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What game should we play in December?

Poll ended at December 1st, 2024, 02:59

Deus Ex: Invisible War
7
26%
Eye of the Beholder
2
7%
Gothic
2
7%
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
5
19%
Mass Effect
7
26%
The Witcher
2
7%
Underrail
2
7%
 
Total votes: 27

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Honest poster, doing my job.

Eat ****, **********.
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Protean wrote: December 1st, 2024, 03:01
Honest poster, doing my job.

Eat ****, **********.
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My vote...
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ACOD just found out he's been diagnosed with a terminal illness and only have minutes to live, you need to let him vote on this, it's his last wish.
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Deus Ex won not counting the alt
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?
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As a special Christmas Bonus, anyone who earns any badge this month will have $10USD ($20CAD) donated in their name and unlock HQ Platinum as well as the iconic 2024 Paypig which you can optionally display. Make my life worse and support Rusty by playing RPGs.


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Deus Ex: Invisible War


Twenty years after the events depicted in the multi-award-winning Deus Ex, the world is just beginning to recover from The Collapse. As an elite agent-in-training, you must match wits against numerous militant factions bent on violently reshaping the world to suit their own agendas. Armed with a multitude of high-tech gadgets and cyberpunk bio-mods, you are granted nearly superhuman powers. Travel the globe to uncover fiendish plots and convoluted conspiracies of world domination. Unmask the conspirators, and discover the shocking truth behind your own origins.

Deus Ex: Invisible War features the open-ended gameplay of its predecessor: use multi-tools and trickery to get past your opponents, or just turn their technology against them as you hack their turrets and computer systems. Along with bio-mods and choices that let you mould your character as you desire, take advantage of the numerous ways to customize your weaponry whether it’s to increase their rate of fire or clip capacity. Last but not least, take advantage of the various factions, such as the Omar who have the only black-market bio-mods, to further your aims.

Who should you trust? Who should you fight? Every decision you make affects the world around you. A good choice for RPG and action fans alike!
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Time to beat

9 hours - Main
13.5 hours - Main + Sides
18.5 hours - Completionist

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Oyster Sauce wrote: December 1st, 2024, 03:49
anyone who earns any badge this month
Ah, time to add the "You made a single post!" badge.
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viewtopic.php?t=1060-adventurer-s-guild ... s-upcoming oh yeah here's an incomplete list of games you can earn badges for
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Can I get the badge but you don't donate the money?
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?
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Oyster Sauce wrote: December 1st, 2024, 03:49

Time to beat

9 hours - Main
13.5 hours - Main + Sides
18.5 hours - Completionist
Can add this to your list:
"1 hour - Played it at launch"

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Oyster Sauce wrote: December 1st, 2024, 03:49
As a special Christmas Bonus, anyone who earns any badge this month will have $10USD ($20CAD) donated in their name and unlock HQ Platinum as well as the iconic 2024 Paypig which you can optionally display. Make my life worse and support Rusty by playing RPGs.
$10 per badge earned?
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How do you prove that you beaten the game?
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Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:14
How do you prove that you beaten the game?
Screenshot your endgame character sheet/character/whatever makes the most sense for the game
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Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:14
How do you prove that you beaten the game?
Livestream you playing the game while uploading the stream to a blockchain to verify proof of time
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I highly recommend people getting the visual upgrade mode since it noticeably improves visual fidelity , widescreen support, improved character texture quality for character models and better optimization for known multi core issues.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-2-visible-upgrade
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I highly recommend the run speed augmentation.

The aggressive defense augmentation is also useful, but not until pretty late in the game.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:20
Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:14
How do you prove that you beaten the game?
Livestream you playing the game while uploading the stream to a blockchain to verify proof of time
Upload the steam to a blockchain?
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Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 05:15
rusty_shackleford wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:20
Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:14
How do you prove that you beaten the game?
Livestream you playing the game while uploading the stream to a blockchain to verify proof of time
Upload the steam to a blockchain?
Perhaps you want to consider this instead
Oyster Sauce wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:16
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Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:25
I highly recommend people getting the visual upgrade mode since it noticeably improves visual fidelity , widescreen support, improved character texture quality for character models and better optimization for known multi core issues.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-2-visible-upgrade
So you recommend not playing the game?
I'm just stating the facts.
Question is are you going to gargle the truth or swallow?
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I thought the whole point was to play the chosen game within that month from beginning to end.
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Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 05:28
I thought the whole point was to play the chosen game within that month from beginning to end.
Yes.
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Vergil wrote: December 1st, 2024, 05:25
Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:25
I highly recommend people getting the visual upgrade mode since it noticeably improves visual fidelity , widescreen support, improved character texture quality for character models and better optimization for known multi core issues.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-2-visible-upgrade
So you recommend not playing the game?

Personally I would recommend it if want to see the aftermath of the events after the Deus Ex. However the gameplay is very much steamlined for accessibility purposes mainly because of the Xbox which understandably many take issue with those decisions .It also very difficult to run properly even significantly more then Deus Ex 1.
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Tweed wrote: November 30th, 2024, 17:05
No because he'll pick the wrong game.
Prophetic post.
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Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 05:42
Vergil wrote: December 1st, 2024, 05:25
Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 04:25
I highly recommend people getting the visual upgrade mode since it noticeably improves visual fidelity , widescreen support, improved character texture quality for character models and better optimization for known multi core issues.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-2-visible-upgrade
So you recommend not playing the game?

Personally I would recommend it if want to see the aftermath of the events after the Deus Ex. However the gameplay is very much steamlined for accessibility purposes mainly because of the Xbox which understandably many take issue with those decisions .It also very difficult to run properly even significantly more then Deus Ex 1.
It's literally an extremely dumbed down version of the OG.
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The game is a dollar on steam I guess I will actually do one of these for once:

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Nooneatall wrote: December 1st, 2024, 11:44
The game is a dollar on steam I guess I will actually do one of these for once:

Why are you buying it when there is a literal link in the OP to get it for free?

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I once again did the thing where I torrent the game only for my GoG Galaxy client ask me if I want to download an update (or sync saves or something) because I already own it.
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Finarfin wrote: December 1st, 2024, 11:41
Unhelpful Contrarian wrote: December 1st, 2024, 05:42
Vergil wrote: December 1st, 2024, 05:25

So you recommend not playing the game?

Personally I would recommend it if want to see the aftermath of the events after the Deus Ex. However the gameplay is very much steamlined for accessibility purposes mainly because of the Xbox which understandably many take issue with those decisions .It also very difficult to run properly even significantly more then Deus Ex 1.
It's literally an extremely dumbed down version of the OG.
True. Still enjoy it anyway solely because of its soundtrack, Atmosphere and main narrative.
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Finarfin wrote: December 1st, 2024, 11:48
Nooneatall wrote: December 1st, 2024, 11:44
The game is a dollar on steam I guess I will actually do one of these for once:
Why are you buying it when there is a literal link in the OP to get it for free?

I'm not paying for it, the tax payer is

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