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infernal machines posted:I just cracked out the GOTY edition from GOG and forced the unfiltered textures in the d3d10 renderer. It's not bad in 4k. The first level of the game is the best level but it’s in the worst spot. You have so many options but haven’t really been able to get familiar with them yet. I have a hard time with it when I’m picking the game up for the first time in a while too.
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infernal machines posted:That said, the first level is weirdly hard to get into again. Something about large open spaces and the weirdly opaque stealth mechanism, I haven't got the feel for it yet. All stealth games need an MGS style soliton radar or the visibility indicator for my money. I prefer to know if I can be seen or not. Would a biomod for a radar have been a good idea? If you got it too late in the game it'd probably be too late as you'd be a murdergod by then anyway.
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infernal machines posted:I just cracked out the GOTY edition from GOG and forced the unfiltered textures in the d3d10 renderer. It's not bad in 4k. How do you pull this off? I tried googling and poking around in the .ini files, but didn't find a switch that would do what I want. I'm on the Steam GOTY version, that seems to have different internals than the GOG one, though. edit: Figured it out! After installing Kentie's D3D 10 renderer (http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/), go to Deus Ex/System/d3d10drv and open up unrealpool.fxh in editor of your choice. Comment out the last if statement so it looks like this code:barbecue at the folks fucked around with this message at 10:59 on Apr 29, 2020 |
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Cat Mattress posted:Paul Denton is a new trance talent from Ireland who’s getting a lot of attention lately from the big hitters in the trance scene. His iDentify radio show has gotten him fans worldwide, where he debuts regular original tracks and reworks that are totally exclusive to his sets. Tracks such as Searching The Sky and ‘Say My Name’ with Audrey Gallagher under his Flynn & Denton duo project have stood out clearly over 24 months and highlighted Paul’s ear for a good record. Tipped by Aly & Fila, John O’Callaghan, John Askew amongst others: Paul Denton is a name to watch closely. I’m a big fan of his most explosive work, “A Quiet Takedown (GEP Gun)”.
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Yea the first level of the game is a great stand-alone demo, where every mechanic is at play in a self-contained world (think Fallout's Scrapheap demo). As a first level of a video game, however, it has pretty serious flaws.
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It has that rogue like “first level is the hardest” quality, despite not being a rogue like. Liberty Island is one of, if not the best levels in all of gaming history, but maybe it should have happened after the first trip to NYC proper?
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barbecue at the folks posted:How do you pull this off? I tried googling and poking around in the .ini files, but didn't find a switch that would do what I want. I'm on the Steam GOTY version, that seems to have different internals than the GOG one, though. Sorry, just saw your post. Yeah, that's what I'm using, the d3d10 renderer and the modified shader file. Works a treat. MysticalMachineGun posted:All stealth games need an MGS style soliton radar or the visibility indicator for my money. I prefer to know if I can be seen or not. Any kind of "in cover" indicator would have been good. Hell, a Thief style light gem probably would have been fine. As it is, you're not visible in shadow, unless you are, you're also not visible in broad daylight outside of a certain range, line of sight or no, until you do something that gets their attention. You can basically run up to them full speed and they won't hear you until you're maybe six feet away. It's weird to get used to. goatsestretchgoals posted:It has that rogue like “first level is the hardest” quality, despite not being a rogue like. Liberty Island is one of, if not the best levels in all of gaming history, but maybe it should have happened after the first trip to NYC proper? It just dumps you into the game with a whole lot of options, and space, and you get to figure out what to do with it. In theory I like it, but it's definitely overwhelming the first time through. infernal machines fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Apr 29, 2020 |
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barbecue at the folks posted:How do you pull this off? I tried googling and poking around in the .ini files, but didn't find a switch that would do what I want. I'm on the Steam GOTY version, that seems to have different internals than the GOG one, though. I misread Steam as “switch” because that word was right above it in the mobile app. If DX was on the Switch I’d probably keep mine instead of selling it, that game would rule on a portable.
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Apr 29, 2020 16:08
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Mankind Divided released DRM-free on GOG, if anyone's interested.
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I did ask for this.
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goatsestretchgoals posted:I did ask for this. Oh shut up, I laughed.
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Mr. Fortitude posted:Mankind Divided released DRM-free on GOG, if anyone's interested. Did they fix the thing where the DLC items could only be applied to one save with the DRM change? That was so stupid.
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'Aug Lives Matter' was definitely up there with the Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial as one of the more avoidable social media minefields Pretty great game though, cant wait for Square Enix to dust the franchise off again.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Did they fix the thing where the DLC items could only be applied to one save with the DRM change? That was so stupid. I got such anxiety over this that I never used any of the bonus items
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Eason the Fifth posted:'Aug Lives Matter' was definitely up there with the Kendall Jenner Pepsi commercial as one of the more avoidable social media minefields "Aug Lives Matter" only ever existed as a single sign in a single piece of concept art. The people who laughed at chuds getting mad that a single piece of Human Revolution concept art had George W Bush on a wanted poster turned around and the totally outdid them.
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How long has that dipshit Elon Musk had the Deus Ex boxart as his twitter picture
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Evidently not you! I wonder if he's trying to make a cackhanded correlation between the gray death and covid 19 given his recent comments about America being a fascist state is all.
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He's also just a gamer and might like it.
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Please show some respect, the Hong Kong bartender is his dad
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Wait a second... wasn't the name Bob Page supposed to be reminiscent of Bill Gates? And Deus Ex predicted 9/11....  
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Deus Ex's shtick was 'every single conspiracy theory is true', turns out that with a target that wide, you're going to land a few hits.
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I always thought it was super weird that Warren Spector made Deus Ex, does nothing for 10 years and then makes Epic Mickey? There's obviously some sort of time traveling body snatcher shenanigans happening here. All I'm sayin is, if 'terrorists' end up blowing up the Statue of Liberty I'm bout to freak the gently caress out edit: And now Disney is primed to take over the world. Coincidence? SolidSnakesBandana fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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He was making some ninja game as an independent dev, then it got canceled and the studio got bought out by Disney.
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infernal machines posted:Deus Ex's shtick was 'every single conspiracy theory is true', turns out that with a target that wide, you're going to land a few hits. I wonder what a Deus Ex that was made today would look like. Conspiracy theories just aren’t as fun anymore, I miss when it was all black helicopters and alien coverups by shadowy councils.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I wonder what a Deus Ex that was made today would look like. Conspiracy theories just aren’t as fun anymore, I miss when it was all black helicopters and alien coverups by shadowy councils. The NSF gets replaced by Qanon and the Proud Boys 
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I wonder what a Deus Ex that was made today would look like. Conspiracy theories just aren’t as fun anymore, I miss when it was all black helicopters and alien coverups by shadowy councils. The newer Deus Ex games clumsily spun it into an augmented human discrimination narrative, so you kind of have your answer.
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SCheeseman posted:The newer Deus Ex games clumsily spun it into an augmented human discrimination narrative, so you kind of have your answer. Yeah, I was gonna say that all they have left are "man with superhuman implants". All the surrounding story stuff has happened. I honestly think you could find modern armoured police in places that pretty much look like the ones in Prague (not the mechs etc obvs).
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Angry_Ed posted:The NSF gets replaced by Qanon and the Proud Boys I wonder; how's a guy with a tattooed forehead get to be a Proud Boys colonel? Pardon me, but back in Alabama we wouldn't let a man who wears earrings plan a military operation. SolidSnakesBandana fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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SCheeseman posted:The newer Deus Ex games clumsily spun it into an augmented human discrimination narrative, so you kind of have your answer. I meant in the sense of a game that just takes every conspiracy theory it can get its hands on and jams them together, possibly while listening to Art Bell. 90’s and 2000 conspiracy theories were kind of fun. Now the best one we have is what, they’re making the frogs gay? It’s all false flag poo poo about very real dead kids and insane QAnon stuff now.
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Watching a friend play through Deus Ex was fun up until it started dropping Rothschild poo poo and I remembered that a lot of global conspiracy theories eventually boil down to "The Jews" so that was a little uncomfortable in retrospect.
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Glagha posted:Watching a friend play through Deus Ex was fun up until it started dropping Rothschild poo poo and I remembered that a lot of global conspiracy theories eventually boil down to "The Jews" so that was a little uncomfortable in retrospect. Huh?
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I meant in the sense of a game that just takes every conspiracy theory it can get its hands on and jams them together, possibly while listening to Art Bell. 90’s and 2000 conspiracy theories were kind of fun. Now the best one we have is what, they’re making the frogs gay? It’s all false flag poo poo about very real dead kids and insane QAnon stuff now. i got one word for you, buddy: epstein
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chaosapiant posted:Huh? This is probably just the result of me knowing too much about gross antisemitic poo poo but like, they specifically mention the Rothschilds as part of the Illuminati conspiracy poo poo in Deus Ex and that's like, one of the older "wealthy jews control the world" conspiracies which is pretty uncomfortable now that antisemites are a lot more public these days.
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Glagha posted:Watching a friend play through Deus Ex was fun up until it started dropping Rothschild poo poo and I remembered that a lot of global conspiracy theories eventually boil down to "The Jews" so that was a little uncomfortable in retrospect. chaosapiant posted:Huh? There's literally one line when one of the old illuminati guys (Everett?) says over your comlink that he was once kneeling at the altar of the ancient church you're going through next to a Rothschild. It stays far away from anything even adjacent to antisemitism jojoinnit fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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Yeah I should be clear this wasn't intended as a dig at Deus Ex or an accusation of antisemitism it was just like "oh woof this is less of a fun conspiracy reference in the modern day"
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90s TV shows like the X-Files and Dark Skies made conspiracy stuff fun. UFOs! Aliens! Majestic-12! I remember downloading supposed US Government documents about things like MKUltra and stargates at secret bases in the Adirondacks and it was great reading.
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Same game but instead of Area 51 as the last level it's Page's underage sex island that gets nuked and invaded.
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We've already built a globe spanning AI panopticon, it's just dumb as hell and tries to sell you toilet seat covers.
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infernal machines posted:We've already built a globe spanning AI panopticon, it's just dumb as hell and tries to sell you toilet seat covers.  "A 55-GALLON DRUM OF LUBRICANT; YES. YOU FEEL SOMETHING...I MUST KNOW WHAT YOU ARE FEELING."
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