General Steam Sale Madness

[meadbelly]

^LOVED Deus Ex: Human Revolution. A good spiritual successor to the original Deus Ex.

[Gusington]

How many hours in it? I've just become interested in the last day or so...just missed it for 7.49 :/

[meadbelly]

30ish hours for a single run through if you play as straight up shooter. Longer if you want to play stealthy. There's a very tantalizing achievement -- playthrough without killing. I would think a Thief fan would love that option.

There is also at least one dlc that adds some new play content. I'll be looking for that during the sale.

Some replayability, although it is more through methods of play (ie, stealth vs shooter) and finding new paths to and through stuff than randomness of missions or players within. However, npcs will occasionally show up in unexpected places, so some newness there. I won't swear the game figures out you only have six tranq darts left and drops a seventh npc on the floor, but I have my suspicions.

[Gusington]

Yeah the Thief-y-ness of it is part of what is attracting me. Is it fair to say it is a cyberpunk title?

[meadbelly]

It would be unfair to call it anything other than cyberpunk! (I was pleased with the hacking implementation, among other small little touches.)

[Gusington]

Never having played the original it does sound like a fascinating game.

[meadbelly]

Would it help if I told you it has a "rockin' the casbah" mission?

(note: it doesn't.)

[Gusington]

^Don't you toy with me. I'm still smarting over missing that 6.79 price earlier today.

[meadbelly]

I feel your pain. I paid $43.20 more for it!

[Gusington]

Whoa. You must really like it if you're not feeling too angry about that price.

[Toonces]

Picked up all of the CK2 DLC and the Shogun 2 pack since I didn't own that yet.

Wow, that's a ton of gaming for $31!

[Toonces]

Crap, just got Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition.  Thanks Gusington.   ::)

[Nefaro]

Yeah the Thief-y-ness of it is part of what is attracting me. Is it fair to say it is a cyberpunk title?

Yes cyberpunk.  Yes Theif-y-ness.

It's a great blend of stealth & action and, even better, it's pretty lenient on how much you want of each.  It's pretty linear, but you still get to make enough decisions to allow for different playstyles if you decide to go again & approach situations differently.

[Tpek]

Whoa. You must really like it if you're not feeling too angry about that price.

Deus Ex Human Revolution is an awesome game...
And in any case, we know you'll get it anyway, so what's the point of even asking us about it? :P
(Well, except that I think it is no longer on sale)

[Shelldrake]

Never having played the original it does sound like a fascinating game.

Gus,
You owe it to yourself to pick up a copy of Deus Ex and play it! GOG has the sequel Invisible War which is a good game too but IMO not in the same class as the original.