Gamers are Comparing Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 to Reality
While most looter shooters are based on fictional worlds and circumstances, Tom Clancy’s The Division and The Division 2 are steeped in reality and what’s possible.
The game looks real, with character movement that is more fluid than in the first game. The weapons library is based on real weapons. And the circumstances that led to the semi-post apocalyptic scenario is not entirely far-fetched. Some gamers even joke about Ubisoft releasing The Division 2 to prepare us for Covid-19 or the Coronavirus.
During the beta and throughout main gameplay, gamers couldn’t help but make side-by-side comparisons of the major Washington D.C. landmarks in-game versus reality. Together In Transit, a gaming and traveling couple blogged about their Washington D.C. comparisons and the likeness and changes in the game were incredible.
When The Division 2 expansion, Warlords of New York went live on March 3, players in New York were comparing the game to sites and neighborhoods around New York. And the results have been kind of eerie. Twitter user @Ammo1997 posted this side-by-side comparison of a building in Battery Park in NYC.
Here, Spanish YouTuber ElAnalistaDeBits does a direct, side-by-side comparison of some of the main spots in The Division 2: Warlords of New York. You can see the incredible hard work that designers put into creating the realism.
We’re still waiting for Tom Clancy’s The Division movie to really drive home the realism. Are you ready, Agents? Share your favorite screenshots with us on Facebook.
