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    Am I broken if I consider myself a PC gamer and have never played Deus Ex? I just watched the trailer for the new one and am thinking maybe I should finally play that game.
    Nov 04, 2010 9:07pm PDT
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    Am I broken if I consider myself a PC gamer and have never played Deus Ex? I just watched the trailer fo... : Herman Toothrot

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    • Fuck you until such a time as you can write an essay on the dialectic between JC and Morpheus. : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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      it hasn't aged well despite what many might say - and i do love the game. but the graphics are brutal an... : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
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        I don't think it's an ugly game, just a game that looked like it was from 1998 but came out in 2000. : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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          exactly, and it's 2010, so he had just better brace himself, is all also i don't like those visual mod... : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
          • Yep, that's because modding works first on enthusiasm then on quality, which is why the HD packs for Doom... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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            i agree, i loved the game when i came out, but it is painful to play today. i dont care about graphics b... : papaskotThis person is cool!
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              Can't say I had any problems with the controls. What was it specifically? : steauengeglaseThis person is cool!
              • 90 degree FoV and mouse + keyboard instead of a bropad. : Marrbe
          • well, if it helps at all, i'm completely impaired when it comes to judging the age of a game by its graph... : Herman Toothrot
      • Couldn't disagree more. The animation is stiff, and the voicework is sometimes corny, but they do their j... : Marrbe
    • You're not broken, you're missing out. Broken would be playing it and coming back to tell us it sucks. : The Grolar Bear
    • yep : SockMonkehThis person is cool!
    • Yes. You are broken. Yes. You should play the original. There are mods that will make it look slightly ... : pyideThis person is cool!
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      Nah, it's only till recently that I've seriously started playing Deus Ex, and with a 360 controller at th... : freakynipples69
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        "and with a 360 controller at that!" Freakynipples... why?? : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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          I'm all about the couch gaming. I have a PC hooked up to my living room TV and thats what I game on. You'd be amazed how well Deus Ex plays with a 360 controller.
          Nov 04, 2010 9:25pm PDT
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          I'm all about the couch gaming. I have a PC hooked up to my living room TV and thats what I game on. You'... : freakynipples69
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            With a controller, on a couch, in a Taliban training camp, on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border >:( : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
            • I'd smash a UAV into you freakynipples but I'd have to use thumbsticks to do it >:( : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
            • lol l o fucking l : freakynipples69
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            why not use a wireless keyboard and mouse? : datoo
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              that works exceptionally bad on a couch for gaming, i've yet to find a comfortable keyboard/mouse positio... : Herman Toothrot
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                You need to make yourself a little tray to hold the two, then put a pillow in your lap, the tray on the p... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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                  maybe, but i probably won't try it since i really don't mind just sitting at my desk : Herman Toothrot
                  • Yeah I game on my desk as well and its fine, I have that setup for the multimedia server in the living ro... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
          • To be fair IIRC Deus Ex had horrible mouse aim. : Tchest
    • Jump off a cliff now. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • what a shame. : stampsThis person is cool!
    • "It's not the end of the word...but you can see it from here." I think that line sold me the game it w... : Dr_Cube
    • Nope, just buy and play. : CaptainSurly
    • Raggh, you missed the five dollar sale a bit ago. Whatever, you still need to go buy it now. Yes it holds... : nwillard
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      is this a real game? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6JTvzrpBy0 : gyokuro
      • looks like it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex:_Human_Revolution : Herman Toothrot
    • broken. without a doubt. but w/ all this hype you might be a bit put off. do what idle thumbs recs & go w... : supaLink
    • Eh, I'm way worse off than you. : greasyjohn
    • I've tried so many times to play it and for some reason I can never stick with it. I've gotten to the 3r... : valaelThis person is cool!
    • I've played it and didn't like it. I've tried so many times to enjoy it but it really just doesn't do any... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
    • I've completed it once, but going back to it now (and I'm embarrassed to say this) I find the graphics ju... : Skrynkelberg
    • I've never player either:( I got it for free back when it came out. It came as a bundle with a video card... : nubitup
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      I personally think it's overrated and most if the love for it is because it was great for it's time. With... : marmiteThis person is cool!
      • You just hate games that have an inventory screen! And to think I used to live with you! Heathen bastard! : Creepin_Jeezus
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        There's nothing wrong with feeling that way. The choices the game gave you were incredibly impressive fo... : kingdeporkThis person is cool!
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          Yeah no doubt the choices and branching are really good but I find everything else (graphics, sounds, int... : marmiteThis person is cool!
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            I agree. The art direction is awful. : Skrynkelberg
            • also the level design for the most part is totally uninspired. I went back to play through it again recen... : disembodied potatoThis person is cool!
          • can you tell me specifically what trouble you had with the gameplay? : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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      I've tried a few times to play through it and failed quite near the start. My most recent attempt I could... : nodebug
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        This is a very common complaint, lots of people are put off by the first level. and I wonder why. nodebug... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
        • I didn't even make it to the first level this time, most of the time I have given up whilst wandering aro... : nodebug
    • Deus Ex is something that should be in the upper quarter of your "Must have played" list. : LukiopimpThis person is cool!
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      The first level is kind of a pain. It's almost TOO open. You can beat in in half a dozen ways, easily. Th... : ConfusedUsThis person is cool!
      • i actually think the first level is ok, its the ones immediately after that are fucking awful. : disembodied potatoThis person is cool!
      • The first level made me give up a few time. An open and bland environment with a gun that can't aim. I tr... : guigr

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