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On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:39:50 +0200, Mike Noren
<mike_no...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Replying to helt...@hotmail.com (Heltombro) :
>
>>Can't comment on Deus Ex, never played it.
>
>I've bitten the bullet, and am playing it right now.
>
>My impressions so far (I'm currently clearing out a hangar at the NYC
>Airport):
>
>1) Nice graphics, noticeably better than Half Life. The demo really
>doesn't do the game justice at all - the graphics in the demo put me
>off this game at the time. The demo is really, really, bad, just like
>Half-Lifes is really, really good.
>
>2) Story? What story?
>
>3) Depth? What depth?
>
>There's only been one minute plot twist so far, in that the UN troops
>have turned out to be evil occupants flying around in black choppers
>and releasing gene-tampered viruses on the unsuspecting public,
>whereas the Patriot terrorists are really the nice guys trying to
>bring the antidote to the poor and homeless. I'm sure everyone was as
>surprised and shocked at this turn of events as I was <cough>.
>
>There's been ample leads the UN troops are also in league with, or
>perhaps controlled by, space aliens wanting to invade Earth. All the
>more reason to stay on the UN team!
>
>The only thing missing now is a What Man Was Not Supposed To Meddle
>With plot twist, and I can feel one coming on. Other plot items
>looming overhead is a fight against Hermann the bio-engineered german;
>the tragic death of my lawful good brutha; and a fight against version
>2.0 of Me, whose existence has been hinted at in some emails.
>
>Maps are laid out so that there are always two routes to the goal: one
>big freeway lined with gun turrets and enemies, and one air duct you
>can crawl in to get through behind the enemies back. Whenever one runs
>into heavy resistance, you just have to start looking for that air
>duct or secret passage.
>
>So far, ten or so hours into the game, it plays like a much sneakier,
>much darker (literally), somewhat prettier, and quite a bit less
>interesting version of Half-Life, with rather unimpressive weapons and
>irritating micro-management of the inventory. The rpg element, the
>character development, has so far been purely cosmetic. The background
>info seems solid and well researched (relayed via hacking computers
>and reading newspapers strewn about - I have to hand it to the writer,
>he actually managed to predict the future fairly well).
>
>Hopefully the story picks up speed & momentum later on.
>
>
>Incidentally, I selected the black guy for hero, and he looks exactly
>like Wesley Snipes in Blade. Coolness point awarded.

Out of interest, where have you been assigning your XP points ?

IIRC, first time round I put 1 point in electronics and computer, then
put them in rifle until I had 3 points (IIRC) - ah, the joys of a
silenced sniper rifle and a roof to stand on...

Also, it makes the machine gun a better weapon.

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