ZylonBane on 25/11/2003 at 00:24
Someone on the Ion Storm forum linked this. It's footage of DX2 from an old PC build--
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http://koti.welho.com/bnystrom/Deus%20Ex%202%20at%20E3%202002.wmv)
If I were the cryin' type, that's what I'd do after realizing this is the version we could have had... if not for certain design contraints and boneheaded decisions.
Blackjack on 25/11/2003 at 00:52
Well, let's hope they return to this HUD for the final PC release.
Orgone Accumulator on 25/11/2003 at 00:59
Looking over some of those Old Build screenshots posted at the IS forum, I remembered something that I was thinking about when playing the DXIW demo - people sitting down. It sounds silly, but that was one of the many things that impressed me about Deus Ex. It had a remarkably immersive effect. What's more, in one of those screenshots it looks as though the bar patrons actually sit there drinking from tankards. How often do you see that in FPS games? Characters actually occupying themselves, instead of standing in one place, staring into space. Wonder why it was cut.
jstnomega on 25/11/2003 at 01:05
ZB, Thx for the linkage. Hadn't yet stumbled across that. Made me lust after SS3, as it reminded more of SS2 than DE, at least until it got to the kick-the-barrel-around physics demo part of the thing.
Gingerbread Man on 25/11/2003 at 02:22
You know, after seeing that again and remembering what the original interface etc looked like, I'd like to second Chibbo's suggestion that someone get taken out behind the woodshed. Maybe not Harvey specifically, but someone who was making design decisions obviously needs to get smacked a bit.
twisty on 25/11/2003 at 12:11
You know, it occurred to me that the reason why all of the characters have their eyes sticking out of their heads is probably because they are in a state of shock at being dumped into this travesty.
I really want to like this game, being such a huge fan of the first one, but my dislikes about this demo far outweigh anything else in it thus far. Perhaps I'll change my mind after playing through the demo a dozen more times.
Uncia on 25/11/2003 at 13:47
Say what you will, but the reticle in the Old GUI was horrible... Didn't like it when I saw the vid then, don't like it now. Like having an aquarium in the middle of the screen.
ZylonBane on 25/11/2003 at 15:56
...but then you realize that they ended up blowing that reticle up to full-screen and basing the entire final GUI around it.
Raisen on 25/11/2003 at 16:04
Meu Deus... the video is amazing. I want to play THAT game.
ACT SMILEY on 25/11/2003 at 17:00
Yep, I want the option for that one back. I didn't particularly like the reticle but at least like ZB said it wasnt the whole screen.
When I saw that interface I thought, quite simply "DXIW is going to be DX done right", but since then its become "DX done wrong"
