Since we already have a spoil-the-ending and a whine-about-dlc thread for Desu Ex, we clearly need another one!
Well, I used a proxy to log on to steam with a US IP to unlock the game I bought and paid for already. Been playing it for 12 hours now, so here's my impressions.
I've gotten past the point the leak ended, but not by far. I'm currenly mucking about in the second hub, which seems fairly large. Experience has been mixed, but mostly positive. Most missions - even the side quests - had multiple points of entry. And both stealthing, running and gunning or a combinaiton of both has been viable. Ammo is somewhat scarce if you take the gunbunny approach however.
Object highlighting is off by default. the piss filter is in and not removable through the settings. you can change a few ini files if you don't like your monitor being sprayed by urine. Mouse smoothing is still in and there is no easy toggle to remove it.
It may be fixable with inis. So far I've soldiered through with it on highest difficulty. It's a little annoying, but since I'm mostly stealthing past encounters it hasn't hamstrung me too badly.
No higher resolution textures are included. Graphics are the same as the leak, same with the framerate. the visuals definately aren't what I'd call mind-blowing, but they're servicable. The original DX looked kind of shit even by its days standards, so I guess it's part of the complete experience.
You kind of feel forced to splurge a huge amount of your upgrade points on hacking. there's simply so many extra bits and pieces (not to mention XP and lewtz) you miss out on if you can't hack everything. On top of that, inventory space is really limited. More upgrade points down the sink. I'm only just now beginning to explore the more interesting upgrades. 12 hours in, that's a bit late. Maybe it's me being obsessive-compulsive, since there is nothing that physically prevented me from buying the explosive back, the punching through walls and built in paracute.
So is it any good? Enh... I like it. If you haven't played the leak, it's a mediocre shooter with a decent(ish) stealth buffet. There's a little C&C - less than in DX but more than most games give you. Though the missions are linear, you can usually enter through 2-3 different points which opens up different tactical avenues to progress through an area. I was paticuarly thrilled when I found a rooftop access in the last mission befor ethe second hub that let me snipe tangos with impunity. there's a lot of DX1 namedropping fo appease the fans. Joseph Manderly's quite active, there are several references to Bob Page and Versalife. You even see what's obviously MJ12 troops.
Is it as good as the original DX? If both games had been released side-by-side (graphivs notwithstanding) I think DX would've overshadowed DX:HR. In its own right, DX:HR is an enjoyable game - better than most of the shit that's been released lately - but I probably won't be completing it seven times.
There is an achievement for completign the game without ever setting off an alarm, and another for completing the game without killing anyone. IT IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE DXHR WITHOUT KILLING PEEPZ (EXCEPT A FEW THAT DIE IN CUTSCENES). I guess that makes it better than Fallout.
Well, I used a proxy to log on to steam with a US IP to unlock the game I bought and paid for already. Been playing it for 12 hours now, so here's my impressions.
I've gotten past the point the leak ended, but not by far. I'm currenly mucking about in the second hub, which seems fairly large. Experience has been mixed, but mostly positive. Most missions - even the side quests - had multiple points of entry. And both stealthing, running and gunning or a combinaiton of both has been viable. Ammo is somewhat scarce if you take the gunbunny approach however.
Object highlighting is off by default. the piss filter is in and not removable through the settings. you can change a few ini files if you don't like your monitor being sprayed by urine. Mouse smoothing is still in and there is no easy toggle to remove it.
It may be fixable with inis. So far I've soldiered through with it on highest difficulty. It's a little annoying, but since I'm mostly stealthing past encounters it hasn't hamstrung me too badly.No higher resolution textures are included. Graphics are the same as the leak, same with the framerate. the visuals definately aren't what I'd call mind-blowing, but they're servicable. The original DX looked kind of shit even by its days standards, so I guess it's part of the complete experience.
You kind of feel forced to splurge a huge amount of your upgrade points on hacking. there's simply so many extra bits and pieces (not to mention XP and lewtz) you miss out on if you can't hack everything. On top of that, inventory space is really limited. More upgrade points down the sink. I'm only just now beginning to explore the more interesting upgrades. 12 hours in, that's a bit late. Maybe it's me being obsessive-compulsive, since there is nothing that physically prevented me from buying the explosive back, the punching through walls and built in paracute.
So is it any good? Enh... I like it. If you haven't played the leak, it's a mediocre shooter with a decent(ish) stealth buffet. There's a little C&C - less than in DX but more than most games give you. Though the missions are linear, you can usually enter through 2-3 different points which opens up different tactical avenues to progress through an area. I was paticuarly thrilled when I found a rooftop access in the last mission befor ethe second hub that let me snipe tangos with impunity. there's a lot of DX1 namedropping fo appease the fans. Joseph Manderly's quite active, there are several references to Bob Page and Versalife. You even see what's obviously MJ12 troops.
Is it as good as the original DX? If both games had been released side-by-side (graphivs notwithstanding) I think DX would've overshadowed DX:HR. In its own right, DX:HR is an enjoyable game - better than most of the shit that's been released lately - but I probably won't be completing it seven times.
There is an achievement for completign the game without ever setting off an alarm, and another for completing the game without killing anyone. IT IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE TO COMPLETE DXHR WITHOUT KILLING PEEPZ (EXCEPT A FEW THAT DIE IN CUTSCENES). I guess that makes it better than Fallout.
