

Playing medical missions will uncover more details about the mysterious plague that spread across the city. After that, you can do missions for Benitez that’ll help you understand the enemies in the world. The security storyline, for example, starts out with rescuing Captain Ray Benitez, a former cop. Over time, the rundown former post office will look cleaner, attract more people, and even get Christmas decorations.Įach of the threads covers a different topic.

In doing so, you unlock more skills for your character to use. Once you secure this vital location in Manhattan, you’ll go on specific missions for each wing to earn resources that’ll help you upgrade them. They’re also the names of the three different departments you can upgrade at your base of operations (which Jensen said is almost like your “second character” in the game). Ubisoft Massive split the story into three main narrative threads: medical, tech, and security. Other characters you meet handle all the talking instead, and collectible pieces of intel scattered around the city reveal more about the collapse of NYC. Your agent (who you can customize with different faces, scars, hair styles, and more) is silent the entire time. So the dozens of bad guys my three-man team fought against in Madison Square Garden - a tough fight where we almost died - isn’t representative of what a solo player might see in the same area.īut the story is the same no matter how you play. The difficulty changes based on whether you’re playing with others or not. You have to make sure you have the right equipment and skills (like deploying turrets that spew flames) for the different foes you’ll face. When you’re by yourself, you’re a one-man army. As Gerighty said, each person can play a different role, like a long-range sniper or a close-quarters attacker. When you’re playing with others, the situation doesn’t seem so bad. Dangerous gangs and other enemy factions formed in the aftermath, stealing the few supplies that are left and terrorizing any survivors. In The Division, you play as a sleeper agent who has to help New York City get back on its feet after a fatal virus killed a large chunk of the population and crippled the city’s infrastructure. Image Credit: Ubisoft Slowly unravel a giant mystery
