Agent_Karyo

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32681900

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's almost comical how incompetent the Xbox BU's executive management has been for 10+ years.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Excellent setting concept with a mystery on an icebreaker stuck on the ice.

Too bad the game seems to have serious bugs that won't be fixed (dev got sick of it, which is fair).

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I am a big user of sniper rifle + pistol combos. It works pretty well.

Will need to post a mini-review of Revision the next time I get to replay Deus Ex.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

That's totally fair.

I've played Deus Ex enough times that I sort of enjoy the clunky and RPG progression gunplay.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I really need to play it. I am sure I would enjoy it. I thought Human Revolution and even Invisible War (with mods) were decent. Invisible War is fundamentally flawed due to the small maps though.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Indeed, insane Irony that a borderline jokey dystopian future is becoming reality a quarter or a century later.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I can see what you mean by saying guns are chore, it takes some time for them to be effective.

Try one of the mods, they greatly improve things compared for he baseline game (I haven't played the baseline version in 15 years).

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I see. Yes, stealth is in a strange position where it's difficult to use it full time. There are multiple missions/maps where you will eventually not be able to use stealth.

I can see what you mean regarding guns being clunky. They do get more effective as you level up and get better weapons. Early game gunplay is very iffy.

But I actually like the RPG approach to gunplay and how it forces you to try and avoid direct confrontation and use a mixture of stealth and combat.

That being said, these are all fair points.

I've actually never tried Revision. I only use GMDX. Should try it for next play through. i feel like I need to reinstall once I clear out a major deliverable for work. :)

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Even trawling through new Steam releases, you almost always have more reviews for RPG type games (even indie ones).

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (11 children)

I am just curious, what makes you say it has aged poorly in terms of gameplay? I would argue it holds up pretty well, but I am also a PC/KB+M only player. I strongly dislike UI/UX that has been compromised (from my perspective) for consoles/controllers.

Agreed regarding the sequels (haven't played the fourth one, just the 2nd and 3rd sequel); they are OK, but not that special.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Having played Deus Ex probably ~10 times since the 2000s, I would have to agree.

There are clearly political themes in Deus Ex, but it seems they are there more their for entertainment. The political elements are almost tongue in cheek ("new world order" type organization, black helicopters).

 

So far I've been able to ask the following subs to add links to various comparable Lemmy communities:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tycoon/ (I am a long-time contributor here)

https://www.reddit.com/r/adventuregames/

Don't know if it makes much of a difference, but it can't hurt SEO.

I've also reached out to the citybuilder subreddit, but they ignored my message.

Some other genre-specific Lemmy communities that are active (unfortunately, it's mostly me posting, but not always):

Help out if you feel like it or you are a regular on a relevant game genre subreddit.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I work with multiple languages and I haven't heard of LLMs being used instead of Deeply/Google translate.

Don't really see the reason to switch to LLMs.

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