Deux Ex Turns 10, Goes For $2.50
- Thread starter John Funk
- Start date
While I personally never had a chance to really try this game, I am probably going to get it given the amount of praise it constantly receives.
That said, a local store is still selling boxed copies for 3.50 ?. And while this is a bargain, the copy of World at War that I received as a gift over Steam made me realise the downsides of digital distribution. So although this is a bargain, I am willing to pay a little extra to have it in a box instead.
That said, a local store is still selling boxed copies for 3.50 ?. And while this is a bargain, the copy of World at War that I received as a gift over Steam made me realise the downsides of digital distribution. So although this is a bargain, I am willing to pay a little extra to have it in a box instead.
We love it because it's a damn good RPG, which starts you off with hardly any equipment and no augmentations - the aiming isn't supposed to be any good. The 'focusing time' it takes before the crosshairs narrow and you can fire reasonably accurately is a reflection of your respective mastery with the weapon type you're using - leveling up the trait decreases it and shrinks the initial spread. Weapon modifications also make a difference - slap a few accuracy mods onto a gun and aiming will improve dramatically. At master level or with 100% accuracy achieved via a combination of training + mods, there's no focus time at all, just a crosshair that shoots exactly where it looks like it will.HK_01 said:
Trying to play the game like a typical shooter in the early stages is a doomed undertaking - balls to the wall violence is a completely valid methodology of course, it's just you're not properly equipped or augmented for it at that point so a more tactical approach is appropriate for your initial field op. After all, the tools you have on hand are either a mini-crossbow with an extremely short operation range that all but requires a stealth based approach, a pistol that's loud and not especially deadly, a rifle that is quite deadly but which you probably can't use at a distance with any degree of accuracy yet, melee weapons that are most effective when you take foes by surprise (thus being tools of a stealth approach), or a tracking missile launcher of awesome that unfortunately takes up a great deal of space in your inventory and does not have a great deal of ammo to begin with so you should probably not squander it on soft targets like the NSF troopers.
Steam -- bah. Call me when it's on Good Old Games [http://gog.com/].
If you've chosen to infect your system with Steam, then you should be pleased with how Deus Ex behaves on your system. I have the original release on CD. It still runs fine on the latest graphics cards and also on widescreen monitors. There are even still some multiplayer servers out there in active use.
Also -- and this is a really nice bit of future-proofing they did -- the bitmapped menus scale up as well, so you won't be squinting at very tiny pixels when you review your inventory and current objectives.
I just picked it up again after a seven year hiatus. So don't spoil it...
If you've chosen to infect your system with Steam, then you should be pleased with how Deus Ex behaves on your system. I have the original release on CD. It still runs fine on the latest graphics cards and also on widescreen monitors. There are even still some multiplayer servers out there in active use.
Also -- and this is a really nice bit of future-proofing they did -- the bitmapped menus scale up as well, so you won't be squinting at very tiny pixels when you review your inventory and current objectives.
I just picked it up again after a seven year hiatus. So don't spoil it...
Actually you have to kill him, but you can do it without using weapons. He has a kill phrase. If you find out what it is (by hacking a computer or something like that), you can kill him just through dialogue.Ne1butme said:
Oh, so that´s why I had never played it before it was on sale on Steam a few months ago... I was only 5 when it was released, I hadn´t grown out of Jazz Jack Rabbit by that time.
Still, I hadn´t expected it to be that old, I had expected 7 or 8 years.
Still, I hadn´t expected it to be that old, I had expected 7 or 8 years.
No you don't, you can just run away from him.Uncreation said:
You can finish this game without killing a single npc and you can kill most of them as well except those that a vital for continuing the game. There are ways to kill them as well but then you'd have to cheat.
I was spoiled with Deus Ex as a kid and now I expect most games to have the quality it has, unfortunately most games come up short.
you can totally go without killing anyone, and if you couldn't knock out navarre/hermann, you weren't trying hard enough lol...each dart does exactly one percent damage to them, so you need to hit them in the torso a few times before you start darting them...gas grenades help a great deal as well, and you can turn on your enviro/ballistic armor to get in close for some taser action.
edit: you know, some days I pop in the old sound track, for the nostalgia you know.
edit: you know, some days I pop in the old sound track, for the nostalgia you know.
Fucking lame! I knew that they were going to offer a sale for this and I waited patiently. Then yesterday my internet goes down and now that it is up the sale is over.
Even though the day isn't and several [http://www.planetdeusex.com/news/index.asp?month=6&day=23&year=2000] sources [http://web.archive.org/web/20020225004959/www.ionstorm.com/news/daily_informant/060900_062300.htm] list [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game)] today as the release date and not the 22nd.
And I believe that it is today. Because June 23rd, 2000 was a Friday. I remember visiting my local CompUSA the day earlier, and witnessing the employees prepare to stock the game, by the day's end and being told we couldn't buy it until the day after. The day after, I stopped by with my cousin after summer school and played that thing until we dropped from exhaustion the following weekend.
Even though the day isn't and several [http://www.planetdeusex.com/news/index.asp?month=6&day=23&year=2000] sources [http://web.archive.org/web/20020225004959/www.ionstorm.com/news/daily_informant/060900_062300.htm] list [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game)] today as the release date and not the 22nd.
And I believe that it is today. Because June 23rd, 2000 was a Friday. I remember visiting my local CompUSA the day earlier, and witnessing the employees prepare to stock the game, by the day's end and being told we couldn't buy it until the day after. The day after, I stopped by with my cousin after summer school and played that thing until we dropped from exhaustion the following weekend.
Am I missing a joke or reference here, or is Deus Ex spelled wrong in the title?
Otherwise, sweet. I'll have to try it I suppose, seeing as it's a landmark in gaming history and all.
Otherwise, sweet. I'll have to try it I suppose, seeing as it's a landmark in gaming history and all.
...June 2000? Really? Damn, I was sure it had came out in 1999. I'll have to rescind a few comments about no good games being made in years beginning with a 2.
