Deus Ex Details

You guys are right. Warren has no idea what he is doing with an RPG. Those retarded Ultima games, Ultima Underworld, pen and paper RPGs, System Shock, what a hack. What\'s he thinking, deviating from the norm? Maybe the proven RPG team behind Shen Mue could pull it off, but not a game with ION on the package...

Shen Mue will kick some serious ass... I didn\'t realize it had no stats. Maybe it can be done. Let me rephrase that. Shen Mue people can do it. _Maybe_ ION STORM can do it. :)

Hell, I was about to chime in saying this was a stupid decision, but then I realized that another game I\'m really looking forward to, Shen Mue, apparently has no stats/inventory/skills whatsoever. And it looks amazingly cool. If Deus X turns out to have a solid story and gets good reviews, then I\'ll nab it. I prefer stats, but games can get along without them.

If they can do a good job, well then it will proabably work out ok, but I havnen\'t seen anyone *yet* who has done it. If they do, thats great and i\'ll probably get it. But I kinda like stats to begin with. I\'ve been playing AD&D for a while (still do occasionaly) and I think its kinda fun. Don\'t get me wrong, if they do a good job, then thats great. but I\'m not going to hold my breath for it.

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you guys are so intelligent and open minded :)
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Seriously. I used to be an avid \"paper\" RPGamer, and I enjoyed it alot, but one of the major drawbacks in my opinion was the rigid stat system. The old D&D/AD&D system with strength, wisdom, dexiterity, and so on, only serves to limit the immersion and realism. After a while I drifted to other RPG\'s, with different ways of handling the whole stat thing (TORG, for example). After another while I started playing Quake-like games on my computer instead, and I\'ve done that since :)

But back to my point. You may have misunderstood Warren slightly, I\'m not sure how carefully you read his post. But I believe the way Deus Ex will be handling character development is much better than the rigid stat system of D&D and most other RPG\'s, computer and paper versions alike. It makes for a more realistic and immersive gaming experience, and less focusing on numbers and bonuses all the time.

Those of you who say things like \"no character development\" and \"then it isn\'t an RPG\", have either completely misunderstood Warren and his plans, or you don\'t know what you\'re talking about.

I for one will be getting this game when it comes out.. even if the box does have the dreaded name of ION Storm on it.

Geez... thats so moronic. I can see where he\'s coming from, but I don\'t think its a good decision. Being a pretty big time RPGer, this will be one title I almost for sure won\'t pick up.

Any bets on how long development will take? I\'m saying 1.3 DKDT\'s (Daikatana development time). :)

/me dances around with glee knowing that he got the first post.