Worth playing Deus Ex Human Revolution?

I have played the two previous Deus Ex games, and absolutely loved the first one. Invisible War wasn't too bad either. But I played them almost a decade ago. Somehow I didn't manage to pick up Human Revolution. Its got rave reviews, so I'm planning to play that now. The thing I wanted to know is, although it might be a good game by itself, how does it compare to the first Deus Ex? If its quality is even around 60% of Deus Ex 1, I'm willing to buy it. I'm also considering buying The Misisng Link DLC. Is that worth buying? Please help me out. Thank you.

funkyzoom

As a huge fan of Deus Ex 1 (you can check my mod tutorial in my blog if you want better AI, and much better graphics), i highly recommend Human Revolution. It's a great game. 

I have played the two previous Deus Ex games, and absolutely loved the first one. Invisible War wasn't too bad either. But I played them almost a decade ago. Somehow I didn't manage to pick up Human Revolution. Its got rave reviews, so I'm planning to play that now. The thing I wanted to know is, although it might be a good game by itself, how does it compare to the first Deus Ex? If its quality is even around 60% of Deus Ex 1, I'm willing to buy it. I'm also considering buying The Misisng Link DLC. Is that worth buying? Please help me out. Thank you.

worth playing? how about must playing?

Wasn't a fan of the first Deus Ex, HR however is one of the best games I ever played, the amount of detail and approaches to missions is amazing, it has two flaws, one imo is irrelevant, some animations (for cover especially) are pretty rough, but that for me is what gave the game more personality, the 2nd is bad, boss fights, they were developed by an entirely different studio, they do not mix with the game and they barely have anything to do with it except "oh, this is one of the bad guys I saw in the story", the DLC fills a pretty massive gap towards the end of the game, because it was actually part of the game before they decided to cut it and sell it later as DLC.DanielDust

Hell yeah it is.  I never played the original Deus Ex game but this was one fo the best games I've played in last couple years.  The sound track by itself is just a pleasure to listen to.

The first Deus Ex is, easily, one of my top 10 favorite games (maybe even top 5).  Human Revolution does the Deus Ex name proud imo.  Go play it.

The DLC is also very good, as well.

to put it bluntly, f*** yes. :)

Deus Ex HR doesn't capture that same atmosphere the original did, but of course it won't. It creates one on its own and was very enjoyable!

My only problem with HR (besides lame bosses) is that it felt a little claustrophobic, at least compared to the original. Invisible War had the same problem, but it's almost negligible. Deus Ex is my favorite game series, HR is a good fit. Don't pass it up!

yes, it's worth playing

Don't worry about the boss fights they usually have loads of ammo just laying about and you can just nuke them down. But the game is class minus the boss fights!

Haven't met a single person who says it's NOT worth playing. It's fvking awesome. Sh!tty boss fights aside

I played all three back to back a while ago and Human Revolution definitely isn't as good as the first game but it's still leagues better than Invisible War. I wouldn't bother with the Typhoon, it's a waste of points, just acquire the revolver and get the explosive ammo upgrade. Boss fights are a joke with it. My main gripe is the awful story that feels isolated from the rest of the series beyond some distant connections. I never really felt like anything that was going on in the game was important. The plot twists are obvious, there's never any real choice, some of the powers seem impressive like punching holes in walls but realistically you'll probably only do that five times at most in the game. Also you can skip the DLC, it's bad, adds nothing to the game either in terms of gameplay or plot, and is completely isolated anyway. It happens toward the end of the game, you have to load a seperate client to play it, you bring in none of your old skills or weapons, the game just has you choose them again, and then when you finish nothing carries back over to the main game. It's a levelpack and a bad one.

I played all three back to back a while ago and Human Revolution definitely isn't as good as the first game but it's still leagues better than Invisible War. I wouldn't bother with the Typhoon, it's a waste of points, just acquire the revolver and get the explosive ammo upgrade. Boss fights are a joke with it. My main gripe is the awful story that feels isolated from the rest of the series beyond some distant connections. I never really felt like anything that was going on in the game was important. The plot twists are obvious, there's never any real choice, some of the powers seem impressive like punching holes in walls but realistically you'll probably only do that five times at most in the game. Also you can skip the DLC, it's bad, adds nothing to the game either in terms of gameplay or plot, and is completely isolated anyway. It happens toward the end of the game, you have to load a seperate client to play it, you bring in none of your old skills or weapons, the game just has you choose them again, and then when you finish nothing carries back over to the main game. It's a levelpack and a bad one.

Ragingbear505

Huh? You mean the DLC isn't part of the game? That's ridiculous! I thought the DLC would just integrate into the game.

This. Oh, and TC : when you do get the game, make sure you fully upgrade the Typhoon first. It'll make the above mentioned boss fights a cinch.fend_oblivion

Waste of points, boss fights are piss easy.

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I played all three back to back a while ago and Human Revolution definitely isn't as good as the first game but it's still leagues better than Invisible War. I wouldn't bother with the Typhoon, it's a waste of points, just acquire the revolver and get the explosive ammo upgrade. Boss fights are a joke with it. My main gripe is the awful story that feels isolated from the rest of the series beyond some distant connections. I never really felt like anything that was going on in the game was important. The plot twists are obvious, there's never any real choice, some of the powers seem impressive like punching holes in walls but realistically you'll probably only do that five times at most in the game. Also you can skip the DLC, it's bad, adds nothing to the game either in terms of gameplay or plot, and is completely isolated anyway. It happens toward the end of the game, you have to load a seperate client to play it, you bring in none of your old skills or weapons, the game just has you choose them again, and then when you finish nothing carries back over to the main game. It's a levelpack and a bad one.

funkyzoom

Huh? You mean the DLC isn't part of the game? That's ridiculous! I thought the DLC would just integrate into the game.

Yeah yeah go play it like others said

The Missing Link is good too, play it after beating the main game

Yeah yeah go play it like others said

The Missing Link is good too, play it after beating the main game

Darth_Kane

It's worse than the original but still great.

Not as good as the first two but pretty decent.

The boss fights were lame.

I have played the two previous Deus Ex games, and absolutely loved the first one. Invisible War wasn't too bad either. But I played them almost a decade ago. Somehow I didn't manage to pick up Human Revolution. Its got rave reviews, so I'm planning to play that now. The thing I wanted to know is, although it might be a good game by itself, how does it compare to the first Deus Ex? If its quality is even around 60% of Deus Ex 1, I'm willing to buy it. I'm also considering buying The Misisng Link DLC. Is that worth buying? Please help me out. Thank you.

funkyzoom

Deus Ex HR is a poor imitation of the first installment. It has none of the expansiveness, depth of story, memorable characters, etc. of the first one. 

In addition, the developer felt the need to throw in 5 extremely tedious boss fights that do nothing to advance the story. Heres a tip get yourself the Typhoon augmentation at the beginning of the game, this way you can dispense with the bosses in a couple of seconds and be done with it. The last 30 minutes of the game are especially tedious and dumb / the ending about as memorable as a rerun of Americas Got Talent.

I'd skip it and play the first one again. I think its vastly overrated. Its nowhere near as memorable as the original in game play or especially the story. biggest_loser

Definitely worth playing! Human Revolution is a great game overall, and a great Deus Ex game. Can't really give it much higher praise than that.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]I'd skip it and play the first one again. I think its vastly overrated. Its nowhere near as memorable as the original in game play or especially the story. millerlight89

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I played all three back to back a while ago and Human Revolution definitely isn't as good as the first game but it's still leagues better than Invisible War. I wouldn't bother with the Typhoon, it's a waste of points, just acquire the revolver and get the explosive ammo upgrade. Boss fights are a joke with it. My main gripe is the awful story that feels isolated from the rest of the series beyond some distant connections. I never really felt like anything that was going on in the game was important. The plot twists are obvious, there's never any real choice, some of the powers seem impressive like punching holes in walls but realistically you'll probably only do that five times at most in the game. Also you can skip the DLC, it's bad, adds nothing to the game either in terms of gameplay or plot, and is completely isolated anyway. It happens toward the end of the game, you have to load a seperate client to play it, you bring in none of your old skills or weapons, the game just has you choose them again, and then when you finish nothing carries back over to the main game. It's a levelpack and a bad one.

funkyzoom

Huh? You mean the DLC isn't part of the game? That's ridiculous! I thought the DLC would just integrate into the game.

[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"] This. Oh, and TC : when you do get the game, make sure you fully upgrade the Typhoon first. It'll make the above mentioned boss fights a cinch.N30F3N1X

Waste of points, boss fights are piss easy.

Pretty much. I only used the handgun during boss fights apart from the last one.

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Pretty much one of the best games of the last couple of years. It has a nice PC interface too. They made a mistake with the stupid boss fights which they fully admitted, so i forgive them.funkyzoom

Everyone keeps saying that the boss fights in the game are stupid and lame. Could someone please tell me what exactly is wrong with the boss fights? Are they too tough, or too easy?

Pretty much one of the best games of the last couple of years. It has a nice PC interface too. They made a mistake with the stupid boss fights which they fully admitted, so i forgive them.bonafidetk

Everyone keeps saying that the boss fights in the game are stupid and lame. Could someone please tell me what exactly is wrong with the boss fights? Are they too tough, or too easy?

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Pretty much one of the best games of the last couple of years. It has a nice PC interface too. They made a mistake with the stupid boss fights which they fully admitted, so i forgive them.funkyzoom

Everyone keeps saying that the boss fights in the game are stupid and lame. Could someone please tell me what exactly is wrong with the boss fights? Are they too tough, or too easy?

Most of the game gives you huge incentives to play stealthily and to follow the nonlethal approach. The bosses completely break the atmosphere of the rest of the game.

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[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Pretty much one of the best games of the last couple of years. It has a nice PC interface too. They made a mistake with the stupid boss fights which they fully admitted, so i forgive them.DanielDust

Everyone keeps saying that the boss fights in the game are stupid and lame. Could someone please tell me what exactly is wrong with the boss fights? Are they too tough, or too easy?

Now that really sucks, because I always prefer to play games full stealth whenever possible. So if I don't have the typhoon, are the bosses too tough and frustrating to defeat?

Of course, it is worth playing.

Now that really sucks, because I always prefer to play games full stealth whenever possible. So if I don't have the typhoon, are the bosses too tough and frustrating to defeat?funkyzoom

Just keep a fully upgraded assault rifle and ammo with you and you'll be fine. I personally never used typhoon

Iunno. I've started playing the game 2 times and got max 15 hours in. I also stopped both times and don't really feel like going back. It's ok. Nothing mind blowing.

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Pretty much one of the best games of the last couple of years. It has a nice PC interface too. They made a mistake with the stupid boss fights which they fully admitted, so i forgive them.funkyzoom

Everyone keeps saying that the boss fights in the game are stupid and lame. Could someone please tell me what exactly is wrong with the boss fights? Are they too tough, or too easy?

The original Deus Ex didn't really have "boss fights" in the sense that term is usually understood: you reach an area, music swells, doors close, some dude starts talking sh*t for 5 minutes about what he is going to do to you, then you fight him. Done. Game or mission over. 

In Deus Ex - I'm trying not to spoil the game for the 3 people who STILL haven't played it - you only had to kill a small number of "über bad guys (and girls)".

But those killings were an integral part of a developing story, not some grand finale after a corridor crawl. Deus Ex did have tough enemies - for example, the MJ12 commandos, the Men in Black, etc.

In Deus EX HR you essentially get 5 "oldfashioned" boss fights, with very little integration into the rest of the story. Basically, you are taken out of the story and now have to deal with these annoying bosses.

HR is worth playing, it possibly has too much emphasis on hacking and stealth gameplay but it is better than Invisible War.

Play it! Play it now!