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So with the film and music threads still going and being discussed... why don't we get some discussion going on something on topic to the board? What other games are you playing now?
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FYI 
You can currently get Duke Nukem for free on your iPhone. Controls are pretty much impossible to use it seems though. Try switching to dual-stick mode if you want half a chance though. 
Er 
Duke Nukem 3D that is 
Planetside 2 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6HgC6Exs0U

I played a little bit of the original PS back in the day, this sequel looks like it going to blow everything out of the water, wow :) 
More Gw2 
This time the thief http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7m2RZOej0 shooting, and stabbing. 
 
Torchlight 2 - Beta Update: Upcoming Weekend Stress Test
http://www.torchlight2game.com/news/2012/05/17/beta-update-upcoming-weekend-stress-test/

Path of Exile is doing regular open beta weekends apparently. I missed them all so far... :(

http://www.pathofexile.com/ 
Deus Ex Human Revolution. 
I'm in the Chinese city and while the sky above is very cool I seem to be wondering around a lot of small streets and box rooms, and my kill count is approx 1 pwnage per half hour of playing. Endless talking and getting lost otherwise.

Does the fun and excitement happen soon?? 
 
Deus Ex isn't an action game. 
Yeah Of Course. 
I've managed to collect 7 different guns (with modifications) and 3 types of grenade because it isn't an action game
 
What leads you to believe that Deus Ex is an action game? The presence of guns? Guns are one path through the game but that's the not the point - you have other choices and options. Talking is part of it, sneaking another, hacking another.

If you're expecting thrill-a-second gun play, you made a poor decision. 
Bbl 
reinstalling Deus Ex to make a lethal playthrough. 
 
The main character in Taxi Driver carries three different guns. Clearly an action film. 
Speaking Of Deus Ex 
It's current on sale at greenmangaming.com for �3.99 and the key they send you can be used on Steam.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/gb/en/pc/games/rpgs/deus-ex-human-revolution/ 
Willem. 
Really. I never knew that about Deus Ex. 
 
That's either sarcasm or an honest admission ... based on your posting history, I'll go with sarcasm and reply : Then quit bitching about it. :) 
 
Free russian "2D arcade platformer" to keep an eye on and play as soon as it has been translated: http://iichantra.ru/ 
With An Awesome Chiptune Soundtrack 
 
But it's still in the action RPG genre right? 1 kill per half hour isn't action. 
Dues Ex 
Is an action a game.

It says so right here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/28050/

TBF it has guns and bad guys, and you can run and jump and shoot stuff. Sounds like an action game to me. Just saying.

I mean Crysis is an action game, but you can play through a lot of that using stealth and stealth alone.... 
Shambler - Did You Find Any Action Yet? 
I haven't played it yet either :D

So as per usual, I'm talking about shit which I know nothing about r. o. f. l. 
Are We Really Arguing About This? :P 
I think the defining thing about Deus Ex, the thing that makes it fantastic, is that it is whatever game you want it to be.

I'm playing dx:hr again at the moment and I decided to go through as a social/hacking/stealth master this time around, I just got to China without killing anyone and it's been just as fun as my first time through where I was some kind of blood crazed madman :) 
Meh. 
I am trying to be a blood crazed madman. Unless I start shooting police and civilians, there really isn't much option (earlier missions were better, at least there was an option there).

Also I have done turds with more personality than "Jensen". 
 
Right. This isn't the game for you. 
Deux Ex 
The protagonist of the new Deus Ex puts me the fuck right off.
Havent tried it yet even though there is no greter Cyberpunk fan than I. Why does it have to be a macho moody puurdy groomedy beard shite head, why not something truly cyberpunk - gender bent/less ?
Because thats taking risks and fuck that.
Prolly just gonna replay a jazzed up version of the original Deus Ex instead...when I have time... which is prolly not for quite a long while. 
 
TBH I don't think any game would benefit from gender bending purely for the sake of taking a risk. Deus Ex has a story to tell (it's quite good -- no novel, but still a lot better than most action RPG's) and it would be derailed if you started throwing in questions about Jensen's sexuality or gender because that drastically effects relationships with other characters. It's only really possible to do that sort of thing in a more sandboxy RPG like Mass Effect, and such a gameplay approach would surely have ruined some of Deus Ex's excellently balanced level design by diluting the developer's sense of focus.

Deus Ex may not tick all of the traditional cyberpunk boxes, but then cyberpunk isn't as "edgy" and "underground" a concept as it once was, so perhaps it's good that people are changing it up a bit.

As for whether Deus Ex is an action game or not ... well ... it's certainly not a point and click adventure. There are moments of explosive action, but it's strengths are its stealth sections imho -- which is also action, of a sort.

/rambling 
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