Deus Ex: Human Revolution Hands-on - Part 2
Last week, Square Enix held a closed-door press event in Irvine, California to show off Eidos Montreal's upcoming cyberpunk shooter-RPG hybrid,...
Black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow!
This preview is based on a closed-door press event held by Square Enix in Irvine, California. Deus Ex: Human Revolution Hands-On based on non-final debug code on the PlayStation 3. Square Enix invited Shacknews to the event, and provided one night's accommodations for the purposes of previewing the game.
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Comment on Deus Ex: Human Revolution hands-on - Part 2, by Jeff Mattas.
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This is completely wrong, though I don't mean anything against you personally when I say it; I just don't think you've thought it through.
What she said essentially boils down to the characters not being strictly "good" or "bad", but having shades of both; this necessary to accurately portray any believable character - unless the only person you're trying to create is Mister Rogers, there will be something other than absolute good to a characterization. You can see this in the original Deus Ex: Morgan Everett truly does want to improve the world, and yet his methods even if successful will lead to censorship and the illusion of self determination in place of the real thing. Tracer Tong wants liberty for all; a noble goal, but he's willing to put the world through hell on the chance of achieving it. People could reasonably view both as overall "good" or "bad" depending on what they valued. There's a reason complex role playing games use at least two axises for alignment, and even then it's hard to fit some people.
The issue really is that Invisible War claimed to be taking this approach, but didn't actually do it! The templars are unrepentantly evil with literally no good qualities; they are manipulative liars and bigots who want to enforce their views on the world and will kill anyone who disagrees with them. The Illuminati, who in the first game were portrayed in a very balanced way (capable of evil but ultimately attempting to improve the world) are now using brainwashed assassins who commit suicide on defeat, and are used even in areas full of civilians. Nicolette and Chad both suffered from a completely absurd character derailment from their portrayals in the first game.
The Omar are essentially the Borg, and they are willing to forcibly expand their ranks even on those who don't want to participate. There is no "good" unless you consider the survival of something vaguely like humans to be the only thing that matters in the world.
The only group in Invisible War with a nuanced, subtle portrayal is ApostleCorp and the Dentons. Their goal is a good one (and achieves the only truly positive ending), but they are willing to force participation. This is the only group that actually lives up to the claim that the game was taking a careful approach to characters.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that Invisible War's problem wasn't subtle characterization but rather bad writing.
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Speaking of music to ears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcFB8Rmy-Sc
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I want the soundtrack to this game. The music on http://www.sarifindustries.com/en/ is also awesome.
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Makes me wish the Augmented Edition came with the score on CD.
As for that music, I like how a bit of Icarus sneaks in there. As it has been featured prominently (and the name is in reference to what appears to be a major theme of the story), I wouldn't be shocked if Icarus was woven into the score as a le motif.
If these two tracks are anything to go by, there is no question I'll get the score when released, even if that means stripping it out of the game's files, though I would prefer it on CD (transcoding without extra loss is always a plus). -
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Gamestop is still the only place where you can get a mission as a pre-order bonus. Everywhere else you just get something like two guns. Seriously irritating.
I haven't found any hard confirmations of DX3 being Steamworks, but it seems likely given recent Eidos releases and I've seen various claims that it is for some time.
Still the Gamestop/different pre-order bullshit turns me off of the whole pre-order thing in general. I really wish it would stop. Maybe the mission will be cheap DLC later on.
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Can't have a Deus Ex thread without this link:
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