Deus Ex 3. I shit you not.

[Soulflame]

Or possibly they understand that you cannot un-ring a bell.

[K9]

Inviting comments on your own forum rather than shitting the bed seems more measured than how some other game studios have acted in the past over similar things.

I checked out some of the leaked stuff on youtube, it looks good.

[Lucas]

Here's the topic where you can read (and talk) about the 'leak' on the official forum:

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=117580&page=40

Previously, it was just a "off-topic" thread; I linked to page 40, but the discussion about the build started a few pages earlier, I think. Reception looks very positive.

By the way: the current build ran perfectly fine on my i7 920, 6 GB Ram, Nvidia 250, Windows 7 64-bit (currently, there is no anti-aliasing, just 'edge-smoothing'; also, you can only set shadows to 'off' or 'normal').

Ah, one last thing: it's not the entire game (well, I guess you already imagine that by looking at the size of the file :P). Just the first 6-8 hours, I think (well, not bad :P).

[Sophismata]

Sounds like they have cleverly 'released' a 'demo'.

[KallDrexx]

Sounds like they have cleverly 'released' a 'demo'.

Well it was meant to be a press-only demo of the game, it just got leaked out to the general public (from my understanding at least)

[Velorath]

PC Gamer scores it 94 (the review itself won't be out until the next issue hits the stands on Wednesday).

[Malakili]

There was a time when I took what PC Gamer wrote seriously.  The game might be great, but that score doesn't mean much.

[tgr]

Yeah, even though I desperately want this game to be good, I'm still going to wait for both the general reactions from actual gamers, and whether or not there's an online requirement.

It's sad that the more I want a game, the more skeptical I get.

[Velorath]

There was a time when I took what PC Gamer wrote seriously.  The game might be great, but that score doesn't mean much.

OPM gave it an 8 and OXM gave it a 10.  I agree that overall these scores don't mean much, but at least it's not getting the 4's and 5's I feared it might.  Also apparently some sort of preview build leaked online containing a fairly good sized chunk of the game, but I haven't really had time to check the reactions (there was a thread over on gaf about it).

[Threash]

Was this posted yet?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcsd6mJ3R08

[Lantyssa]

The 'leaked' demo shows this is going to be game of the year.

[Threash]

Can anyone PM me where to get this leaked demo?

[NiX]

Can anyone PM me where to get this leaked demo?

Really?

Anyway, so far it's awesome. I'm having fun dragging bodies into vents.

[Threash]

Yeah, i was playing about five mins after posting that.  I actually completely forgot i put that there, feels kinda dumb now.

[TripleDES]

I must be getting bad at FPS games with age, because easy mode isn't that much easy mode in this game. How much of the main storyline does that beta represent of the full game?

[Soulflame]

It's all downhill from here, sonny!

 

[NiX]

I must be getting bad at FPS games with age, because easy mode isn't that much easy mode in this game. How much of the main storyline does that beta represent of the full game?

Represents the first 6-8 hours. Not sure how much total time the game has in it.

I do find the gunplay to be very... odd. Sometimes it rewards you for your skill and other times it just gives you a hearty "Fuck you!"

[TripleDES]

Ammo scarcity is pissing me off a lot.

[eldaec]

Ammo scarcity is pissing me off a lot.

Deux Ex had the same issue.

I'm not saying that makes it ok. Check more toilets I guess.

[Rasix]

I'm not really up-to-date on the details, but should we be discussing this?  If, yes, carry on.

Yes, ammo conservation was a big part of how you ended up playing Deus Ex.  Not sure if this was a factor in the ill-fated sequel.

[eldaec]

We should have a ban on referring to that other game as a sequel.

Possibly a ban on referring to it at all. Things we don't do here : breaking NDAs and that other game.

This game we are discussing here is Deus Ex 2 : The only sequel to the smash hit turn of the century video game, Deus Ex.

[Rasix]

I think we actually have like one person that liked that game here.  We can fix that.

[Kitsune]

I approve of ammo scarcity.  Running around with five hundred bullets on you to go to the corner store doesn't made a bit of goddamn sense.  Even if I was packing for a firefight, I can't see myself carrying more than three spare mags for any given gun; the weight and awkwardness would get crazy at that point.  People don't appreciate the size and weight of a full 30-round rifle magazine, it's not something you just toss in a pocket and forget about.

I thought Invisible War was okay, once you install the community texture replacement mods to make it not-ugly.  Not nearly so good as the original, but still playable.

[tgr]

I think we actually have like one person that liked that game here.  We can fix that.

Through tar and feathering?

[Lantyssa]

In my defense, it let me play a female?  Please don't ban me, Rasix.

[eldaec]

I approve of ammo scarcity.  Running around with five hundred bullets on you to go to the corner store doesn't made a bit of goddamn sense.  Even if I was packing for a firefight, I can't see myself carrying more than three spare mags for any given gun; the weight and awkwardness would get crazy at that point.

Which is fine but...

1) Running about expecting to be able to shoot 500 guys in the face, all of whom inexplicably take 10 shots each to go down doesn't make a bit of goddamn sense.
2) Even in the southern United States of America it is not common to find ammo boxes stored in public lavatories.

Given these factors, it wouldn't be unreasonable to store more ammo in your character's innumerable pockets.

[Malakili]

I approve of ammo scarcity.  Running around with five hundred bullets on you to go to the corner store doesn't made a bit of goddamn sense.  Even if I was packing for a firefight, I can't see myself carrying more than three spare mags for any given gun; the weight and awkwardness would get crazy at that point.

Which is fine but...

1) Running about expecting to be able to shoot 500 guys in the face, all of whom inexplicably take 10 shots each to go down doesn't make a bit of goddamn sense.
2) Even in the southern United States of America it is not common to find ammo boxes stored in public lavatories.

Given these factors, it wouldn't be unreasonable to store more ammo in your character's innumerable pockets.

I seem to recall a time when some friends and I tried out the resident evil pencil and paper RPG, and one of my friends tried to carry some truly absurd amount of ammo on him claiming that technically his character was allowed to carry that much weight.  I think the DM shut that down just on principle because it was going to take the suspense out of what was going to be a campaign focused around survival.   

Anyway, I don't really care about the sheer numbers.  If there are 500 guys, and they each take 10 shots to kill, anything less than 5000 rounds is going to be "scarce."

[MuffinMan]

Ammo scarcity doesn't bother me one bit in this because I'm playing it Splinter Cell-ish. There are plenty of other games where I can run-n-gun.

[Threash]

Yeah, i got through the demo without firing a shot.  I am slightly underwhelmed by the upgrade choices, nothing jumps out at me as worth having other than the things that allow you to get into places like jumping and hacking.  Edit: without firing a shot until the last guy :P

[Mosesandstick]

There's an interview with the lead writer here mainly about transhumanism and augmentation.

[Hawkbit]

First game I've played on my nearly four year old rig that is choppy on low settings.  I'll have to PS3 this one, I think.  Looks good though.  Fairly interesting to look at.

[jakonovski]

So the PC version is going to have intra-European region locking. A huge dick move, and most likely in flagrant breach of EU trade laws.

[Tebonas]

Frankly I am surpised they didn't distinguish between Germany and Austria, because the German lawmakers don't like the fact that people can just buy the uncensored Austrian version without any hassle.

Maybe this is just a trial balloon. Either way, it sucks. Region locking was a retarded thing with DVDs and it is worse with games. At least most DVDs are multilingual.

[tgr]

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. Death to regional locking.

[Lucas]

Oh dear...Looking at the topic on the official forums, it looks like I'll be forced to deal with the usual half-assed italian translation we get over here, without being able to play the game in english :(