10 Reasons The Division 2 DESTROYS Anthem

Flawless victory.

By Jack Pooley /

Ubisoft/EA

The Division 2 has been out for a short while now, and coming mere weeks after the release of EA's enormously disappointing Anthem, expectations were high that Ubisoft's looter shooter would pick up Anthem's genre slack.

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Thankfully that has more-or-less been the case, with The Division 2 basically showing EA's troubled live-service game how it's done.

Now in fairness, it's not a totally one-sided victory for Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment. Both games could certainly benefit from a greater enemy variety and a more compelling story, and on the positive end of the spectrum, they both look and sound fantastic.

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But in terms of giving players a wealth of dynamic, entertaining and addictive content that'll keep them coming back for more, The Division 2 is an effortlessly superior value proposition to players, and if you can only play one, there's no question which.

While Anthem quickly crashed and burned upon release, The Division 2 has enjoyed a rock solid launch that touts strong promise for the future. Anthem could pull a No Man's Sky and redeem itself one day, but don't hold your breath...

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