Deus Ex Alpha • View topic - Re-Release

by **ynnaD** » Fri Sep 23, 11 3:03 pm

What would people's opinions be on a re-release of the original DX on PSN and Xbox Live for a resonable price, good/bad idea?

by **James** » Fri Sep 23, 11 3:04 pm

Bad idea. Square Enix don't deserve income from a videogame they didn't publish.

Plus console.

by **Allan** » Fri Sep 23, 11 6:29 pm

Dear god, not PS2 DX again on modern consoles!! D:

by **Poor** » Fri Sep 23, 11 9:07 pm

Good idea. I wouldn't have played the PC version if it wasn't for the PS2 version.

by **Marder** » Sun Oct 16, 11 3:10 pm

iPhone 5 with wall projector please.

by **Hanover Fist** » Sun Oct 16, 11 7:51 pm

Would be cool but it probably wouldn't work at all on console.

by **Aidan** » Mon Oct 17, 11 12:11 am

Worst idea since PS2 DX.

I hope you're done with that god awful version Allan.

by **Marder** » Sun Oct 23, 11 1:45 pm

'm guess that will never happen, characters were created by people not now in the Square Enix loop. EM is where SE will focus their income...
Would be interesting to know how much dough Pacotti made from consulting DEHR's team too.

by **Psychotic** » Thu Mar 01, 12 2:48 am

James wrote:Bad idea. Square Enix don't deserve income from a videogame they didn't publish.

Plus console.

They don't deserve it, but they do have the legal right to make such a port if they wanted to.

by **atrey65789** » Fri Mar 02, 12 12:59 pm

I think it would be a great idea

by **Marder** » Sun Mar 25, 12 3:10 pm

Hard to say, but I think EM feel it's stealing their own thunder to revive someone else's project, they want to show as a new studio that they are capable of everything, including creating new content.

by **ynnaD** » Wed May 09, 12 4:06 pm

There it is, Deus Ex being released on PSN on May 16th announced today

by **Psychotic** » Wed May 09, 12 5:03 pm

Does that count as you calling it?

by **James** » Wed May 09, 12 5:08 pm

But Deus Ex isn't being released for PSN. It's Deus Ex: The Conspiracy.

by **Psychotic** » Wed May 09, 12 6:25 pm

Bah, semantics!

by **James** » Wed May 09, 12 6:29 pm

It's a bad game, Deus Ex is not.

by **Psychotic** » Wed May 09, 12 7:01 pm

Ultimately yes, the PC version will always be better than the PS2 version, in my opinion (and mainly because you can not only mod it but also because I hate any shooter on a console) but frankly, I don't see how that makes it a "bad game".

Games are not judged purely on gameplay alone, and they never should be. I hate the fact so many people judge a game based entirely off only its gameplay, or its graphics, or storyline, etc. The game incorporates all of these aspects and therefore it should be seen as such. Saying it has better gameplay than another game is fine, saying it's a better game overall just because it has a better gameplay is not.

The latter doesn't take into account the storyline, audio or mechanics behind the gameplay itself.

by **Allan** » Wed May 09, 12 8:39 pm

I have many reasons to dislike the PS2 version's gameplay, but the main one I came to near end-game is that if you get killed whilst operating a security computer, you get thrown into a limbo-state whereby you can't pause, you can't soft-reset, you can't die (since you're already dead), and you have to reset the bloody console to try again. And another one of my pet hates makes an even stronger comeback than in the original - Multiple load-screen levels.

Though I can't fault DX's original storyline, I feel its ported execution to the PS2 was sub-par. Not terrible, just sub-par.

by **RedDynasty** » Wed May 09, 12 8:56 pm

Magniir wrote:I hate any shooter on a console)

ಥ_ಥ
Finaly, im not the only one that thinks this

by **Poor** » Wed May 09, 12 9:20 pm

I wonder if the PS2 version ever GPFs.

by **Allan** » Wed May 09, 12 10:00 pm

Poor wrote:I wonder if the PS2 version ever GPFs.

If we count random lockups as GPF's: Yes. Though it did have something to do with me getting every UNATCO trooper to chase me throughout their building like something out of a Benny Hill sketch.

by **Psychotic** » Thu May 10, 12 12:14 am

Allan wrote:Though I can't fault DX's original storyline, I feel its ported execution to the PS2 was sub-par. Not terrible, just sub-par.

I can agree with this and I'm not calling the game good, I'm just not going to call it a "bad game" and stick it on the same level as other games I consider "bad" when ultimately, it's still got the environment, storyline and audios of the original Deus Ex.

The gameplay sucks, yes, and I'll always recommend people play the PC version. There's no real reason not to nowadays: Most people have some computer, whether it be a laptop or desktop, and anything you got in the past 10 years is going to run Deus Ex.

by **Hanover Fist** » Thu May 10, 12 12:22 am

Even a mac?

by **Psychotic** » Thu May 10, 12 1:17 am

If they can get it to work on a Mac, sure.

Yes, I realise what you're getting at: I'm a hypocrite for using my own pet peeve rather casually.

I'd go back and change it but I realised it still works.

by **The RZA** » Tue Nov 27, 12 7:53 pm

if they get it to work like it worked on the PC then i hope they make it for the XLA

by **Allan** » Thu Nov 29, 12 6:28 pm

I shouldn't see why not, if they used the quick-inventory system like in DX:HR (that to be honest, I only know about from letting a console playing friend use my PC with a control pad) as opposed to a scrollable list of items you can select/deselect for use. (Possibly same for augs too, w/ different button for activation?)

And the original DX inventory Tetris instead of max of 4 guns, infinite room for EVERYTHING ELSE.

by **Mastakilla** » Thu Nov 29, 12 6:45 pm

RedDynasty wrote:
Magniir wrote:I hate any shooter on a console)

ಥ_ಥ
Finaly, im not the only one that thinks this

Not at all.
It's like playing FIFA or Tekken on a pc to me...

by **Aidan** » Thu Nov 29, 12 7:26 pm

I don't hate shooters on consoles. It just feels more casual (COD), so i couldn't play a game in the DX series on it.

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