Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse: (Tom Clancy Books, Books for Men, Video Game Companion Book)

This book is a great companion to the game, but even on its own has some value (especially so if your are a NYC resident). Structured as an in-game publication set in the world of Tom Clancy's The Division video game, it not only serves as a useful survival guide in the world of the game, but in our world as well. The survival and preparedness tips here are drawn from plausible scenarios in our world, which makes the reading far more compelling if you let it draw you in and contemplate the possibilities. The book comes with a lot of physical inserts such as a map of NYC with notes, a bus pass, and more. Each of these serves as a clue, part of a puzzle, or enhancement to the story of the game. And this is where the book really shines. It presents the story of April Kelleher, a married woman gifted the survival guide, who then proceeds to live out one of the nightmare scenarios presented in the guide. In the form of April's writings in the margins of the guide, we follow her tale of what happened to result in the NYC portrayed the The Division video game. I believe this story is good enough to stand on its own in many ways, so I don't think you'd be disappointed if you read this, yet never played the game. April writes over time in this book, using it as a sort of journal of her experiences. Her handwriting is presented in different inks and pencils, and the book is artificially weathered in appearance, but actually smythe sewn for a durable binding. Note these are all printing effects and the end result is a "survival guide"/in-game fiction journal that looks great and yet should survive repeated reading and thumbing through. This is even as its in-world fiction dictates it should have, the journal having survived so long. In fact, re-reading and thumbing through you will have to do, not only to follow the multi-layered story that unfolds physically on the pages, but also because the book incorporates puzzles and clues that really complete the presentation of both the story in this book and the function of companion to the game. Overall it is just an excellent example of a true multi-media presentation of The Division's story. You do not need this to enjoy the Division nor do I think you need the Division to enjoy this, but it enhances the experience so much. If you like story :) Some NOTES: This story is NOT the story that takes place in The Division game but Another story that takes place in the same world of the game and is part of the overall story. This is not a game guide in the sense of the guides that spell out all the stuff in the game so you can find it. It does present puzzles and clues to stuff you can find in game, but it is its own thing, and not like the strategy or survival guides you can buy from Prima or Brady etc. It is as its covers states, an interactive adventure, and a damn good one at that. This is a real, quality production both in the sense of the content and in the actual quality of the physical book. I could go on much more about the quality of the story, quality of the survival info, or tell you about the puzzles, etc. but I think that would all be spoiler-ish and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised as you learn just how much is packed into this 176 page volume. Very pleasantly...

The Division was highly anticipated, and playing through the beta got me even more excited. When I got the game when it was released it was very fun at first. Then later after reaching max level there wasn't allot to do because there wasn't allot of end game content at the time. This was before the first incursion was available. Later as more content was added the game got even more fun. Gameplay: The Division is an online 3rd person team tactical RPG with heavy emphasis on gunplay with 4 online friends. One can play the game solo. However, at higher levels the game is recommend playing with friends. If no friends are available there is a matchmaking system that works fairly well. There are 2 major areas of the game. PVE player versus environment and the Dark Zone which is PVP player versus player. The gunplay does not behave like other games. Because of the RPG nature of this game the enemies absorbe allot of bulits to take down, and this could be a turn off for some players. I didn't have a problem with it though. I thought the gunplay was allot of fun and challenging. Playing with a team of 4 cohesive friends who communicate very well is really fun. Currently as of October 4th, 2016 there are still some unbalance and unfixed bugs/glitches and exploits that the developer Massive is planing on fixing in the 1.4 upcoming patch. The game is still playable and mostly the unbalanced areas are in the PVP Dark Zone area. When patch 1.4 comes out there will be some changes to the gameplay and hopefully for the better. I really like the idea of Gold edition that Ubisoft release because it comes with the game and season pass in one package, and being an Amazon Prime member grants 20% savings off on preorders, which is a big plus. As time goes by this game is getting better as more content and features are added, and I highly recommend this game to players who enjoy 3rd person tactical + RPG gameplay. Also don't let the unbalanced, bugs, glitches and exploits deter you from playing this fun game. A fix is on the way. It's just taking a little more time.

A qualidade do livro é excepcional. Neste sentido, certamente é um dos melhores livros que já tive o prazer de comprar. O manual de sobrevivência é bem interessante e contém dicas realmente úteis, mas os comentários da sobrevivente April Kelleher e sua visão de todo o desastre dão um toque especial. Você sai da pele de Agente da Division para sobrevivente da Gripe Verde. Alguns enigmas deixados na obra ainda seguem sem respostas, e a comunidade do jogo continua tentando decifrá-los. A imersão ao mundo apresentado no jogo é inacreditável. Ponto negativo? Bom, nenhum... Exceto, talvez, o fato de não existir uma versão nacional do livro, pois desta forma o alcance seria maior. Recomendo a compra para qualquer amante do jogo!

Me ha sorprendido gratamente, no solo la información del libro, sino la historia extra que le da un realismo muy peculiar. He jugado The Division, y durante el juego, me he topado varias veces con algún rastro de April Kelleher. Las anotaciones en las paginas, hechas con diferentes colores, son muy interesantes y te plantean muchas preguntas según avanzas o lo relacionas con el juego (si lo has completado) Los "extras" dentro del libro, como hojas, un mapa, etc, sumado a las condiciones del mismo (roturas, manchas, escritura) hacen que sea mas que un libro, es un objeto de colección, lleno de información para los agentes mas curiosos de The Division. El único inconveniente para muchos es que esta totalmente en ingles.

I dont have the words to explain this masterpiece. Check this out on my profile pinned tweet. [...]

Exigente llegó en buenas condiciones

Excelente coleccionable, algunas paginas son las que vienen en el juego(las que recolectas) te cuenta desde cómo cayó NY hasta de lo que te debes de cuidar, las hojas son perfectas, viene con pequeñas hojas ítems que el autor “en teoría” escribió mientras narraba el libro. Lo bueno: Conexión con el juego. Grosor del libro. Lo malo: Viene en inglés, solo eso. Si eres fan del juego; este es tu libro!!!