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On 10/2/2013 8:36 PM, Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:
> Wednesday, Oct 02, 2013
>
> Deus Ex Universe and New DX Game Revealed
>
> A post to the Eidos Montreal blog has a post about what they are up to 
> that
> includes plans for Deus Ex Universe, an "ongoing, expanding and connected
> game world built across a generation of core games" as well as a new 
> Deus Ex
> game coming to Windows and consoles. They include a piece of concept 
> art and
> this write-up from David Anfossi:
>
>    The concept behind Deus Ex: Universe is to create an ongoing, 
> expanding
> and connected game world built across a generation of core games. It’s a
> commitment on our part to deliver meaningful content that expands the
> franchise on a regular basis and to deliver a deep conspiracy that 
> will span
> several connected Deus Ex games, creating a more immersive and richer
> experience than ever before. Deus Ex: Universe will include PC and 
> console
> games, but also additional Deus Ex games and experiences available in 
> other
> media such as tablets, smartphones, books, graphic novels, etc... You 
> might
> have seen the name pop up recently in the press – well this is what 
> it’s all
> about. I’m pleased to confirm that we are already into production of the
> starting point for Deus Ex: Universe with a new game for PC and
> next-generation consoles. We’re very excited about it at the studio and I
> wanted to let you know that most of the team behind Deus Ex: Human
> Revolution is already working hard on this new game. It took us four 
> years
> to learn how to create a unique Deus Ex experience with Human 
> Revolution and
> it was important for me to keep this knowledge within the franchise.
>
> @@@Thanks to Blues News@@@
  Deus Ex is one of my favorites, but I'm not sure I understand what 
"universe" will be, do you?

"Content that expands the franchise"...does that means expansions like 
FO3, New Vegas, that sort of thing. This release doesn't seem to me like 
it's going to be a totally new game. But, I'm frequently wrong.

Diane

DMP <nom...@nodomain.com> wrote in news:l2kft7$8fn$1...@dont-email.me:

> Deus Ex is one of my favorites, but I'm not sure I understand what 
> "universe" will be, do you?

It sounds to me like it will be a 'chapter-based' game (series) not unlike 
the 'Episodes' for Half-Life: Aftermath or, dare I say it, the Alternate 
Reality series. (Remember that one?)

Whether it will succeed depends on the quality of it's 'overall story', so 
to speak.

There are as many ways to build (or screw up) a 'Universe' as there are 
'elements' to base it on.

(A Sokoban Universe, for example, would probably 'borrow' elements from 
Chip's Challenge, S.C.Out, and Midnight Synergy's Wonderland series and a 
Tatris Universe would take inspiration from clones like Hacker, Bloxeed, 
Zetrix and Nyet III, not just the 'spinoffs' (Tetris Plus, Shockwave, TGM). 
Either way, the resulting product would have to be feature rich before I'd 
lay down my hard-earned cash for it, especially after what happened to 
other 'updates' like the modernized Pipe Dream (CD check=FAIL!=NO SALE!!!))

Let's see how things go, in any event.

Signed,
Warewolf
who, knowing the Rules of Engagement, could go once more into the Breach.

Warewolf <warewol...@shaw.ca> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>DMP <nom...@nodomain.com> wrote in news:l2kft7$8fn$1...@dont-email.me:
>
>> Deus Ex is one of my favorites, but I'm not sure I understand what 
>> "universe" will be, do you?
>
>It sounds to me like it will be a 'chapter-based' game (series) not unlike 
>the 'Episodes' for Half-Life: Aftermath or, dare I say it, the Alternate 
>Reality series. (Remember that one?)

Perhaps Siege of Avalon would be a better example since it actually had
6 chapters published.

Xocyll

On 10/4/2013 10:45 AM, Xocyll wrote:
> Warewolf <warewol...@shaw.ca> looked up from reading the entrails
> of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>> DMP <nom...@nodomain.com> wrote in news:l2kft7$8fn$1...@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> Deus Ex is one of my favorites, but I'm not sure I understand what
>>> "universe" will be, do you?
>> It sounds to me like it will be a 'chapter-based' game (series) not unlike
>> the 'Episodes' for Half-Life: Aftermath or, dare I say it, the Alternate
>> Reality series. (Remember that one?)
> Perhaps Siege of Avalon would be a better example since it actually had
> 6 chapters published.
>
> Xocyll

I will be beyond pi$$ed if they botch-up _my_ game.

D.

> It sounds to me like it will be a 'chapter-based' game (series) not unlike
> the 'Episodes' for Half-Life: Aftermath or, dare I say it, the Alternate
> Reality series. (Remember that one?)

Well, to me it sounds like something else. Or, to be honest, something 
pretty much like everything else ; you can expect mobile games, more 
books, a movie, several games and social crap out of Deus Ex. Which is 
pretty much what every franchise is doing these days (and what DE is 
already doing, in fact).

"We have found an interesting cow to Milk" sums up this announcement 
rather well.