Will I like Deus Ex Human Revolution?

[EngineerD]

Never played the original Deus Ex yet I feel like I should have, then I saw that Human Revolution is out on Friday. What's it like? I tend to like most 'good' games that come out (except ME2), is this similar to Borderlands, Fallout 3, Oblivion etc? Looks a bit Half Lifey?

 

[Darren S]

You say ME2 as in Mass Effect 2? That was a truly epic game. If Deus Ex HR comes anywhere close to the gameplay in that, I'll be well happy.

Seriously, if you didn't like ME2, I doubt you'll be bowled over by Deus Ex. I finally downloaded my pre-order from Steam this afternoon - can't believe I've got to wait until Friday to try it out....

D.

 

[EngineerD]

To be fair I didn't really give Mass Effect 2 much of a chance, I downloaded the PS3 demo and I just got irritated at the length of the unskippable cut scene at the start. Pllus when I watched my housemate play it (for the forth time through) it looked fairly linear. I have a real problem with linear games since I had the epic disappointment of Final Fantasy 13. 15 hours of walking down corridors before I gave up with it ruined my brain.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Problem with Deus Ex is theres nothing really out there to compare it to. Maybe System Shock 2, or something obscure like that.

That's what makes it good though, partly

 

[EngineerD]

I liked System Shock 2, the atmosphere was awesome. Think I'll risk a pre order on it, I have some Amazon credit to use up!

 

[J0sh]

To be fair I didn't really give Mass Effect 2 much of a chance, I downloaded the PS3 demo and I just got irritated at the length of the unskippable cut scene at the start. Pllus when I watched my housemate play it (for the forth time through) it looked fairly linear. I have a real problem with linear games since I had the epic disappointment of Final Fantasy 13. 15 hours of walking down corridors before I gave up with it ruined my brain.

Half the beauty of games like ME2, Fallout (to an extent), and hopefully Deus Ex, is the narritive. I like a game to have an involving story, something I can sink my teeth into so I actually feel I have a reason to kill all the nameless bad guys. If you took away the cuts scenes and the story, you might as well just have an endless shoot-fest on non descript corridors in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Scutch]

I bought and finished ME2, but I can't say I was wowed by it at any point.

Will be buying this on Friday.