Ovenall
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I'm now partway through Detroit.
This game is not an RPG. Maybe the earlier versions of it were, but this is a first person shooter with small portions of dialog. Most of the dialog so far simply advances the story, and there's some dialog that boils down to "I will do your quest" or "I will not do your quest"
I am amused that this game is covered by an RPG website. I am posting these thoughts only to tell others who read them that this is NOT an RPG. It's a stealth/action game with some small parts of dialog. You don't create a character. There is interaction but most of it has zero impact on anything. Yes, you choose how to level up, but in the end it's a choice of "do I go through the roof or through the front door?" and "do I shoot them with a gun or wait until their back is turned and then tackle them silently?"
Bioshock has just about the same level of RPG-ness that this game has. My best guess is that Deus Ex (stupid name by the way) is covered here because it's french canadian. For some weird reason, people here will gush over mediocre games that are not from the USA. And yes, it's full of stupid, offensive, ham-handed racial stereotypes.
The voice work is really bad in this game by the way. The main character ninja guy sounds like an amateur doing a Clint Eastwood impression with a bad hangover. The subtitles are necessary because the guy you play mumbles to a ridiculous degree. It gets worse as you hear it over and over. I don't think I've ever played a game as a hero this unlikeable. In fact, I hate most of the characters. Even the sympathetic ones like Megan's mom come across as unlikeable.
It's not a terrible game, but I'm surprised by the amount of praise it's getting here. Actually, it got praise all over the place.
I'm playing it with the positive reviews I've read echoing in my ears... I simply don't get it. It's competent, but so very, very lame in so many aspects.
This game is not an RPG. Maybe the earlier versions of it were, but this is a first person shooter with small portions of dialog. Most of the dialog so far simply advances the story, and there's some dialog that boils down to "I will do your quest" or "I will not do your quest"
I am amused that this game is covered by an RPG website. I am posting these thoughts only to tell others who read them that this is NOT an RPG. It's a stealth/action game with some small parts of dialog. You don't create a character. There is interaction but most of it has zero impact on anything. Yes, you choose how to level up, but in the end it's a choice of "do I go through the roof or through the front door?" and "do I shoot them with a gun or wait until their back is turned and then tackle them silently?"
Bioshock has just about the same level of RPG-ness that this game has. My best guess is that Deus Ex (stupid name by the way) is covered here because it's french canadian. For some weird reason, people here will gush over mediocre games that are not from the USA. And yes, it's full of stupid, offensive, ham-handed racial stereotypes.
The voice work is really bad in this game by the way. The main character ninja guy sounds like an amateur doing a Clint Eastwood impression with a bad hangover. The subtitles are necessary because the guy you play mumbles to a ridiculous degree. It gets worse as you hear it over and over. I don't think I've ever played a game as a hero this unlikeable. In fact, I hate most of the characters. Even the sympathetic ones like Megan's mom come across as unlikeable.
It's not a terrible game, but I'm surprised by the amount of praise it's getting here. Actually, it got praise all over the place.
I'm playing it with the positive reviews I've read echoing in my ears... I simply don't get it. It's competent, but so very, very lame in so many aspects.
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