My copy arrived today! Nicely done in time for my 4 day weekend starting Fri! Playing the first hour and it looks promising. After listening to the Giant Bombcast today I didn't explore the Sarif Industry building as much as I would have liked. Basically, after the prologue/tutorial section, you're told by your boss to get your ass over to the helipad so you can be taken to a lab where a hostage situation with terrorists was developing. Jeff had said that he messed around in there for a while exploring until he was told that things were getting way worse, so he was wondering if that had some impact on the story. Thought I would try it out myself. So far so good
From what I've played, it seems like a Deus Ex game, things kind of move at a pace at the beginning so I haven't really been able to take in my surroundings and read more about the world, but obviously I will be able to the further I go into it. The cover mechanics and the shooting seems functional, just don't ever use blindfire, even at point blank range it's not effective. There are absolutely those moments where you can decide which path to take. For example, at the beginning you're told you can infiltrate the plant through the front door or the roof. Whilst trying to find the path to the roof, I actually found a path you can crawl through which leads you practically at the front door and you can sneak in when the guard moves on patrol. So you can go in all guns blazing through the front, or stealthily on the roof, I actually went stealthily through the front
You also know it's a Deus Ex game when you can pick up a cardboard box, throw it at a police officer and they then consider you hostile and kill you
The Metal Gear Solid references are very overt. Not only do the bosses look and act like members out of say FOXHOUND, there is an achievement in that game called 'The Foxiest Of Hounds'. Apparently there are other achievements like 'The Snake' and 'The Mantis'
Quick tip, if you want an easy achievement, in the room you start off in, make sure to look around for objects you can interact with e.g. 'Press X', think there might be 4-5 in all. Press X on them all and you get an achievement
Some achievements look ridiculous! Go through the whole game without setting off an alarm? Go through the game without killing anyone?