[Sketch]

[Talbain]

[Dracko]

Sketch, you should be looking to Eastern European and Russian development studios, then.
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[Sketch]

I know, STALKER is a personal favourite, and once I can confirm that Pathologic doesn't have Starforce for its UK release, I'm going to try it. I love how obfuscated that game's system is. I read a review where the guy said he had to trade his only handgun in for a tin of vegetables so he didn't starve to death, and I thought: yes, that 's my kind of game.

[Dracko]

I was thinking this upcoming title in particular:


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[Sketch]

That looks incredible. But info is scant online. The magic (pseudo magic?) in a cyberpunk setting gives a very strong Shadowrun vibe. Colour me curious!

[Ronnoc]

Video's blocked in the US :(

[Mr. Mechanical]

[Dracko]

God, what an odd world we live in...

[JoeX111]

Man! I hope it's every bit as good as the Mirror's Edge tie in comics!

[Levi]

[Ymer]

First gameplay trailer:



Looks good? I think it might be good.
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[Dracko]

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[Guillotine]

The SquareEnix logo in these videos never fails to bring a shiver down my spine

Supposedly the camera switches automatically from 1st to 3rd given the context right? Any chance it might be up to player choice?

[Tulpa]

:( Hacking Minigame, 3rd person insta kills, relatively constant radio chatter

:) Weapon mods, the shooting in general, and it finally looks like DX to me.
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[Dracko]

Man, Deus Ex practically invented constant radio chatter.

I'm waiting to see more of the hacking. It looks thorough enough and doesn't seem to be an after-thought.

Apparently, Square sent a Q & A piece with the dev. team alongside the trailer.

[Tulpa]

[Dracko]

physics are big these days tulpa get with the times if i'm going to carry floating boxes in front of me i expect them to be interesting
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[negativedge]

Yeah, this thing is all over the map. It has the surface of Deus Ed, and it at least pretends to understand what that game was about--but the cutscenes, all the ridiculous weaponry, and the guy in your ear throughout that entire trailer are so very not Deus Ex that it is hard to tell just what the hell these guys are going for.

My guess?

This is a board room game. It's an amalgam of Bioware and Infinity Ward carefully plotted out by some guy that really wanted to make a Deus Ex game so that he'd get approval. I just can't see this turning out as anything but a fast paced rollercoaster with a story that really wants to be important (slow motion cutscenes with "badass" moves plastered everywhere are a given) , with some really obvious "if you have points in stealth, turn left; if you have points in weapons, turn right" level design thrown in.

[Dracko]

[Levi]

Jensen's blade arm things really creep me out. It feels weird saying that since Snake's throat slitting is more than alright with me. I wonder if that's intentional.

[CubaLibre]

I like the guy's voice acting too. It's not gravelly and brutish and bro-y, but neither is it Nathan Drake. It's softer, smoky, velveteen. He sounds competent.
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Let's Play, starring me.

[Dracko]

[loempiavreter]

Does Deus Ex series have bosses?
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[Dracko]

It does, but there are typically ways to avoid them entirely, or failing that killing them without getting your hands dirty.
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[negativedge]

also you can shoot a rocket at what's-his-face's face and he actually does just blow up like a dude would blow up if you shot a rocket into his face

[Dracko]

Well, we knew something like this was coming:




Retailer exclusives still need to fuck off and die.

Thankfully, none of these "exclusives" look particularly interesting. The double-barrel shotgun is cute, though.

And the special edition itself looks rather by-the-numbers.



Just the special packaging, an artbook and making-of DVD.

[internisus]

Here's what Rock Paper Shotgun has to say:

[Dracko]

Both those trailers are underwhelming and I have little doubt it will be DLC down the line and have little to no bearing on the game's plot anyhow. It's depressingly business as usual, really.
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[Sly Buccelli]

I'm buying this game on Steam and retailers can piss off. I mean, what's in the future of videogames if fans of a long-awaited game like this one get this kind of treatment? This is just offensive and shows how retailers are potentially obsolete and unlikeable.
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[Dracko]

Yeah, it's one thing for developers to make content available via pre-order in order to get people investing early on, but quite another when retailers are just exacerbating their monopolist welcome.

Well, at least it seems the combat looks functional.
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[remote]

Flush GameStop down the toilet.
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letterboxd | last.fm | steam

[Dracko]

So in Europe, these pre-orders work differently:

Pre-order any version from any retailer, and you get the mission, the one-use unlocking device, the remote detonated bomb and the grenade launcher. The rest of the weapons come with the special edition.

Oh, and apparently the motion comic is just going to be an adaptation of the announced mini-series.

[Toups]

you could probably easily put together a trailer from the original deus ex with constant radio chatter
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[Dracko]

"urgh, blocky graphics"
"combat looks awful! why is there so much of it?!"
"omg third-person flythrough?! clearly this game is stuff full of cutscenes"

[Toups]

[Dracko]

Yeah, the comparison has been made. Makes me curious about how well the squad AI is. Sure, it was scripted for the most part, but in MGS2, you had enemies clearing and searching rooms fairly methodically. If Human Revolution deals with tight quarters and stealth is still a heavy part, I wonder if they'll do anything similar.

Mainly though, I'd like to know how the enemies act in contrast to the first game. :P

[negativedge]

the retail model and price level of games is just broken. even a huge, successful game like Halo Reach is discounted again and again two months after its release. super cheap steam sales generate more revenue for many companies than the launch weeks of their titles. ...maybe games should just be cheaper? eventually smaller companies are going to do things like notice how Minecraft has sold 700,000 copies at $10 with no marketing or name recognition of any kind. hell, just think of the publicity if some mid level (or higher!) publisher put out a new retail game at $15. I mean, the retailers wouldn't carry it, but eventually...? Publishers are going to try this on the PC, eventually, as a means of stimulating sales.

[km]

Oh no, but that would de-value the brand and then uh

Well you see, it's all about branding

So that titles can be exploited on a yearly basis and
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vi) RPGs (Role-Playing Games)
For adolescents; half-formed personalities roaming (in packs) in search of identity.

[Dracko]

http://www.sarifindustries.com/

Gives a taste of hacking, it would seem.

[Toto]

Hey that wasn't bad. I'm tentatively excited re: this game after I saw a press release stating 10 reasons why the game will be similar to the first Deus Ex. I will give it's overblown tealness a chance, at least.