Aside from boss fights that really have no place in a game like this, this game is perfection. 
 
Jeff was ragging on the AI and combat, but I thought it was awesome.  I love stealth games.  I love clearing an entire level without being seen and leaving a stack of 5 unconscious guys in a vent.  I wonder what that would look like when they start to wake up.  5 pairs of legs all tangled in a air duct.
 
The witcher 2 is 2nd for me, but it loses out because it made me want to uninstall it during the "tutorial".

good call seeing the biggest games this year haven't even come out yet.

the boss fights aren't bad per se, but the fact that there's no "stealthy" way to approach those bosses is what kills them for me. I was spec'd out for non-lethal stealth, and each boss was an absolute nightmare.  However if the "boss battles" were more like that one mission with the pilot (you know the one I'm talking about), I think that would've been more conducive to the Deus Ex experience. 
 
That being said, yeah, the AI is bad, and the combat is not as good as it could be, but I think people complaining about those things are missing the point. Deus Ex was never a shoot 'em up. I'd venture to say it was always more about stealth and picking your spots and going through a level like a ghost. That's been my experience with Deus Ex and HR anyhow.

Are you sure it's not your augmentations talking?

good call seeing the biggest games this year haven't even come out yet.

It's a strong contender...but Skyrim isn't out yet. Not to mention a bunch of other great titles later this year.

As long as the gameplay isn't important in your games.

As long as the gameplay isn't important in your games.

@zombie2011 said:

good call seeing the biggest games this year haven't even come out yet.

My sentiments exactly.

I don't know, this year's Game of The Year is going to be hard to choose for me...

@Spoonman671 said:

As long as the gameplay isn't important in your games.

The gameplay is solid. The reason people mention more "nitpicks" than anything else is because mentioning all of the awesome stuff in this game would be spoiling a hell of a lot of the experience. I can't give you specific examples of my favourite gameplay moments because I'd need to provide context, context that would spoil that particular mission or event. It's the same reason Jeff couldn't really come out and say why the game affected him the way it did.

It's close... very close. Though I'd still pick Portal 2 & L.A. Noire over it.

Now, if it had multi-player...

There are still like 15 huge games still to come out

As long as the gameplay isn't important in your games.

@kingzetta said:

There are still like 15 huge games still to come out

every response is people ragging on another persons opinions, oh how I love these forums. PERHAPS YOU MISSED THE I-M-O!!!!!

@Spoonman671 said:

As long as the gameplay isn't important in your games.

I liked the gameplay?
 

@kingzetta said:

There are still like 15 huge games still to come out

I can only think of like 3, so they aren't that huge to me apparently.

@Cataphract1014 said:

@kingzetta: Why? I can think of Skyrim, Batman, and Uncharted as "huge" games. What else is huge in your opinion that are the other 12? Battlefield I guess, but it really isn't on my radar as something I have to play. So that is 4. What are the other 11?

MW3, Gears, Rage, Forza, Assassin's Creed, Saints Row, and Madden. Those are just the big budget games that are sequels to undeniably well received franchises or, in the case of Rage, coming from a strong pedigree. There's also stuff like Dead Island, Driver San Francisco (didn't put this above because arcade racers haven't always been well received lately, even when they're great), Dark Souls, and Warhammer. Even though I'll probably only play a couple of them, all of those games have been receiving positive buzz and have the potential to be both critical and/or commercial successes. Happy? Probably not.

I'm really enjoying it at the moment but I'm waiting for Skyrim and Battlefield. I'm guessing Skyrim will be my goty but I'll have to wait and see.

For me, it's in the top 3, might be GOTY but I dunno... witcher 2 and portal 2 were AWFULLY GOOD.

good call seeing the biggest games this year haven't even come out yet.

good call seeing the biggest games this year haven't even come out yet.

Mother fucker! Game got dopefish in it! GOTY!

I wouldnt go that far with Portal 2 and Witcher 2 out this year (and a bunch of games still on the way). But the game is certainly better than people say it is. If they make a sequel (I hope they will) and get the shooting up to ME2 level (or ME3 by that time) and overall polish it a little more ... that would be awesome.

BATMAN BATMAN BATMAN...INFINITE DRAGONS will CONQUER! 

@Cataphract1014 said:

@kingzetta: Why? I can think of Skyrim, Batman, and Uncharted as "huge" games. What else is huge in your opinion that are the other 12? Battlefield I guess, but it really isn't on my radar as something I have to play. So that is 4. What are the other 11?

MW3, Gears, Rage, Forza, Assassin's Creed, Saints Row, and Madden. Those are just the big budget games that are sequels to undeniably well received franchises or, in the case of Rage, coming from a strong pedigree. There's also stuff like Dead Island, Driver San Francisco (didn't put this above because arcade racers haven't always been well received lately, even when they're great), Dark Souls, and Warhammer. Even though I'll probably only play a couple of them, all of those games have been receiving positive buzz and have the potential to be both critical and/or commercial successes. Happy? Probably not.

@Cataphract1014: you thought the game was good because you never had to deal with its flaws like AI and the shooting, this is not a Stealth game, its a decision game, with options, if only one of those options works (stealth) the game is not good.  definitely not GOTY.

@Cataphract1014 said:

@louiedog said:

@Cataphract1014 said:

@kingzetta: Why? I can think of Skyrim, Batman, and Uncharted as "huge" games. What else is huge in your opinion that are the other 12? Battlefield I guess, but it really isn't on my radar as something I have to play. So that is 4. What are the other 11?

MW3, Gears, Rage, Forza, Assassin's Creed, Saints Row, and Madden. Those are just the big budget games that are sequels to undeniably well received franchises or, in the case of Rage, coming from a strong pedigree. There's also stuff like Dead Island, Driver San Francisco (didn't put this above because arcade racers haven't always been well received lately, even when they're great), Dark Souls, and Warhammer. Even though I'll probably only play a couple of them, all of those games have been receiving positive buzz and have the potential to be both critical and/or commercial successes. Happy? Probably not.

I did forget about Assassin's Creed, but aside from Rage none of those are really that interesting to me. I'll probably play Gears eventually though. For a game to be considered GOTY for me, I have to want it the day it comes out. The only game listed there is Assassin's creed would be a day 1 if I have the spare money.

Most of them don't interest me either. Someone said there were still 15 big games coming out this year and you questioned it. I don't know why you seem to think they should be centered around your interests.

Its a contender but there still is alot of great games that havent been released yet

@Cataphract1014: You have no opinion, use the other options the game provides you and finish it again, one or two more times and then come back here and tell us if it's really so far The GOTY.  How can you have a opinion if you don't have all the facts at hand? you only finished the game once and using a single method.  Again, i wouldn't be saying this if it was a purely stealth game, but it's NOT!

@jayjonesjunior said:

@Cataphract1014: You have no opinion, use the other options the game provides you and finish it again, one or two more times and then come back here and tell us if it's really so far The GOTY.  How can you have a opinion if you don't have all the facts at hand? you only finished the game once and using a single method.  Again, i wouldn't be saying this if it was a purely stealth game, but it's NOT!

Fantastic way to talk to people. "You didn't experience what I did so you have no opinion."  I like the stealth aspect.  I have no desire to play it in any other way.  Telling me to go play it in a way that I don't want to play it as isn't going to get me to agree without that it sucks.

There is still some time to go. You might play something else you like more. For me it's got to be third, but until like 3 days before release I had no idea what this game was. Very surprised.

Saint's Row The Third looks amazing, bro.

It's the end of the year? 
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! 

the boss fights aren't bad per se, but the fact that there's no "stealthy" way to approach those bosses is what kills them for me. I was spec'd out for non-lethal stealth, and each boss was an absolute nightmare.  However if the "boss battles" were more like that one mission with the pilot (you know the one I'm talking about), I think that would've been more conducive to the Deus Ex experience.  That being said, yeah, the AI is bad, and the combat is not as good as it could be, but I think people complaining about those things are missing the point. Deus Ex was never a shoot 'em up. I'd venture to say it was always more about stealth and picking your spots and going through a level like a ghost. That's been my experience with Deus Ex and HR anyhow.

It's certainly my favorite game of the year (and I haven't even finished it). Well, at least thus far. Some good competition coming in the next few months. Like Batman. BATMAN! 

Portal 2 came out this year. I cannot agree.

Still a really good game.

@Cataphract1014 said:

@jayjonesjunior said:

@Cataphract1014: You have no opinion, use the other options the game provides you and finish it again, one or two more times and then come back here and tell us if it's really so far The GOTY.  How can you have a opinion if you don't have all the facts at hand? you only finished the game once and using a single method.  Again, i wouldn't be saying this if it was a purely stealth game, but it's NOT!

Fantastic way to talk to people. "You didn't experience what I did so you have no opinion."  I like the stealth aspect.  I have no desire to play it in any other way.  Telling me to go play it in a way that I don't want to play it as isn't going to get me to agree without that it sucks.

i'm just saying if you want to be a journalist(the kind of people that says what's really GOTY material) and want people to respect your opinion you gotta have a solid one.

Definitely a contender, but I wouldn't be calling it just yet.

Mind you, I knew ME2 was my GotY the moment I played it when it came out. Sometimes you just know, so if you're sure then fuck the haters.

The boss fights suck, the AI is pathetic, the load times are a bit too long. Plus I bought the game in France and the french dub is TERRIBLE

@Yanngc33 said:

The boss fights suck, the AI is pathetic, the load times are a bit too long. Plus I bought the game in France and the french dub is TERRIBLE

that's hilarious, seeing as how they're FROM Montreal.

@Yanngc33 said:

The boss fights suck, the AI is pathetic, the load times are a bit too long. Plus I bought the game in France and the french dub is TERRIBLE

that's hilarious, seeing as how they're FROM Montreal.

@jayjonesjunior said:

@Cataphract1014 said:

@jayjonesjunior said:

@Cataphract1014: You have no opinion, use the other options the game provides you and finish it again, one or two more times and then come back here and tell us if it's really so far The GOTY.  How can you have a opinion if you don't have all the facts at hand? you only finished the game once and using a single method.  Again, i wouldn't be saying this if it was a purely stealth game, but it's NOT!

Fantastic way to talk to people. "You didn't experience what I did so you have no opinion."  I like the stealth aspect.  I have no desire to play it in any other way.  Telling me to go play it in a way that I don't want to play it as isn't going to get me to agree without that it sucks.

i'm just saying if you want to be a journalist(the kind of people that says what's really GOTY material) and want people to respect your opinion you gotta have a solid one.

I thought the opinion was solid. Telling people their opinion is wrong because they didn't make the same choices as you is sort of lame. He finished the game. He liked it. That's enough for me to take their opinion seriously, even if I disagree. (So far, I don't, but then I haven't finished the game).

@Cataphract1014: It's not as good as Portal 2, and that came out earlier this year.

The boss fights suck, the AI is pathetic, the load times are a bit too long. Plus I bought the game in France and the french dub is TERRIBLE

@Cataphract1014: It's not as good as Portal 2, and that came out earlier this year.