Now, the new DLC, Battle for Brooklyn, is said to attract hordes of players, albeit with a bumpy road to the finish line. Ubisoft held a special live-streamed event featuring the Creative Director of the game, where Dlc codes and Twitch Drops were given away; the joys of which were somewhat overshadowed by a slew of technical complaints and mixed feelings about the quality of the expansion.
Queue the players who really love the storyline from the start. Thus, one player, Daniel Hamblin, describes the missions as “fresh and enjoyable” and considers the DLC as “fantastic.” He then thanked the devs for the hard work. On the other hand, you have Sunray9876, who logged 10+ hours and still vibes with it. Then the sentiment doesn’t seem to be shared by many. A loud and proud front-runners call this DLC “a disappointment”; one player bluntly put it this way, “What a horse sht dlc. Just wow.” It is a real chasm, and it smells uglier.
Technical problems, meanwhile, really don’t help. RuneStone1973 reported recurrent errors while on missions, and then Patrick Mann went into full meltdown when his stash appeared to be empty after the update. Ubisoft Support patched it quickly: go back to DC, then back to the DLC – but someone paid for this expansion, and bugs are just irritations. God forbid a player feels “robbed” after buying the Ultimate Edition and accusing Ubisoft of lying. Yikes.
Then, there is the crossplay issue. JD__UTD finds it “wild” that a game like The Division 2 still can’t be played cross-platform, something quickly becoming the norm for any multiplayer title. PS5 gamers are just glad the DLC works fine on next-gen, and then, others like Misthios Malaka beg for an actual port of PW on PS5 with full DualSense support. I mean, you can’t really blame them: haptic clicks for a tactical shooter? Absolutely.
Price raised eyebrows more than once. The opportunity cost has been seen as too high at $15 (or $37.95 AUD, as Tk Nikkijryan82 brought up), especially when there are already reports that the campaign lasted about three hours. Others argue that the replay value and difficulty justify the pricing. Classic “You pay for what you get”… or do you?
Through all this, Ubisoft’s comms team does their darndest to soothe any pressing issues—ranging from the infringing stash glitch to the guides for White House pilot navigation (shoutout to M92167930 for getting those lost agents back on track). Meanwhile, agents are begging Hard Assist mode updates about The Division 3 (slow down, Sly cool); it is clear the fan base wants more—just maybe not like this.
So, would you say The Battle for Brooklyn was a hit or a miss? That depends on whom you ask. Each “dope asf” is met with a scornful “most garbage extension.” One thing is clear: The Division 2 community has nothing to shy away from when it comes to speaking up. Whether Ubisoft even hears them at all, let alone the nature of the response, very well could be the deciding factor to whether this DLC fades into obscurity or turns into a breath of fresh air for the game.
