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*snort* that’s not the first time a woman has said that, either.

Anyone who knows me and games knows that I have finished few games. I’m still blundering around with Oblivion, and Fable glitched and I’m stuck about a quarter of the way through. I never even finished Tomb Raider One….

So, when I do finish a game I do feel accomplished—even if playing it on easy—but I’ve just finished Deus Ex Human Revolution and I feel .. well, women will know.

Deus Ex the original game—whilst with appalling graphics—was such an amazing, long, deep deep game it really gave a sense of satisfaction. Whereas the fact that I’ve finished this game in, what? Under a week playing very much part-time—shows that a hardcore gamer could have probably done it in a weekend, no probs.

What there was was hugely enjoyable though, and I’ll probably play it again, to go for the non-lethal achievements perhaps (I set out to play entirely non-lethal, but there were parts where you just thought “sod it!!!” and pulled out your plasma rifle.) and to concentrate on finding all those hidden goodies.

What I love about the game was the options—you could go in all guns blazing, but you’d have to be good at it, because the enemies are tougher than you, all the way through, but there are usually at least 3 routes to any destination, and dozens of ways to avoid the guards. You can hack into security and take control of the turret guns and robots so they mop up areas for you, you can find sneaky ways through the vents, you can use cloaking, you can facilitate sewers and rooftops. Hardly any space is unavailable to you.

But what I didn’t like (apart from the shortness) was the fact that the boss fights were set up ONLY for “all guns blazing.” There were some options which didn’t include firing, such as throwing explosive barrels at the first guy—but in general, they were firefights. And if you had just set your character up (with weapons and augmentations) to be the best stealth operative he can be, generally I wasn’t equipped for a firefight, coming to a boss with little more than a HB pencil and pockets of string. There should have been the same options for the bosses that there were for the main game, the only one was the last one, which was stupidly easy. Hack the panel then hide in a cupboard until the boss blows herself up.

So, yes, recommended, but get a cheap copy like I did.