My friends and I were talking about Deus Ex and how much we thought it sucked lat night
My friends and I were talking about Deus Ex and how much we thought it sucked lat night
Me and my friends were having the same conversation about a month ago.Originally Posted by Bert
My friends and I were talking about Deus Ex and how much we thought it sucked lat night
I like Kung-Fu.
In terms of story, characters, setting, music and choice Deus Ex is still the king and its over a decade old. Way ahead of its time. Every time I get back to playing it I get sucked in all over again.
Most people that play it now take one look at the graphics and move onto another game. Any fan of Deus Ex knows its just their loss. I feel sorry for you two.
And I feel sorry for people who can't take off their nostalgia goggles. I also feel sorry for people who jump to conclusions about why I don't like something, and that people who like the same thing as them automatically hold the same views as them.
I like when people feel sorry for me though, so thanks for that.
I like Kung-Fu.
It's not nostalgia goggles that result in the game being considered one of the best ever made and far ahead of its time. It's because it legitimately earned the right to be held up as an example of one of the best games ever made and many of things it did have yet to be improved upon. Not saying you have to like the game, but it was most certainly as innovative and ground breaking as people claim even if it hasn't aged well in every respect.
And for the record, I only played the game a bit here and there when it first came out. The first time I got to sit down and beat it was when I bought a copy about two years ago, so it's not nostalgia that has me considering it one of the best PC games out there. It's good solid game design that still holds up today.
The only other PC games I'd add to a list of my favourites would probably be Half-Life 1 & 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Starcraft. I'll also have to give some love to Alpha Centauri because it doesn't get nearly enough. It was my first time playing a Civilization style game and I still like it more than Civilization I think.
I wasn't trying to come off bitter about all this. Its just a game after all. Care to explain what issues you have with the game. If you can look past the graphics it holds up very well by todays standards. Interested to know why you shrug it off.
Oh and this. Lucky for me I already have it installed
I never really had problems with the graphics since I play old games all the time
Civ III or Civ IV, can't choose.
Probably one of the Monkey Islands, either 2 or 3, I can't decide.
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I really loved Alpha Centauri. There's just something about that game that whenever I talk about it I get excited. I'M GONNA REPLAY IT WITH MULTIPLAYER SOON.
Other favs: Monkey Island series, Full Throttle, Guild Wars, Gothic series, The Sims, Facade, Planescape: Torment, Deus Ex, all Fallouts except 3, Septerra Core, Anchoronax, Realms of Arkania series, Siege of Avalon, Arcanum, Lands of Lore series, and others.
I'm rare in that I play WRPG's and JRPG's about equally.
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I'm also curious about anyone's complaints with regard to Deus Ex. I've played it fairly recently and I think it still holds up. Perhaps the nostalgia colored glasses make me ignore the flaws even now. I can't be certain my view isn't tinted by my original thoughts, but really, the game was just historically way ahead of the pack. There are just things that it demonstrably did before anyone else. It also did many things better than other games of the time by a long shot. The voice acting was pretty top notch for one of many examples.
I have a lot of favourite games for the PC, but I mainly played them in earlier years. The entire Myst series, especially Riven and Revelations; Grim Fandango; Monkey Island 2; American McGee's Alice; Final Fantasy XI; Day of the Tentacle; Kings Quest series; Starcraft 1 and 2; Warcraft 3.
I'm sure there's heaps more, but I can't think of them right at this moment.
"... and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written."
Honest to God, the PC game I had the most fun with was Dungeon Keeper. It was made by Bullfrog (remember the original Theme Park? Theme Hospital?), which came out in about 1997 and me and a few friends of mine from school were obsessed with it. I remember once my Dad had come to pick me up from a friend's house and I refused to leave until we trained a Horned Reaper up to level 10 to see if it got any additional skills (it didn't). It was basically a strategy game in which you play the bad guy and have to wreck havoc on the world by creating underground dungeons full of creatures like dragons. Great fun. Especially when you're about 7.
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