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If you like Deus Ex, Splinter Cell, Riddick and/or Morrowind then you owe it to yourself to get this game.
Absolutely STUNNING.
The freedom to do what you want, mixed in with the life of a thief, various ways to approach objectives, with all those favourite bits from Splinter Cell (Hiding in the shadows, great gadgets, nice one-liners). The guard/enemy AI is pretty damn decent, fighting with them is really good fun and they will take you down enough to make it a challenge.
The game gives you a kind of stealth rating for all you Hitman 2 fans out there (How many stealth kills, normal kills, times you were spotted etc). Also there's various difficulty levels where different objectives are added and tougher conditions must be met (The AI gets a boost and you must steal more for example).
It's difficult to explain how brilliantly the stealth in this game is handled, it's SO much more fluid than mucking about in Splinter Cell and so much more satisfying when you take your enemy down. They've got the balance absolutely perfect between stealth and playability.
So far I've stealthily massacred an entire manor, broken into my landlords apartment and stolen my rent back(!), mugged 3 dozen people, taken on the city watch and generally picked a lot of dirty underhand fights with many scoundrels and peace-abiding citizens alike!
Equal to Deus Ex, better than Splinter Cell and Riddick with the styling of Morrowind. Fan-****ing-tastic!
More to follow.
Absolutely STUNNING.
The freedom to do what you want, mixed in with the life of a thief, various ways to approach objectives, with all those favourite bits from Splinter Cell (Hiding in the shadows, great gadgets, nice one-liners). The guard/enemy AI is pretty damn decent, fighting with them is really good fun and they will take you down enough to make it a challenge.
The game gives you a kind of stealth rating for all you Hitman 2 fans out there (How many stealth kills, normal kills, times you were spotted etc). Also there's various difficulty levels where different objectives are added and tougher conditions must be met (The AI gets a boost and you must steal more for example).
It's difficult to explain how brilliantly the stealth in this game is handled, it's SO much more fluid than mucking about in Splinter Cell and so much more satisfying when you take your enemy down. They've got the balance absolutely perfect between stealth and playability.
So far I've stealthily massacred an entire manor, broken into my landlords apartment and stolen my rent back(!), mugged 3 dozen people, taken on the city watch and generally picked a lot of dirty underhand fights with many scoundrels and peace-abiding citizens alike!
Equal to Deus Ex, better than Splinter Cell and Riddick with the styling of Morrowind. Fan-****ing-tastic!
More to follow.
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Deus Ex was class.
Probably depended on how you played it though.
Probably depended on how you played it though.
i got really into it for like 2 weeks, then it got repetitive. oh well...
The original Deus Ex was fantastic, the sequel was just... crap.
Don't get me wrong. I really enjoyed deus ex... it just didn't last
Thought the original was much worse than the sequel. The sequel contained far fewer cliches and the levels had superior design.
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