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Nate ([personal profile] jetpack_monkey) wrote2011-09-04 08:49 pm

First World Problems

So I'm prevented from playing any farther through Deus Ex: Human Revolution because I'm currently ahead of where [personal profile] echan is in the game and ze is a spoilerphobe. Every time ze comes into the room and there's plot (and I'm at a point where it's almost all plot or plot-adjacent), hands go to ears and ze goes "Lalalalala." If I remember to warn zir, which I rarely do.

So I have to wait for Echan to catch up.

Echan, I should mention, is a slow, methodical player in a game that rewards slow, methodical players.

This wouldn't really be a problem if the game wasn't so damn good. I kind of feel like I'm in the middle of a cyberpunk novel. 

The Deus Ex series: consuming my every waking, non-working minute for the second time in seven years. Dammit.

[identity profile] milly.livejournal.com 2011-09-05 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL. That sound exactly like what went on last week. [livejournal.com profile] bradcpu came home from work, noticed I was ahead of him in Deus Ex and going through a conversation that was plot-heavy, and walked into the kitchen, making as much noise as possible to cover the sound of the game until I was done, then asked me to stop playing :P

[identity profile] jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
We're clearly terrible people for being ahead like that. *nods solemnly*

[identity profile] steinba.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not very far, but when I tried to be a slow, methodical player, some guy screamed at me over the comm that something terrible was going to happen. Does it reward slow methodicalness later on?

[identity profile] jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I forgot about that. But yes, it rewards being slow and methodical for most of the game.
echan: rainbow arch supernova remnant (Default)

[personal profile] echan (from livejournal.com) 2011-09-06 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
For most of the game, there are XP bonuses for being sneaky, and also for stunning or knocking out enemies (vs killing them). But there are a couple places where you can achieve something extra if you kill everyone fast enough.

[identity profile] steinba.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, OK. This was like the first hub, I was exploring and such and then I got yelled at over the comms, and in the first mission the [REDACTED] got [REDACTED].

[identity profile] jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com 2011-09-06 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally frustrating, right? I really wanted the [redacted] to stay [redacted] instead.