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Deus Ex: Human Revolution |OT| I never asked for this... It gave me lemon-lime
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Good to see the floor is no longer made of ice.
Hank Scorpio
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Replicant said:
Yeah, it lists the praxis kit you get from Malik's sidequest twice, too
Laurentius
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Does anyone else have trouble going back to games without the same level of freedom that the Deus Ex series gives you? I just love how many different things you can do, and the variety of things that can happen in the game. I've started playing Batman: Arkham Asylum, and while it's an amazing game, I keep wishing I had more freedom in the world.
The level of freedom leads to a less polished game, but to a more rich experience than many games, in my opinion.
The level of freedom leads to a less polished game, but to a more rich experience than many games, in my opinion.
SenseiJinx said:
yes, that's why STALKER and other so called immersive sims are so awesome.
I played Resistance 3 demo yesterday and it felt very restrictive in what you can do. Like shoot... and strafe... and jump. That's all.
But Arkham Asylum gives you a lot of freedom, you'll see it further when more mechanics will open up. Damn, what an amazing game.
Bboy AJ
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What difficulty should I start at? Is it alright to go with the hardest difficulty?
I want to do a stealth run but odds are I'm not going to be good enough to do it like that the first way through.
I want to do a stealth run but odds are I'm not going to be good enough to do it like that the first way through.
Its is a known glitch doing Malik's side quest, when meeting wtih Anonymous X the autopsy won't show up in your inventory after the conversation? I just lost over an hour of game time having to revert to my last hard save because neither of the auto saves went back far enough to revert the quest.
Edit: fixed on reloading and replaying up to that point. Weird.
Edit: fixed on reloading and replaying up to that point. Weird.
Laurentius
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subversus said:
Yeah, nothing against Arkham Asylum. It's a fantastic game, I'm loving it. But the world doesn't really seem to have the same level of interactivity as Deus Ex. My comment wasn't necessarily against AA itself, but just other games in general that don't afford the same kind of experience, and AA just happened to be the game I'm playing currently.
Not that it's necessarily a bad thing -- not every game should have it. It just makes for a different kind of experience.
As a side note, I've got to say that Sevchencko
was such a boss. I wish we would have actually seen more than the 30 seconds or so of him in the game. Out of the scientists that were kidnapped, he was the one that actually saw through all of their manipulative crap, and actively did everything he could to escape. Megan was probably in on all of it, and the other scientists were either taken in by the whole Stockholm syndrome thing, or too afraid to anything. Not Sevchenko. Too bad he ended up dead because of it. =/
I am in the middle of Gears 3, Resistance 3 and Dead Island. Last night I sat down to to play a game and chose... to start a second play-through of Deus Ex: HR. Man, I just love this game; such a wonderfully refreshing and engaging experience overall. I hope the upcoming DLC is worthy.
DennisK4 said:
It was actually Halo that turned me onto sandbox games, and it's a (mostly) very linear game; the sandbox, freeform play comes in how you approach encounters, rather than the order of them. It's the reason I can't play most other shooters. Since then I've bought mostly open world games this generation (Crackdown, Oblivion, Fallout 3), or ones with heavy non-linear elements to the combat cycle such as Arkham Asylum. Deus Ex has nestled in between, comfortably. I'm okay with that spectrum, but I can't play corridor games any longer. There needs to be freedom, either in the game world or in the way the combat is structured, depending on the game.
harriet the spy
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I just reached
. How far am I from the end (if i to every sub-quest)?
Hengsha for the second time
Laurentius
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harriet the spy said:
Probably about 3/4ths of the way done, depending on how much you do in Hengsha this time around.
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DennisK4 said:
Will you ever play The Witcher 2?
Laurentius
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DennisK4 said:
Where are you at? Have you beat it yet?
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DennisK4 said:
At that pace it's going to be the GotY 2012 for you
Laurentius
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DennisK4 said:
Nice. Personally, I didn't like the first mission all that much (until the end of it, that is). When the game really clicked with me was when I got to the first hub and started exploring and doing side quests.
Probably my 2011 GOTY as well -- although in all fairness, I think I've only played two games in 2011 that actually came out in 2011...regardless, I still love the game.
harriet the spy
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Thanks! Wish it was a bit longer, but it's pretty damn good as it is.SenseiJinx said:
Minor grudges:
a) the fact that EVERYONE carries their passwords on themselves or have emails on their computer with their newest passwords (along with an instruction to delete the email, of course) breaks a bit the immersion for me. Not sure what the alternative should have been, but it becomes borderline ridiculous at some point (as some people have mentioned, even with the password I still hack everything for the XP, which really does not make a lot of sense).
b) Is the tranquilizer rifle the only 'almost' surefire way to incapacitate someone silently? (if you actually don't miss them). Pretty any other 'silent' move (gun with silencer, takedown, stun gun) makes enough noise to alert people nearby.
c) Robots are super shitty tech if just one shitty 150 buck EMP grenade is all it takes to take down those probably million-dollar machines.
d) there should have been different hacking mini games. The one in the game was not too bad, though.
Boss fights were not nearly as bad as people made them sound like (i mean they were not great, but i don't see why they were so hard).
Laurentius
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Bboy AJ said:
I played it on the normal difficulty my first time through. Was still challenging, but not frustratingly so. Can't vouch for or against hard, but normal was definitely satisfying.
There's a fair amount to do in Hengsha the second time, and you've got a fair amount of stuff to do afterwards. Still,
the fact that they had to drop a few hubs (Montreal in particular) is pretty obvious...hopefully we get some DLC with one of the dropped hubs one of these days.
a) - Yeah, that's always been one of the silly aspects of DX. I loved how the games portray security in 2027/2050 as putting your four number passcode or dictionary word password on an easily accessible "pocket secretary" and then dropping it somewhere. Even then, I don't know why Adam needs a complex hacking system...he should be able to just run a quick bruteforce program to get into anything -- would be a simple dictionary attack in most cases.
b) - Stun gun works silently as well. As long as no-one sees you or the body, they won't hear anything. Also, non-lethal takedowns are silent as well. Your only risk is someone seeing you or the body.
JayDub said:
Nah. To be honest a lot of TW1 seems totally unimportant to TW2.
GhaleonEB said:
Important tip - if you're playing lethal this time, do not ignore the recoil aug upgrades. They are very powerful if you are going to be unloading firearms in combat often. The sooner you get them the easier open combat becomes by a large margin.
harriet the spy
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I am fairly certain that i risen suspicion from very nearby guards who couldn't see me by incapacitating another guard by stun gun and non-lethal takedown, but didn't by tranq. rifle (again, unless i miss, in which the guy i was shooting at screams to the high heavens someone is attacking him)SenseiJinx said:
I should try to do a video. Maybe it's all in my head.
Yup, I learned that one on the first run through. I've transitioned from pure non-lethal stealth through the first boss, to the occasional kill now and then, to a 70/30 non-lethal/lethal mix currently. Before I made that last transition, I maxed out the recoil/aim trees.Wallach said:
I equipped the exploding bullets upgrade just before bumping into the resident of pod 301, for the ensuing shootout.
I like exploding bullets. They make me happy.
Laurentius
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harriet the spy said:
I guess I could be wrong. I always thought that when it alerted the enemies, it was because they saw it happen or something. I could've sworn that I had stun gunned people ten feet away from other enemies without anyone being alarmed. My memory might be faulty though.
I've never had a person be alerted by my stun gun. Unless they themselves were facing me while I shot them from around the corner or if a buddy of theirs saw their body fall unconscious. And I used it a bunch of times at the start of the game.harriet the spy said:
I take almost everyone out with a non lethal take down now though, to get that extra little bit of xp.
RyanardoDaVinci
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Uhghh... gonna have to replay this a 4th time to get the Foxy trophy.
I'll wait a few weeks before doing it though, a 4th run in 5 days is too much. Battlefield 3 beta and Uncharted 3 MP will give me a break from overdeus'n on exes.
I'll wait a few weeks before doing it though, a 4th run in 5 days is too much. Battlefield 3 beta and Uncharted 3 MP will give me a break from overdeus'n on exes.
IoCaster
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So I'm waiting for RAGE to drop and doing a temp hold on F:NV DLC. I decided to have another go at this game, going totally gonzo with guns blazing.
Picus gives you up to the minute newsflash onJenson lunatic gunman shooting up TYM. Kind of like the shit that went down at Sarif six months prior.
Picus gives you up to the minute newsflash on
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DennisK4 said:
2.0 will be released, and they'll announced 2.5. Then 3.0. Then the Enhanced Edition with improved shadow filtering and other graphical bells and whistles. Then a large sized expansion.
YOU'LL NEVER PLAY IT.
Kole_Koiott
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Does anyone else suffer from motion sickness while playing this game? I'm playing the PC version, perhaps some settings that could be changed? Anyway, i'd appreciate any advice.
I had issues early on due to the head bob when walking; it's a really weird implementation and gives me the impression I'm a duck, waddling around. It's especially strange because the effort at creating immersion is so scattershot; our vision bobs from side to side (which it does not in real life), but we can't see our legs. It's just weird.Kole_Koiott said:
I found that sitting back an extra few feet from my TV helped mitigate the problem. Getting more of the non-bobbing world around the TV seemed to help. Since you're on PC, not sure if that's an option for you.
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