>first games a mega success on pc and has a pretty decent ps2 port>hmm I know well make the sequel for our smash hit pc game an Xbox game>pc version is an afterthought >game consolized as shit>the console the game was made for runs it like shitWhat the fuck were they thinking?
Console bux and PC market being a shit show back then.
>>12019865They did not actually release far enough apart for it to be a serious theory, but it *feels* like it was cashing in on KOTOR1's success.
>>12019865The magic that made Deus Ex 1 great wasn't even understood by the fuckin creator of the game so its obvious 2 was going to sucks major balls.
>>12019881Ive been trying to play it for a while now but the PC port was so shit I gave up and bought the xbox version. The PC port alt tabs every loading area and thats fucking insane.Im gonna say fuck it and play the xbox version even if it runs like shit, maybe it gets better in some of the later levels.
>>12019865Console is where the money is. This game sold more than Deus Ex 1
>>12019920Is that why each game in the series gets worse and worse?
>>12019940That's really common for most game series.
>>12019865Xbox ruined several franchises.
>>12019865>first games a mega success on pcIt had decent sales but was not a mega success.>hmm I know well make the sequel for our smash hit pc game an Xbox gameConsidering console sales were light years ahead of pc, it made perfect sense.>pc version is an afterthoughtShould have cancelled it, pc sales were worse than console.>the console the game was made for runs it like shitConsole gamers didn't care and still don't care about performance.>What the fuck were they thinking?Making money compared to the broke op.
ITT franchise killers
>>12019865>the console the game was made for runs it like shitIt doesn't explain the other things, but just remember, their lead programmer had schizotroon meltdown out a year before release, and left without giving anyone access to the code, so a bunch of noobs had to quickly hack together a sort-of-game-engine to release something. It at least explains some of the poor performance. I downloaded the demo of this and it's got like random plaintext files in the directory which are the lists of textures and shit and there's just comments there like 'stop modifying this please, you must ask Harvey before you edit this'. Seems like there was chaotic scramble
>>12020542(cos like, as in Harvey is maintaining the texture grouping structure in his head)
>>12019865Deus Ex was a fluke
>>12019940You're mad in the head if you believe Jensen's games are worse than IW
>>12019865It was the thing of the time. Microsoft was bribing every western PC dev to optimize their games for xbaws.
>>12019865>What the fuck were they thinking?They were developing the Thief 3 alongside IW, so they just took the same approach to make money. It still didn't work...
>>12019881Many such cases
