Ion Storm-ed by Deus Ex demo criticism
Posted by crusher on 30 November 2003 - 09:04 · 9 comments & 344 views
Ion Storm-ed by Deus Ex demo criticism

Designer Warren Spector addresses accusations of Xbox bias in wake of Invisible War demo release.When Eidos released the PC demo for Deus Ex: Invisible War, it was hoping the sample would whet gamers' appetite for the full game.Apparently, it did not have its intended effect.

The reaction from the PC community seemed to be mostly negative, with forums filling with complaints about the game's simplified interface, clunky graphics, and the absence of the original Deus Ex's skill system. The most common gripe was that, judging by the demo, the PC game might be nothing more than a shoddy port of its Xbox cousin. "This demo feels like a console from the get go," said one disgruntled gamer.

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News source: GameSpot

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Features of the full version:

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- DivX Pro [version 5.1.1] [Encoding]
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- Updated DivX Pro encoder and decoder to 5.1.1
- Updated DirectVobsub to version 2.31
- Updated 3ivx to version D4 4.5
- Updated Matroska Splitter to version 1.0.1.9
- Updated CoreAAC to 1.0b8
- Updated BSplayer skins
- Added On2 VP3 codec
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- Added Voxware DirectShow decoder
- Added AAC parser
- Added AVI DirectShow splitter 1.0.0.3
- Added SHOUTcast Source 1.0.0.1
- Added MatrixMixer configuration shortcut
- Added option to let DivX decode XviD files
- Removed the oldest one of the two XviD decoders
- Removed DivX Anti-Freeze (it's not needed with the current decoders)


Features of the basic version:

- DivX Pro [version 5.1.1] [Decoding]
- XviD [24/June/2003] [Decoding]
- 3ivx [version D4 4.5] [Decoding]
- Windows Media 7 [version 7.1.0.3055]
- Windows Media 8 [version 8.0.0.371]
- Windows Media 9 VCM [version 9.0.1.369]
- Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 DirectShow decoder [version 1.9.0.311]
- Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 ACM Codec [version 1.2.0.63]
- WMA DirectShow decoder [version 8.0.0.4487]
- AC3 DirectShow decoder [version 0.70b]
- DirectVobSub (vsfilter) [version 2.31]
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.21 build 030711]

Changelog 2.10 -> 2.20:

- Updated DivX Pro decoder to 5.1.1
- Updated 3ivx to version D4 4.5
- Updated DirectVobsub to version 2.31
- Added option to let DivX decode XviD files


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by macrosslover on 30 Nov 2003 - 09:28
hmm, can't please anybody these days, i'm still going to get it. the game ran fine on my system, probably under 60 fps, but all you really need is 30 for smooth playback. (xp1700, 9700 pro, audigy gamer, 512 ram). i thought the graphics were amazing, the shadows were the best i've ever seen in a game.

personally i like the new interface, i feel it's good from a business standpoint. obviously it does seem like it's more console friendly than pc friendly, but i don't blame Eidos for changing that and some other things, they want to try to make some major money on this thing, especially going into the christmas season. for them to do that, they had to change things like the interface and other things from the original to make it more open to novice and first time players. i still think it's going to be a great game and although i haven't played the full version yet, i think gamespy's review of it will end up being spot on. i'll wait to see if ign mirrors it.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by RaWShadow on 30 Nov 2003 - 10:28
Why is there so many sucky console ports these days?
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by MrXBob on 30 Nov 2003 - 13:19
You do know the two games were made directly apart from each other on the PC and Xbox, and have nothing to do with each other's development, right? Built from the ground up on both systems, none of them are ports - and if one of them was, it would be the Xbox version since Deus Ex is and always has been a PC game at heart.
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by fissy on 01 Dec 2003 - 00:13
that sounds unlikely to me, if they were built as 2 separate games, why is the xbox config info just commented out of the ini files and why are many of the settings in those ini files, by the designers own admissions, for the xbox.
(they give a list of things you ought to change on eidos' website)
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Gary_Player on 30 Nov 2003 - 11:56
After how awesome the first Deus Ex was I couldnt wait for the 2nd one...I was worried that I'd need a new video card to play it but hey, that always seems to happen but after this whole demo-crisis...they need to fix a few things up before they release this, christmas season or not, who is gonna buy some crappy console port?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by dostick on 30 Nov 2003 - 14:42
already gone gold ? article says that DX2 is gone gold
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Maxious on 01 Dec 2003 - 05:59
yep unfortunatly they didn't release the demo BEFORE it went gold, now geting all this flak and they claim its a preview of an unfinished game
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by YaZoR on 02 Dec 2003 - 16:06
daikatana, now this crap?

game over

they've ruined the deus ex game
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by DsnBehind on 03 Dec 2003 - 03:40
Didn't even get to install the demo: too many stupid bugs.
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