THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Great Rumbler on August 19, 2016, 03:52:55 PM

Title: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 19, 2016, 03:52:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfV01sTqB68

9.2/10 - IGN
9/10 - Time
88/100 - PC Gamer
8.5/10 EGM
4/5 - Giant Bomb

Already pre-loading, brehs. :lawd
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Atramental on August 19, 2016, 04:34:26 PM
 :lawd

Probably won't be able to get it/have time to play it until Christmas break tho. :fbm
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Dennis on August 19, 2016, 04:36:19 PM
Metacritic PC: 84 (http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/deus-ex-mankind-divided)

 :beli


A sub-85% game review is like today's college kids getting an A. You know it is really a B-
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Rufus on August 19, 2016, 04:39:08 PM
Solution: stop giving a shit about Metacritic.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Dennis on August 19, 2016, 05:01:34 PM
Quote from: Rufus on August 19, 2016, 04:39:08 PM
Solution: stop giving a shit about Metacritic.

But then how am I going to get external validation for my choice in games?
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: archie4208 on August 19, 2016, 05:08:10 PM
Sales figures.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 19, 2016, 05:21:38 PM
Quote from: Dennis on August 19, 2016, 04:36:19 PM
Metacritic PC: 84 (http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/deus-ex-mankind-divided)

 :beli


A sub-85% game review is like today's college kids getting an A. You know it is really a B-

Sub-85 is a B- now? When did that happen?  :mindblown
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 19, 2016, 07:34:55 PM
years ago. 
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 19, 2016, 08:35:06 PM
Will buy for $10 on a Steam sale in a year or so
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: archie4208 on August 19, 2016, 09:10:14 PM
Quote from: Human Snorenado on August 19, 2016, 08:35:06 PM
Will buy for $10 on a Steam sale in a year or so

That + Volta so I can run it at 60 fps. 

970 peasant race.  :fbm
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 19, 2016, 09:41:14 PM
This is why I bought a 1070.  8)
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: pilonv1 on August 22, 2016, 03:55:25 AM
Quote from: archie4208 on August 19, 2016, 09:10:14 PM
Quote from: Human Snorenado on August 19, 2016, 08:35:06 PM
Will buy for $10 on a Steam sale in a year or so

That + Volta so I can run it at 60 fps. 

970 peasant race.  :fbm

970 @ 1440p filthy poor :fbm
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 22, 2016, 09:57:50 AM
Quote from: Human Snorenado on August 19, 2016, 08:35:06 PM
Will buy for $10 on a Steam sale in a year or so

+5
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: sarslip on August 22, 2016, 11:11:22 AM
Time Magazine  :lol
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: toku on August 22, 2016, 02:28:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayI61Ar4fws

uh oh
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Rufus on August 22, 2016, 03:44:42 PM
There's not even a HL2 "pick up the can" reference to make Jensen feel at least a tiny bit of oppression, huh? Doesn't sound like much of an "uh oh", all told.

I will say though, analogue sticks are the worst 'button' on modern controllers.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: fizzel on August 23, 2016, 06:32:29 AM
All sounded pretty good to me. Then again I'll be on M&K.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: cityhunter on August 23, 2016, 02:19:39 PM
Just played like 5 mins into it and controls got complicated from before lol. I don't remember needing to use the F-keys to activate my augmentations. But then again I haven't played HE for a long time. So have to get back into the swing of things. Had to turn it off so I can go to sleep soon. But did watch the 12min catch up video and I don't remember some of the details from before like the ex-wife. So hopefully will catch me up to speed later in the game.

So far it's running pretty smooth on my GTX970. No 2k/4k resolutions here for me.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: demi on August 23, 2016, 02:51:49 PM
Yo what the fuck? This game has true to life pussy lips? ROFL

Clip from LIRIK stream:

https://clips.twitch.tv/lirik/SmoggyAlpacaSmoocherZ
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 23, 2016, 06:15:36 PM
I got spotted, but it was close enough to the helicopter that I was able to take out the one guy that was close to it that it wasn't a problem. The invisibility aug is probably the best way to handle that situation when you're moving outside of cover.

Game's pretty good so far, and it looks fantastic [even though my 1070's getting beat into the dirt by the ultra settings, I'm going to drop it down to very high and see how that works out]. Looking forward to the game opening up so I can mess around with side quests and secrets.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 23, 2016, 07:30:49 PM
I decided to go with the new controls, instead of one of the alternate choices, since it's been long enough ago that I played Human Revolution that I don't remember much about the controls other than the really basic stuff. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it's not that bad.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 24, 2016, 12:34:42 AM
Probably spent more time ransacking apartments than I have actually doing my primary mission.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: pilonv1 on August 24, 2016, 01:58:17 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 24, 2016, 12:34:42 AM
Probably spent more time ransacking apartments than I have actually doing my primary mission.

Sounds like every Deus Ex
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: toku on August 25, 2016, 01:46:09 PM
Game hasn't clicked with me yet but I just got to Prague so we'll see. It's been awhile since I played HR but I feel clumsier in this.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 25, 2016, 01:50:15 PM
It definitely gets a lot better once the games opens up and starts giving you more freedom
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: helios on August 25, 2016, 09:21:59 PM
Beat it this morning. It was fun. I liked Prague and Golem City. Those places were really dense with people; they felt real and full of life. Golem City, in particular, is pulled straight out of cyberpunk. Super dense, gritty, grimy, it was perfect. Wish I spent more time there. Graphics were pretty good. They stopped using the Tourette animation. And they got rid of that shitty CG cutscenes from the other game, as well. They restrained themselves on the Neo-Renaissance art and fashion.

The story is thin.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
You spend almost the entire game trying to figure out who has been planting the bombs, but it's pretty obvious who it was from when you meet Marchenko in Golem City or even just watched the trailers.
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The ending sneaks up on you. You can feel it ramping up, but then it's just blam - it's there.

The boss fight
spoiler (click to show/hide)
It's refreshing to beat the final boss with a single takedown.
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Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: toku on August 25, 2016, 10:49:33 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/2iuvz56.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/sJEZ5Lg.jpg)
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 25, 2016, 11:29:39 PM
>Be a special agent super-soldier with cybernetic limbs
>Die from a 10-foot fall
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 26, 2016, 12:49:26 PM
They could have set the whole game in Golem City and I would have been happy. What a great location.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Sho Nuff on August 26, 2016, 02:30:03 PM
Mmm I'm so hot for this. A lot of my sexy Quebecois homeys were burning the midnight oil on this, can't wait to dig into it once I finish Bloodlines.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: naff on August 26, 2016, 09:35:32 PM
Quote from: toku on August 22, 2016, 02:28:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayI61Ar4fws

uh oh

sounds like it will still be rad, i don't really dig Jensens character, but i still loved Human Revolution. Plus, I'm used to ham-fisted allegory in main stream sci-fi.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: toku on August 26, 2016, 10:44:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPK6OQZfVWg
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 28, 2016, 02:23:58 AM
Did the first half of the Harvester side-quest today. It was really great, makes me wish that we could have a whole game where you're just a futuristic cyber-detective solving crimes. All the side-quests so far have been pretty good, that's one thing that Mankind Divided has really nailed.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: helios on August 29, 2016, 07:30:33 PM
I'm already replaying the game and I'm finding new sidequests! I love this game!
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 29, 2016, 10:03:00 PM
Ugh, just hit a game-breaking bug near the very end of the game. Every time I head back through the subway to my apartment [right after Dvali base], I get a CTD. No way around it for now, but there's supposed to be a patch for it in the next few days, though.

:fbm
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Bebpo on September 01, 2016, 09:54:42 PM
So how was this game?  Seems like it was really awaited, came out and then a week later no one is talking about it anymore.  Better/about the same/worse than the previous game?
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 01, 2016, 09:57:06 PM
It's pretty similar to Human Revolution, but with a better hub area and no awful boss battles. I've really liked it.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Rufus on September 02, 2016, 07:51:22 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVbj4GuuZTA

Whew. Square Enix (the European side) sounds psychotic.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: VomKriege on September 02, 2016, 11:26:36 AM
Yeah, hopefully the game making stays at the level, the western studios have had quite a good output critically speaking.

Also, a sequel is already in dev for Deus Ex, so there's that.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
which may be the other half of this game cut off.  :P
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The bad news however is that they expect to move 3m units (I'd imagine within a few months of launch / at full price) to break even.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: a slime appears on September 06, 2016, 09:20:28 AM
Yeah, I really dig this game but man is there a general air of apathy about the game after the release.

I should be playing that but instead I'm posting here, lol. :derp
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: benjipwns on September 11, 2016, 12:21:15 AM
(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/437235073105198315/28693A6DCBB8D0F7559563A6629F5474BD453DB4/)
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 11, 2016, 12:47:18 AM
He was a good man. What a rotten way to die.
Title: Re: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [I did ask for this]
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on September 17, 2016, 01:30:24 AM
Finished this today, and I gotta say it was kind of a letdown. Fighting the controls was kind of a pain, but I had fun for most of the game. The last third wound up feeling like a chore though. I played most of it going stealth/non-lethal, but by the end I wound up just 'run and gunning' as much as you can in the game, killing anyone who I didn't feel like waiting to move and I just stopped giving a shit about raising alarms. It didn't help that it ran like absolute shit on my machine.

I noticed the side missions were mostly more interesting than the main story too, but that's not a huge complaint as I didn't expect much from a goofy ass BLM allegory anyway