Deus Ex: Decennial Edition 'What a game.'

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Bought Deus Ex on Steam ages ago and finally installed it today. The mouse moves reeeeally fast. Too fast. I tried turning down the sensitivity but no effect.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2018 12:21

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 17:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I�m currently doing a Jensen: Murdernator run in MD too. It�s surprisingly replayable, although not as much as HR. Doing a game+ mode means you max out every upgrade slot by the end of Dubai.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2018 07:10

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Solaris 2.0 posted:

So I've been playing through Deus Ex Revision

<googles> Oooooh...

# ¿ Aug 25, 2018 22:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Casimir Radon posted:

Dishonoured 2 had a bug early on where unconscious bodies would shake against the floor until they died or something like that. It was a real pain in the rear end to spend an entire mission sneaking around only to find out that you didn't get non-lethal because of a bug.

Dishonoured 1 had the same thing where an unconscious body could die when you weren't around.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2018 03:16

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I went to visit NYC last week for the first time, and visited the Statue of Liberty. The ferry lands exactly where Deus Ex starts, on that small jetty. It was very weird.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2018 18:07

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Seventh Arrow posted:

So did you bring the GEP gun or crossbow

I had a tiny 1oz flask with barely a tot of rum in my rucksack, and was made to pour it out by the airport style security. Actual airport security have never been bothered by it, but this tiny thing wasn�t allowed. So, any weapons were probably out of the question.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2018 18:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Isn't HR/MD a soft reboot anyway?

# ¿ Sep 26, 2018 15:26

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I feel like there's a disconnect between the first DE and HR/MD with regards to the almost... silliness of some of the concepts. In the original DE, part of the world building was 'all conspiracies are true', and you can go to Area 51 and find literal aliens. The Jensen games have a more serious tone, and I don't feel like they'd support those ideas appearing.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2018 16:47

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Lord Ludikrous posted:

It�s probably terrible, but I could do it.

Do it.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2018 10:17

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

dreadmojo posted:

Yeah I think it is underrated, even the beginning stuff does get paid off, it just takes a while. Boss guys aussie acting really is inexcusable though.

But he is Australian? :confused:

# ¿ Nov 8, 2018 09:37

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I�ve just moved to Berlin, and I�ve probably said it before here, but the whole city gives me MD vibes with its similarities to Prague. Lots of �old eastern bloc architecture with sci-fi lighting feature bolted on� all over the place.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2018 14:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The_Doctor posted:

I�ve just moved to Berlin, and I�ve probably said it before here, but the whole city gives me MD vibes with its similarities to Prague. Lots of �old eastern bloc architecture with sci-fi lighting feature bolted on� all over the place.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2018 18:16

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Tacky-rear end Rococco posted:

Berlin is lit by an engine from 2006?

Very much so. It's a surprisingly dark city.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2018 18:53

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

counterfeitsaint posted:

It's not necessarily short, the story is just butchered. There's an chunk missing that shows up as a dlc, obviously cut out, and also there's no ending.

The Tarvos mission?

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 09:28

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I wish Jensen put away his sunglasses more in cutscenes. It helps to humanise him a little more.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2019 23:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

With the news these days, all I can hear is Eliza�s �It�s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.� :smith:

# ¿ Apr 5, 2019 04:22

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

feelix posted:

It's amazing how much better Thief: Deadly Shadows turned out, despite having the same technical limitations. It's still worse than Thief 1 and 2, but something about the design of the game made it feel less hamstrung.

It's interesting how much people have mellowed on Thief: DS considering it was widely panned when it came out (probably by dint of just not being more of 1&2).

# ¿ Apr 6, 2019 01:21

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The Thief fanmission community is still pumping them out, which is honestly amazing and cool. I should reinstall Darkloader, and see what's new. I remember playing one mission years ago that was all in B&W, which made the level insanely hard to navigate (and also gave me a headache).

Is there a Thief thread?

# ¿ Apr 6, 2019 19:06

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rime posted:

The Thief thread was lively and hopping until thi4f released, which very thoroughly murdered it.

There's been some really great FM's since the source code patch, but it's sad that the old hosting sites are dying and some of the great missions vanishing forever.

Thief Missions still exists, as does Taffer's Paradise. I might make a new thread.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2019 23:00

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Lemon-Lime posted:

Make a new thread so someone can play all the Dark Mod missions and tell me which are worth installing.

Will do later on today!

Thief: Take anything not taffing nailed down

# ¿ Apr 8, 2019 10:59

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Tetrabor posted:

to moderately generic European towns in the sequels.

But that's what Prague is like? They very successfully captured the feel of the city while making fictional districts in MD.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2019 19:54

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Please, my triangles collection is not complete.

Edit: can�t remember if I posted this before, but I saw this advert in Berlin back in Feb, and it totally looks like something in game from MD.

The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Apr 8, 2019

# ¿ Apr 8, 2019 21:15

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

haldolium posted:

just finished 2nd MD run today as well

if I start another NG+ now it still apparently (according to the stuff in my inventory) takes the file from my very 1st playthrough. Is that normal?

Does it matter?

# ¿ Apr 12, 2019 20:36

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I keep meaning to get that novel that�s all of MD�s setup/backstory.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2019 22:05

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I bought the MD season pass for cheap (I think it�s still only �2-3 on the PS Store) and I�ve been playing the DLC missions. The Tarvos one and the one with Pritchard need to absolutely be reintegrated into the game. Respeccing Adam is no fun, especially when you don�t know what you�re going to face.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2019 15:58

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The design is fantastic, and I see a lot of the black and gold cyber renaissance concept bleeding into real life. Ikea currently has a couple of show rooms that are almost identical to Jensen�s apartment in HR.

Also I regularly listen to both HR and MD�s soundtracks. Sitting on the subway watching cityscape go by while listening to some of the more ambient tracks is remarkably chill and joyful.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2019 11:00

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Yeah, I picked up Prey for $8 from Walmart the other day, and I�ve been been enjoying the hell out of it. I can�t believe the first keypad you come across wasn�t 0451 though (although you come across it eventually).

# ¿ Aug 1, 2019 13:27

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Desperate Measures and System Rift both take place during MD, and feel very much like cut content. I hope the game gets a directors cut at some point that reinserts them.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2019 17:16

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

https://twitter.com/paullicino/status/1250011319203295233

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 15:34

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Angry_Ed posted:

Given that some (incredibly stupid) people are now calling COVID-19 an invisible enemy I think we've shot right past all of Deus Ex and gone straight into Invisible War territory in terms of sheer ridiculousness.

A past adventure...

# ¿ Apr 21, 2020 20:49

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

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.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2020 19:40

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Bar Ran Dun posted:

It think it�s Disco Elysium now though which isn�t even a shooter.

Sell me on Disco Elysium?

# ¿ Aug 4, 2020 10:35

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I know very little about it, other than people saying it�s great.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2020 14:31

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Xander77 posted:

Planescape: Torment updated to 2020

Ok, that does sound interesting, thanks!

# ¿ Aug 4, 2020 18:07

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Shumagorath posted:

Wild how so many people made fun of JJB's neo-renaissance aesthetic and we're almost there right on time.

I�ve got a very similar jacket from the Musterbrand Deus Ex capsule collection, at the time it was very futuristic, now it�s more commonplace.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2024 06:19

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Grimthwacker posted:

Mankind Divided beaten, best ending.

Crafty Eidos people, making me think there was a binary choice. I went straight for Marchenko first

Fun fact: you can run right up to him and just stun him in the head to avoid the fight. It takes a few zaps, but it�s surprisingly effective.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2024 21:06

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Has it been brought up how the recent Robocop Rogue City is incredibly Deus Ex influenced?

# ¿ Mar 3, 2024 12:05

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Mission hubs with all sorts of little side quests, walk around the area, talk to people, investigate clues, very cyberpunk looking. RPG elements with upgrade points for various skill trees. It�s even set in Detroit!

# ¿ Mar 3, 2024 13:24

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

My only joke is about Detroit because the joke was the other way around when Human Revolution came out.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2024 13:40

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 17:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I�ve been watching BigMooney play it, and Robo definitely reads people�s emails.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2024 14:41

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