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Thanks a bunch - saw no reason to click on that, so I probably would've never found it by myself. :P

91+22 at the moment. Have hit a several walls - hunting more tutorials right now, so I can progress. I wish there was a counter for the audio logs as well, so I'd know if I will end up missing any. I think I've heard 5-6 logs at this point. I foresee the secret puzzles becoming an annoying endgame of sorts. I keep seeing more and more of potential secret puzzles without being able to solve them straight away and some of them are really easy to miss - I doubt I'll have the patience to try and get them all.

Hmm - should I have bought this on PS4? I can't see any way of seeing my puzzle counter on PC which is bumming me out - no apparent way of checking my progress? Any ideas?

Oh, right. Forgot about this tradition. Equipped!

These are all superb.

If the doors make any other sound, it's not a Doom game.

I've done multiple playthroughs of Deus Ex: HR, including Pacifist etc. which doesn't really count as "self-imposed". But I did do one playthrough, where I decided I had to kill all the hostiles and get no alarms. So I wouldn't finish a level until every enemy was dead. And when I had to choke out some guys (or sleep-dart them) to keep things quiet, I would drag them off and shoot them in the head while they were unconscious.

What? Don't look at me like that.

DE:HR is like in top 3 all time games for me, for various reasons - have replayed that sucker like 4-5 times now. All I can say, is: please be good, please be good, please be good, please be good, please be good...

I'm not much of a gamer these days. I spend way more time with videos (LPs, QLs, etc.) than with actually playing games. Hell, I probably spend more time listening to gaming podcasts than actually playing games. Looking at my recent Steam activity: bunch of sporadic Quake Live and CS:GO matches. And I lay at least a part of the blame on the games - there hasn't been much going on that has grabbed my attention. Some indies manage it to a degree - last years GotY for me was definitely Talos Principle. Last AAA title that I purchased was probably Bioshock Infinite - and that was like, 2 years ago. Next one might be GTAV once it hits PC. Mostly I just pick up several year old games that are on sale for 10€ or less, in case they happen to tickle my interest - if not, then the financial loss isn't too bad.

The same old rehashed games just won't do anymore. Good gameplay just isn't enough. What I'm really looking for are new experiences. Deus Ex: Human Revolution is still number 2 on my all-time favorite games list, because it managed to create a world that I wanted to live in. The gameplay is enjoyable enough, the story is ok - but it's the world, the visuals, the music...it's the atmosphere that grabbed me and kept me going back for multiple playthroughs. Number 1 on my list is EverQuest, because it let me experience a whole new way of playing games, a whole new world to experience and gave me tons of precious memories. Talos Principle grabbed me because of the atmosphere as well, and the mystery - puzzles were just a fun extra. Listening to those audio logs and reading those emails while slowly figuring things out, was tons of fun.

I guess these days I'm laying all my hopes on VR. In it's current form I can imagine it delivering great new experiences when combined with a great space-sim type of game. Maybe whatever Star Citizen will be, could be the thing that matches perfectly with a VR and lets me live the life of a starship pilot. Steam VR (Tested guys had some positive things to say about it) seems like it could provide a platform for even more interesting VR games - I would totally dedicate a room for just VR purposes, if it meant I could enjoy something completely unique. Though I won't be satisfied until I can connect a fleshy pod with a tentacle to a hole in my spine and experience true VR.

Fuck...has it really been 4 years? Sucks to see you go Pat, but I'm not completely surprised. It's hard to be a part of GB when you're in a different city all by yourself as much of the content on this website relies on the personalities and how well they mesh with each other - never did enjoy QL solos nearly as much as the regular ones.

I just hope Alex and Vinny won't follow suit. They at least have each other and some resemblance of a studio in which to produce content. Just to be safe, I think GB NY should hire a third person.

Take care Patrick and good luck!

The game was just a bonus (an enjoyable one, at that [so far]). I kickstarted the project for the documentary - and I haven't been disappointed. Have loved every episode of it.