Persistent always-online games are never the same now than when they first released, a lifetime of updates continuously changing the player experience. Getting there requires strong foundations, and Tom Clancy's The Division is busy building them.

Great weapons system to dive into; Cover shooter gameplay is nicely polished; A beautiful; desolate; and vicious setting

Highly repetitive side quests; Crafting suffers from too much randomness; Dark Zone PvP still needs plenty of tweaking

They say that New York City never sleeps, and those who play Tom Clancy's The Division may understand the feeling. The game, which is predominantly set in mid-Manhattan, feels touristy, with each new landmark a carefully designed single-player or co-op mission that's intended to overwhelm a player's...

The Division took our breath away when we first gazed upon its gorgeous Snowdrop engine back in 2013. The game has gone through so many ups and downs regarding its release date, that by the time 2015 rolled along, I was so resigned from the game ever surfacing, that I thought I wouldn't even lament...

Let's start off with Manhattan, your sprawling playground that's purportedly a near 1:1 recreation of the real thing; While it's certainly not the biggest map I've seen in a game like this, not even by a long shot, the attention to detail is what really sells it as an actual location.

As polished as the environment and the core mechanics of the game are, the game suffers from a ton of bugs; Whether they're graphical glitches where the environment turns black when examining your inventory, falling through the geometry when rolling, or being rolled into, enemies not losing health...

The Division feels like a good summer fling we just happened to get in March. There is an awkward beginning, an intense and addicting middle, only to sputter out around the end. It was a lot of fun while it lasted but without an adequate endgame, most will move on to something else.

The Division has made a fair few promises since its announcement in 2013. When Ubisoft and its Massive studio pulled the curtain back on The Division several E3s ago, they promised a new kind of game in the Tom Clancy universe that married extensive online multiplayer support with a unique,...

Concept: Restore order to Manhattan after a viral outbreak wipes out the majority of denizens and dangerous factions make a power play for city control Graphics: Fog and snow keep the draw distance to a minimum, but the density of the streets and buildings is impressive Sound: Massive forgoes a...

I had reservations about Tom Clancy's The Division right from the get go and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'm also not too proud to admit that I was wrong because over the last seven days this game has eaten my soul and hit all the right buttons to keep me coming back over and over again, often when...

Addicting upgrade progression; Streamlined online play; Stunning visuals; Tons of content

Bullet sponge enemies; Odd control choices; Mediocre gunplay; Graphical glitches abound

In the world of The Division, a virus has wiped out most of New York City and the streets are a post-apocalyptic mix of survivors, looters, criminals, and the remnants of a failed government.

My gripes with advancement aside, The Division feels like a game caught between wanting to say something and not caring enough to finish out its thought. It builds a strong foundation on the gameplay front, offering up rewarding combat and simple skills, but doesn't follow that with anything...

The Division is a game that asks a lot of questions. Questions like: Set in a plague-ravaged New York City, you are a member of The Division, a group of agents trained by the government and then embedded into the general population.