Deus Ex is serious business, and over the past months a lot of fans have been pretty vocal about the amount of highlighting Deus Ex: Human Revolution features for items you can interact with. It would make the game too easy, it would break immersion, too much orange, etc.
Eidos Montreal forum member and superhero “Graeme” has collected a ridiculous amount of these type of comments and created a poll that sits snuggly below the stickied posts on the official forum. Currently the “ON/OFF toggle” and “Only highlight one object in range at a time” options have the most votes.
If you read through the forum thread it becomes clear that while some people want to remove the full highlighting (like in the above video) entirely, having a choice between full highlighting of objects, close-range highlighting like in the original Deus Ex, and the option of having no highlighting at all is something everybody can live with.
I agree with having those three options, because it would offer a choice to hardcore fans without debilitating the experience for other types of players. If you feel strongly about this, pitch in and vote or let your voice be heard. It’s just too bad that you can’t vote on the “three options” solution. Hopefully Eidos Montreal will keep this in mind with 5 months to go, eh?
Highlighting Poll – What, specifically, should happen? [Deus Ex: Human Revolution forum]
