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[Dakk]

I'm happy that so far it seems to be living up to what people were expecting, so far the other sequels to old games that I like have been considerably disappointing (diablo 3, mainly).

[postal83]

I only got to play it for an hour before work this morning but I was really impressed.  Ran and looked awesome.  Going straight home from work to play it.  Pretty badass.

[Matz05]

So companies are calling demos "leaked betas" now?

Why not simply release a demo, as you said? I agree with the "blame it on piracy" thing. That was probably the point.

Funny though, that they had a tracer or something else nasty (flagged as a generic trojan) in the .exe but someone added a substitute before releasing it!

[SeaBee]

I've heard a lot of great things about it, though there are complaints about "boss fights" here and there. No way I can afford it to see for myself right now, but it's supposed to be a great PC-centric game despite being on consoles too.

From the RPS "Wot I Think" review, it sounds really fantastic. They expect it to be a 25-hour experience worthy of replaying at least one more time. If it does well, maybe we can see some actual expansions for it later (rather than DLC).

[dragonshardz]

*begs for monies* I'm gonna go try the leaked beta, but I really really want this game legitly. Anyone got some spare cash? I has a PayPal. *begs more*

[Sensei]

If the PC Gamer review is anything to go by at all, I'm buying this without waiting for the price to go down.

[timferius]

I'm enjoying the game so far, although, I got most of the way through the first real levle (sarif manufacturing), got curious, looked something up, and got kind of annoyed, and kind of pleased. And now I have to restart the game because I didn't save previously, and it only saves your last auto save...

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Essentially, I was snooping around the main office before heading to the helopad. At one point Sarif get's on the radio and reems me out for taking so long, and that I just made the situation worse. I though this was just standard dialogue filler, until I found the dead hosteges he had talked about, and noticed the gas bomb thing had a security terminal like the locked doors. So I googled it, looked up a first level walkthrough, and saw something talking about rescuing the hostages. So, because I didn't take the games sense of urgency seriously (since it never is serious unless there's a timer on screen in other games) they killed off a bunch of hostages. This is cool, I enjoy this, but I can't help myself but to restart to see what happens.

[hemmingjay]

yes, it does only save the last autosave, but there is also a save game feature at the menu, or you can use the F5 quicksave. I use all 3.

And yes, the game is very good. Nothing revolutionary, but it is a GREAT game with polished elements from many others.

[Shadowlord]

I don't think there's actually a timer on

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that bomb, since I had time to find the room, wander around outside it, leave the hostages there, and go off and get the Typhoon before coming back and finding the code to it along with a way in and finally disarming it.

[hemmingjay]

it is on a timer,

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which is triggered by a script when you approach the stairs.

[Shadowlord]

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which stairs? There are a lot of stairs.

[Astral]

DAMNIT. A game that people think lives up to its worth as a successor to the original? I hate my paycheck sometimes.

Also wish they'd come out with an official demo. Because it's annoying to wonder whether or not my system will handle this well.

[timferius]

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It's not triggered in the actual level, but the one before, before you get on the helicopter. If take too long to get your eyes fixed and up the chopper you get a warning message, then he tells you it's gotten more complicated, and that he'll explain the situation to you when you get to the chopper. I played it again hurrying, and every single conversation from the chopper until I was in the building (mostly with the swat team) changed. In fact, I think I got a bit more info out of the swat guy.

[postal83]

Yeah, loving this game so far.  Only have a couple irrelevant gripes :

1. The lip-syncing tech used seems a little dated.  However, the voice acting is AAA and I read the subtitles anyway with the VO so not really distracting.

2. The load times.  Maybe it's just my PC , but load times seem a little longer than most games.  It's only annoying when you have a quick save, and you're, say, trying to sneak past some part and keep getting caught.  Quick loading ain't so quick anymore.

Other than that, I'm really impressed with the game so far.  I can easily see a replay as there's many ways to approach gameplay.  For this build, I'm doing hacking, stealth, and non-lethal combat.  Next build I'm gonna go commando.

[timferius]

It's not just you, from what I've read, they have longer load times all around. Most of the reviews mention it in passing.