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I finally managed to play the game last night and I'm really impressed, so far it seems like a real Deus Ex game, more to the point it feels like a game that could have been made in the early 00's but with the aid of modern graphics cards. One thing I could want is more Illuminati stuff but the Alex Jones style radio broadcasts really make me grin, my main problem is really bad loading stutter, especially in the hubs, it's just about distracting enough to break the illusion.

I've often thought the same thing, I'd gladly pay for a DLC which adds more dialogues, I'd be even happier to pay for a "Lore Pack" of some kind, one that adds more inconsequential stuff like clutter, notes and computer terminals to the world, I can't ever get enough of that stuff.

Looks like I've got no choice to wait til next week, thanks Game

It's like a conspiracy against you. Now that's what I call metagaming

No Deus Ex for me it seems, Game's website is shafted and their customer service phone line is down for upgrades...

I like the look of that

If my copy isn't here in the next hour I think it's safe to assume that Game screwed up my order

The weird thing is that I should be waiting anxiously for a new Elder Scrolls game but time seems to be passing so damn quickly this year that it's not bothering me

Well, the Game.co.uk website has been up and down for two days and it appears to have lost all my details...gotta wonder if that copy of Deus Ex will turn up today.

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love yaaaaa tomorrow, tomorrows just a daaaay awaaaaay!

... and for the European continent, you imperialist. What is this "European continent" of which you speak? Does it have gold for plundering or women to be ravished in a forceful manner?

Two days wait for us poor Brits It's tempting use steam and a proxy but I did that for New Vegas and it kind of defused the joy of receiving the box...patience.

Some new info. Q: Is there a survival/hardcore mode ala Fallout NV? A: No plans. Skyrim is the biggest project they've taken on, and such adding a new mode that changes such elements is a big task. Q: Will there be Arenas? A: Not the Arena like Oblivion. (Not sure what this really confirms beyond that) Q: Can you alter appearances later in the game after CC menu? A: No further modifying afterwards. People into characters will be glad to know Todd is releasing some new screenshots, so stay tuned. Q: Are you planning on releasing a CC generator before the game is launched? A: Sorry, but no. If you want to wrap your head around it though, Todd's screenshots should satisfy a bunch of these ideas. Q: Are there Beast children? A: Wait and find out. Q: How many different types of monsters can we expect? A: Is a lot a number? Lots of variations of a single type of enemy. Q: How many dungeons and caves? A: About 6 or 7 times as many side quests as Fallout 3. Over 100 dungeons. Q: What kind of stars can we expect doing VA? A: We're announcing something about this soon. Linda Carter is already confirmed, along with Max Von Sydow. Q: Mod tools? A: Definitely PC. Creation Kit. If we could, we would for consoles but they don't work that way right now. Q: What kind of combat changes are we going to see? Locational damage? A: No locational damage. Yes friendly fire still. Allied targets are more lenient to friendly fire initially. Q: Is there going to be horse armour? Ha ha! A: That's a running joke. Unless I can come up with a way to come up with a joke for it, no. Q: Do you prefer console or PC? A: I prefer console because of my set up at home and due to sitting at a PC at work all day. I do play on PC as well at work though. Q: One of the biggest hurdles to overcome? A: Size of the game in of itself. Q: Necromancers? Are they a faction and can we use their spells? A: There are Necromancers in the game. No Necromancer's guild. Spells can be found and used. Q: PC Specs? A: We are in the process of finishing content. If you have the equivalent of a 360 in PC specs, you'll be fine. Anything more and you'll be able to make it look better obviously. Q: Hard cover of a game guide? A: We are working with Prima for a strategy guide. We are using David to write it again. If we can do a Collector's Edition of the guide, we will. Q: Vampires and Werewolves? A: Wait. Quit asking to spoil the game. Q: Crafting? A: We have crafting out the whazoo. Q: Is there a perk for having it out the whazoo? A: Hah. There is a smithing skill. You can mine ores (about a dozen or so), turn it into ingots, use them at forges, workbenches, etc, create new armour, strengthen/sharpen/improve armour and weapons. Perks committed increase the types of armours/weapons you can create or work with (confirmed up to Daedric/Dragon). Getting better at Enchantment improves your use of enchanted items. Alchemy deals with poisons, potions, cooking. Cook fires have recipes for meals that list ingredients you need. Meals are more powerful than the sum of their parts. All the armour seen you can make. Q: AI? Psychic guards? A: If you are spotted, it's something Guards know about. Witnesses are tagged. If they are killed, then the bounty is removed. (Apparently there is a message stating if you've killed the last Witness) Q: Legal stuff about Scrolls/Mojang? A: Potentially a pending legal matter, that's left to the Lawyers. We have a lot of respect for Mojang and their products. At the end of the day, it was brought to our attention by our Lawyers as a potential issue. I'd love for us to have a solution that makes us both happy and hold something like a 3vs3 tournament. Mostly good solid stuff, no locational damage seems a bit backwards though.

I get your point but it's not quite as rigid as that, I'm at level 19 and I still see plenty of molerats and bloatflies when I enter new areas, Deathclaws don't often spawn anywhere other than Old Olney or around the Dunwich Building and Girdershade, Yao Guai on the other hand seem to get a massive boost when you pass a certain level. I recall that things do start to get stupid when you're nearing level 30, albino radscorpions and bulletsponge supermutants all over the place. How elegantly they use the Radiant Story thing is probably going to be a deal breaker for me, though the modding potential is pretty huge.

I actually forgot the release date was this week, Friday in the UK I think, something for the weekend then

Yeah put the OS on it, though I'd recommend a fresh install of Windows 7 as it fully supports SSD and automatically configures itself to suit one. An SSD is probably the single most noticeable upgrade I've made recently

Today I've been playing my Chapman Guitars ML2

Yeah there's plenty of stuff coming out to distract us, I'm more concerned about bad things happening in real life that might overshadow the experience...but then I think I might be a pessimist.

I do wonder if they will get into the lore of the races a bit more this time around, The Infernal City novel made use of a few different types of Khajiit, including the ones that are twice the size of a tiger, used as mounts

News International cat incredibly far from bag

*chuckles bitterly*