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Deus Ex: Human Revolution |OT| I never asked for this... It gave me lemon-lime
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JohngPR said:
More like all these people are built like real people. They have their own reasons. While writing is questionable characters were great and consistent. For example
I wanted to punch this chinese brocker in the face and take her money because she sounded pretty arrogant unless I decided to hear her story. I knew people like her and could relate to her situation. So I payed her out.
Laurentius
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I love it when the usual quick thinking Adam is at a loss for words. One of my favorite conversations was
Great stuff. I think they did a fanstastic job on Adam's character.
between Malik and Jenson in Hensha. You meet her at the Alice Garden Pods, and when I hit "Activate Pheremones" she says "Don't even think about using that CASIE mod on me.
"Oh, um, er, wouldn't dream of it."
"Oh, um, er, wouldn't dream of it."
Great stuff. I think they did a fanstastic job on Adam's character.
Finished the game yesterday. According to steam it took me some 27hrs to finish. Some short thoughts for those interested:
-The story is OK. I like that it felt gamey (as opposed to 'too serious' or even 'pretentious' or trying to come up with a million insane twists) and if you approach it like that even the couple of revelations are well done, although I admit for all the shit Adam uncovers you'd think he'd trust people less than he does sometimes.
-The gameplay was alright as well. There's a lot of hacking but, honestly, it never felt too boring but I avoided it when I could. For some brief moments there was some awesome potential for platforming as well, but this is never fully realized (or even half-realized really).
Now I don't know if I should make my second playthrough a no-kill stealth one or a murderous rampage. Too bad I went with stealth/sniper thing first, tho I don't really care for achievements.
-It surprises me that some people around the net found any trouble with the boss fights (I played in normal difficulty). I chose the hacker path (by the end of the game I never even bought the typhoon upgrade) and I found them to be super easy. Shotgun + running in circles/cover + grenades did it every time for me. By the second boss fight I already had cloak at max and the third even with the glitches was the same. The last one was even easier. I suspect someone with emphasis on armor + weapon upgrades/typhoon would find them a piece of cake.
-The voice acting is pretty terrible but it only bothered me a couple of times. Meh.
-The AI is not that good. There were some minor bugs as well, like a woman stuck in the T-pose and that side mission that never updated, (I didn't find the boss in the sewers but I'll just go back to a previous save).
-There is some pretty great design in the game and I liked the style a lot. I felt the cities could have done with a little more color/lighting. I get the tone, but there is still something missing imo. Other than that the game is really good at creating atmosphere.
-The last mission was a complete drag and a waste of everybody's time. The
are terrible and you have to wonder why did the devs go that route. It almost ruined the game for me.
-I didn't save
. I'll fix that on a second playthrough.
...
tl;dr: There's a lot more I could say, but all in all, it is an incredibly solid game and I enjoyed it like I have not enjoyed any game since the first Mass Effect. I think this has that rough quality to it in which they try different stuff to keep the game good. Sometimes it worked, others it didn't but never (until that final section) I felt unsurprised/unamazed by this game. This is one of the few games that I can honestly say I'm looking forward to some DLC.
Also, concerning the ending, I went with:
. The epilogue was interesting, though I have to read up theories as to what is implied by it. Is there a connection to previous games? I've never played them.
-The story is OK. I like that it felt gamey (as opposed to 'too serious' or even 'pretentious' or trying to come up with a million insane twists) and if you approach it like that even the couple of revelations are well done, although I admit for all the shit Adam uncovers you'd think he'd trust people less than he does sometimes.
-The gameplay was alright as well. There's a lot of hacking but, honestly, it never felt too boring but I avoided it when I could. For some brief moments there was some awesome potential for platforming as well, but this is never fully realized (or even half-realized really).
Now I don't know if I should make my second playthrough a no-kill stealth one or a murderous rampage. Too bad I went with stealth/sniper thing first, tho I don't really care for achievements.
-It surprises me that some people around the net found any trouble with the boss fights (I played in normal difficulty). I chose the hacker path (by the end of the game I never even bought the typhoon upgrade) and I found them to be super easy. Shotgun + running in circles/cover + grenades did it every time for me. By the second boss fight I already had cloak at max and the third even with the glitches was the same. The last one was even easier. I suspect someone with emphasis on armor + weapon upgrades/typhoon would find them a piece of cake.
-The voice acting is pretty terrible but it only bothered me a couple of times. Meh.
-The AI is not that good. There were some minor bugs as well, like a woman stuck in the T-pose and that side mission that never updated, (I didn't find the boss in the sewers but I'll just go back to a previous save).
-There is some pretty great design in the game and I liked the style a lot. I felt the cities could have done with a little more color/lighting. I get the tone, but there is still something missing imo. Other than that the game is really good at creating atmosphere.
-The last mission was a complete drag and a waste of everybody's time. The
zombie-like enemies
-I didn't save
Malik, and finding her body later on felt pretty terrible, especially because there was nothing you could do about it
...
tl;dr: There's a lot more I could say, but all in all, it is an incredibly solid game and I enjoyed it like I have not enjoyed any game since the first Mass Effect. I think this has that rough quality to it in which they try different stuff to keep the game good. Sometimes it worked, others it didn't but never (until that final section) I felt unsurprised/unamazed by this game. This is one of the few games that I can honestly say I'm looking forward to some DLC.
Also, concerning the ending, I went with:
the suicide option. Honestly, I never felt like any of the other guys deserved to be listened to. I don't even know what is worse: unregulated corporations with no morality, idiotic abhorrence to any technological advancement, or shadowy groups pulling the strings of every major thing everywhere (even though this option was presented as "conscious regulation" of tech it's BS imo, everyone just ends up being a puppet of people with power.
EmCeeGramr
Member
i think we need a running tally of how many people have posted pictures of the forever alone post-it
it must be over 10 at this point
it must be over 10 at this point
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Amir0x said:
Illuminati got you by the balls.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
was just thinking the same thing lolEmCeeGramr said:
Amir0x said:
I did that too! LOL It's one of those instances where the game is a lot more clever than I give it credit. I thought you had to install the biochip as well to get some kind of bonus but when you think about it, it makes perfect sense to be leery of it and skip it. More games should make you use common sense like that.
speedpop said:
Sciz said:
I see. I wonder then what will be the canon ending, tho I'm going with the option I chose, which
is a shame because that means no more Adam =( I liked him even though his voice is pretty bad.
Ah, I forgot to mention the most important thing: reading Pritchard's mail is the funniest thing ever.
MarshMellow96
Member
So tired of hookers berating me while I'm trying to read the news..
Dammit.
Dammit.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the last boss fight and how strategic it felt. Maybe I was just overpowered, but it was certainly welcome after fumbling and cheesing my way through the others.
Great game, can't wait to play whatever this studio makes next.
Cloaked security hacking, gas grenades for zombies, EMP's for mechs, Typhoons, dual takedowns, laser guns and the trusty Pistol. Shotgun blasts to break the glass and Typhoons to finish her off. Was fun to finally unleash my full arsenal on something.
Great game, can't wait to play whatever this studio makes next.
MarshMellow96
Member
JohngPR said:...and that's before you even start playing DXHR.
Oh snap.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Amir0x said:
Haha
I also knew something was up but got it anyway. Luckily it only comes back to bite you in the ass for one part, albeit a really annoying part.
Enco said:
How did you manage to get the robot to do that?
Rickenslacker
Banned
Nah you're fine.Dan said:
Always-honest
Banned
haha, that's just awesome.Septimius said:Hahah, I just found this
Got bored and made a music video of me killing people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCAhZf6kGJw
Enco said:
You could kill them? Mine was:
cloak hack the terminals & move from cover to cover, hack the main panel, kill the 2 sentry robots that came out with grenades, zombies died due to electrified floor, protective shield broke on its own, walk up to Zhao and shoot her in the head. End.
Stupidly easy.
Just taking you as an example:
For me the object highlighting wasn't enabled by default. Neither were the object marker on the screen. I only saw them from youtube videos that have been linked around.
I was playing on PS3. Give me Deus Ex.
Isn't that so for the PC version?
If it was like the PS3 version, doesn't that completely deflate the Deus Ex hardliner's argument you see everywhere? If you have to go out of your way to enable an option that you claim is making the playthrough for "console peasants" isn't that a bad argument?
Enco said:
For me the object highlighting wasn't enabled by default. Neither were the object marker on the screen. I only saw them from youtube videos that have been linked around.
I was playing on PS3. Give me Deus Ex.
Isn't that so for the PC version?
If it was like the PS3 version, doesn't that completely deflate the Deus Ex hardliner's argument you see everywhere? If you have to go out of your way to enable an option that you claim is making the playthrough for "console peasants" isn't that a bad argument?
I played on Give me a challenge. It's disabled for give me deus ex.bandresen said:Just taking you as an example:
For me the object highlighting wasn't enabled by default. Neither were the object marker on the screen. I only saw them from youtube videos that have been linked around.
I was playing on PS3. Give me Deus Ex.
Isn't that so for the PC version?
If it was like the PS3 version, doesn't that completely deflate the Deus Ex hardliner's argument you see everywhere? If you have to go out of your way to enable an option that you claim is making the playthrough for "console peasants" isn't that a bad argument?
Best without it.
ColonelColon
Member
Enco said:
The problem with disabling object highlight is that the environments are full of static, non-interactive objects.
Is that really an issue? Whether or not an object is highlighted or not it's still the same objects that are interactive, so if you see a computer with that tell-tell screen you know you can hack it, it's not that different than the real world. I mean, I can interact with everything but I also don't want to and purely by recognition do I go and pick up my wallet and keys when leaving the house and not get stuck fiddling around with the paper towel dispenser and cutlery. You don't need image highlighting. All you can interact with are computers, terminals, drawers, bodies, PDAs, newspapers and the various weapons and accessories. Needing to mess with the boxes is rare and generally obvious without the highlighting.ColonelColon said:
I just don't get it, fuck highlighting!
Always-honest
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, my launch 60 GB PS3 died while playing this glorious game............. will buy a new ps3 tomorrow.
revolverjgw
Member
Not even worth wasting brain processing cycles determining on the fly what is static and what is usable. It's not an element that adds any strategy or challenge of any sort, so I turned highlighting on on Hard mode as soon as I heard you could. Easier on my eyes.
It's fine in Deus Ex 1 because the environments are so featureless, usable objects stand out like a door about to opened in a Scooby Doo cartoon.
It's fine in Deus Ex 1 because the environments are so featureless, usable objects stand out like a door about to opened in a Scooby Doo cartoon.
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