Goodbye Dayz. Hello, The Division.

[Phisher~SPARTA~]

 

 

Obviously not an actual replacement for DayZ - but it looks pretty sweet!

 

Here is some background info:

 

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/10/the-division-inside-the-tom-clancy-mmo-shooter

 

 

What happens when Rainbow Six fails, when the Ghosts aren’t enough, or when the Splinter Cells are gone? Tom Clancy's The Division, announced at Ubisoft’s E3 2013 press conference, is an online, open-world action-RPG that approaches the Clancyverse in a new way -- one where a dissolved government, anarchistic society, and rampant pandemic play into your story as an American sleeper agent.

In development at Ubisoft Massive, a studio using its own Snowdrop engine, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 third-person multiplayer shooter aims to serve two genres: the single-player action game, the the massively multiplayer online RPG.

David Polfeldt, managing director at Massive, says “We wanted a lighter game than [World of Warcraft]. I’m not calling [The Division] an MMO,” although he’s aware of the similarities. The Division will not, however, feature classes. “We allow you to progress through the skill tree as you refer,” Polfeldt explains. In addition, you can respec your skills at any time, or on the fly. You’ll be able to jump between custom-built classes on the fly with the touch of a button.

Though it’s a role-playing game first and foremost, The Division also draws from the hardcore survivalism of Day Z or The Last of Us -- when your sleeper agent awakens, their belongings include just three days of food, water, and supplies. After that, you’re on your own for ammo and weapons, scouring logical locations for the right things. Need ammo? Check the police station -- but odds are its occupied by gangs that run rampant throughout the city. Maybe they’re thugs, desperate scavengers, or the KKK.

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The Division also draws from the hardcore survivalism of Day Z or The Last of Us.

Amid the failing of government and rising societal chaos, The Division introduces another element to make matters worse for you and whatever crew you decide to roll with: a man-made pandemic that has “very, very sinister” ramifications on the underlying (and unspecified) story of you trying to restore order. The methods of how you do that vary -- mainline quests will take you to specific places, but in the open New York City, you can opt to help citizens in need, or under attack by those nasty gangs.

On the action side of things, Polfeldt calls The Division a “light shooter,” an RPG that makes you “work for it” without the inconvenience of under-the-hood die rolls shattering the trademark Clancy realism. The Division is also deliberately unforgiving in its difficulty -- skilled players can come out of tough scenarios unscathed, but it won’t scale to accommodate someone silly enough to brave a bad situation by themselves. This being Ubisoft, of course, The Division has a companion app -- but like Watch Dogs’, it isn’t just a wasteful gimmick. Players using their mobile devices can control drones to spot enemies and assess a combat situation. That drone has its own distinct upgrade progression, too.

Polfeldt, a recent victim of a Skyrim obsession, aims to drive players to explore, discover, and take in a different kind of shooter in ways console gamers aren’t used to. Gadgets, stealth, upgrades, and a persistent multiplayer world should bring the Tom Clancy universe to life in ways the good-but-predictable Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and long-absent Rainbow 6: Patriots never could.

IGN will have more on Tom Clancy's The Division when we see more of it first hand at E3 this week.

Edited June 11, 2013 by Phisher~SPARTA~

[SuperJedi~SPARTA~]

Looks sexy. I like it.

 

Here's what has sated my zombie killing needs.

 

[evilducky]

Phisher, that does look really fun, but is it going to be on PC?

A lot of the games mentioned at E3 so far look really good and I hope that they are goign to start coming to PC more.

[Watchman~SPARTA~]

Looks sexy. I like it.

 

Here's what has sated my zombie killing needs.

 

Yes, looks good & is reviewing well but there's no release date yet for PC, seems it's some way off.

[XJackerooX~SPARTA~]

Phisher, that does look really fun, but is it going to be on PC?

A lot of the games mentioned at E3 so far look really good and I hope that they are goign to start coming to PC more.

I would like to imagine so, what with the Xbox essentially going off the market as a viable gaming console (the Xbox -359), and Alienware's new push for console sized gaming PC's with their X51 ($600). I really hope these next years will see some progression for cross platform multiplayer (portal 2 style)...

..I am excite..

[Phisher~SPARTA~]

Looks sexy. I like it.

 

Here's what has sated my zombie killing needs.

 

 

Nice. That looks pretty sweet!

 

Both don't have PC announced, but I'm hoping it is like most of these games where they just announce it for Xbox / PS4 first but it launches for PC as well.

[Watchman~SPARTA~]

Did some reading on the State of Decay website and they are saying it will be a PC release but effectively saying don't hold your breath for a release date.

[BrerRabbit~SPARTA~]

That Division game looks ... amazing.

[Phisher~SPARTA~]

Cool yea just saw State of Decay confirmed for PC hopefully this year. I'll definitely hold out for that.

[XJackerooX~SPARTA~]

Did some reading on the State of Decay website and they are saying it will be a PC release but effectively saying don't hold your breath for a release date.

Probably Like GTA4. Taking their time to perfect and strain as much out of as they can.

[Phisher~SPARTA~]

So are you guys currently playing this on Xbox?

[XJackerooX~SPARTA~]

SuperJedi is I assume. I dont own a (su)Xbox

[Phisher~SPARTA~]

I just borrowed my brothers xbox and bought it --- it's great!

[SuperJedi~SPARTA~]

SuperJedi is I assume. I dont own a (su)Xbox

 

You misspelled (se)Xbox.

 

I just borrowed my brothers xbox and bought it --- it's great!

 

Tell me it doesn't illustrate exactly how ANY zombie survival must play.

[XJackerooX~SPARTA~]

You misspelled (se)Xbox.

Oh, is that what does for you? I get mine the old fashioned way Pusssaaayyyyyy lawlz

[Watchman~SPARTA~]

Having watched the Division trailer again I have to say, that game could tempt me into a console purchase, assuming it doesn't get to pc.

[KILLE]

I´m getting mad if The Division wont pop into PC version

It looks so promising for a multiplayer game.

 

I found this link where one can sign in his/hers feelings that this should be done to the PC-platform too:

https://www.change.org/petitions/ubisoft-release-tom-clancy-s-the-division-for-pc

 

-KILLE- Jan

[Watchman~SPARTA~]

I´m getting mad if The Division wont pop into PC version

It looks so promising for a multiplayer game.

 

I found this link where one can sign in his/hers feelings that this should be done to the PC-platform too:

https://www.change.org/petitions/ubisoft-release-tom-clancy-s-the-division-for-pc

 

-KILLE- Jan

 

Signed

[evilducky]

I could of swarn I looked at that petition this morning and it only needed like 700 or so more signatures... hmmmm.

[Forrester~SPARTA~]

^{Hmm I read Tom Clancy thougt Ubi, no go...... no need for further reading}

[evilducky]

The petition got to 140,000 votes I guess and Ubisoft "Listened" to us I guess. They will be releasing the division on PC

 

 

Im excited. It shall be a good time.

Edited August 21, 2013 by evilducky

[KalXen~SPARTA~]

SWEET

[Forrester~SPARTA~]

hmm ubi tom Clancy game secondly developed (ported) to pc..... still not convinced, sorry to be so pessimistic but Ubi has a lot to make up for in my eyes.....

[evilducky]

If its ported from the new gen of consoles this could be ok since they are pretty close to par of pcs now. That was the main problem of console ports before was the limitaion of hardware to get good games. Now that that limitation is gone or on par with pcs, ports wont be so bad for a while.

[Watchman~SPARTA~]

Great news, no need to buy a console now.