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Deus Ex: Human Revolution... Your thoughts? (maybe spoilers)
14 years ago
I just finished the new Deus Ex. Mind you, I've never played a Deus Ex game before, but this one has left me with very mixed emotions about it, ESPECIALLY about the final moral choice you're forced to make.
I'm not sure about others, however I loved the design principals of the game, how it lets you handle everything in several different ways depending on your personal preference. The story itself was solid and the environments while dingy were well made.
However, the game is not without faults. I quickly found if you didn't care about killing people, the only weapon you needed was an upgraded revolver and maybe if you're lazy a rocket launcher for turrets/robots. The fully upgraded revolver absolutely kicked the snot out of everything. First boss I shot in the face with 3 rockets and 2 sniper rifle 50 cal rounds with the 3rd sniper round to his heart to kill him. My friend did it with 10 magnum shots to the head.
There are many other problems with the game, including random bugs and glitches, but also the main one is with the inconsistency of the enemy AI. You could stun a guy right infront of his comrade and he may very well not notice it for another 45 seconds, or he may notice it instantaneously. It's all purely random it seems.
Oh and also: I shot a guy in the back of the head with a crossbow bolt while he was standing up and I was crouching. The bolt went through his upper spine, through his cerebral cortex, through the center of his brain and emerged out of his forehead. Naturally, that would mean he died before he even knew he'd been hit right? Instead, he falls to the floor, thrashing and trying to pull the bolt out of the back of his head for about 30 seconds before finally laying still. This is a ever present bug, mind you. It's not a once off.
However, what I'm interested in primarily is YOUR experience with the new Deus Ex. What did YOU think of it? Problems? Lack thereof? And especially, what did you think of the game's final moral choice before the credits roll? Which did you chose? Did you even like any of them at all?
I'm not sure about others, however I loved the design principals of the game, how it lets you handle everything in several different ways depending on your personal preference. The story itself was solid and the environments while dingy were well made.
However, the game is not without faults. I quickly found if you didn't care about killing people, the only weapon you needed was an upgraded revolver and maybe if you're lazy a rocket launcher for turrets/robots. The fully upgraded revolver absolutely kicked the snot out of everything. First boss I shot in the face with 3 rockets and 2 sniper rifle 50 cal rounds with the 3rd sniper round to his heart to kill him. My friend did it with 10 magnum shots to the head.
There are many other problems with the game, including random bugs and glitches, but also the main one is with the inconsistency of the enemy AI. You could stun a guy right infront of his comrade and he may very well not notice it for another 45 seconds, or he may notice it instantaneously. It's all purely random it seems.
Oh and also: I shot a guy in the back of the head with a crossbow bolt while he was standing up and I was crouching. The bolt went through his upper spine, through his cerebral cortex, through the center of his brain and emerged out of his forehead. Naturally, that would mean he died before he even knew he'd been hit right? Instead, he falls to the floor, thrashing and trying to pull the bolt out of the back of his head for about 30 seconds before finally laying still. This is a ever present bug, mind you. It's not a once off.
However, what I'm interested in primarily is YOUR experience with the new Deus Ex. What did YOU think of it? Problems? Lack thereof? And especially, what did you think of the game's final moral choice before the credits roll? Which did you chose? Did you even like any of them at all?
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