polytourist97 on 14/3/2009 at 05:31
It's the maintenance man. He knows we like Agent Orange.
Colonel Klink on 15/3/2009 at 01:20
The first thing I thought when I saw the first set of images was: "Wow, this reminds me of Ghost in the Shell. In particular the Arm Auto-Cannon." Visually, it's not overtly similar. It does seem to have a different "vibe", so to speak. Definitely dissimilar to OG Deus Ex, but not unappealing. Rene, would you care to share what is the basis for this new overall theme? I realize as a different team than the one that made the previous two games, you are trying to give it your own flair, but as mentioned before, everything does seem a little too advanced in comparison to the Original. The industrial look is a touch off-putting, but also quite nice and not necessarily irreconcilable with the OG style. The only thing that gets to me is how advanced the Mech-Augs were back then. Poor Gunther. Figures the government would short change him and make him into "a golem to scare the little children". Without a Skul-Gun, no less. What a shame. :D
René on 13/4/2009 at 19:07
Don't worry - those screenshots are from just one building/lab/environment. There are plenty of scummy and poorly lit areas to explore. :)
jtr7 on 14/4/2009 at 08:34
Hopefully one o' them is gonna be included in the next wave of promo screenies.:D
Papy on 14/4/2009 at 12:44
Quote Posted by René
There are plenty of scummy and poorly lit areas to explore.
Poorly lit? Does it mean hide in shadows is back?
YuSeF on 14/4/2009 at 13:54
Quote Posted by Papy
Poorly lit? Does it mean hide in shadows is back?
Never
Peanuckle on 18/4/2009 at 05:04
So do we know anything about release dates?
Necros on 23/4/2009 at 06:12
Quote Posted by Papy
Poorly lit? Does it mean hide in shadows is back?
Yes, René mentioned it on the official boards. Line of sight stealth is still the main way to go but shadow stealth will be present to some extent too. :)
Quote Posted by Peanuckle
So do we know anything about release dates?
Late 2009 - early 2010. Nothing more specific yet.
DDL on 23/4/2009 at 12:34
Closer examination of the DX code reveals that actually, while shadow stealth is definitely a feature, once you've been sighted, enemies ignore the shadows check completely until you stick some actual geometry between you and them (i.e. L.O.S. stealth). They'll merrily chase you through total darkness firing off shots without trouble, but the instant a wall gets in the way it's all "Where did he go?", and then once they've calmed down shadows start being effective again.
Out of curiosity I turned the "shadowstealth while sighted" stuff back on, and my god does it make DX hilariously easy.
But hey: that was in 2000, so AI has to be better than that by now, right?
ZylonBane on 23/4/2009 at 18:25
Quote Posted by DDL
Closer examination of the DX code reveals that actually, while shadow stealth is definitely a feature, once you've
been sighted, enemies ignore the shadows check completely until you stick some actual geometry between you and them (i.e. L.O.S. stealth).
This is exactly how Thief handles alerted AIs as well.
