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So I've been playing this off an on for the past day, take my impressions with a grain of salt.
But, so far, much better than Invisible War.
WARNING--POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOLLOW HERE AND THERE, NOTHING MAJOR, BUT IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THAT SORT OF THING, GROW A PAIR, YOU PANSY
The opening tutorial level ends with the appearance of--what appears to be--three main antagonists, all augmented. A giant, hulking brute with heavy weaponry installed in his arms; a lithe, punk-rock appearing chick who uses stealth to kill; and the apparent leader, a rather normal looking fellow with nondescript augs.
Naturally, all experienced Deus Ex players will have a good idea who these characters are, and where this is all going.
Other original Deus Ex characters are, at least, name-checked. I've seen emails from Manderley, as well as at least one that I *think* is from the suspected-aforementioned relatively-normal looking augged-fellow. I also have a feeling that I may have seen some e-mails from Tracer Tong, but that has yet to be fully revealed.
If you set the difficulty to the max, even the tutorial level is difficult. This isn't an easy game.
The graphics are nothing special, but neither are they a negative. The art direction, on the other hand, is terrific.
The first city hub (Detroit!
) is, so far as I remember, significantly larger than those of both previous games (especially IW).
As far as Detroit goes, the "local flavor" is hit and miss; the exuberant celebration of Kenny Rogers following the 2006 ALDS defeat of the Yankees is name-checked, as well as several real Detroit locations. Some elements of the Detroit skyline are recognizable. However, several characters mention "Grand River Road". No. It's just "Grand River". Only tourists say "Grand River Road".
Enemy AI is standard, nothing spectacular, but good.
Some bad: just like the original, you need not kill anyone. UNTIL, the boss fights. **** boss fights. My character has been trending towards stealth and hacking, not combat, which is totally viable. But then, I'm stuck fighting a massive minigun toting mother****ing, armed with my stun gun and tranq darts, which do ****-all against that guy. I had to turn the difficulty down to get past that part.
It has also crashed a couple times, when trying to initiate a cutscene. Luckily, these are few and far between, and it invariably autosaves immediately prior to this.
Again, not nearly done yet; haven't even left Detroit. But so far, this is a solid 8 out of 10.
But, so far, much better than Invisible War.
WARNING--POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOLLOW HERE AND THERE, NOTHING MAJOR, BUT IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THAT SORT OF THING, GROW A PAIR, YOU PANSY
The opening tutorial level ends with the appearance of--what appears to be--three main antagonists, all augmented. A giant, hulking brute with heavy weaponry installed in his arms; a lithe, punk-rock appearing chick who uses stealth to kill; and the apparent leader, a rather normal looking fellow with nondescript augs.
Naturally, all experienced Deus Ex players will have a good idea who these characters are, and where this is all going.
Spoiler:
Other original Deus Ex characters are, at least, name-checked. I've seen emails from Manderley, as well as at least one that I *think* is from the suspected-aforementioned relatively-normal looking augged-fellow. I also have a feeling that I may have seen some e-mails from Tracer Tong, but that has yet to be fully revealed.
If you set the difficulty to the max, even the tutorial level is difficult. This isn't an easy game.
The graphics are nothing special, but neither are they a negative. The art direction, on the other hand, is terrific.
The first city hub (Detroit!
) is, so far as I remember, significantly larger than those of both previous games (especially IW).As far as Detroit goes, the "local flavor" is hit and miss; the exuberant celebration of Kenny Rogers following the 2006 ALDS defeat of the Yankees is name-checked, as well as several real Detroit locations. Some elements of the Detroit skyline are recognizable. However, several characters mention "Grand River Road". No. It's just "Grand River". Only tourists say "Grand River Road".
Enemy AI is standard, nothing spectacular, but good.
Some bad: just like the original, you need not kill anyone. UNTIL, the boss fights. **** boss fights. My character has been trending towards stealth and hacking, not combat, which is totally viable. But then, I'm stuck fighting a massive minigun toting mother****ing, armed with my stun gun and tranq darts, which do ****-all against that guy. I had to turn the difficulty down to get past that part.
It has also crashed a couple times, when trying to initiate a cutscene. Luckily, these are few and far between, and it invariably autosaves immediately prior to this.
Again, not nearly done yet; haven't even left Detroit. But so far, this is a solid 8 out of 10.
), loving the game so far, except:
which gets only better =)
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