Development Info Deus Ex 3 will be faster and more memorable

[DarkUnderlord]

Tags: Deus Ex: Human Revolution; Eidos Montreal

... or so it has been implied with <a href="http://www.edge-online.com/news/deus-ex-was-%E2%80%9Ckinda-slow%E2%80%9D-says-deus-ex-3-dev">Deus Ex 3 lead game designer Jean-Francois Dugas saying</a>:
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<blockquote>In an interview with Edge magazine, published tomorrow, 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.”
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But he said developer Eidos Montreal would not attempt to dumb down the much-loved RPG-shooter franchise. “At this point we don’t know exactly which platforms we’re going to be out on. The PC, we’ll be there for sure. But for us, console-isation isn’t about dumbing down features. If we’re to go console we will want to keep the complexity alive. We want the menu interface and controller to feel simple without risking any of their potential"</blockquote>
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... and if you haven't already <a href="http://tlundmark.blogspot.com/2008/10/pc-zone-dues-ex-3-magazine-scans.html">take a look at some magazine scans</a> of PC Zone's article last month which has some screenshots.
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Thanks <b>Santiago</b> and <b>Wyrmlord</b>!

 

[Chefe]

Is this the same game where stats determine what kind of ammo you can use?

Also

In an interview with Edge magazine, published tomorrow

He can see the future! :shock:

And

"But I don't wanna be a pirate!"

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

"It was aimed more towards a simulation rather than a game experience.”


Isn't a simulation pretty much a game experience anyways?

 

[Serious_Business]

No

Go to jail pedophile

 

[Major_Blackhart]

The Poopster has got nuthin on me so hold your tongue cow or it might just be tossing my salad!

Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed.

 

[DraQ]

Dugas was “kind of slow”.

Excess fluff removed.

Is this the same game where stats determine what kind of ammo you can use?

:shock:
Tell me you're just making shit up.

 

[ghostdog]

Bah , there is not much hope for DX3. The only question is if it's going to be better or worse than DX2...

 

[Xi]

Wait for them to announce that the RPG features were the "slow" part they were planning on removing. Deus Ex was meant to be an FPS. Dur

 

[VonVentrue]

Bah , there is not much hope for DX3. The only question is if it's going to be better or worse than DX2...

They'd have to turn DX3 into an excruciatingly pathetic experience in order to make it sink below such level of mediocrity - but then, everything's possible these days.
Having said that, I'd really like Dugas to elaborate on the "DX was slow and lacking in memorable moments" part further since he's obviously clueless when it comes to these particular aspects of the game.

 

[Gragt]

Yeah, having them give us exemple of what did not work and how it should have been done would be far better than simply throwing declarations of that kind.

 

[DraQ]

Is this the same game where stats determine what kind of ammo you can use?

:shock:
Tell me you're just making shit up.

 

[Cthulhugoat]

funny quote post

 

[Black]

Deus Ex 3 will be more twitchy and will be forgotten more easily.

 

[merry andrew]

I'm looking forward to the clothing in this.

UNPRETTY CLOTHES = NOT EXCITING

 

[Jason]

The full interview is up.

“Choice and consequence are at the heart of what we wanted to create. Obviously, being an action-RPG there’s more than one aspect to the game, but choice and consequence informs all of them. You can play the game entirely through combat or stealth – or a mixture – and supporting roles such as hacking and social skills will be used to open up more possibilities and alternate solutions to problems. So that’s the low-level gameplay, but to an extent that’s the real RPG aspect of the game. We want the players to be able to play the way they want.”

Dialogue has a new system, making use of advancements in character animation to better signpost the reaction NPCs have to the player’s dialogue choices. “You really have to read between the lines of what people are saying,” says Dugas. “The way characters behave, crossing their arms or the way they answer back, will tell you how comfortable they are with you. There are augmentations that’ll help you read the characters better and help you to direct your choices.”

So there's an augmentation that helps you read body language?

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Dialogue has a new system, making use of advancements in character animation to better signpost the reaction NPCs have to the player’s dialogue choices. “You really have to read between the lines of what people are saying,” says Dugas. “The way characters behave, crossing their arms or the way they answer back, will tell you how comfortable they are with you. There are augmentations that’ll help you read the characters better and help you to direct your choices.”

And Bloodlines had this YEARS ago...

Fucking retarded press and audience...

 

[inwoker]

fallout had this too lol

 

[Wyrmlord]

Call me all sorts of names you want, but I have to say this.

I don't want Deus Ex 3 to be a good game.

I want it to be bad and a miserable failure so I can be proven right about it.

Because one way or another, this game will not be Deus Ex. If it turns to be a good game in its own right, then that will weaken the case for wanting the game to be like the first one.

I mean, they have taken Deus Ex, and introduced Victorian clothing and tentacles that shoot out of your back? If I am living in a world where you can do this to Deus Ex and still somehow make a good game out of it, then I'll be damned.

And I also have to say this: Eidos Montreal is a brand new studio. They are untested and unproven. Who are they to declare the work of an older and more established developer with several great games to their credit to be "slow and unexciting"?

 

[MaskedMan]

OMG FIRST SCREENSHOT

 

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

hmm

 

[ricolikesrice]

i could give a flying fuck about tentacles shooting out of my back and victorian clothes or how badly they butcher the setting (which wasnt that good to begin with if you take off our rose-colored glasses) ...... as long as this game would provide level design with the quality of deus ex where you have near limitless options on how to complete your mission.

i really doubt that though and expect another interactive movie shooting galerie with a bunch of minigames à la half life 2 or call of duty 4.

 

[SimpleComplexity]

Press X on your xbawks controller to shoot tentactles.
To hack the computer guess a word with 6 letters from this list, you have 4 tries.
Dialogue: "I´ll do it" I`ll do it for a price." "I`ll have to think about that"
Plottwist: The guy who gives you quests is your enemy. Also, find the "Jackal".
*Cutscene* Altair..er.. JC Denton, you have to kill this man. Come back to me, when you are done.
And of course the mandatory akimbo machineguns action.

 

[buccaroobonzai]

Masked man, what comic is that pic from, thats a cool looking cityscape.

 

[Wyrmlord]

Jean Francois Dugas' gaming credits:

F1 Racing Simulation
Speed Challenge
Far Cry Instincts
Far Cry Instincts Predator
Far Cry Instincts Evolution
Rainbow Six Vegas

So an honest question: Do you guys find it good, OK, unimpressive, or bad?

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

The dick responsible for Vegas is the lead on DX3? This game is doomed.