"THE HIVE" - Introduce Yourself In Here - & Random CHAT Thread

[1134]

I know what a bot is. But why here?

[DXeXodus]

Because this is the internet

[MrFoxter]

Originally Posted by 1134

I know what a bot is. But why here?

Because they are trying to take over the world! We were lucky to stop this one so soon, but next time, we might not be so fortunate!

[DXeXodus]

It helps to know their killphrases too. Saves a lot of fighting that way...

[RimvydasM]

hello.my nime is Rimvydas,i'm from Lithuania (Europe).i'm 20years old.right now i'm student.
i'm gamer.i love rpg,fps,action games

[ArmedPrimate]

Hey everyone! My name is Wes, I'm from Vancouver, Canada. I love to game and love anything military. Super stoked for DX:HR, as I absolutely loved DX. It's great to see such an active community.

[Iron and Copper]

Pre loading is good, places like the Detroit Hub are expansive and detailed but split into two distinct areas connected by a metro station. It appears to serve as a buffer to load the other areas, there is also a sewer system and a shorter crawl space between. I think it works like the bridges in GTA, you don't really notice them, not like the mass effect elevators or anything (though there are some long elevator rides but they seem to have uplink conversations or the like going on. If you die however you can be waiting forever to get back in the game. So just be really good at the game and you'll be fine.

[Iron and Copper]

Originally Posted by tZer

IMHO it would have added a bit of realism, shooting enemies causes an appropriate reaction, when I shot a guy in the leg he fell over while still not being dead. But when being shot yourself, absolutely no reaction? With health regen this wouldn't have been much of a deal, and considering his Augs, maybe it does make some sort of sense there is no localized damage.

I like localised damage because it is real. Simple as. If I up and shoot an AI in the foot I want him to hit the deck in pain, but my error should be punished. People will notice, they'll hear and be alerted to his scream. As it stands the sniper rifle is powerful enough to deplete all his HP regardless of where he is shot. Considering they removed the skill system and justified it by saying 'your own skill with a weapon is key, you are Jensen so he has your skills', I would have expected a reward for being a good shot and a punishment for being a piss poor shot. Equally if I want to shoot someone in the leg as a tactic say then I should be able to. I don'y mind too much about Jensen's healing, hobbled performance, vision and wonky aim would be nice as temporary hindrance as he heals. Like his augs had been disrupted with the force.
Again the MGS wound system is fantastic, it's real, it's fun as hell and it is very rewarding. Some middle ground could have been forged here and it wouldn't have alienated any new gamers who undoubtedly are going to be MGS fans anyway, because it's that kind of game. You like one you'll like the other, they will draw some parallels here.
All that said, you shoot them in the leg with a less powerful weapon then the do sometimes fall, they get back up and are as good as new after a time which is nice and they occasionally react to a shoulder shot which stuns them a bit. I think it'll pan out all right overall and playing it you wont miss it too badly. I will miss the health and bioelectric robots this style negates though. They were like your little port in a storm when you found one.

[DXeXodus]

A warm welcome to Rimvydas and Wes. Good to have you both on the forums

[Viktoria]

Originally Posted by DXeXodus

A warm welcome to Rimvydas and Wes. Good to have you both on the forums

^
This.

Welcome guys.

[HERESY]

I don't watch much TV but last night I saw the HR commercial twice in less than an hour. I didn't even know the game had a commercial, how long has it been out?

[Angel-A]

I saw a Gamefly ad with DXHR amongst the covers.

[Charadesmith]

"Estimated that side quests will add around 15 hours to the game" from rpgfan twitter

"According to Lapikas, each of the multiple endings are distinct, but all of them allow for the setup of the original Deus Ex." - according to worthplaying. This is nice!

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by ArmedPrimate

Hey everyone! My name is Wes, I'm from Vancouver, Canada. I love to game and love anything military. Super stoked for DX:HR, as I absolutely loved DX. It's great to see such an active community.

Alright, there's two of us! Time to take over! You can be my Rene-replacement. He's the only other person to know what it was like to have a bad Hockey team that always manages to get to Stanley cup play-offs (Toronto doesn't count as they're simply insane).

[lol]

Originally Posted by Charadesmith

"Estimated that side quests will add around 15 hours to the game" from rpgfan twitter

That could easily be an exaggeration,but I guess if he played it then it might be true.Who knows

[Coyotegrey]

Originally Posted by JCpie

Oh great, two trolls from from Minneapolis.

Three! That's where I lived before Montreal!

<_<

[Romeo]

Now you've done it JCpie... It was good knowing you buddy. =P

[Snake04]

Lol

[SladeTeck]

Erm, I wasn't sure where to exactly talk about this so I decided to come here.

I recently saw a new video from Major Nelson. Pretty much the Xbox LIVE Ambassador himself. Anyway, in this video it showed some game play directly from the game, it entails some of the beginning, generally the attack on Sarif Industries.

Not sure if this is considered a spoiler or not since you all may know this already, but for those that don't I will protect the following with SPOILER tags:

It clearly shows Adam fending off several random goons that have come in with Barrett and the others. Though, in a plain ordinary Adam as in no Cybernetics. Even coming across Barrett throwing a scientist into the glass wall and shooting the other like in the trailer. I suppose this means we get to play a little as Adam before the change. Probably the tutorial level too.

That's my thoughts on that though. From what I've seen anyway.

[the_guy]

Originally Posted by MyImmortal

Welcome. Enjoy your stay.

That will be approximately £10,000 a night.

[Charadesmith]

Yes that's right, the first section of the game is without any augmentations. I found it quite symbollic. Without augmentations the game (that first section only) is linear and very limited, basically Mass Effect corridor shooting. Then, you get augged and a whole world opens up... Very nice.

[MrFoxter]

Originally Posted by the_guy

That will be approximately £10,000 a night.

Good thing that you are not running this place then.

[SladeTeck]

Originally Posted by Charadesmith

Yes that's right, the first section of the game is without any augmentations. I found it quite symbollic. Without augmentations the game (that first section only) is linear and very limited, basically Mass Effect corridor shooting. Then, you get augged and a whole world opens up... Very nice.

That's actually kind of brilliant. You go in thinking, "Oh hey, ordinary FPS." Then BOOM! Everything changes.

Somewhat against your will obviously, now I see how it all fits together. Very nice.

[ClemensDog]

Originally Posted by the_guy

That will be approximately £10,000 a night.

Do you take amex?

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by MrFoxter

Good thing that you are not running this place then.

No, no... You can make that payable to us mods, though. =)

Originally Posted by ClemensDog

Do you take amex?

I would rather take being repeatedly punched in the genitals than your fly-by-night credit card!

Ah, Family Guy... I feel dishonored that I remembered a scene from that series. lol