I've played the beta and absolutely fucking loved it. no joke, it was flat out amazing and just put invisible war to shame. I personally semi enjoy invisible war as i like continuing the lore of the universe and even despite it's shortcomings its still an ok game when compared to other games out there, but the difference is huge. invisible war is an ok game, but not deus ex, despite sharing the same lore. human revolution however, is what the fucking sequel should have always been. unless somehow the full game is WORSE than the beta and the beginning part of the game, then it's going to be flat out fucking perfect when it's the full release version which is polished and allows you to go on. at the end of the beta i literally was furious because i couldn't continue and find out what happened int he story.
the beta is fairly rough and yet i'd give it a 9/10. there were almost no issues i could find except for small things, and the only big concern i have so far is load times (huge areas you load into unlike invisible war where the areas were tiny and you had to move through a bunch of them, but still fairly long load times). do yourself a favor and get it launch day because seriously, it is deus ex. things like skills needed for guns and whatnot are gone, but all the design decisions they made do fit in with the game such as the regen health is not a cop out, it takes a long time to regenerate, the dialogue is just as branching, adam is fairly stoic so you can put your emotions into the character, the choices are seriously deep and very important and nerve wracking, and the overall freedom of choice of how you use your augmentations (which btw is a much better system than deus ex i think and has tonss of them to affect many different areas, rewards exploration etc and has tons of great ones) which substitute for the skills works perfectly. hell, even the hacking minigame is so fucking fun i hacked every fucking computer! they did a great job of transfering deus ex into the modern era and it seriously is my most anticipated game i have to say ever; it finally has that art direction, that unique feeling, the skills turned into augmentations, a deep and conspiracy filled world which isn't cheesy and just depth and depth and depth.
I know this was a long post and a lot of you will be pissed, but i don't care. if you're considering picking up human revolution, fucking read it. this is the only time i can say i have 100% full faith in a game and know it will be great. the art direction, combat, skills (augmentations), freedom, soundtrack, mood and story are the most captivating i've experienced in a long time. if a leaked previewer unpolished beta can leave a lasting mark on me, i can't even imagine what the final game with all that it has to offer will. deus ex is fucking back baby.
) but you can't even read a small paragraph of theirs? I said that the Gamespot gameplay was with the finished product. It's a very recent video under their "Now Playing" section where they play games that have already gone gold.
