Deus Ex HR pre-order bonus

Jed Shields · 4 Apr 2011 at 09:03

Hi guys,

I've got the Augmented Edition pre-ordered for £38 with 2 bonus packs - Explosive and Sniper. I've just noticed that the standard version at Zavvi comes with the Explosive bonus pack for £26. So essentially I'm paying £12 for the other bonus pack (plus the making of DVD etc). I'm now considering whether the Augmented version is worth the extra £££s.

Is there a pre-order version that comes with the Sniper bonus pack, as I'd rather this than the Explosive pack ...?

Evilsod · 4 Apr 2011 at 10:08

...what the hell are the bonus packs?

Shamikebab · 4 Apr 2011 at 10:46

Extra mission and a couple of weapons I think.

Evilsod · 4 Apr 2011 at 11:34

Shamikebab said:
Extra mission and a couple of weapons I think.

Just what we need :rolleyes:

Sleepery · 4 Apr 2011 at 11:44

Isn't this one done by Square Enix?

The same people who did such a sterling job on Final Fantasy 14

Utnac · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:03

Sleepery said:
Isn't this one done by Square Enix?

The same people who did such a sterling job on Final Fantasy 14

Oh please how is there any connection at all to an MMO? That's as bad as the people getting genuinely worried about the future of Valve because EA do their retail distribution...

Bennehmaru · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:16

Sleepery said:
Isn't this one done by Square Enix?

The same people who did such a sterling job on Final Fantasy 14

Also if you looked at the development of FF14 you'll actually see that thea large part of the work was farmed out to a Chinese company working on behalf of Sqaure Enix, although it does show that SE really couldn't be assed with 14! And to show that they realise that FF14's quality was bad, they gave the whoel playerbase an unlimited trial while they fix the game with a new development director and team...

And aren't SE just publishing Deus Ex? Yup I'm right Eidos Montreal are the developers.

Nice to see people taking 30 secs to google to back up there complete fallacies portrayed as truths...

arknor · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:16

its still likely to be as much of a turd as the mmo was... look how far back the release date was pushed.

alarm bells not ringing?

Bennehmaru · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:21

Not really after the recent press play throughs and it getting nearly universal praise from everyone who has played it...

Shamikebab · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:29

arknor said:
its still likely to be as much of a turd as the mmo was... look how far back the release date was pushed.

alarm bells not ringing?

Indeed, Half Life 2 was pushed back and that was utter ****....oh wait.

Tefal · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:33

Evilsod said:
...what the hell are the bonus packs?

it's a way of getting pre orders when they know the post release (read: honest) reviews are going to slate it into the ground.

orderoftheflame · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:35

arknor said:
look how far back the release date was pushed.

alarm bells not ringing?

Because rushing to meet a release date is the best way to improve something? Uh... No.

arknor · 4 Apr 2011 at 12:39

maybe you should look why it eas pushed back before beeing sarcastic...

anyone would think some of you worked on the game

Jed Shields · 4 Apr 2011 at 13:09

So ... anyone know if the Sniper pack is available through the standard edition, or is it just on the Augmented version?

orderoftheflame · 4 Apr 2011 at 13:13

arknor said:
maybe you should look why it eas pushed back before beeing sarcastic...

anyone would think some of you worked on the game

I know why it was pushed back, but I fail to see how it's going to result in the released game being worse for it. You think they've just been sitting on it since the delay was announced or something?

RedStarRiot · 4 Apr 2011 at 14:00

arknor said:
its still likely to be as much of a turd as the mmo was... look how far back the release date was pushed.

alarm bells not ringing?

Clearly not keeping up to speed with this game. Every website and mag has praised it and have not been that far off calling it a game of the year contender!

arknor · 4 Apr 2011 at 14:12

maybe you should keep up to speed with how many crap over hyped games get 9-10/10 then they come out and are crap..

metacritics page for blackops is good.

mainly 100/100 from magazines and websites then you look at the user reviews... 6-7's lol

RedStarRiot · 4 Apr 2011 at 14:18

yes but there have been play throughs by fans of the series and all good reports. I bet you actually want it to be average just to prove your point. If its half as good as the original ill be happy as its maybe my fav game of all time

Sleepery · 4 Apr 2011 at 14:42

Eva01 said:
Nice to see people taking 30 secs to google to back up there complete fallacies portrayed as truths...

Jeez, it was just a question :rolleyes:

Tefal · 4 Apr 2011 at 15:07

RedStarRiot said:
Clearly not keeping up to speed with this game. Every website and mag has praised it and have not been that far off calling it a game of the year contender!

every game and mag that depends solely on prerelease previews and review copies praises game shocker.

they do bad reviews they don't get large ad campaigns or review copies before release, they don't get subscribers they go bust.

for example spore 98% in nearly every mag/website before release even with the slating it got in post release reviews (those that have to buy the game after release but as such don't have to worry about pleasing publishers) has a rating of 84 (before release it was much much higher) user rating 4.6/10....

when %73 is considered the bottom end of the review scale you realise just how **** a score of 80% is.