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> Some of the most appreciated games of generations are deeply flawed. An example is Deus Ex, which is a very mediocre shooter Deus Ex, deeply flawed? I think
by objclxt 13y ago
> Some of the most appreciated games of generations are deeply flawed. An example is Deus Ex, which is a very mediocre shooter
Deus Ex, deeply flawed? I think a lot of people would disagree with you. I suppose you could come to that view if you considered it to be a shooter, but it's really RPG first, FPS second. You can complete the entire game without firing once. I don't think Warren Spector set out to create a FPS, so I wouldn't judge the game on that basis.
If anything, I think Deus Ex has got more appreciated from a critical perspective as time has gone on.
- Argorak 13y agoEven as an RPG it was much worse than many competitors at that time. It is (basically) linear, your choices don't influence the ultimate ending (you get a final pick), which, at that time, some pure RPGs already provided. But you basically reiterate my point: Deus Ex did enough great things to cover the bad things. So it's perfectly fine to give it > 90%, while you can still find strong critique in almost any part of it, without even nitpicking.