Vacation
February 18, 2002
It’s the last of my vacation days where I’m letting myself go through a day without studying or working. I miss these days.
I’ve been playing Deus Ex almost excessively these couple of days because it’s so much fun. So Dennis came through and didn’t overhype the game. It’s much alike to System Shock 2 where you can interact with the environment in many ways and you choose how you wish to complete the objectives. Be you a stealthy catlike secret spy agent who hacks into all the systems and silently retreat or be you the Terminator reincarnate with assault rifles inserting shells into the torsos of would-be defenders? I chose Terminator man. In fact, I always choose Terminator man when given a choice of fighting or sneaking. I think it says something about my psyche. So far, I’ve finished two missions and I didn’t leave anyone alive - I barely let the hostages live (load, save, load, load, load). It took my probably near 5 or 6 tries before the two damn hostages got out alive.
Once you choose your play style, there’s also the question of what to use. I am infallible with my sniper rifle. There’s a part where you climb onto roofs and ladders and such - my snipe took out probably close to 10 guys before I climbed down into the target building where this stupid generator is. I also try to keep some alive by using the stun gun type dealie, but it’s too boring. I quick slice with the carbine knife is just “cleaner”.
I like this game over SS2 not because it’s newer or more graphically enhanced, but because there are a lot of real world conspiracies happening that mirror our own. For example, Majestic 12 (MJ12 in the game) is really theorized as a secret agency, along with MIBs, the Templars, the Illuminati, and so on. The writers of this game did their homework.
That’s all! Bye.
