MasterMenace
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Not cliffhangers..abrupt ending. Imagine playing Mass Effect 3 and the game ends right before the last act of the game. (lol, bad example, but yea..)
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided I Review Thread I I asked for this
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Not cliffhangers..abrupt ending. Imagine playing Mass Effect 3 and the game ends right before the last act of the game. (lol, bad example, but yea..)
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
20 hours sounds exactly right for a Deus Ex game
DE1, first and only complete playthrough:
DE:HR, first playthrough (only played once fully before the DC came out):
DE:HR
C, 1 playthrough on the clock, includes Missing Link:
And that's a good ballpark for the series on HLTB too:
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
I think i heard from the developer that MD is ought to be the closing chapter of the "Adam trilogy" of Deus Ex.
But i could be wrong.
Edit: Actually, i misunderstood the issue totally, seems that the fact that this game would be part of a trilogy was leaked two years ago. So we shouldn't be so upset if the ending don't end the plot.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Idk how 20 is far off either Tbh. My directors cut play time is 39 hours but a lot of it was also probably idle mastered for cards at the time. I remember walking around a lot to punch people too. I also did every quest and played perfect stealth.
Then again, I always take longer than most to finish a game.
Then again, I always take longer than most to finish a game.
MasterMenace
Member
Deus Ex: Game Divided
Final Fantasy 2.33 + 2.33 + 2.33
sigh
Final Fantasy 2.33 + 2.33 + 2.33
sigh
Admiral Woofington
Member
20 hours sounds exactly right for a Deus Ex game
DE1, first and only complete playthrough:
DE:HR, first playthrough (only played once fully before the DC came out):
DE:HR
And that's a good ballpark for the series on HLTB too:
This is the only thing I needed to see then, I'm more at ease. I think people are freaking out with the comments that the game seems to have been cut and the review of the guy saying it took him 12 hours.
Unless the next game in the series is announced like within a couple of months is it an issue.
There is nothing wrong with cliffhangers, but the game also have to have it's own self concluded story, while the overview story can continue. There needs to be some closer.
Zombie James
Banned
Thanks for this. In the season pass thread I said I'd be waiting for a GOTY edition and this just seals the deal for me, and that's if the DLC completes the game. Forced cliffhangers in naritive games have pissed me off ever since Halo 2. Incredibly disappointing.
MasterMenace
Member
Only 1 "true" hub and that is Prague. Golem City is like a mini-area and definitely NOT a hub.
Extremely disappointing. No juxtaposition in the environments it seems. You start the game in Dubai though, but it's just for the tutorial mission.
MasterMenace
Member
Another final impressions from a Reddit user who just beat the game:
Source
Edit: I spoiler-tagged part of the quote, but to be 100% honest, it's not a spoiler since it's shown in a preview. Actually, you'll laugh and be even more disappointed if you read the spoiler tag part lmfao.
SchoeneGlaeser said:
Source
Edit: I spoiler-tagged part of the quote, but to be 100% honest, it's not a spoiler since it's shown in a preview. Actually, you'll laugh and be even more disappointed if you read the spoiler tag part lmfao.
fluffydelusions
Member
Well damn...
User 479360
Banned
It does feel as if they had issues during development, or something.
It's lacking something, and doesn't feel complete. I got it early and it didn't even take me twenty hours to beat it, although I did a lot of stealth, got lost at times, hacked about 75-80% of what I found and did almost all of the side missions. I couldn't believe it when it ended, that it was that short.
It's lacking something, and doesn't feel complete. I got it early and it didn't even take me twenty hours to beat it, although I did a lot of stealth, got lost at times, hacked about 75-80% of what I found and did almost all of the side missions. I couldn't believe it when it ended, that it was that short.
Piku_Ringo
Banned
What i find funny is that 5 year development, the whole augment your preorder crap was all for that mess?
maybe mechanical apartheid meant there's only game mechanics in deus ex mankind divided
fluffydelusions
Member
I'm kinda leaning towards waiting on a complete edition after reading the impressions :/
Nightengale
Member
When I read stories like that, I think of what happens "otherwise."
The reality of Mankind Divided is that it is a game that took 5-years to develop.
If it was going to be a bigger, more ambitious, longer title that wasn't split up into a potential trilogy, does that mean we're only getting Mankind Divided in 2018/2019?
Even if MD was super awesome, that kind of dev time would have ridiculous sales expectations.
The reality of Mankind Divided is that it is a game that took 5-years to develop.
If it was going to be a bigger, more ambitious, longer title that wasn't split up into a potential trilogy, does that mean we're only getting Mankind Divided in 2018/2019?
Even if MD was super awesome, that kind of dev time would have ridiculous sales expectations.
MasterMenace
Member
What i find funny is that 5 year development, the whole augment your preorder crap was all for that mess?
Just...just...wuuuuuuuuuuuuutttt theeeeeeeeee fuuucccccccccckkkkkkkkkk is that...
LOL!
You know the CRAZIEST PART...
Those pre-order items ARE STILL THE EXACT SAME AS THE CURRENT PRE-ORDER ITEMS
It's not even IN THE GAME since February 23, 2016.
My head is going to explode guys, help me.
fluffydelusions
Member
That Reddit thread up there guy said he did most side quests (missed one) and it took him 20ish hours. He said he didn't rush through anything
How is this crazy or notable at all? Didn't they say they'd be doing that after the blowback?
SuperBanana
Banned
Reviews: 81% average. Great game but the story isn't very strong.
This thread: The game is short, with a terrible ending, and obviously dragged through development hell. Cancel all your pre-orders!
Wat.
This thread: The game is short, with a terrible ending, and obviously dragged through development hell. Cancel all your pre-orders!
Wat.
MasterMenace
Member
Sorry, what I meant to say is like the covert agent pack and in-game mission is still the current pre-order CONTENT...It's like they were too lazy to put it in the "delayed" game.
Man, fuck!
I wonder if I should just wait a few weeks and pick it up for $60 used instead of the $90 here with tax.
User 479360
Banned
I would, unless you can't wait.
I was going to just get it from the library and play it sometime, but ended up getting lucky and being given an early copy through a friend's work. I wouldn't spend the $90 on it.
Brian_FETO
Banned
They were always going to be preorder items and their "augment your preorder" promotion was BS with no real marker of how many there were
Lazy tho, def
MasterMenace
Member
I'm a fan of HR and the art style and gameplay seem really good, but yea I guess I could work through my backlog and save some cash. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. The gameplay looks so good though.
The Dear Leader
Banned
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MasterMenace
Member
I can feel your pain as you typed that.
BaraSailey
Member
You're not the only one; I'm still pretty hyped for it, regardless of the negatives.
User 479360
Banned
HR was a 9/10 to me when I played it.
And given how much NeoGAF worries about performance, I expect to see lots of comments about how glitchy this is.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
So are we at the stage where unbridled, delusional hype and inflated expectations has made way for hysterical, reactionary disappointment for a game in both cases most of you are yet to play?
CertifiedFP
Member
The Square Enix in-house engine development curse. It's began to afflict even their western studios now.
I, for one, welcome our new Unreal 4 overlords.
List of victims:
Final Fantasy XIII trilogy
Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XV
Kingdom Hearts 3 (Though it may have narrowly escaped the curse)
Hitman
And now, DXMD.
At least 7R is safe with UE4.
phantomspiker
Member
Looks like its going south. Return those copies before its too late.
This image is gonna get some usage.
MasterMenace
Member
I don't think anyone had "delusional hype" for this game. I mean, HR was a great game when it came out. Now it's 2016 and MD is upon us for the new generation. A lot of us wanted a sequel, not a half-baked one. Sure it still has great gameplay. I'm sure the game is going to be fun when playing, but when that ending suddenly comes, it's going be ME3 feels all over again (for slightly different reasons)
Grim Patron
Member
hahah wtf happened here
I can only thank the internet for letting us know about this beforehand, unlike ME3...
RenegadeXV8
Banned
Just checked my Steam playtime and took me 19 hours to get through Human Revolution. I played on the hardest difficulty and did every mission, so there's that. Not sure why everyone is panicking at some of the playtime numbers for MD because it sounds about right to me.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I'll judge it as a half baked sequel and ME3 tier disappointment when I have fucking played it and not when the pre-release internet echochamber decides to fixate on the most negative reviews as universal acceptance that the Deus Ex sky is falling.
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