The Division doesn’t want you to think about 9/11

Michelle Ehrhardt from Kill Screen poses questions on The Division and Ubisoft's reluctance to compare situations in the game to those of 9/11

[CoNn3r_B]

Wow, this is a joke right?

[djsaba]

People are to sensitive nowdays. =(

[JoeDaniel]

Not to people who lost loved ones that day!

[Eldyraen]

There's a difference between those that lost family or friends in RL and what happens in a fictional setting however. I'm a little surprised that no one asked about 9/11 correlations but in the end does it matter? It was a tragedy but the city is still strong and doesn't need to be reminded every chance a journalist sees some non existing or subtle parallel and then run with it because "news".

[ThunderPulse]

I wonder if 9/11 even happened in The Division universe.

[TFJWM]

Well unless they have the twin towers in the game I would think so

[Zeref]

Ubisoft: "We didn't think about 9/11 as an inspiration for our game"

reporter: OMG ubisoft doesn't want you to think about 9/11!

seriously fuck these types of websites.

[teo72]

PC people (Politically Correct) need to grow up. I get offended by the news every day, yet I do not need protection from it. Only protecting those who cannot protect themselves is a good idea.

[Lonnie18]

I wasn't till you said something,,,

[rsnotz]

Took the words out of my mouth :D

[Nodoze]

So I suppose any movie or TV show that depicts violence or unrest in NY is off limits as well?

Might as well just unplug.

[Perjoss]

This headline just reminds me of those cheap clickbait ads, you know, those "gas stations hate this weird trick, the last image will shock you" ones.

[Liqu1d]

"Surely, I couldn't have been the first person to draw this comparison, right?"

Pretty sure you are. I haven't seen a single other person compare The Division to 9/11 because quite frankly the comparison is really stupid.

How can you compare a real life terrorist attack where thousands died to a fictional video game?

[Eldyraen]

Just read the article and it was basically tripe.

The game isn't PC enough: I can shoot enemies but can't save everyone (although you can feed/support some no hostiles on the streets occasionally like the ones asking for water), 9/11 isn't mentioned (like it's patently ignored by every single medium outside of direct 9/11 storylines), you didn't talk to 9/11 first responders?

It isn't about 9/11 and although it's the same city the circumstances are different. I'm sure some similarities may exist (as NY would have a better idea how to respond although a contagion isn't the same thing and cdc would be running the show). I never even thought about 9/11 and I shouldn't--I feel for families affected by it but it's mostly sensationalist journalism that really covers it all the time at this point as it's an easy topic to get discussed one way or another. I'm from Oklahoma myself so I don't have that direct relationship with NYC but as a kid we did have the Federal Building bombed so it correlates well although scale was smaller. You can remember these things and respect those that lost someone or came to help without using it for clicks or free reads.

I suppose it's interesting that no one else had asked him before but no reason to push the subject and make it more than it is.

[Pongwater]

The Division has reminded me of Dying Light, SOCOM, and Escape From New York, but I've never once thought about 9/11 when watching footage of the game. If the plague had been started by crashing a plane into the city and releasing the biohazard in the explosion I guess I could see the writer's point, but as it is there are too many other terrorist incidents around the world in too many other cities for me to think about 9/11 any time I see a fictional terrorist attack in a book, game, or movie.

[Chaosdreams]

I actually got annoyed by reading this opinion piece.