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Originally Posted by Eviltude In Canada all the sports talk was dominated by hockey, not even exclusively NHL. It's also "Sports Centre" and they have an "Honour Roll" up there.

Do they also pronounce aluminum, "Al-U-min-E-um?"

Originally Posted by CaseyRyback That new deus ex really feels like DX. Just started the game and am a little mad I waited this long to play it.

I never played a Deus Ex before and really liked it. It was like MGS meets something... I liked it enough that I had fun platinuming it, even with my playthrough being on hard with no kills/no alarms and having ed up something before one of the bosses to make it much harder than it had to be.

Still not sure why people bitch about the boss fights, I had absolutely no problem with them in any capacity, other than I got ed by doing something stupid before the 3rd one.

The boss fights are garbage because you are FORCED into a combat encounter where you MUST kill them. Those two emphasised words should not ever apply to a Deus Ex title. Hell, in the first one you can completely avoid damn near every boss fight and even then, the bosses can be knocked out or in some cases killed with a single word (or even really early in the game if you plan well enough).

Originally Posted by SneakyPenguin The boss fights are garbage because you are FORCED into a combat encounter where you MUST kill them. Those two emphasised words should not ever apply to a Deus Ex title. Hell, in the first one you can completely avoid damn near every boss fight and even then, the bosses can be knocked out or in some cases killed with a single word (or even really early in the game if you plan well enough).

Oh, they sucked because you're comparing it to previous entries? That's fair.
I had nothing to compare it to. And so it felt like MGS. There was no single word to disarm Psychomantis or Sniper Wolf, you couldn't avoid those encounters and you had to kill them, so I felt right at home.

Technically in Twin Snakes I think you can tranq them.

But even ignoring the previous entries in Deus Ex the boss fights are lame because the game is geared towards letting you make any character and beig able to play that way. My character was a stealthy hacker with barely any armor, health, or combat abilities and it worked fine for most of the game. Getting thrown into a firefight with a tank like Barrett was murder. I stopped playing for months after I encountered him.

Originally Posted by SneakyPenguin Technically in Twin Snakes I think you can tranq them. But even ignoring the previous entries in Deus Ex the boss fights are lame because the game is geared towards letting you make any character and beig able to play that way. My character was a stealthy hacker with barely any armor, health, or combat abilities and it worked fine for most of the game. Getting thrown into a firefight with a tank like Barrett was murder. I stopped playing for months after I encountered him.

Yeah, no, I get it -- was Barrett the leader, boss fight 3 or 4, the second china boss?
Because I did that on hard, as a stealth based player, with the chip. And it ing sucked. I thought I was done for. I almost quit, I was raging so badly. That fight just sucks if you get the odds stacked against you.

And even in Twin Snakes, if you try to tranq the bosses, I think you need to deplete a "health" meter for it, which is no kill, but still, you're in a firefight with a boss in some capacity.

Barrett was the first one. For the one you're thinking of you can actually kill him in a single shot. When he jumps over a wall if you run over really fast you can perform a takedown and either kill him or knock him out immediately. Granted, that might require you to not have the chip (I didn't) but it did cheapen the encounter.

Originally Posted by SneakyPenguin Barrett was the first one. For the one you're thinking of you can actually kill him in a single shot. When he jumps over a wall if you run over really fast you can perform a takedown and either kill him or knock him out immediately. Granted, that might require you to not have the chip (I didn't) but it did cheapen the encounter.

The first one was a bit of a shock, but I just used cloak to my advantage and exploited all the guns left there, I didn't think it was that bad. I know you can do the takedown on the third one, but I couldn't ever get it... not sure if it was the reason you listed or not.

Still loved the game. If I ever go back and do it again (on PC next time), I'm probably going to go in like Rambo.

Well this sucks. Apparently need to buy new glasses. Was due time since I've easily had this pair for over two years, just too cheap to spend that kind of money.

Looks like it'll be a learning experience in the sense that this will be my first time ever using insurance, so I guess there's that.

Originally Posted by JStryke Well this sucks. Apparently need to buy new glasses. Was due time since I've easily had this pair for over two years, just too cheap to spend that kind of money. Looks like it'll be a learning experience in the sense that this will be my first time ever using insurance, so I guess there's that.

You can always reuse the same frames if they are in good condition and you still like them to keep the costs down. Other option is to see if any thrift stores have any frames, thats what one of my brothers did

Originally Posted by HumanSnatcher You can always reuse the same frames if they are in good condition and you still like them to keep the costs down. Other option is to see if any thrift stores have any frames, thats what one of my brothers did

You know...I never thought of that. Considering these are the wire frames or whatever they're called (the glasses don't have a bottom), I don't how feasible that is, but maybe worth a shot if I can find the same model again.

Originally Posted by JStryke You know...I never thought of that. Considering these are the wire frames or whatever they're called (the glasses don't have a bottom), I don't how feasible that is, but maybe worth a shot if I can find the same model again.

It wouldn't hurt to ask the fittings guy if you can still use them. As far as I know, you can reuse frames like that. Afterall, they were originally without lenses till they were put in. If you can do that and your insurance is good enough, you may not have to pay jack squat other than a small co pay if at all

Morning, OTT.

Happy Friday!

Okay, Cabin in the Woods was great. And has a 91% on RT. Go see it.

Finally found my 2011 GOTY:

Dark Souls.

Why did I wait so long?

The American Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is on amazon streaming for $1.99 this wekeend. Rumors have it its pretty good.

It's very good.

Originally Posted by zewone Finally found my 2011 GOTY: Dark Souls. Why did I wait so long?

Did you play the first one, Zew?

I did, but at the time. I wasn't connected to the internet and I never really gave it the proper time. Then Dark Souls was announced so I decided to just wait for that. Makes me look forward to going back to that someday.

Originally Posted by Maklershed The American Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is on amazon streaming for $1.99 this wekeend. Rumors have it its pretty good.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...d_i=1000791091

Amazon's offering $3 in credit if you use Twitter.