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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided I Review Thread I I asked for this
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KINGofCRA5H
Member
Used it once, never again.
Brian_FETO
Banned
For me at least, I'm taking short full playthroughs (as in, less than 15 hours) with a grain of salt. Some of y'all on GAF are machines lol
Nope not a chance.
MasterMenace
Member
see my big post on page 28..
spazchicken
Member
Scanning the review comments, so far I hear complaints about story, lack of polish and short run time while the average score is 8/10.
I loved the first one, so this is good enough for me. I also get the impression that 8/10 means that these are things that can be easily overlooked.
I loved the first one, so this is good enough for me. I also get the impression that 8/10 means that these are things that can be easily overlooked.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Cheat Code
Member
My copy arrived stupid early. Haven't played much of it but I'm finding it a bit dodgy to play. Probably doesn't help that I've been playing it in between Overwatch and the Titanfall 2 Tech Test, so the first-person combat feels super janky when you inevitably fuck up the stealth.
illusionary
Member
The hype is starting to get to work on me... I think I'm going to have to buy before long. Hopefully sub-£30 won't take too long for the PS4 version, though I think that I may also have the buy the SteelBook to supplement that.
On the offchance that I were to look to get the game on Steam instead, has anyone seen anything about how my 965M might perform?
On the offchance that I were to look to get the game on Steam instead, has anyone seen anything about how my 965M might perform?
What the hell is happening here.
I don't know you guys but I am still hyped for this game, it's exactly what I expected, a refined Human Revolution experience and that's ok. The abrupt ending sucks but Human Revolution is not good at the story department either lol, so that's what I expected.
I don't know you guys but I am still hyped for this game, it's exactly what I expected, a refined Human Revolution experience and that's ok. The abrupt ending sucks but Human Revolution is not good at the story department either lol, so that's what I expected.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Same, I can't wait
Static Veins
Member
Totally agreed.
Sax Russel
Banned
I loved HR so I'm still hyped for this game, but I am a little disappointed about the size/length of it, especially if Prague is the only "real" hub and the missions can be very short. A year ago I would've said I was expecting at least 2, hopefully 3 big meaty HR sized hubs and a story that doesn't just seemingly end randomly full stop to milk DLC/trilogy aspirations. Less content than a Witcher 3 expansion?! =P (Witcher 3 spoiled me for life)
Arun1910
Member
The power of ONE persons post. Wow.
I guess several German gaming sites have gotten permission to stream early in honor of GamesCom.
BoosterDuck
Banned
Just get a gsync monitor and you won't ever worry about frame drops again
And if you're allergic to 'shitty endings' then you must not beat many games.
Ravensmash
Member
And it's a shame that all of the positive reactions and reviews (and let's be brutally honest here, there are a lot of positive reviews) are being drowned out by a few select quotes or an individual's rush play through.
It almost feels like there's a desire for negativity.
exmachina64
Banned
It's supposedly thirty hours in a dense hub.
Adam doesn't work for a billionaire in charge of one of the world's largest corporations anymore.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
I think the story complaints probably come from the focus around a single city. In past Deus Ex games, yes even Invisible War, you were flying all over the world to uncover the conspiracy and all that. In this game it sounds like you're in Prague for perhaps the entire game, hence the complaints about a smaller focus and "worse" story.
Honestly though, while I enjoyed seeing different locales I can't complain about a smaller story for once. So many games and movies and other media these days have these huge epic plots about saving the world that I quite enjoy when something takes a smaller, more focused approach. I like the comparison I read about Assassin's Creed 2 vs Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, where the former has more cities that are smaller and less detailed while the latter focuses on a single, larger, more richly detailed city. It's sounding like that's what's going on here both in regards to Prague and the story, and it's just fine with me.
Also, I don't mind the apparent lack of boss fights. In the original Deus Ex you didn't really have boss fights either. There was Anna, Gunther, and Walter and that's all I can remember that could be considered "traditional" boss fights, however just as in Human Revolution actually trying to fight them was terrible. Don't tell me you didn't just use Gunther's kill phrase and run past Walton. Deus Ex isn't really a series that's suited to boss fights, they don't fit in its gameplay. I never beat the Director's Cut of HR to see what they did to the bosses there, but even if they did add options to defeat them other than shooting them, simply having this guy you have to kill to progress doesn't really mesh with what I like about Deus Ex.
Anyway, the original Deus Ex was super flawed when you looked at it up closed and only paid attention to its negatives and not its positives. Despite that, the whole game came together to be excellent. Looking at flaws in a game and ignoring the positives really is a terrible way to judge a game, especially when it has been rated to be overall good if not great.
Honestly though, while I enjoyed seeing different locales I can't complain about a smaller story for once. So many games and movies and other media these days have these huge epic plots about saving the world that I quite enjoy when something takes a smaller, more focused approach. I like the comparison I read about Assassin's Creed 2 vs Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, where the former has more cities that are smaller and less detailed while the latter focuses on a single, larger, more richly detailed city. It's sounding like that's what's going on here both in regards to Prague and the story, and it's just fine with me.
Also, I don't mind the apparent lack of boss fights. In the original Deus Ex you didn't really have boss fights either. There was Anna, Gunther, and Walter and that's all I can remember that could be considered "traditional" boss fights, however just as in Human Revolution actually trying to fight them was terrible. Don't tell me you didn't just use Gunther's kill phrase and run past Walton. Deus Ex isn't really a series that's suited to boss fights, they don't fit in its gameplay. I never beat the Director's Cut of HR to see what they did to the bosses there, but even if they did add options to defeat them other than shooting them, simply having this guy you have to kill to progress doesn't really mesh with what I like about Deus Ex.
Anyway, the original Deus Ex was super flawed when you looked at it up closed and only paid attention to its negatives and not its positives. Despite that, the whole game came together to be excellent. Looking at flaws in a game and ignoring the positives really is a terrible way to judge a game, especially when it has been rated to be overall good if not great.
Krappadizzle
Member
I can't wait to play. I liked a lot of the stealth aspects of HR and enjoyed it quite a bit. I don't think I replayed it as it didn't grab me the way similar games would but I had a good time with HR, so I'm expecting MD to give me that same experience. I don't remember a single thing about the story of HR so I can't imagine the story of MD being something I'll find memorable, but I'm excited to play a new one. As far as someone saying they beat it in ~14 hours or so, what difficulty were they playing on?
I do beat the games. But shitty endings sour my opinion and memory of the games forever ( Mass Effect , Assassin's Creed 3 and Unity...)
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
I don't know about you, but when I see universal critical acclaim, I cancel my preorder.
darkwing-buck
Member
Yeah same here, also the story being on a, "smaller scale", sounds appealing to me as well.
I like it when the main campaign is relatively tight (8-10 hours) but with optional side-quests that push the game to 15-20. The Witcher 3 was amazing because of this. You could power through the main story pretty quickly if you wanted to, but the side-quests just make this game last forever.
Same. Dont have time for 30+ hour epics. Cause y'know, I'm not a child.
That conversation was so unexpected and ridiculously out of place delivered with a weird Aussie accent that you can't help it but love it.
RE: Seemingly bad benchmarks:
Don't huddle with Chicken Little just yet. Plus, hey, it's a little too early to play the "Bad port" card as there's yet to be a detailed Ultra versus PS4/X1 comparison.
Don't huddle with Chicken Little just yet. Plus, hey, it's a little too early to play the "Bad port" card as there's yet to be a detailed Ultra versus PS4/X1 comparison.
quackamole
Member
Preloaded steam, Tuesday cannot come fast enough.
Nah bruh, we can't go back. Not after NMS.
Movalpolos
Banned
Maybe they ahould go Episodic with Deus Ex like they did with Hitman since they can't seem to deliver a full game.
Duh Ex: NeoGAF Divided
MasterMenace
Member
Other reviewers have said the same, Read my post on page 28.
Krappadizzle
Member
I wager most people who are playing many RPG like gamer aren't children. Like the millions that bought Witcher 3 which is a much longer game weren't either.
I rather have a 6 hour fun game than a 30 hour fun game.
Movalpolos
Banned
Damn.
brickarts295
Member
Welp, I think I found a game breaking bug on the PS4 version. A passage is missing or glitched which does let me continue a story mission. Every time I walk towards it I fall out of the game. Already reloaded the oldest save file, played all of the way until that point and no luck. I also uninstalled and reinstalled the game and that didn't work. Going to uninstall again and try again without the patch.
You're not a child? But you play video games...
Not sounding very mature either.
cr_blah_blah
Member
GAF loves their self-imposed narratives. Good is not good enough and some guy said some thing so now my opinion is that as well.
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