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Now that Deus Ex has been cancelled, what other games scratch the Deus Ex itch? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's kind of sad that one of the greatest video game series is on hold for now.
Conspiracy theories, multiple ways of solving a mission, game lore hidden in computer inboxes...
Are there any (pre-2010) games that gave you the same feeling or do a similar thing?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Transistor. Not pre-2010 but 2014 and checks several boxes here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh did it get better? I tried it back in the day and had a hard time getting into it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It was always a great game IMO, nothing fundamentally changed about it. But I also understand what you mean. I bounced off it once or twice because the combat system is very, very different and I wasn’t sure I was getting it. Didn’t quite find a flow.

Eventually I just sat down and beat it, because it’s actually not a very long game. Like 5 to 7 hours. And the story/music/art is just unbelievable.

You don’t need to get great at the combat. Just kind of learn what builds work for you and be a little flexible when they’re not working.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cool, thanks for the write up. Maybe I'll install it and give it another try. I have tried it a couple of times and it has been quite a while since my last attempt. It definitely was the combat system I had difficulty with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you’re like me, just get over your pride and play on the easiest difficulty/use whatever cheese is effective. It’s a beautiful game worth experiencing and if it requires you to completely leapfrog the combat then so be it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I wish I had done this for each of Supergiant's games before Hades. They've always had the writing, voice acting, music, and the aesthetic in particular down pat, but I feel it took them a while to get to solid gameplay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Bastion clicked immediately for me. Pyre is an oddball (hyuk hyuk) but I actually did find a good rhythm there and fell in love with it. I replayed it a year or so ago on True Nightwing mode and it was incredible. They’re just so good at making defeat a part of the game and it makes the stakes feel way more real. I’d spend sometimes 15min before a match planning my team and talismans and have these absolute nail biter matches. I got so emotionally invested in it lol