Deus Ex: Human Revolution

[ArsE92]

Anyone else play this? Downloaded it via PSN plus and have to say it's rather good. Especially for £0!

[Mastodon2]

Stunningly good game imo - certainly strong enough to stand next to it's paradigm shifting older brother. I might buy it again sometime and give it another play through.

[Nom de ploom]

bought it yesterday.

just completed Mass Effect 3 - I'm expecting splinter cell / MGS / Syndicate (which was rubbish I thought) v ME 3 type game.

I think the platinum will be nigh on impossible on this one though....

[Baryonyx]

Played it, absolutely loved it. A classic of the genre, though not as well received as I thought it would have been (despite masses of critical acclaim). I suppose, sadly, that the videogaming audience in general has been coddled with 'dumbing down' and intelligent design and innovation are often uncommon traits in newer games...

[daveparry]

As above a stupendous game!

[daveparry]

Have you tried the FEAR, Far Cry and Crysis collections yet?

[ArsE92]

I'd only played it for two hours when I made the original post. I've since had a couple of longer sessions and think it is sensational.

The stealth element is brilliant and reminds me of MGS4. I've just been to the morgue at the Police Station so I'm really only just started. Can't wait to get back on it!

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

I bought it last year and got really stuck into it. It's one of those games that you really want to savour and absorb every second of - just like the PC original. For some reason I traded it in (I think I desperately wanted something else). I picked it up on eBay again for £4 yesterday - this thread was well timed! I can't wait to pick up where I left off.

[Mr E]

I really enjoyed it, but I found it to have little replay value.

[vladcjelli]

Played through the original Deus Ex, and loved the free form approach to mission based stuff.

Or in English, if there was a building with a target inside, you could, depending on your strengths, snuff them out in various ways. If you'd maxed out your stealth, you could sneak in via the sewer. If you were the consummate sniper, you could find a position atop a nearby building, and bide your time. My personal preference was to be tank like, and charge in the front door Schwarzenegger style.

Which was fine, except it has ruined every game since for me, which forces sneaky stealth sections upon the player. I gave up on Gears of War for exactly that reason. Stands to reason that if I got that far in the game by kicking ass and taking names, that I should be able to finish it that way. No problem with stealth games, if that's what your character was supposed to be (Metal Gear Solid for example), but if I'm playing as a cannon toting commando, I'm going at it like a cannon toting commando.

So, long story short (too late), does Human Revolution retain player choice, or are there unnecessary and impassable (for the uninterested) stealth sections in it?

[Timbo_Mint]

vladcjelli said:

Played through the original Deus Ex, and loved the free form approach to mission based stuff.

So, long story short (too late), does Human Revolution retain player choice, or are there unnecessary and impassable (for the uninterested) stealth sections in it?

You can continue to run and gun to your hearts content.

Spoiler alert!

I'm playing through for the second time and I've go the opposite problem. I've been taking the stealth approach the entire way through but I'm about to have a 'big boss' encounter and the ONLY way to get passed them is to kill them. I just can't work up the enthusiasm to start the 'try - fail - reload - try - fail - reload .... repeat several times - finally win through routine, before getting back to the game proper.

But it is a great game as was Deus Ex (I didn't even think two was all that bad)

[Mr E]

Yes, the boss fights do not appear to fit in with the game.

Indeed, I believe they were made by a different team, and just stitched in.

[Zad]

Timbo_Mint said:

I'm playing through for the second time and I've go the opposite problem. I've been taking the stealth approach the entire way through but I'm about to have a 'big boss' encounter and the ONLY way to get passed them is to kill them. I just can't work up the enthusiasm to start the 'try - fail - reload - try - fail - reload .... repeat several times - finally win through routine, before getting back to the game proper.

The is EXACTLY where I am! I stealthed and hacked my way around and really enjoyed myself. Only to be met with a rock hard tank of a boss which can only be taken down with heavy duty weaponry. I picked up what there was in the zone, but I can't find the energy to go and re-spec and buy weapons etc.

[rsv gone!]

I really looked forward to that game. It was going to be the game of 2011 for me.

As it was, it was involving to play but i never replayed it. I ended up throwing multiple hours at Skyrim insyead - a game that wasn't even on my radar.

[Nom de ploom]

I got through he opening mission ok last night although the hiding / crouching / moving thing takes a bit of getting used to.

what praxis upgrades should I go for first?

hacking seems to be the most difficult element thus far...worth boosting that? all the hostages got gassed last night sadly...

[Mr E]

Nom de ploom said:

what praxis upgrades should I go for first?

Your call dude. Infiltrator? Hacking specialist? Combat ninja? Human tank?

All these things are possible.

[ArsE92]

Nom de ploom said:

I got through he opening mission ok last night although the hiding / crouching / moving thing takes a bit of getting used to.

what praxis upgrades should I go for first?

hacking seems to be the most difficult element thus far...worth boosting that? all the hostages got gassed last night sadly...

I rescued them

The Praxis upgrades I've taken so far have been the Cloaking System , and CASIE.

[CurvaParabolica]

Mr E said:

I really enjoyed it, but I found it to have little replay value.

I bought it for the first time about 6 months ago, played it, loved it. Tried to replay it straight away but lost interest pretty quickly. Then a week ago I went back and started afresh on the hardest setting and have been playing it almost every night. It does have replay value; its just better to wait a while until you do that replay.

[Bill Carr]

I spent hours on this game, loved it (except the bosses), got a long way in (past boss no.3) but then my game would always hang at the same point. I have no earlier saves to recover so I've given up on it. Irritating.

Cool story bro, etc.

[tim-b]

CurvaParabolica said:

Mr E said:

I really enjoyed it, but I found it to have little replay value.

I bought it for the first time about 6 months ago, played it, loved it. Tried to replay it straight away but lost interest pretty quickly. Then a week ago I went back and started afresh on the hardest setting and have been playing it almost every night. It does have replay value; its just better to wait a while until you do that replay.

For me it has massive replay value...the best thing about the game is the various approaches it offers (combined with the choice of augs.), so you can play several times and do things differently each time. There is so much depth I was noticing new details or routes each time I played through.

It's a flawed diamond IMHO, a few idiosyncrasies (like the boss fights and glitches in the action) but otherwise perfect!