Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Dandai · Apr 28, 2016

Looking good. Hopefully they've used these extra six months to really polish the game.

Zaphid · Apr 28, 2016

Yep, I'm jaded ass when it comes to new games, but I'm buying this on release if they don't fuck it up.

hodj · Apr 28, 2016

I've had it preordered since like last August....

The first one was so fucking good I can't imagine this one being bad.

Skanda · Apr 28, 2016

I've been a bit leery after all that preorder fuckery they tried to pull. As long as the game is great I'm sure I'll get it but I'm not going to preorder this one.

hodj · Apr 28, 2016

I don't remember what all the hubbub was about on that, seemed like it was just some preorder bonuses that everyone has, but I can't recall.

They ended up caving and just giving everyone everything anyway, so that was when I preordered it, which was the point that it got pushed back from late 2015 to early 2016. Then they pushed it back to August 2016 earlier this year.

So whatever.

Skanda · Apr 28, 2016

If I recall it was several tiers of preorder bonuses that started out locked. They would unlock each tier after X amount of preorders per tier and each tier had several items in it, of which you could only choose one item per tier.

hodj · Apr 28, 2016

Skanda_sl said:
If I recall it was several tiers of preorder bonuses that started out locked. They would unlock each tier after X amount of preorders per tier and each tier had several items in it, of which you could only choose one item per tier.

Hmmm. I mean the tiered unlocks for preorders on Steam has been a pretty regular thing for awhile now. I don't recall there ever being multiple items and you had to choose. If that was the case, then I can understand the uproar.

If it was just the tiered unlocks, though, that shit doesn't bother me. I've preordered way too many games doing that promotion to get rustled over it now, personally speaking.

Malinatar · Jun 8, 2016

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/bre.../1100-6440564/

I know it's been said, but the Deus Ex trailers are so awesome...

Zaphid · Jun 8, 2016

I like the Breach thing they announced, basically Deus Ex:Arcade mode. I have a feeling they want to shove DLC/microtransaction angle in there somewhere, but if the core gameplay is solid (and it was in HR) it could have some legs. The style they went with isn't my favorite thing, but w/e. too few polygons for my taste

Jabberwhacky · Jun 8, 2016

?We're aiming for lighter than Hearthstone, because that's free-to-play, which we're not. We're a premium triple-A game. It's a lot of testing to get it right. We're really treading very carefully here. We don't want the game to be pay to win, especially since we're starting with a triple-A game that people are already paying for.?

That's reassuring to hear. Giving us a full game for our initial purchase, but adding in some microtransactions to speed things up (QOL improvement) and still avoiding pay-to-win.

?We also have this thing where, if you're incredibly close to finishing a map, but die, you can spend a bit of hard currency to revive.?

wat

Zaphid · Jun 8, 2016

Jabberwhacky_sl said:
That's reassuring to hear. Giving us a full game for our initial purchase, but adding in some microtransactions to speed things up (QOL improvement) and still avoiding pay-to-win.

wat

I'm not sure whether I'm jaded or realistic when I expected that without reading the article. It's like the Overwatch cosmetics, people are willing to drop the cash for absolutely superficial bullshit and not letting them do so makes them unhappy. Dying close to the finish makes people rage, so why not let them fix that for a few bucks ? Not particularly enthusiastic about it, but as long as that playthrough is marked as such and inelligible for any achievements/highscores, whatever.

Zaphid · Jun 9, 2016

Apparently Neotokyo's composer will work on Breach soundtrack. Color me intrigued.

Deus Ex on Twitter:

Dandai · Jun 11, 2016

A new 17 minute city hub playthrough was posted a couple days ago (it's extremely light on spoilers, but obviously avoid if you want a completely blind first playthrough):

Zaphid · Jun 12, 2016

It's seriously distracting in how they shove czech into the game, half czech, half english. Either go one way or another and learn to conjugate ><

Tesla gun looks a tiiiiny bit OP

Dandai · Jun 12, 2016

I assume the knockout is not permanent or the cost of the upgrade is very high (and starts at 1/2 targets with high increased target upgrade costs). It can also be balanced with level design and enemy numbers and placement. Being able to hit 4 guys in one shot doesn't mean shit if everyone is in LoS of each other (shooting one alerts all) or there's a lot of patrols.

They've earned a lot of good faith from me with Human Revolution. I'm excited to get my hands on this in a couple months.

Dandai · Jun 15, 2016

Another four minute gameplay clip. Looks like it's more of the same from Human Revolution, but they've tweaked and improved how smoothly you can transition weapons and skills.

sukik · Aug 13, 2016

Release Date is August 23. Just finished Human Revolution so I'm pretty hyped. I hope they don't sacrifice non-linear level design to make it more appealing to a broader audience.

sukik · Aug 13, 2016

Can't find the option to edit the title name to fix the misspelling.

Izo · Aug 13, 2016

sukik said:
Can't find the option to edit the title name to fix the misspelling.

Ask amod to fix it.
What about Deus Ex The Fall, have you played that?

sukik · Aug 13, 2016

Every trustworthy review I've read tells me The Fall is a garbage game so I've avoided it.

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