Digital Nightfall on 22/10/2008 at 13:13
You need to think about it? You definitely want to hurt that man.
Mr. K. on 22/10/2008 at 13:48
Seriously, what's wrong with people these days? They have a perfect example of a game that worked and is loved by the fans to this day. What do they do? Put their hands over their ears and go "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA". And the use a third hand to stick a finger.
Slamelov on 22/10/2008 at 13:56
I can't believe it. What hapenned to the people's brain in the last 6 years?.
Malygris on 22/10/2008 at 13:59
Funny, I came here to link to the same article and make the same comment.
My hopes for this game are suddenly not what they used to be.
rachel on 22/10/2008 at 14:21
You gotta love what follows immediately after
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But he said developer Eidos Montreal would not attempt to dumb down the much-loved RPG-shooter franchise.
With a mindset like that? Yeah right :rolleyes:
BEAR on 22/10/2008 at 14:23
It really doesn't make sense. They already know that Deus Ex was very popular, there is a large amount of interest in the 3rd game precisely because of that, it was game of the year and is constantly on everyone's top games ever, why do they feel the need to intentionally fuck it up?
Is it ego? Does everyone think they can do better so nobody is capable of making an accurate successor to a game? Do the people who make games actually like games or do they hate them and want to ruin them for everyone? It really feels like the latter and I'm not sure why.
DDL on 22/10/2008 at 14:57
I also like the concept that a game that takes TIME is somehow a bad thing.
"yeah, DX took too long: we want to make a game you finish in an afternoon, so you can get back to buying even more 'gears of war' clones."
YuSeF on 22/10/2008 at 17:02
"But he said developer Eidos Montreal would not attempt to dumb down the much-loved RPG-shooter franchise."
This is very misleading in my opinion. All that is meant by what he said is that the PC version and any console version will be very simular. This has nothing to do with the "gameplay" being changed. So he is free to change the original flow of the game.
"In an interview with Edge magazine, published tomorrow, [Deus Ex 3 lead game designer] Jean-Francois Dugas says the original Deus Ex was “kind of slow”. He added, “There weren't enough exciting, memorable moments. It was aimed more towards a simulation rather than a game experience.”
If this is his experience of DX then the game is in trouble. I feel as if he does not like DX and that will have a profound negative affect on DX3. For that he should be canned. We need someone with passion for the game. We do not need someone who was not pleased with the game experience or most likely with his comment "a simulation rather than a game experience" does not understand the game play. That particular comment does strike me as him wanting to make it even more shooter such as half life (more shooting than story) and making it a shorter game like gears of war.
I feel very angered by his comments and I wish he knew how much it pisses people off. I doubt he would even care.
heywood on 22/10/2008 at 17:14
I'm not surprised they see a few things they can change to make it "better" from their POV. This is what happens when a franchise is turned over to a completely different team. It would be nice if the DX3 developers were die hard fans of the original, but it's unrealistic to expect them to be.
I'm very pessimistic because the PC centric "old guard" of the games industry is gradually being replaced by younger console oriented developers. It's going to get harder and harder to find people in the industry who like the same kind of games we do.
Plus it seems that game designers are starting to fancy themselves like movie directors, crafting a tightly controlled, almost cinematic game experience for the player.
