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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a wonderful game. It really, really is. Its out-of-nowhere boss fights, then, were like discovering a creamy filling of peanut butter and jelly inside your fully cooked lobster; they're jarring, miss the point entirely, and are probably – though we haven't tested this – largely inedible. So, what were they doing in such an otherwise carefully crafted game in the first place? Well, critics and gamers alike were baffled, but a video unearthed by Gameranx provides an answer redeemable for at least one (1) “Ah-hah!” In short: “We did the boss battles,” said the head of GRIP Entertainment. “I’m a shooter guy, coming into this not knowing a lot about the Deus Ex world.” That's, uh, wow. Some higher-up deserves a mechanically augmented slapping for that one. We've posted the full video after the break, just in case you're interested.
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Lipman42
September 20, 2011 at 11:08am
“I’m a shooter guy, coming into this not knowing a lot about the Deus Ex world.”
Wow! With that statement he just killed his company. Who would hire a guy who says he has been doing this for 20 years and did not know a lot about Deus Ex?!?!?!?!
What gamer that has been around for 20 years gaming does not know Deus Ex?
Holy Shnikies!
kixofmyg0t
September 20, 2011 at 11:07am
orient, observe, Typhoon, win.
So much for those countless hours designing that crap.
Teeebs
September 20, 2011 at 7:04am
Well that explains a lot. Guess this guy realizes that his company is responsible for the most universally reviled "feature" of an otherwise excellent game. Wonder if harakiri has crossed his mind at all....seems the only option at this point.....lol
Digital-Storm
September 20, 2011 at 3:16am
Someone fire this guy, he sounds like a skitzo. He can't even keep an understandable conversation going.
DasHellMutt
September 21, 2011 at 2:22pm
Seems to be more of an editing issue. He's clearly being asked questions but you are only hearing his side of the conversation which screws things up. That aside, his responses certainly make him sound like he has no idea what he's talking about.
Vernak
September 19, 2011 at 11:38pm
I am not surprised that the boss battles were spawned out of this guy's verbal diarrhea.
EMP -> Frag -> Typhoon/Rocket Launcher kills every freakin' boss within five seconds.
szore
September 20, 2011 at 3:45am
i got through em, pretty quickly. They werent as obnoxious as the boss fights in Arkham city.
Yes. As matter of fact, I AM a Praxis whore, what's your point?
