Deus Ex 2 Demo --> Here

[Enverex]

For anyone who wants to try the demo, it was released today. To avoid the queues at Fileplanet, download it from Eidos themselves -
http://ftp.eidos.com/pub/demos/deusex/dxiw_demo.zip

Though if you want to use Fileplanet.....
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/130000/133479.shtml

NS

[madmat]

Yikes, I'm getting 2Kbs from the ftp. Good thing my machine's all nice and stable again and that I leave it on 24/7, it's saying 63hrs to dl.

[bothered]

223m download, wonderful, it should be a decent level or two. Downloading as I type.
Cheers NS.

[Enverex]

madmat had this to say
Yikes, I'm getting 2Kbs from the ftp. Good thing my machine's all nice and stable again and that I leave it on 24/7, it's saying 63hrs to dl.

Switch to Fileplanet. When I posted there was a 25/30 minute queue on every server (their 5 normal servers PLUS 2 DEDICATED Deus Ex 2 servers) and now it has gone up to 47 mins. Though when you get in you should get full speed....

NS

[madmat]

I think you're right, better to wait an hour or so to start a dl than days for one to complete.

[TheSmJ]

I've never played the first. I wonder if I should do this before looking into getting this one.

[panzerkw]

Well, I played the first, but could never get past the first mission. Yeah I sucked.

So how different or similar is the second one to the first?

[keto]

Deus Ex is among my favourite games of all time and in fact may top the list. HIGHLY recommended, I recently played through it again for the 3rd time. :respect:

In the new game, there won't be stats to adjust, though you will still have choices to make with regard to bio-mods. Previews and developer write ups are saying that it won't be as linear, much more open ended and many more choices to make on who you are going to align with.

I will be there for a retail copy the first day it is available here. Not sure if I should play the demo or not but attempting the download anyways. :cool: <-- J Denton

[DogSoldier]

NS, Thanks for the head up. (oh, and I play all my games with AA on, TTY)

[DogSoldier]

http://www.filefront.com/r.b/page__file_info/_filepath__/pub1/demos/rolepalying/deusexm02.exe/_clear__page,filepath/_output.html

[Enverex]

Yes, you need to play the first one before you play the second otherwise it will not really make sence. But don't worry, the first one still looks good and the gameplay is still great.

2 hours 30mins left on the download.... (after 40 mins queuing (said 25, but just kept going up).

NS

[keto]

wow, thx Dog, that one is HUMMING down.

[DogSoldier]

Yeah, it took me like a minute to dl. Well, it's only 30+ megs.

[Enverex]

DogSoldier had this to say
Yeah, it took me like a minute to dl. Well, it's only 30+ megs.

Er, the Demo is over 220MB....

NS

[keto]

Heh Dog? that link is for a patch for the demo of the ORIGINAL Deus Ex. *oops*

[DogSoldier]

Yeah, is my face ever *red* I read NS's post and had to go see what it was I downloaded.. lol. Weird, I followed that link at the top and that's what I got. Anyways, I'm getting 100kbps with this FTP, http://www.filefront.com/r.b/page__file_info/_filepath__/gamingfiles/Deus_Ex_2/Official_Releases/Demo/dxiw_demo.exe/_output.html

[DogSoldier]

8% done 40 minutes estimated time, *Staples baloney to his cheeks to pass the time*

[Mr_Bojingles]

w00t! Its finally here :D

[madmat]

I just gotta ask Dog, which cheeks? I'm picturing Jackass everytime I read that.

[DogSoldier]

Face cheeks of course, what do you think...I'm some kind of perv?!??

[madmat]

Not a perv, just waaaay too much free time on your hands.

[DogSoldier]

Your saying that like it's a bad thing?!

[Enverex]

ahem...

NS

[croc_]

got something in your throat NS?

[bothered]

I give up trying to get this demo. I got 2% last night in an hour!. The download speed was slower than a 56k modem! (I'm on a 1m BB) Thought I'd try again to day.
NS, Where on Eidos did you find the demo? Your link doesn't work anymore so I went to Eidos directly and it says there's no demo available! Fileplanet want me to register, They want all my details. It took me a while to get rid of gamespy last time, I aint doing all that again.
Unless somebody has a link to it I can just click I'll wait for the game to come out.

[bothered]

Just got this.

[madmat]

Try Fileshack if you don't want gamespy. I was just there last night and they have the Dues EX2 demo as well so that might be an alternative for you bothered.

[bothered]

Cheers Madmat, I'm in the queue.

[madmat]

Coolness, glad to be of service.

[Enverex]

That link was to the file on the page in the screenshot, except at the time it hosted the 220MB demo, rather than whatever that 2MB file.

Problem is that that link was mega slow anyway, so it was better to use Fileplanet.

Doesn't matter now though as 101 places have it.

NS

[bothered]

I gave up again. 45 minute wait then it would cut me off after 10.
Tried again this morning, 2 minute wait, 20% downloaded in 10 minutes. We're on the way :)
Can anybody tell me anything about fileshack? Is it worth registering for the mercury service? Do they pump you full of spyware? What do you think? Anybody use it?
26% and counting. :cool:

[astroworp]

deus ex is my favorite game, ever. in my opinion, judging from the demo, the second iteration is absolutely nothing like the original... i kind of feel that the original is better, and reading user reviews of the demo at BluesClues, i'm not in the minority. there's even a petition to have the game haulted and made more like the original. apparently it caters too much to xbox users, much to the dismay of pc enthusiasts.

[bothered]

Whohoo. See ya later guys,

[bothered]

Hmmm, First impressions, The graphics arn't as good as the first on, they're a little jerky and not as clear. We'll see.

[Enverex]

I keep getting mangled pixels everywhere (you know when you overclock and on Doom 3 for instance, you can see the missing texels) but they dissapear as I get closer...

And yeah, runs slow on my machine too (AXP 2400+, Radeon 9700 Pro).

NS

[Shorty]

:shakehead :bawling: :banghead: :(

That is all I have to say.

[Enverex]

I think it is a lot like the original. Because if you think about it, you are only playing a demo at the moment and you don't know any of the story line to go along with it. And the rest of it still seems to play the same.

What is it that everyone is finding so different?

NS

[bothered]

I've just read a forum full of complaints about the demo and from the little I've played of it I agree with them.
Why do game manufacturers do this, they have a brilliant game then bring out a follow up that distroys everything that made the original great? like Tomb raider AOD, I think unless they do some serious reworking Deus x 2 will flop, It's a crying shame.

[panzerkw]

It's just a demo. C'mon now...wait until the finished product comes out.

If EIDOS goofed on the presentation of this demo, oh well, but most people who were serious about the first one will get the second one for the story and the rest will be secondary.

Maybe EIDOS is just testing the waters with this one to see the reaction, and it'll adapt and overcome in the end.

[madmat]

I dunno, I ran it at 1024x768 and it was jerky as heck with 3xaa so I backed it down to 800x600 with 3xaa and it was smooth and I actually enjoyed what I got to play until I got my butt blown off.

[Templar]

Yeah, I'm not feeling this game anymore. The demo is awful. I took it off my Christmas list unless something changes :)

[keto]

Hated the graphics - any game that's written for console always looks washed out to me. It played just fine, nice n smooth on 9600Pro 3.7 Cats @ 1024 X 768.

The controls remap dropped every time I changed levels - surely this will be fixed in real game. I don't use WASD controls.

The voice acting was brutal compared to DeusEx.

Combat was crappy. No 'hit location' damage.

Several features which made the original so immersive, for example stats points allocation, missing.

Hoo boy, I may be waiting for more reviews before buying now. Gritting my teeth, as the original is one of my all time faves.

There's even a petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/DXIWDemo/petition.html) to Eidos/IonStorm asking them to stay in development longer on the PC version. I signed, tho I don't believe for a second such petitions have any chance of success.

[Enverex]

See, this is exactly why people are getting the wrong idea. Stat points and everything are still going to be in the game, but they arn't in the demo due to it being so cut down and short...

NS

[keto]

No, they're not in the game. Wrong. Go to Gamespy and read the 2 write ups.

There are still biomods (usable and in the demo) and weapon mods but no stats to apply to skills.

Adding to above, the interface is awful (huge fonts) and the inventory management is a drastic negative change. And virtually all NVIDIA graphics card users report very poor/unplayable frame rates, despite the fact that 1) the graphics quality is reduced in the demo to save space and 2) it's supposed to be optimized for NVIDIA, there's even an NVIDIA splash screen as the game loads. I had no problems on a 9600Pro, it was completely smooth tho ugly.

Universal ammo. Weak shock stick. No leaning. No reloading. AI 'advisors' that pop up any time you trigger an event and take up the whole screen, even if you're in the middle of a firefight. Shoot a guard in the face (once) and have him ignore you. 3-4 more headshots to kill him (developers have acknowledged this needs a tweak). Sneak up behind him with a knife out (that's gonna take about 10 hacks to take him down), he'll turn and start shooting when you get close.

The developers are defending themselves by saying it's the story that drives the game, but the critisisms are pretty much universal, even on ION Storm's own forums.

Again, I'd rather be talking about the good things as I loved the original. If the demo is truly representative of gameplay, they've got another Daikatana on their hands, tho the XBox version will probably sell well.

[Enverex]

Oh, so I stand corrected. That sucks.

Yeah, the reloading, or lack of seems dodgy, makes it hard to keep count of ammo. Also the universal ammo thing REALLY sucks. Oh look, my guns run out, lets use this shock stick... no wait, that doesn't work either AS IT ALL USES THE SAME AMMO!!

I turned off the AI advisors thing, as that annoyed me.

Yeah, I picked up on the headshots too, it was like "BANG, good he's.... WTF, BANG BANG, now he should be.... BANG BANG BANG ****ING DIE".

NS

[Templar]

Anyone noticing a trend with these new sequels? They suck. Lets pray HL2 doesn't. :(