This game seems like more division
Im struggling to see any massive changes outside the location.
Its not leaving much to the imagination either with everything basically mapped out and planned out. I don't even feel the incentive to explore my environment or look for points of interest but I suppose they are completely doubling down on the gameplay loop
Start mission, follow waypoints, kill bad guys, get loot
Thats fine and sure to be excellent with friends. The loot is Diablo-esque basically having various percentage performance increases. Standard and addicting for min maxing but ultimately more boring than perks that change gameplay (which is why I still really love Destiny's handling of loot creation)
My takeaway is that Ubisoft once again makes excellent comfort food gaming but doesn't seem to blow me away. Its kind of a "i guess ill play this since ive finished the other games that came out" kind of game. Not even sure If I would buy this over Anthem since at least Anthem tickles me a bit more with its unique traversal options even if it falters in other areas.
One improvement I found was to turn off the waypoint line (go into map and press R3, or L3, I forget which). Makes you pay more attention to the environment and stuff. Give it a try :)