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ackblom12:
Alright, it's been a few years since this game came out, but I recently played through it again and it goddamn deserves it's own thread. It's got some serious game balance problems, but it's Obsidian levels of writing, great characters, embarassingly detailed and a baffling amount of branching depending on the choices made in game. It's actually one of the only games that I think genuinely creates a real dynamic story created almost entirely from player choices.

The game has so many ridiculous stats for missions. Not only do you have a Kill tally, you also have a Orphans Created tally. If you do a lot of non-lethal melee takedowns, you also get a tally of medical bills you've forced upon others. There are point where conversations are affected by what clothing you are wearing. Yahtzee put it pretty well when he said that it almost feels like they were just showing off at times with the level of detail they put in the game. My most current playthrough, I decided I was Sterling Archer. It was amazing. He created 517 orphans and saved the world from the bad guys. Mostly. There may have been a bit of collateral damage.

Anyone else have any interest in talking about this flawed gem of a game?

LTK:
I've read lots of good things about this game but I haven't picked it up yet, since most critics were fairly damning of the game's faults when it first came out. I plan to get it as soon as I see it on sale again, however.

de_la_Nae:
I played it some, own it these days. Definitely intrigued, if a little annoyed by how uh...'amusing'...some of the actual gameplay elements can be. Still pretty fun usually though.

And having a few different options for how you want things to play out with the Target Enemies is neat. I was severely disappointed with (click to show/hide)Deus Ex: Human Revolution's lack of options for some people.

ackblom12:
The different options turn into a bit of a rabbit hole if you start looking. Especially the end game, which has at least a dozen different sequence of events that can happen depending on things that you've done earlier in the game. They range from Badass to Incredibly Badass.

Game and Watch Forever:
I could have sworn I heard less positive things about this game, but it sounds like it really is just lacking polish.

On the one hand, I'm disappointed in myself for writing it off based on reviews when I had a pretty solid interest in it at first, but on the other I'm sort of glad since it should be way lower in price by now. >_>

Either way, thanks guys for making me rethink this one.  :-D

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