It presents six or so hours of blissful shooting, looting, and exploration through an impressively filthy recreation of Lower Manhattan. “Generic story aside, the Warlords of New York campaign is the series’ finest to date.
Which is good news if, like me, you put down your The Division 2 character with a bloated and unorganized inventory. There, the worst of items is likely better than what you have equipped and your old gear can’t be used to augment new loot via recalibration, so aside from sentimental value there’s little reason to hang on to anything. So while I can’t see Warlords holding my interest long-term, getting to endgame in the first place was still an enjoyable fight.Whether you’ve already logged hundreds of hours with The Division 2 or are just creating your first character with the included level 30 boost, you’ll find a helicopter ready to leave today so you can be a part of it in old New York. Unfortunately, this excellent momentum was slowed considerably by hordes of comically bulletproof bad guys in the heroic and legendary difficulties later on.
The first dozen or so hours were far and away my favorites with the series to date and I can recommend it on the merits of that time alone. My experience with the Warlords of New York expansion to The Division 2 started out strong thanks to an excellent standalone campaign and a host of very clever revisions to existing RPG systems.