I've found some more cool FC3 stuff: there's an airbase that figures in the story missions towards the end, perma-populated with enemies you can go and kill, pick up ammo and first aid kits, cash and trinkets. Bonus: on the way over there's a small lake perma-populated with alligators you can kill @$358 a shotgun blast with the 'two hides from one dead critter' skill, and tigers cavorting in a nearby field @$220 a pop. So I got me a nice LMG maxed out with marksman sight, muzzle brake and extended clip in a coupla days, and had me a real nice Heavy massacre with it (there were at least 6), some nades and molotovs.

Some older games can look pretty good - especially if they were good enough to warrant modding. I'm in the middle of playing the original Deus Ex again (haven't played it for yonks). There's a number of mods that add better renderers, higher-res textures, and some that go through and add a bit more clutter and variation to the maps. Sure it still looks pretty old , but not as bad as you'd expect.

Yeah, I've picked up Deus Ex as well. With the tweaks it still looks OK and gameplay bears up. Likewise, the fan-made-Valve-adopted re-skin of Half Life (I can't wait for the VR edition of HL2, by the way).

I wish someone would have a go at Nomad Soul: there's so much that could be optimised for modern graphics.  It was a great game, in parts.

Crytek/Ubisoft have tended to leave a cash-cow base and/or background level of spawning for completists to acquire all weapons & customisations.

Primal gets the economy wrong - it's too easy to get everything and keep it topped up. 3 & 4 get it about right.  5 is mean, particularly when the scripted gameplay has finished: but then they've introduced a micropayment system and want you to pay real money for shit that doesn't exist.

Black Mesa was great, and it wasn't just a re-skin, they tweaked a few things from the original game too. :)

Crytek has come in for some criticism, apparenlty justified, that FC releases are all just reskins of the same, basic premise. Still, it's a pretty hefty premise.

True and true.

Deux Ex Mankind Divided is on humble sale for five bucks https://www.humblebundle.com/store/deus-ex-mankind-divided

Sewerlie tempted...

Is that the third in the franchise?  I think I got it as a freebie with a graphics card, but didn't venture into it.

Just ventured onto Humble through your link.  Zanzarah at £0.59!  My youngest, Charlie, was absolutely passionate about that game.  I could never see the appeal; it's like Pokemen with fairies. But the rendering of the wood in the bits between looked wonderful at the time and for several years after.

I may have got the original deux ex many moons ago, but it was some kind of cut-down version (IIRC) and didn't really grab me, or pull me away from GRAWF which I played obsessively for ~7-8 years (because so many fabulous mods; the unmodded game was pretty limited), and only stopped when I installed Steam which disabled it for some reason. That was a fucking long sentence.

The preview of this one looks considerably more interesting graphics and action -wise.

Edit: oh wait, that was half-life.  :-$

Mankind Divided is the fourth and most recent Deus Ex. To be honest, it is a good game and follows on well from the third Deus Ex (Human Revolution). Biggest issue with Mankind Divided is that there aren't enough levels and it feels like "half a game", plus it kind of ends rather abruptly and in the middle of the plot.

It's got the feeling about it that they designed a new game and thought "we can make more money if we cut it in half and sell both halves separately". Problem is that the shortness and high-cost of it meant it didn't sell well, so now they've put plans for another Deus Ex on hold.

Saying that, it is still a good game and worth trying (especially as it has a proper save system and doesn't rely only on a CRAP "checkpoint" system like so many other modern games). I also really enjoyed Human Revolution - especially how much sneaking and silent takedowns play their part. It's possible to complete the game without killing anyone apart from the bosses, and I always liked how you got a bonus for completing a level without a single bad guy seeing you.

 :-) On the basis of that, I'll buy it!

I did buy it!  :-O~~~

Jesus H. Christ. I bought this game just over a month ago, and completely forgot about it until I reviewed this thread.  :-((