Tom Clancy's The Division

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The Division: Massive by name... • Previews • Xbox One • Eurogamer.net

The most interesting concept in The Division is "dark zones". These are contaminated areas of New York where power and food are in short supply and lawlessness is at its worst. They're also the PVP zones of the game, where players are free to attack each other; you're always safe from player attack outside them. The missions you can undertake in the dark zones offer the best loot in the game, but it has to be extracted and decontaminated before you can use it fully - and the flare you have to send up for an extraction flags you to other players, who have 90 seconds to attack your position and claim the loot from you.
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I honestly can't wait. It's a shame we have to wait so long for this one.
 
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‘The Division,’ ‘Watch Dogs’ IPs part of Ubisoft bid to win the next generation - National Video Games | Examiner.com

Our long-term goal is to win the next generation. The tough decisions we took to fully realize the major potential of our new creations have an impact on our short-term performance, but we are convinced that, longer term, they will prove to be the right decisions both in terms of satisfaction for our fans and in terms of value creation for our shareholders. We are building franchises that will become perennial pillars of Ubisoft’s financial performance.
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I felt that Watchdog was kinda early IMO to take full advantage of the next-gen. As for The Crew, it seemed like a quick turn-around, based on when they announced the game, to be released that quick.
 
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Ubisoft's upcoming shooter The Division is set to include a range of survival elements, including the need to search for clean water.
That's according to a new interview with lead game designer Mathias Karlson and design director Axel Rydby, in which character gear, limited ammo and driving is also discussed.

Given the state of the world in the game, food and water will have much greater value. Players will be expected to go foraging for both, but they'll serve as currency rather than be required for survival.

"Not only do you actually have to go out and look for food and water, but [they] become very valuable and rare resources that can be used to trade and stuff like that," Rydby explained. "But when it comes to having to drink water and eat food to be able to survive, that's not really what we want from it. Food and water will be a very important part of the game, but players will not need to eat and drink to stay alive."

When you start out in the always-online game, it'll apparently be with 72 hours-worth of basic equipment and supplies that aren't going to get you too far. This is where the RPG elements of the game come in, with Rydby explaining "Moving throughout the world, it's going to be a lot about looting and acquiring new gear as you progress. We're focusing a lot on the RPG aspects of the game since we are very much an RPG, so acquiring loot and gearing up your character is going to be a very big part of the game."

But while the looting and gearing will bear hallmarks of the RPG genre, you won't be selecting a class upfront. Rather you refine your role as you make decisions playing the game. Apparently we should expect these choices to be "tough" but "fun" at the same time.

While almost all the trailers have shown abandoned vehicles littering the streets, the team is being reserved when it comes to discussing whether or not you'll be able to use them. Again re-emphasising the survival elements of the game, Rydby hypothesised that if society fell and you have limited fuel, would you use it to make sure you can purify water, to fuel a generator to cook food, or to fuel a car? So while there's no official confirmation or denial over whether vehicles will be in the game, it certainly seems like you'll want to be sure of a big payoff for using one in order to risk your fuel that could be better used elsewhere.
It seems like the final call has yet to be made any way, with Karlson saying, "The way you navigate and move through the city or a game that is open in nature, it's very core to how you experience the world. We are currently investigating what is the best for our game, what can we do to give you the best experience as a player because that is, in the end, what's most important to us."
The Division is currently targeting a winter 2014 release on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
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