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Nooooooo!!! Not options! That's worse than being forced, for reasons I will never expound upon, but should be taken seriously, anyway!
I think its pretty stupid that so many people made so much noise about a higlighting option. Are u serious? Well the devs listened, so whats next on the list to complain about?
I hope they had to cut some other feature in order to implement this. That'd really piss some people off.
Sillier when you consider that the original Deus Ex highlighted all usable items with a little wireframe box.
@ Mechman
Not until you were practically next to them. That orange glow was obnoxious as hell. I don't need the game to point out every damn option I have at my disposal. The greatest fun is finding that stuff by accident.
Kudos to the devs as it was something I really hated as well. The fact that THAT was the biggest complaint by far shows that most people are pretty damn happy with what they're seeing. Most certainly looking forward to this game.
Not until you were practically next to them. That orange glow was obnoxious as hell. I don't need the game to point out every damn option I have at my disposal. The greatest fun is finding that stuff by accident.
Kudos to the devs as it was something I really hated as well. The fact that THAT was the biggest complaint by far shows that most people are pretty damn happy with what they're seeing. Most certainly looking forward to this game.
I hear they're including an option which totally disables the controller, so superleet hardcore gamers can control the action with nothing but their epeens and false sense of superiority.
SIGH. What the fuck are we gonna bitch about next? Maybe that the game doesnt play itself? O_0 Highlighting options should be the least of our concerns in games. Yes, making the object unhighlighted makes it realistic but for fuck sakes, the guy has augmented eyes.
Its amazing how a vocal minority can bitch and try to ruin almost every game and devs always cater to them in sequels. Its a highlighting option who cares does it break your immersion you hardcore elitists.
His eyes are green, legs too long, clothes are from the matrix and he smells like a bag of hobo dicks.
It was never a big deal, but it's nice to have the option turned on and off. It's especally true with the checkpoints thing. Sometimes it's nice to just explore and have a little mystery. Kudos to the devs for spending the extra time on tweaking this.
Very, very happy to hear this.
The problem with highlighting was the elimination of discovery in the multi-path gameplay. Sure, the multiple paths were there either way, but it was the difference between feeling a sense of accomplishment for uncovering them, versus having them lit up with a neon sign proclaiming "alternate path over here!"
That the devs listened to the community is great news, and reinstills my faith that this game will rock.
The problem with highlighting was the elimination of discovery in the multi-path gameplay. Sure, the multiple paths were there either way, but it was the difference between feeling a sense of accomplishment for uncovering them, versus having them lit up with a neon sign proclaiming "alternate path over here!"
That the devs listened to the community is great news, and reinstills my faith that this game will rock.
even though i didn't like it, i still can't believe people were being bitchy about it. heck i would love to have an option for full 1st person and 3rd person view yet you don't see me bitching about it(maybe in the future they'll make a 3rd person game with adam jensen as main character?)
oh well, at least they made an option for it.
will still buy this ^___^
oh well, at least they made an option for it.
will still buy this ^___^
Lol good, now maybe someone can find something real to complain about. Oh right, they can't, this shit looks awesome.
I can't beleive that some people here are actually bitching that the developers did this. It's a relatively easy change to code in so I doubt that it has affected any other features in the game.
Also, this change has important ramifications in terms of the gameplay. Exploration was a key part of the first two games for me. Forced highlighting would ruin that experience by taking away the sense of discovery. I mean imagine if the next Zelda (another game where exploration is important) had a quest arrow showing you where to go, how to collect heart pieces ect... It would be awfully boring.
So kudos to the developers for doing this and listening to their community.
Also, this change has important ramifications in terms of the gameplay. Exploration was a key part of the first two games for me. Forced highlighting would ruin that experience by taking away the sense of discovery. I mean imagine if the next Zelda (another game where exploration is important) had a quest arrow showing you where to go, how to collect heart pieces ect... It would be awfully boring.
So kudos to the developers for doing this and listening to their community.
BTW I would have still played the hell out of this even if they didn't give us the option to turn the highlighting off. This game looks simply awesome :)
@Paroxysm. They're sometimes even more annoying.
Cool. Choices are good. Especially if it's between "more retro" and "more fun" or "more challenging"
Cool. Choices are good. Especially if it's between "more retro" and "more fun" or "more challenging"
@deathzmeasure
Do those augmentations also have psychic abilities that automatically knows every single thing that Jensen needs to use and where all the useful items are hidden?
I agree the backlash was somewhat overblown (though justified in requesting an option setting), but there's not a lot of the "realism" explanation to defend here.
Do those augmentations also have psychic abilities that automatically knows every single thing that Jensen needs to use and where all the useful items are hidden?
I agree the backlash was somewhat overblown (though justified in requesting an option setting), but there's not a lot of the "realism" explanation to defend here.
Developers like this are wonderful. Why was the game delayed? You can now see that it was due to fixing/adding things according to tests and fan responses and not because "oh, it'll sell better later on." I respect that.
The highlighting was/is an aesthetic failure. I don't care about the gameplay implications for casual gamers (whatever) I merely think it looked obnoxious and I'm fucking glad that I'll be able to turn it off. They get major kudos for listening to their community.
I just don't understand how some players can based their objections on videos without actually trying it out themselves, because after playing 20 hours this game I loved having the highlights, it never ruined my experience with the game world. It makes the game world closer to me allowing me to explore areas that I didn't know existed.
For example, I found two ladders as i was traveling to an front door entrance, I have no clue where it leads, but I detour and went up it, went to the other side of the map and was excited that I found stuff to do. This highlighting of interact-able items and objects actually made me want to explore all the little off the path areas. Because it lets me know that I can go there and explore.
I found a couple vents by accident as I was moving some boxes that I needed for a jump, and i wouldn't have known it was there unless it was highlighted for me. Otherwise I would have totally missed it.
I have explored and reloaded I don't know how many times In a single area because of all these hidden areas. ( Love the breaking wall aug, totally made me go over all the areas again. ) Was it hand holding to me personally, i didn't think so, I enjoy it , it made my experience that much more better, and It added to my realism of the game world. Different people have different opinions, but it should be opinions based on real game play.
For example, I found two ladders as i was traveling to an front door entrance, I have no clue where it leads, but I detour and went up it, went to the other side of the map and was excited that I found stuff to do. This highlighting of interact-able items and objects actually made me want to explore all the little off the path areas. Because it lets me know that I can go there and explore.
I found a couple vents by accident as I was moving some boxes that I needed for a jump, and i wouldn't have known it was there unless it was highlighted for me. Otherwise I would have totally missed it.
I have explored and reloaded I don't know how many times In a single area because of all these hidden areas. ( Love the breaking wall aug, totally made me go over all the areas again. ) Was it hand holding to me personally, i didn't think so, I enjoy it , it made my experience that much more better, and It added to my realism of the game world. Different people have different opinions, but it should be opinions based on real game play.
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