PCG Dec. DEUS EX 3!!!...& Fallout 3 (cover)

[Nemz0r]

Ok, I get home and see my PCG UK - excited because Fallout 3 is on the cover and it has the review inside. Now checking out the contents I become a little disappointed since the promised Mirror's Edge review is missing (QQ), but upon turning the page my excitement is re-kindled when I see the words "Deus Ex 3" .

I'm really loving the funky cover this issue, so posting it here (Please remove if it's not allowed! But it is just the cover ).



In reality it's a little less vivid and a bit more washed out but I haven't time to photoshop it!

Now.. Deus Ex 3 is slated for 2010... so don't get too excited yet! It's also a prequel as you probably already know, focused on 'heavy-duty prosthetics' more than nanotechnology (think the models before Gunther Hermann!) and the prejudice against those who have augmentations.

Now here i'm not sure about the new developers! "We want to remove the RPG aspect of the fighting and make it more straightforward, like you see in games like Rainbow Six... So if you're good at shooting, the game will not tell you you're not good at shooting because your stats are low." I really hope they don't fall into the path of simplification that was Deus Ex 2 (whatever happened to those original screenies ).

Another quote to get a grasp at what the story will be about "The game takes place in a segregated world, and Jean-Francois cites the endemic racism of 1950s and '60s America as an inspiration for the imagery, attitudes and problems augmented people face in Deus Ex 3." "But his team are also drawing on more recent history to inform their story: specifically Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter who was rejected from competing in the Bejing Olympics this year because his prosthetic 'blade' feet are 30% more efficient than human ankles. Jean-Francois sees this controversy as the first real-world example of the tensions his game will take to their logical extremes."

Also, it says that when you perform special augmentation moves your camera will zoom to 3rd person to show you what happens. And it'll make use of a cover system like Rainbow Six Vegas (this guy really likes his R6: Vegas...). PCG comment themselves "So far it looks as if DX3 will share its fate (invisible war). There's no way the hardcore fans will swallow a far-future aesthetic and "more straightforward" Rainbow Six combat. But there's also no way a game that copies this much of the Deus Ex template will be truly bad." "In the words of Bob Page: "We got a lot of things right when we made you, Denton.""

Right...moving on. There's a nice big guide to WotLK! Worth a read if you play WoW and pick the mag up! Personal mailbox for engineers (?) named MOLL-E lol!

And of course Fallout 3! "Glowing" "An excellently grim RPG" 90%

[gtech]

Interesting, i would of liked you to go into what they said about fallout 3 a bit more .
As a massive Deus Ex fan i'm not liking the sound of this although... using an example of what Ubisoft have done for the Far Cry name.

Looks like PCZone might have Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 review ?

[kalniel]

Looks like PCZone might have Far Cry 2 and Fallout 3 review ?

Didn't the three all review Far Cry 2 last month?

[format]

Far Cry 2 got 94% last month yep.

[gtech]

Didn't the three all review Far Cry 2 last month?

Must of missed that 1 then, the last pc zone mag i've seen had Deus ex all over the front of it, but didnt see any far cry 2 review.

[gtech]

Didn't the three all review Far Cry 2 last month?

Far Cry 2 got 94% last month yep.

It seems the next edition of PCZONE will have the reviews of both Far Cry 2 AND Fallout 3.


This is quoted from the PCZone website and directly from the PCZone staff

originally posted by a forum member

... by getting run over with a truck, ironically.

My only disappointments (henceforth to be known as 'Logs') is the absence of Far Cry 2, Red Alert 3 or Fallout 3 reviews. I really don't trust exclusive reviews (i.e. PCG's), so was looking for the PCZ viewpoint on Far Cry 2. Dead Space though was very helpful! As was Euro Truck Simulator. Whores? Count me in!

Everything else was just solid gold. I hope you're keeping all the old/fired writers in a big cage in the basement now, so you can syphon off their powers at will. As well as Warren Spector.

originally posted by PCZone staff

All three games you mention are in 201. Which only goes to make me angry that publishers can't sort their **** out and release stuff throughout the year.

It's sad that Men of War and Cryostasis have slipped to 2009, too - after meeting up with 1C, I was looking forward to those.

cool, i was hoping i hadnt missed it.

[revol68]

I'd have been much more interested in what they say about Fall Out 3 than some vague snippets about a Deus Ex prequel that seems like further pissing on the originals grave.

[kalniel]

It seems the next edition of PCZONE will have the reviews of both Far Cry 2 AND Fallout 3.

Cool. WHS didn't have PCZone in when I checked, just PC Total Gaming and PC Gamer, both of which reviewed Far Cry 2 last month.

[looney]

Cant wait for Deas Ex, Invisible war was abit of a let down.

[revol68]

Cant wait for Deas Ex, Invisible war was abit of a let down.

From what it seems the new Deus Ex is going to be even further removed from the 1st game, heading down the straightforward shooter route instead, which is rather lazy of them.

[danroyle]

From what it seems the new Deus Ex is going to be even further removed from the 1st game, heading down the straightforward shooter route instead, which is rather lazy of them.

thats criminal if it's true

deus ex was superb deus ex 2 was awful.

if they go down the standard fps road they should ditch the deus ex name. the original was superb for its rpg like qualitys in a shooter.