Deus Ex: Human Revolution

[Smitty]

[daveodeth]

I dont really see how you could play it that way....DX bounced you around from one faction to another as part of its narrative, and only really lets you be truly independent at the very end.

edit:

huh, I just read this:

http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/7/2/4449082/mad-science-build-a-better-apocalypse

Apparently a lot of the cool near future tech stuff was informed by a scientist who just invited himself onto the project. Pretty cool.

Shame he couldnt have had a word in their ear about the feasibility of a giant two-tiered chinese skycity.

Fuck feasibility. it looked ace.

[simms]

Looking forward to playing this through again on the directors cut on my spanking PC build.

Lots of pretty screenshots

Is the collection of screenshots an appreciation the game or is there more to it?

[Smitty]

Is the collection of screenshots an appreciation the game or is there more to it?

Nope. But look how lovely these light fittings are for fucks sake:

[Spacehost]

Dat environmental world building. So hot.

[Wiper]

Yeah, it's an astonishingly gorgeous game thanks to its art style belying the relatively basic technical qualities of the engine. Pretty much the opposite of the original Deus Ex, in fact (which managed to make a slightly out of date engine run terribly and look awful at the same time)!

[Vulgar Monkey]

It did look ace!

I think they suffered the usual setback of next-gen prequels of having game worlds that looked fancier than what supposedly came after, but I suppose economic collapse sort of excuses that. That can be explained away.

But china managing to build a floating city above another city in a couple of decades time kind of stretches what is otherwise a really credible world.

But yeah, it did look pretty fucking cool. And it gives a convenient excuse for the underworld being in permanent darkness (something I'm glad to see satellite reign also seems to have gone for).

[Smitty]

The city wasn't floating.

[Vulgar Monkey]

Ok, on big bloody struts, I know. Just a figure of speech.

It's still an engineering improbability.

Did they ever try to explain it away via in game text, out of curiosity?

[Smitty]

Ok, on big bloody struts, I know. Just a figure of speech.

It's still an engineering improbability.

It's twice now you've said that. Your mum is a bloody engineering improbability.

[hughes]

Now I'm not even saying that a city on a city is possible/probable/impossible/improbable, but we went from spitfires to spaceships in not much longer than 20 years.

Even if it is impossible it's sci fi, y'know?

[Vulgar Monkey]

Indeed, that's why I wondered if it was ever addressed in background blurb. I could quite easily believe it if it is supported with technobabble consistent with the in-game universe. Although I can't quite imagine what it'd be. Even just having a huge conscripted army of augmented labourers would make it a pretty epic undertaking.

[hughes]

Maybe you could interpret it in a similar way to other for their time epic undertakings (Pyramids/American Railroad) that it is possible but a homogenised demographic (is that a redundancy?) will get shat on pretty hard.

[Plums]

Anyone bought the directors cut that came out today? £3.50 if you already own the original and missing link DLC. It comes with all the DLC and various improvements including "improved boss fights". I'm downloading it as we speak.

[gospvg]

Anyone bought the directors cut that came out today? £3.50 if you already own the original and missing link DLC. It comes with all the DLC and various improvements including "improved boss fights". I'm downloading it as we speak.

It's on my list to buy but I purchased Batman Arkham Origins today so will play that first.

[scottcr]

My WiiU version is due tomorrow... Apparently very good.

[Epcotman]

For some reason I want the Wii U one, too. Even though I've got it on PS3!

[scottcr]

I want a bit of that gamepad map action

[simms]

Apparently the super cheap PC release is messed up. The term you get what you pay for is true!

[Broker]

Anyone bought the directors cut that came out today? £3.50 if you already own the original and missing link DLC. It comes with all the DLC and various improvements including "improved boss fights". I'm downloading it as we speak.

PC only I assume? Unless they're selling it as DLC. Is it released on disc for PS3 today?

[Talk Show Host]

Apparently the super cheap PC release is messed up. The term you get what you pay for is true!

You only get it cheap if you own the original and dlc, at least on steam.

And what do you mean messed up?

[simms]

Yep I know about the price structure I was just being silly. Although there seems to be issues around installing the game at the moment.

[Talk Show Host]

Yep I know about the price structure I was just being silly. Although there seems to be issues around installing the game at the moment.

Ah, ok. I'm waiting to replay this and I was afraid that the pc version is riddled with bugs.

[daveodeth]

Having played through it at least 4 times now it's absolutely fine.

[Talk Show Host]

Damn what a game...

[gospvg]

Anyone playing the Directors Cut edition on the 360 having any issues with corrupted save files?

[b00dles]

I might have to buy the directors cut for the WiiU just because i) it's bloody great anyway and ii) I want to encourage the fact they sorted out the completely ridiculous and out of place boss battles.

[scottcr]

I'm now further on in this than I got on the PS3. Brilliant use of the gamepad and don't underestimate just how handy it is to be able to draw on the map...

[b00dles]

Having said that about the map, I find it weird you can't write on the map in Zelda WWHD

[scottcr]

Having said that about the map, I find it weird you can't write on the map in Zelda WWHD

I agree - a bit of a missed opportunity there...