Junior Adventurer's Guild - December: Deus Ex: Invisible War

[Valter]

Ya'll haters.

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Maybe I'd feel different about them had I played Deus Ex 1. C'est la vie.

[Tweed]

Ya'll haters.

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Right, because joining the transhumanist hivemind is the better option.
Doing so because a one-liner he said that one time sounds cool is gay.
He also says a bunch of ******** **** when you first meet him:


I didn't screenshot the whole thing because it was getting so stupid that I saw no point in having a screenshot for every line of his monologue.
And here's an AI that works for Denton spouting commie propaganda:

Sounds like someone is afraid of change!

[Finarfin]

I don't wanna kill JC and Paul, so I guess I'll go with the blob ending.

[Lord of Riva]

I have literally lost the plot somewhere, why is Tracer Tong working with us, whats his goal, why does any of this happen?

There are some decent set pieces and I'm seeing occasionally some interesting takes on the settings aspect but it's mostly nonsense and incoherent gibberish, what were they thinking. *sigh*

[Tinky Winky]

I have literally lost the plot somewhere, why is Tracer Tong working with us, whats his goal, why does any of this happen?

There are some decent set pieces and I'm seeing occasionally some interesting takes on the settings aspect but it's mostly nonsense and incoherent gibberish, what were they thinking. *sigh*

It doesn't really matter, just kill everyone and get the real ending (the only good one) instead.

[Nooneatall]

Done

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I like how I can just cheese JC Denton by leading him out to get rocket by the templars that are there. Good times.
Bioengineering is wrong so I did what needed to be done by joining Saman. I give this game a 6/10.

[Valter]

Done

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I like how I can just cheese JC Denton by leading him out to get rocket by the templars that are there. Good times.
Bioengineering is wrong so I did what needed to be done by joining Saman. I give this game a 6/10.

**** 6/10 hurts, but I can't honestly argue against it. Pretty unremarkable for a stealth game, with some highlights in the lore.
AND **** THE STAIR CLIMBING! IT SUCKS! WHO DID THIS!? I WANT NAMES!

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

I don't wanna kill JC and Paul, so I guess I'll go with the blob ending.

To fair it the ending is left ambiguous of what the full ramifications would be.

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Although Helios final words are quite ominous and has very similar vibes to Childhood's Ends.

[Finarfin]

The **** did they do to Nicolette?

[Finarfin]

Here I come, JC. I'll save your comatose ***!

[J1M]

I have literally lost the plot somewhere, why is Tracer Tong working with us, whats his goal, why does any of this happen?

There are some decent set pieces and I'm seeing occasionally some interesting takes on the settings aspect but it's mostly nonsense and incoherent gibberish, what were they thinking. *sigh*

Because Hong Kong was a memorable map in Deus Ex 1.

[Finarfin]

Finally. Face to Face.

[J1M]

The **** did they do to Nicolette?

Hit the wall.

[Lord of Riva]

I've done it:

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You can see its me because I'm too ******** to copy a screenshot correctly.

It's a sad state of affairs if the preferred ending is the one where genocide happens with the templars, it's the fault of most narrative threads not leading anywhere and both Factions seem like really bad options, so not doing what they want seems like the best idea.

I like some story aspects, the fake war between the Order and the WTO for example, on the one hand it makes everything you do before pointless on the other hand getting played as an agent for the same faction seems very appropriate and fitting. But in the end it leads to nothing, really.

The templars are extremely shoehorned in, the game does an exceptional job actually to link the main story together and can comment on a lot of world states, which is impressive even though it ends up a bit extreme when you kill one of their actual leaders (the holiness) and you still get only a stern talking to, that is what makes the Templar implementation so weak since they are present starting in Cairo and you simply have no options to actually engage with them apart from being enemies.

In hindsight I think the escalation and the continuation of the Deus Ex story had some really excellent ideas that fall short basically everywhere, the game is both too short (Story-wise) and too long (it becomes a chore quite early on) and suffers from an absolute lack of gameplay complexity and that is a shame when you look at the world states.

All in all I did not enjoy the experience, and while I just said the Templar ending was the best one I ended up as a renegade and that is due to bugs, I was unable to use the Machine after allying with the Templars and then opted to end the game the way I could, it's done now.

At least we have all endings in the Thread now.

@rusty_shackleford do you need to see a screenshot of my saves as well so that it counts?

[Tweed]

To fair it the ending is left ambiguous of what the full ramifications would be.

"Share your mind with everyone" sounds like assimilation to me. Whatever the final product of JC's ending is and however prosperous it may be it can't really be called human anymore.

[Finarfin]

I don't think anyone really gives a **** about this game but I'll still hide spoilers:

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[1998]

I don't think anyone really gives a **** about this game but I'll still hide spoilers:

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**** you were really speedrunning that ****...I almost had to replay around 3h for running out of ammo.

[Finarfin]

I don't think anyone really gives a **** about this game but I'll still hide spoilers:

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**** you were really speedrunning that ****...I almost had to replay around 3h for running out of ammo.

I said I was going to speedrun it. Wanted to be done with it and nominate MASS EFFECT AGAIN

[1998]

I don't think anyone really gives a **** about this game but I'll still hide spoilers:

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**** you were really speedrunning that ****...I almost had to replay around 3h for running out of ammo.

I said I was going to speedrun it. Wanted to be done with it and nominate MASS EFFECT AGAIN

Might back you with that one next month...

[Oyster Sauce]

next month is KCD refresh month you bastards

[1998]

next month is KCD refresh month you bastards

**** also a good one...

[Finarfin]

next month is KCD refresh month you bastards

Do it outside of the HQ. Just because you have the attention span of a goldfish doesn't mean we have to dedicate a month to playing KCD. IF someone nominates it and it wins, that's a different story.

[Nooneatall]

next month is KCD refresh month you bastards

I've never played it past the tutorial

[Finarfin]

next month is KCD refresh month you bastards

I've never played it past the tutorial

If you plan on playing KCD2, I'd recommend playing the first one. It's really good even if it has some small issues when it comes to combat.

[Acrux]

Is there a KCD mod that removes the door opening animations and things like that? Those gave me vertigo.

[Tweed]

Yeah sure, vote for KCD.

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Another EZ badge 4 me.

[Oyster Sauce]

Yeah sure, vote for KCD.

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Another EZ badge 4 me.

stop cheating

[J1M]

The only way to stop him is to vote harder.

[Tweed]

Yeah sure, vote for KCD.

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Another EZ badge 4 me.

stop cheating

NOOOOOOOOO! You can't keep a record of a game you played! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Valter]

Here I come, JC. I'll save your comatose ***!

"I can fix her" levels of simping Godspeed you lunatic