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[Ken]

Comes out tomorrow.  Who's psyched up for this?

[Crucifire]

Wow, really? I guess I kind of forgot about this one. I was a lot more psyched about it a year ago but I'm sure I'll find the time to play it.

[Vincent Pryce]

The Curse of EU

We have to wait till Friday

And yes I am excited hyped about it.

[Desiderya]

Noes. It correlates with the TSW beta.
I'm really looking forward to that game. Dx1 was basically *the game* for me.

[Mizhara]

After DE:IW I refuse to get too hyped.

... who am I kidding? I'm giddy like a schoolgirl. I want to see if they can recapture what made DE awesome.

[Misan]

I think it unlocks in 6 hours here, so I'm, well, impatiently waiting doesn't really capture the feeling. Almost want to just go to sleep early to cut the waiting short.

[Kaleigh Doyle]

Trying to figure out if this is going to be a decent game or not. Deuce Ex 2 left a very sour taste in my mouth.

[Altarr Orkot]

Trying to figure out if this is going to be a decent game or not. Deuce Ex 2 left a very sour taste in my mouth.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/08/the-future-begins-with-you-ars-review-deus-ex-human-revolution.ars  The review says it's awesome, the general consensus from 'the internet masses' from playing the leaked beta build says it's awesome.  So it should be great.

[Mizhara]

Trying to figure out if this is going to be a decent game or not. Deuce Ex 2 left a very sour taste in my mouth.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/08/the-future-begins-with-you-ars-review-deus-ex-human-revolution.ars  The review says it's awesome, the general consensus from 'the internet masses' from playing the leaked beta build says it's awesome.  So it should be great.

The 'general consensus' also says Halol isn't utter shite (which it is), Gears of War is epic (which it isn't) and Madden games keep selling no matter what. That kind of news just gives me utter shivers, since the 'casual' gamer of today would hate Deus Ex.

Edit: The review definitely lifted my spirits, I'll grant that. It does sound awesome... but I can't help but feel it sounds too good to be true.
I've been disappointed by too many games I've waited for with a yearning akin to that you get when you wait for a loved one at a train station.

... then the car opens and clowns tumble out and pie you in the face.

[Seriphyn]

The 'general consensus' also says Halol isn't utter shite (which it is)

Need some citation for that, I'm pretty sure the very first Halo was marked as a genre-definer for FPS on consoles. One of the best AI that still thrashes some modern games, amazing co-op mode, great variation in environments and shift in pacings, etc and so forth.

As for this, yes, Friday better come sooner. Isn't there some way to trick Steam into thinking my computer is an American one?! lol

[Mizhara]

Genre definer for FPS on consoles... and completely and utterly without any innovation or even decency when compared to FPS games on PCs. It never ceases to amaze me how something can be hailed as the second coming of Jebus if it's on consoles, when it's not even reaching the contemporary standards on PCs.

[Morwen Lagann]

I pre-ordered at the last minute, but I'm not going to play HR until I've played the first game.

Because I had stupid parents who believed video games were horrible and responsible for all the bad things in the world (hell, my mother though Descent 2 was too violent for me to be playing), I grew up pretty sheltered from video games outside of the occasional play at a friend's house, or gameboy games (which somehow didn't cause a problem?) until I was in high school, and even then didn't really get to branch out until college. So I haven't even played the first one yet. ._.

[Mizhara]

In that case, Morwen, you need to keep in mind that a lot of time has passed. It's a glorious game, but by today's standards there'll be parts of the gameplay, graphics and so on and so forth that'll be... problematic, for some newcomers. It's a hard game with very little in the way of mercy for fuck-ups, and today it requires a certain amount of forgiveness for gameplay/graphics/design features that might not be tolerated in today's games. A lot of edges that weren't even noticeable back then, but might scratch and irritate today.

[Morwen Lagann]

I know. I was going to play in that order on the basis that it's probably more fun to have HR reveal the background behind :stuff: in the first game rather than walk into the first game knowing all of that at the beginning.

Though, I probably shouldn't, thinking about it - I hate being the one going "WAAAAAAH SPOILERZ OMG MAKE IT STOP!!!11!1!"

[Kaleigh Doyle]

Got it. Seems pretty solid starting out.