/Broken product in general)

Seriously guys and girls and kids , you'll enjoy the game, also will get frustrated pretty damn early as well due to lack of content,zero variation,very badly designed PVP, annoying RNG and Generic Boss fights along with pointless grinding/exploits/cheats.

And you'll need to pay more money for Expansions. (I have the Season Pass = I know am sad).
So, it's pay to get more content or just GTFO Style, which wouldn't have been a problem,
if the base game was good enough and working correctly, but it ain't.

No need to mention about other negative points, Character Creation is horrible and limited,
you do feel like, you are a clone of anyone in the game, loads of exploits to discover,
no anti cheat at all and limited Daily missions.

Love you all....Choose your fate wisely fellas.

-Detailed Version of Why PVP is badly designed-TLDR

The reason PVP is badly designed, it's one instance DZ which is Pvpve , there you can kill mobs/gather loots "9 items" at a time only to extract with chopper at specific extraction zones. (Not plenty as well)

So people like me for example with full high end loot and very fast progress can kill anyone easily, for example 1v4 no problem due to my gear is far beyond better than people trying to loot/build their gear with horrible loot rate.

Also , people like me in group is way overkill due to We have top gear/stats hard to burn down and we know the rotation/timers of the Elite mobs in Zone that drops loot. So we are killing them before even other players have a chance to get anything.

Due to Extraction Zones are not plenty and seeable on the map when there is extraction going on (Keeps flashing on map) , every Rogue agent either camping there or making their way fast enough to kill other agents very easily. (As they are fighting against wave of mobs)

So current design bad for two side, competitive players get bored and shoot others without a reason ( as you don't need their loot), casual players or new players are having a hard time actually finding/killing Elite mobs for getting good gear and they are having really hard time to extract due to Top Gear players camping areas along with wave of elite mobs.

Also People who don't use the advantage of broken product or abuse (Exploits), they'll get rekt by people who exploits.

So all in all , PVP and PVE at End game are pointless and not challenging other than to annoy others. It's just pointless grind with no future or improvements unless you exploit.

Update after first Free DLC Content:

Exploits Fest = RPM CHEAT= No Anti-Cheat= Worst online experience in DZ

I've said my bits, actually we don't need to discuss too much or speak out loud. Truth is out there on youtube,reddit and generally on interwebs.

This game has too much problems and Massive is seriously not good enough to handle such a AAA tittle and Online Competetive Gaming Experience.

All these exploits caused loads of problems for Online Experience in DZ, they brought up 161+ Bracket but with other incursion exploit, now a lot of people have 240 GS items and roughly around 210-220+ GS with loads of different newest/powerful sets nuking the 161+ bracket DZ.

They fixed the exploit in 3 days but it's too late, now people never exploited as always are getting rekt.

No need to mention RPM Cheat (client side) still goes strong.
It's seriously that bad and nothing we can do about it.

Here is a link to just one of the broken bit out of many
https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/4g6lnk/tested_confirmed_protection_from_elites_increases/
Another Link at Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/26/hackers-cheats-ruined-the-division-pc-ubisoft
So just wait ....

1.4 and 1.5 Update Review. Big Gameplay changes, Weapon Balance, Gear Set Balance, Multiple Tiers 1-5 (based on Gear Score), PVP (DZ Balance) , New sets /weapons New Survival Mode (Awesome, it's like Battle Royale with mix of DAYZ) AMAZING UPDATE " From Release date till 1.2" Game was lacking content and it was quickly getting boring after so many repeats. Looting was horrible and Crafting was pain in the a...e and RNG was seriously a joke , also Recalibration was so dull and limited. Game was terribly buggy and cheaters were way overwhelming. All in all it was a terrible release and a game experience for AAA tittle with tons of hype and being the best seller for the company. (Fake Marketing skills, Applause) After 1.2 patch , everything has started to move towards positive direction, more content, more bug fixing,better management against cheating and exploit prevention. Now we are on 1.3 DLC (paid content) - i have the season pass, yet in my opinion Current state of the game should have been come as Release version of The Division. So i still do think , it should have given as free content for the one time as the Release of the game was not a complete working product or even worth for its price. To the subject, 1.3 version of The Division has rich content, more variety gear wise, better weapon balance (which makes most of the weapons in game useful , unlike before) , there are some nice CC/support Gears in addition and deffinetly less bugs (there are still some ofc). Much better looting experience,better crafting and recalibration system. All in all overall, game is now at way better state than its junk release. If they would have released the Division as it is now, probably reviews could be "Positive" instead of overwhelmingly negative. ------------BEFORE 1.2 UPDATE REVIEW----- As an Action RPG Shooter, The Division is pretty decent and fairly enjoyable only with friends. It has various RPG mechanics Skills/Talents/Perks/Weapon Abilities/Crafting/Leveling. Graphics are beautiful enough in close distance highly detailed even on 1080p ,but long distance graphics are horrfic especially Tall buildings ,movements are fine and default fov is also fine as a TPS. Situational reports,Hidden Intels ,Flashbacks(Echoes) through Events were happened in past is pretty nice touch, but not immersive or fancy at all. Missions are typical Action RPG ,there are main missions / side missions ,collectibles,encounters and many more to discover which adds a reason for player to freeroam till level 30. After Completing all missions and hitting 30, Freeroam becomes useless other than getting tools/wep parts/electronics. (BORING) so use Fast Travel. Map size is not massive, yet its size is enough for freeroaming and keeps you interested till 30. There are only 4 player CO-OP for Campaign/Side Missions/Encounters and PVPve up to 24 player per instance in Dark Zone (Decent size of the Map), you do gather loot and extract it while other agents can assist you or turn against you for stealing your loot. PVE is Generic, all the boss fights and missions are generic and becomes boring/repetitive. It would be better if it was dynamic..But not !, only thing is dynamic in the game is the weather. (Clarification: We do repeat almost anything in our lives anyway.Some of them becomes utterly boring, yet some of them are fun repeating. So in Division, repeating is boring and also pointless at one point.) PVP is generally boring, badly designed. (Lack of Dynamic = No Anti Cheat= RPM Cheat) Detailed Version of Why PVP is boring and badly designed is at the end of the page. (TLDR) Dark Zone (PVPve) has its own ranking system and currency as well. It's challenging but it's not rewarding. Pom Pom Beanie fest or useless items that you'll never use. Drop Rates on good loot is horrible that makes you just quit the game as there is no reason spending time or killing DZ06 High End Bosses at all. RNG is just stupid. You have to craft the same fecking item 50 times or depends on luck to get the stats you want. + Everyone is using exploits on Challenging modes to farm same boss for 2000 times to get a decent High End for their build, so Who cares about crappy DZ? (Exploits/Cheats/Broken product in general) Seriously guys and girls and kids , you'll enjoy the game, also will get frustrated pretty damn early as well due to lack of content,zero variation,very badly designed PVP, annoying RNG and Generic Boss fights along with pointless grinding/exploits/cheats. And you'll need to pay more money for Expansions. (I have the Season Pass = I know am sad). So, it's pay to get more content or just GTFO Style, which wouldn't have been a problem, if the base game was good enough and working correctly, but it ain't. No need to mention about other negative points, Character Creation is horrible and limited, you do feel like, you are a clone of anyone in the game, loads of exploits to discover, no anti cheat at all and limited Daily missions. Love you all....Choose your fate wisely fellas. -Detailed Version of Why PVP is badly designed-TLDR The reason PVP is badly designed, it's one instance DZ which is Pvpve , there you can kill mobs/gather loots "9 items" at a time only to extract with chopper at specific extraction zones. (Not plenty as well) So people like me for example with full high end loot and very fast progress can kill anyone easily, for example 1v4 no problem due to my gear is far beyond better than people trying to loot/build their gear with horrible loot rate. Also , people like me in group is way overkill due to We have top gear/stats hard to burn down and we know the rotation/timers of the Elite mobs in Zone that drops loot. So we are killing them before even other players have a chance to get anything. Due to Extraction Zones are not plenty and seeable on the map when there is extraction going on (Keeps flashing on map) , every Rogue agent either camping there or making their way fast enough to kill other agents very easily. (As they are fighting against wave of mobs) So current design bad for two side, competitive players get bored and shoot others without a reason ( as you don't need their loot), casual players or new players are having a hard time actually finding/killing Elite mobs for getting good gear and they are having really hard time to extract due to Top Gear players camping areas along with wave of elite mobs. Also People who don't use the advantage of broken product or abuse (Exploits), they'll get rekt by people who exploits. So all in all , PVP and PVE at End game are pointless and not challenging other than to annoy others. It's just pointless grind with no future or improvements unless you exploit. Update after first Free DLC Content: Exploits Fest = RPM CHEAT= No Anti-Cheat= Worst online experience in DZ I've said my bits, actually we don't need to discuss too much or speak out loud. Truth is out there on youtube,reddit and generally on interwebs. This game has too much problems and Massive is seriously not good enough to handle such a AAA tittle and Online Competetive Gaming Experience. All these exploits caused loads of problems for Online Experience in DZ, they brought up 161+ Bracket but with other incursion exploit, now a lot of people have 240 GS items and roughly around 210-220+ GS with loads of different newest/powerful sets nuking the 161+ bracket DZ. They fixed the exploit in 3 days but it's too late, now people never exploited as always are getting rekt. No need to mention RPM Cheat (client side) still goes strong. It's seriously that bad and nothing we can do about it. Here is a link to just one of the broken bit out of many https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/4g6lnk/tested_confirmed_protection_from_elites_increases/ Another Link at Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/26/hackers-cheats-ruined-the-division-pc-ubisoft So just wait ....