Deus Ex: Human Revolution's Social Boss Fights Swap Bullets for Words

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Marohen said:
Charisma has been around since the DnD days, I'm glad they allow you to pursue this but this warrants as much an article as the hacking capability explained in the latter half of the video, nothing particularly interesting here.
Yes, charisma has been around forever, but few games actually let you use it. How many games can that let you kill let you get through them without killing? And "knocking people unconscious" with an effect that is the exact same as killing does not count. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Fallout. So yeah, it's interesting that another game has actually decided to include it.
 

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poppabaggins said:
How many games can that let you kill let you get through them without killing? And "knocking people unconscious" with an effect that is the exact same as killing does not count. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Fallout.
The Metal Gear Solid series. And since this is a thread about Human Revolution, I should mention that in HR, knocking people out has the same effect as killing them except you get more XP for non lethal takedowns.

Anyway, these social boss fights are pretty fun the first time around but after that, its more fun to fight the guy.
 

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Azaraxzealot said:
i tried playing Deus Ex recently... it touts "choice" but in the end your character is a pussy and the game is horrible with direction.

give me a pistol?
Game: HA! it only kills people after 5 shots and its COMPLETELY inaccurate even if the game says you're a master at it!
Me: How about a rifle?
Game: Zooming in is completely ineffectual! Your crosshair may SAY you're aiming at the head, but you're actually aiming slightly below it and he's gonna run off and alert a dozen guys to EXACTLY the location you're at and kill you in 2 shots. Also, we're only gonna give you 5 shots that will land in fuck-all places and never give you more ammo for it.
Me: Okay... can i go melee?
Game: The moment you go within 2 miles of anyone, they can pinpoint exactly where you are and kill you in two shots... pussy.
Me: Fine! I'll just sneak around them!
Game: Didn't I just tell you you can be seen within a two mile radius? In the shadows? and while crouching? And this is just the first level that's supposed to get you used to things?
Me: Fuck you game.

Human Revolution can only be an improvement from there.
These things aren't true. If anything, Deus Ex is too easy, tactically speaking. I've only played it on the hardest difficulty (though I experiment with lower difficulty levels) and it's a cakewalk.

Either you're bad at fpses or you didn't read the instructions -- or use the tutorial. There's a skill system. Short version: you suck at the things you don't put skill points in. Unless you're incompetent at shooters, you must have incompetently arranged your skills. There isn't any other sane alternative; it's easier to kill people with guns and knives in Deus Ex than it is in any modern fps, unless one is using one of the poorly designed weapons -- and you specifically didn't mention those! The stealth pistol is more than enough to slaughter everyone the first half of the game, and dropping all points into Rifles and going with the sniper rifle is, literally, the easiest way to play the game. And I've stealthed through the first level so many times I've lost count. Indeed, pacifist playthroughs where you don't kill NPCs are much harder than standard playthroughs and they require the tranq-firing minicrossbow, which uses the Pistols skill. You can get through the first level with nearly never being sighted and no fatalaties with even just a little fps experience.

As for Human Revolution, it's not the first game to put in social conflicts, but unless it has actual procedural mechanics, it's just script memorization and isn't anything that hasn't been done before. It could be fun, but it's not original. We'll see.
 

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I'm so getting this game now. Too bad that my PC doesn't run it. I have to get it for my Xbox.
 

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Reminds me of Alpha Protocol... interested in seeing how it works out here :)
 

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Azaraxzealot said:
i tried playing Deus Ex recently... it touts "choice" but in the end your character is a pussy and the game is horrible with direction.

give me a pistol?
Game: HA! it only kills people after 5 shots and its COMPLETELY inaccurate even if the game says you're a master at it!
Me: How about a rifle?
Game: Zooming in is completely ineffectual! Your crosshair may SAY you're aiming at the head, but you're actually aiming slightly below it and he's gonna run off and alert a dozen guys to EXACTLY the location you're at and kill you in 2 shots. Also, we're only gonna give you 5 shots that will land in fuck-all places and never give you more ammo for it.
Me: Okay... can i go melee?
Game: The moment you go within 2 miles of anyone, they can pinpoint exactly where you are and kill you in two shots... pussy.
Me: Fine! I'll just sneak around them!
Game: Didn't I just tell you you can be seen within a two mile radius? In the shadows? and while crouching? And this is just the first level that's supposed to get you used to things?
Me: Fuck you game.

Human Revolution can only be an improvement from there.
Seriously, go back and make better initial character creation choices. Then give the game a chance and remember back when the first Deus Ex came out games didnt hold your hand and wipe your butt for you. It's a cracker of a game and its worth more than the cursory look you gave it.
 

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Hmm...I still don't know whether I want it. It has two heavy strikes against it for me, but lots of positive things.

The good:
-Choice, and that each seems like a viable and equally well-implemented option
-Story. It seems intriguing.

The bad:
-First person. Hate the perspective
-The ridiculous aesthetic choices. Seriously, all that brown and yellow looks horrendous. It's like I'm looking at a normal game through a piss-colored filter.
 

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Azaraxzealot said:
i tried playing Deus Ex recently... it touts "choice" but in the end your character is a pussy and the game is horrible with direction.

give me a pistol?
Game: HA! it only kills people after 5 shots and its COMPLETELY inaccurate even if the game says you're a master at it!
Me: How about a rifle?
Game: Zooming in is completely ineffectual! Your crosshair may SAY you're aiming at the head, but you're actually aiming slightly below it and he's gonna run off and alert a dozen guys to EXACTLY the location you're at and kill you in 2 shots. Also, we're only gonna give you 5 shots that will land in fuck-all places and never give you more ammo for it.
Me: Okay... can i go melee?
Game: The moment you go within 2 miles of anyone, they can pinpoint exactly where you are and kill you in two shots... pussy.
Me: Fine! I'll just sneak around them!
Game: Didn't I just tell you you can be seen within a two mile radius? In the shadows? and while crouching? And this is just the first level that's supposed to get you used to things?
Me: Fuck you game.

Human Revolution can only be an improvement from there.
What game were you playing? The NPCs have terrible line of sight. Oh, and about weapon accuracy? You have to level you skills in order to be accurate. Yeah, it's an RPG not a full blooded shooter.
 

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WeedWorm said:
The Metal Gear Solid series.
Even disregarding the forced boss fights, I don't think that's possible in Metal Gear Solid, Sons of Liberty or Snake Eater.

MGS - The part where you have to shoot your way to the top of the communications tower
MGS2 - When Raiden teams up with Snake for a shoot out in Arsenal Gear
MGS3 - The motorcycle chase sequence
 

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It's looking better and better, the only problem I have so far is the cliched nature of the 'evil corporation that controls people with augmentation and drugs' plot. I mean, I get that it's playing off the cyberpunk works of Gibson like Neuromancer and such, but it's just such a basic, dumbed down notion of how augmentation would affect the future that it might be the game's biggest weak point (from what I've seen so far, but who knows, it could surprise me). What I really want to see is how augmentation would completely alter a society and the massive changes that would occur, including all the shifts in philosophy, the prejudice, government regulations, and exploitation of the technology that would occur. In short, I want a story about transhumanism changing the human condition, not the standard 'capitalists/businessmen R evil' nonsense. I'm hoping the final product will at least touch on those subjects.

Of course, since it's Deus Ex, they're probably going to have some international cabals trying to rule the world as well.
 

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Jim Grim said:
Azaraxzealot said:
i tried playing Deus Ex recently... it touts "choice" but in the end your character is a pussy and the game is horrible with direction.

give me a pistol?
Game: HA! it only kills people after 5 shots and its COMPLETELY inaccurate even if the game says you're a master at it!
Me: How about a rifle?
Game: Zooming in is completely ineffectual! Your crosshair may SAY you're aiming at the head, but you're actually aiming slightly below it and he's gonna run off and alert a dozen guys to EXACTLY the location you're at and kill you in 2 shots. Also, we're only gonna give you 5 shots that will land in fuck-all places and never give you more ammo for it.
Me: Okay... can i go melee?
Game: The moment you go within 2 miles of anyone, they can pinpoint exactly where you are and kill you in two shots... pussy.
Me: Fine! I'll just sneak around them!
Game: Didn't I just tell you you can be seen within a two mile radius? In the shadows? and while crouching? And this is just the first level that's supposed to get you used to things?
Me: Fuck you game.

Human Revolution can only be an improvement from there.
What game were you playing? The NPCs have terrible line of sight. Oh, and about weapon accuracy? You have to level you skills in order to be accurate. Yeah, it's an RPG not a full blooded shooter.
i upgraded my pistols skill all the way and it still wouldn't hit shit, and when it did enemies were completely ignoring the damage as though nothing happened.

i upraged my rifles to NEAR full and i couldn't hit someone right in front of me.

look, i KNOW i'm not bad at shooters, i can play unreal tournament online and win most deathmatches, but this game is just ridiculous. i played the tutorial and everything SEEMED all straightforward, but once i got into the game my weapons and skills were no more useful than bunny farts.
 

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Azaraxzealot said:
Jim Grim said:
Azaraxzealot said:
i tried playing Deus Ex recently... it touts "choice" but in the end your character is a pussy and the game is horrible with direction.

give me a pistol?
Game: HA! it only kills people after 5 shots and its COMPLETELY inaccurate even if the game says you're a master at it!
Me: How about a rifle?
Game: Zooming in is completely ineffectual! Your crosshair may SAY you're aiming at the head, but you're actually aiming slightly below it and he's gonna run off and alert a dozen guys to EXACTLY the location you're at and kill you in 2 shots. Also, we're only gonna give you 5 shots that will land in fuck-all places and never give you more ammo for it.
Me: Okay... can i go melee?
Game: The moment you go within 2 miles of anyone, they can pinpoint exactly where you are and kill you in two shots... pussy.
Me: Fine! I'll just sneak around them!
Game: Didn't I just tell you you can be seen within a two mile radius? In the shadows? and while crouching? And this is just the first level that's supposed to get you used to things?
Me: Fuck you game.

Human Revolution can only be an improvement from there.
What game were you playing? The NPCs have terrible line of sight. Oh, and about weapon accuracy? You have to level you skills in order to be accurate. Yeah, it's an RPG not a full blooded shooter.
i upgraded my pistols skill all the way and it still wouldn't hit shit, and when it did enemies were completely ignoring the damage as though nothing happened.

i upraged my rifles to NEAR full and i couldn't hit someone right in front of me.

look, i KNOW i'm not bad at shooters, i can play unreal tournament online and win most deathmatches, but this game is just ridiculous. i played the tutorial and everything SEEMED all straightforward, but once i got into the game my weapons and skills were no more useful than bunny farts.
Well that may be where your having difficulty, Unreal tournament is nothing like the combat in Deus Ex. You have to take your time and let the crosshairs settle. It takes a while, but you'll get excellent accuracy even without increasing your weapon skill.
 

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keserak said:
Azaraxzealot said:
i tried playing Deus Ex recently... it touts "choice" but in the end your character is a pussy and the game is horrible with direction.

give me a pistol?
Game: HA! it only kills people after 5 shots and its COMPLETELY inaccurate even if the game says you're a master at it!
Me: How about a rifle?
Game: Zooming in is completely ineffectual! Your crosshair may SAY you're aiming at the head, but you're actually aiming slightly below it and he's gonna run off and alert a dozen guys to EXACTLY the location you're at and kill you in 2 shots. Also, we're only gonna give you 5 shots that will land in fuck-all places and never give you more ammo for it.
Me: Okay... can i go melee?
Game: The moment you go within 2 miles of anyone, they can pinpoint exactly where you are and kill you in two shots... pussy.
Me: Fine! I'll just sneak around them!
Game: Didn't I just tell you you can be seen within a two mile radius? In the shadows? and while crouching? And this is just the first level that's supposed to get you used to things?
Me: Fuck you game.

Human Revolution can only be an improvement from there.
These things aren't true. If anything, Deus Ex is too easy, tactically speaking. I've only played it on the hardest difficulty (though I experiment with lower difficulty levels) and it's a cakewalk.

Either you're bad at fpses or you didn't read the instructions -- or use the tutorial. There's a skill system. Short version: you suck at the things you don't put skill points in. Unless you're incompetent at shooters, you must have incompetently arranged your skills. There isn't any other sane alternative; it's easier to kill people with guns and knives in Deus Ex than it is in any modern fps, unless one is using one of the poorly designed weapons -- and you specifically didn't mention those! The stealth pistol is more than enough to slaughter everyone the first half of the game, and dropping all points into Rifles and going with the sniper rifle is, literally, the easiest way to play the game. And I've stealthed through the first level so many times I've lost count. Indeed, pacifist playthroughs where you don't kill NPCs are much harder than standard playthroughs and they require the tranq-firing minicrossbow, which uses the Pistols skill. You can get through the first level with nearly never being sighted and no fatalaties with even just a little fps experience.

As for Human Revolution, it's not the first game to put in social conflicts, but unless it has actual procedural mechanics, it's just script memorization and isn't anything that hasn't been done before. It could be fun, but it's not original. We'll see.
I think in the social conflicts, the dialogue is randomized and how they would act emotionaly is differnet each time. So, there seems to be a lot more to memorize and/or be more to it than it would be normally in games.
 

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Jumplion said:
thenamelessloser said:
Funnily enough your post is similar to what many people complained about Alpha Protocol as well.
It's weird, because I am also trying to play through Deus Ex and I'm enjoying Alpha Protocol along side it. It's a shame, Alpha Protocol could have done with more polish and spit-shine, it's got some pretty neat concepts.

metal eslaved said:
And that whats great about Deus Ex, it never hold your hand from the first level you are on your on.

you suck with weapons, barely know anything about the world and hadto make choices without a lot of information.

offtopic:In what difficulty were you playing.
Eh, there's a difference between letting you figure things out for yourself and not giving you any help whatsoever to do shit. Deus Ex doesn't really seem to click with me so far, but I will keep at it for a bit.

Regardless, Human Revolution looks fantastic. Considering my PC isn't quite up to snuff with it's "recommended" specs, I'll have to get it for my PS3 but overall it looks neat-o.
Did you do the training before starting to play the story in Deus Ex? Note the training stealth section is harder than the main game I think though.

You may want to try Deus Ex Invisible War. I really liked it but a lot of the hardcore dues ex fans seemed not to like it. Deus Ex Invisibel WAr dumbed things down a bit, no skill system, and not having to level up to hit things with guns.
 

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thenamelessloser said:
Jumplion said:
thenamelessloser said:
Funnily enough your post is similar to what many people complained about Alpha Protocol as well.
It's weird, because I am also trying to play through Deus Ex and I'm enjoying Alpha Protocol along side it. It's a shame, Alpha Protocol could have done with more polish and spit-shine, it's got some pretty neat concepts.

metal eslaved said:
And that whats great about Deus Ex, it never hold your hand from the first level you are on your on.

you suck with weapons, barely know anything about the world and hadto make choices without a lot of information.

offtopic:In what difficulty were you playing.
Eh, there's a difference between letting you figure things out for yourself and not giving you any help whatsoever to do shit. Deus Ex doesn't really seem to click with me so far, but I will keep at it for a bit.

Regardless, Human Revolution looks fantastic. Considering my PC isn't quite up to snuff with it's "recommended" specs, I'll have to get it for my PS3 but overall it looks neat-o.
Did you do the training before starting to play the story in Deus Ex? Note the training stealth section is harder than the main game I think though.

You may want to try Deus Ex Invisible War. I really liked it but a lot of the hardcore dues ex fans seemed not to like it. Deus Ex Invisibel WAr dumbed things down a bit, no skill system, and not having to level up to hit things with guns.
I got both Deus Ex games in a bundle, though I plan to go for the first one to get up to speed. It's just a little odd, really. The way you have to stand still and keep your crosshairs on the enemy at all times just to be able to hit him is counter intuitive when the enemy finds out where you are and starts firing on you. I end up dieing in 4 hits even on the easiest difficulty.

It's weird, but fascinating in a way. Like going back in time and trying to discover what really made the game click with everyone else.
 

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GreatTeacherCAW said:
So... it is like Alpha Protocol mixed with Wet? That's cool, I guess. I liked both of those games. I hated the original Deus Ex, so anything will be an improvement.
Wait, how is it like Wet ? Wet was one of the most awful games I've ever played.