Vinden van water en voedsel belangrijk in Tom Clancy’s The Division

Tom Clancy’s The Division is een ambitieuze next-gen game van Ubisoft en stukje bij beetje krijgen we meer informatie over de game en vooral de gameplay. Hoewel spelers volgens ontwikkelaar Ubisoft Massive niet zullen sterven door gebrek aan honger of dorst, is het vinden van voedsel en schoon drinkwater erg belangrijk. De levensmiddelen zijn namelijk een belangrijk ruilmiddel.

Design director Axel Rydby vertelde dat de game zwaar leunt op het verval van de samenleving en de dingen die we in het dagelijks leven als heel gewoon beschouwen:

Consider that our game is a lot about the fall of society, and things that we take for granted in our everyday life such as clean water and food, they suddenly become scarce resources in the game. 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. 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.

Rydby voegde daar nog wat aan toe omtrent het verbeteren van je personage. The Division is immers een game met RPG-elementen en dus is progressie boeken en het verzamelen van spullen (loot) een belangrijk onderdeel van het spel. Ook dienen spelers keuzes te maken, zo vertelde hij:

When we start the game, the player’s character only has his go-bag with him, right? When it becomes activated, that’s the only thing he can really bring with him. In that go-bag he roughly has 72 hours of supplies, he’s got his weapons and his gear, and that’s what he starts with. Then when 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.

If society fell and suddenly you had to hunt for food and water, you couldn’t go down to your local supermarket and buy whatever you want, you have to actually start conserving it and start to think about how your spending those valuable resources that you have. If you did have access to fuel, would you use it to make sure you have access to clean water or make sure that you have access to be able to heat your food by a mobile generator you can fuel and produce electricity. Or would you use it to fuel your car? I know what I would do.