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Post by Snowy » Tue Sep 16, 2025 4:47 pm

Shandy Pissfuck has always been a twat. I guess he must have some undiscovered, unknown talent, heading up Gearbox as long as he has, but I have never seen a glimmer of it, he's just properly Edwin-y.

Code your own engine though, that's special. What a flesh-wallet.
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Post by Sly Boots » Wed Sep 17, 2025 8:18 pm

Rare instance of common sense winning out:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vampir ... -after-all

I've actually preordered this too, probably a terrible decision, but hoping for the best!

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Post by Lenny Solidus » Sun Sep 21, 2025 9:00 am

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Post by Raid » Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:47 pm

I feel like the remake of System Shock 1 has kinda spoiled me; these remasters which just stick a bunch of new textures and character models into the same low-poly environments don't really do it for me.

...but it's also Deus Ex, which is one of the best PC games ever made, and one I've not played in 20 years. I may have to pick that one up.

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Post by Wrathbone » Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:44 am

Looks like it's coming to other platforms (including PC) thankfully. Not sure I'd want to play it with a controller.

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Post by Sly Boots » Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:02 am

The trailer is getting ratioed to oblivion lol, I must admit there was a fair bit of disappointment between reading about a remaster and then seeing it in action.

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Post by Lenny Solidus » Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:27 am

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When the budget for the remaster is $200
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I'm inclined to agree this was a very poor choice, Deus Ex is not the kind of game you can slap upscaled bumf to and declare now go now buy it. The graphics for the time everyone knew were far from the best, but it was never a game about graphics and far more that it had a structurally cohesive and immersive world with fantastic story characters and writing. But it all still worked, even graphically as it gave off a sense of scale and of place few other game had for the time, everyone remembers looking over and seeing that city scape far off in the distance for the first time.

Just look at games such as Anachronox - the graphics didn't matter, and it was still an amazing gameplay experience that pulled you right in. Saying that however, whenever I think of the game and the specific look of it still makes me think it looked extremely unique which Deus Ex always had too.

The reception to Invisible War too in part already taught us that lesson. Besides, Aspyr? Yeahhhhhhh. Edit: Though to be fair to them the Tomb Raider remaster was ok given what little I played of the first outing. I just think that if you alter how Deus Ex looks you're changing its immediately recognisable identity at its core in a way that perhaps wouldn't impact other games.

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Post by Wrathbone » Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:49 am

Anyone who hasn't played it for a long time probably remembers the gameplay being revolutionary, which it was at the time. But we're 25 years on and I think many are going to be surprised at how rudimentary the stealth and the combat is. You can't even aim down the sights, for instance. Where Deus Ex really shines is in how the plot details adapt to your actions, to an extent that remains impressive in 2025. But mechanically... yeah, a mild graphical upscale isn't going to cut it for a remaster.

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Post by Mantis » Thu Sep 25, 2025 10:20 am

I find it to be the case every time they remaster any old action or first person game that it just doesn't translate well when experienced with a couple of decades of contemporary controls and quality of life changes under your belt.

They defined our formative years as gamers and took huge steps for their respective genres. But I think they just need to be left in the past. Often the graphical overhauls they get end up totally ruining the vibe of the original anyway.

I don't mind updates to classic titles that fix issues which make them more playable on modern systems. But a lot of these remasters always seem so unnecessary to me.

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Post by Wrathbone » Thu Sep 25, 2025 10:58 am

Nightdive's remasters have been superb, but I get why someone who had never played Dark Forces would balk at it in the modern age. For me it was an essential purchase. On the other hand, I'd never played System Shock 1 before the remaster and I thought the gameplay held up very well (as I understand it, there were QoL improvements but the core gameplay was faithful to the original). As long as expectations are realistic, there's a market for old games and mechanics being given a new lease of life.

I think what bothers me about the Deus Ex remaster is that you can already mostly achieve what they're doing with free mods on PC (Deus Ex Reloaded, for instance). Other than bringing it to consoles, it seems a bit futile.

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Re: General Gaming News

Post by Lenny Solidus » Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:16 am

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Re: General Gaming News

Post by Raid » Thu Sep 25, 2025 11:38 am

Wrathbone wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 25, 2025 8:49 am
But we're 25 years on and I think many are going to be surprised at how rudimentary the stealth and the combat is.
I don't remember the combat being well regarded even at the time. Deus Ex went out of its way to make it feel like you always had options in how you approached a situation, but given how poor it handled, combat always felt like the wrong one and something you only did when your stealth approach failed. I do think it's something a remaster needs to focus on - better sound effects, better enemy feedback (more than the single, terrible canned flinching animation that every human enemy had), that sort of thing. I didn't get any of that from the trailer. The Assault Rifle still feels like it's firing staples rather than actual ammunition.

The problem with these remasters is that they often just feel like lazy cash grabs. The lighting's clearly improved over the original, but I'd kill for some proper ray-tracing in a game like this, but I suspect going through each level and redesigning all of the light emitters is too much effort.

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Re: General Gaming News

Post by Animalmother » Fri Sep 26, 2025 7:09 am

Makes me wonder if the Thief games are next for the remaster treatment.

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