(This is Part 4 of 5 of a series of reviews of GDC nominated games. Click for Pt.1, Pt.2, Pt.3)
Are you into video games? All gamers should check out the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) so you can see what latest games are coming out soon. But did you know the GDC hosts an awards show every year, to celebrate great games from the previous year? Why was Deus Ex: Human Revolution nominated? Is it worth your hard-earned dollars? Here are onomeister’s can’t-miss reasons why this game was nominated for Game of the Year:
Deus Ex's beautiful art design - click above!
- 11 years have passed since the original Deus Ex, but well worth the wait for this RPG first-person shooter action game from Eidos Montreal developers.
- The art direction and production design is eye-poppingly beautiful. One reviewer called it a mesh of Blade Runner and Mirror’s Edge in certain parts.
- A must-play for any fan of great sci-fi action stories.
- Every objective allows you to complete it in multiple ways and this freedom you have is one of the game’s strong points.
- New players to the franchise can jump right in without much worry of playing the previous games.
- Replayability is a strength as even after your first playthrough of 25 to 40 hours, you’ll feel like you want to play through it multiple times.
- PC Gamer: “The full story is vast and complex, crammed into every corner of Human Revolution’s world. Every apartment you break into, every secret room you find, every rooftop you clamber across has little scraps of personality and history to read and interpret. It’s a story-junky’s blissful overdose.”
- This game is rated M for 17+
...to be continued with Dark Souls. Click here.
March 15, 2012 at 9:59 pm
at the end of the day I didn’t find this that great of a game. The direction is good. The graphics implementation is spotty at best. There are numerous environments that look comparable to HL2, with fancier lighting. Now HL2 was a gorgeous game but its been years and shouldn’t really be a benchmark at this point.
The story was interesting and worth going through but I didn’t find the multiple route gameplay compelling. Stealth mode is basically a patient man simulator, it can almost always be solved by sitting still long enough. And going rambo-mode isn’t anywhere near as satisfying an FPS experience as the current fare.
I think this was a game that did a lot of things decently and a few fairly well, but nothing so well that will cause it to be remembered for very long.
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March 16, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Thanks for the comment. You gave very good points about the weaknesses of Deus Ex: HR… From all the released games of 2011, would you put this one up in the top 5 like GDC did? Which games were better but not nominated for Game of the Year?
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March 16, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Skyrim, Batman, and Portal 2 I agree with (although I wish portal 2 had been harder).
I haven’t played metroid so it isn’t fair for me to comment there.
Although not a AAA title 2011 was the official release year for Minecraft. Its a step away from the flashy but its certainly had a major impact and is at least as ambitious a title as Batman.
There are also smaller indie titles such as Bastion which I thought were fantastic, but certainly were not as ambitious in its reach.
If keeping to big budget glossy games i’d probably nominate Witcher 2 over Deus Ex. It has great visuals, vivid characters, a strong story, and gameplay that can range from very easy (if you are interested in primarily the story) to very challenging.
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March 17, 2012 at 4:49 am
Oooh, I looove Bastion ^_^
Haven’t played Deus Ex, but if it only takes about 25-40 hours to finish, I might give it a shot 😀
/mE
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