Dues Ex or Max Payne

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#1 Explode50
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I have like 10 dollars left on my debit card and deciding which one of these games i should get on steam.


Dues ex 1 or Max payne 1.

I want you people to convince me which one of the two i should get.

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I have like 10 dollars left on my debit card and deciding which one of these games i should get on steam.


Dues ex 1 or Max payne 1.

I want you people to convince me which one of the two i should get.

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I saw keep'em and wait for Dues Ex 3 and Max Payne 3

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#3 Explode50
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[QUOTE="Explode50"]

I have like 10 dollars left on my debit card and deciding which one of these games i should get on steam.


Dues ex 1 or Max payne 1.

I want you people to convince me which one of the two i should get.

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I saw keep'em and wait for Dues Ex 3 and Max Payne 3

Sure if i beat the first 2 installments of the series but i have to decide 1 for now.

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#4 Explode50
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Well no one wants to post a description on why i should get one or the other which is expected.

The poll does say max payne is winnning since i had to vote dues ex to see the results. So you just gotta minus dues ex's votes by 1.

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#5 GswSir
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Deus Ex, without a doubt.

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#6 IZoMBiEI
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deus ex definetly

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#7 Treflis
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Both are great games. I'd say you flip a coin about it.
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#8 Captain__Tripps
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Depends if you prefer RPGs or action games I would think.
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#9 Lucianu
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Max Payne 1 or 2?

Anyway, here are two gameplay videos.

Max Payne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtyZra4Z-qs

Deux Ex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khQ4owaUURo

I would pick Max Payne, but i am a big fan of the series so i can't be subjective.

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#10 Sharpie125
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I'm not so much a fan of the first Max Payne, but lemme put in a good word for Max Payne 2. I effing love that game. It's not because it looks better, but the whole Max/Mona stuff is fantastic. Play them both for the story. If you wait a bit for a deal, there's a good chance you can get both for under 10 bucks. Steam had a sale, each for 2.50 a while back.

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#11 dos4gw82
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Wow. Very tough call, but I'd have to say Max Payne. Deus Ex is unique, imaginative, and a blast to play, but there just isn't anything like Max Payne. Except the sequel, 'course. Stylish as all heck, great gunplay, great visuals, and a great story. Hard to pass up.

*runs to reinstall game*

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#12 Explode50
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I thank you all for your suggestions. After reading your comments I decided to buy max payne 1.

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Both of those games regularly go on sale for dirt cheap, I would just wait. You can get Psychonauts for $10.
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#14 FleeceJohnson
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I would have gone with Deus Ex. Max Payne is a great game, but it's pretty short. It's the kind of thing you play through in a few days. Deus Ex would have kept you busy for weeks.

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#15 MyopicCanadian
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I beat Max Payne in ONE sitting. And then I was like.. wow.. that was cool and all, but. I mean I had just spent 40 or 50 dollars on it a few hours ago. I'd have definitely gone with Deus Ex. It is in fact criminal that you have yet to play it. But either way I would've said you should get BOTH at some point, so playing Max Payne first and Deus Ex later doesn't make too much of a difference.

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#16 TheCaveRat
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Deus Ex will take longer to beat and it's good for multiple playthroughs due to different play styles. With Max Payne you do unlock harder difficulties but there is really only one way to play it.

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#17 Explode50
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I will have both games eventually, and will definetly buy dues ex at one point.

This is just for now. I still have lots of games to beat.

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#18 Qixote
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What's this Dues Ex game I keep seeing discussed here? Never heard of such a thing. It sounds goofy. Now Deus Ex, that's a cool game.

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#19 Barbariser
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Max Payne is cool, but there's not a snowball's chance in Mount Doom that it can beat Deus Ex for quality or quantity.

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#20 KHAndAnime
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Deus Ex. Max Payne is amazing though, so don't miss it.
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#21 MagnumPI
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I find Deus Ex to be fun and re-playable. Max Payne is just boring. If I had a choice to keep my Max Payne Discor my Deus Ex Disc I would keep the Deus Ex disc, no hesitation, no discussion.

Max Payne is one of those games in which you just keep running around with a pump shotgun. The bullet time was so stupid too. I never used it. I just disabled it.

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#22 dakan45
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Well, deus ex is sooooooooooo much more.
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#23 XIntoTheBlue
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Deus Ex is much better than Max Payne. I recently tried to get into playing Max Payne and Deus Ex (Deus Ex to prep for the 3rd installment). I just found the gameplay in Max Payne 1 to be as boring as watching paint dry. The novelty of bullet time is not as interesting as when it was first introduced. At least with Deus Ex, you have all those RPG elements thrown into the mix.
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#24 tequilasunriser
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Tough choice. Both are great games, but I'd choose DE over MP. Get MP with the next $10 you come across.

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Deus Ex
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#26 MagnumPI
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Max Payne was a good game during a time when there weren't many new or good game available. Back during it's time the textures were state of the art. So it also had great graphics for it's time. Not that it's graphics are bad now but they were... the fact that you could shoot the walls and pieces of tiles wood and paper would fragment and fly was just so damn cool. I think it was the first game to actually emulate action flicks.

Games like Max Payne are as obsolete as Streets of rage. Deus Ex was the begining of a whole new era of action adventure games.

I guess it all really depends on what you're really looking for. Do you wantto shoot stuff like it never gets old?Or do you want a game that gives the player options?

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Games like Max Payne are as obsolete as Streets of rage. MagnumPI

Sorry, but....what? This has to be the most ludicrous thing I've ever read.

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[QUOTE="MagnumPI"]Games like Max Payne are as obsolete as Streets of rage. dos4gw82

Sorry, but....what? This has to be the most ludicrous thing I've ever read.

"The most ludicrous thing I've ever heard"

If that's true then you should watch Fox News, it'll totally blow your mind.

Also Deus Ex without doubt, it's much more involving and varied.

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Deus Ex is more innovative, and I would say ultimately makes a bigger impression. Max Payne is of course a great game.
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#31 dos4gw82
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[QUOTE="dos4gw82"]

[QUOTE="MagnumPI"]Games like Max Payne are as obsolete as Streets of rage. NeilCardiff

Sorry, but....what? This has to be the most ludicrous thing I've ever read.

"The most ludicrous thing I've ever heard"

If that's true then you should watch Fox News, it'll totally blow your mind.

Also Deus Ex without doubt, it's much more involving and varied.

You don't read FOX news; you watch it. :p
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[QUOTE="NeilCardiff"]

[QUOTE="dos4gw82"]

Sorry, but....what? This has to be the most ludicrous thing I've ever read.

dos4gw82

"The most ludicrous thing I've ever heard"

If that's true then you should watch Fox News, it'll totally blow your mind.

Also Deus Ex without doubt, it's much more involving and varied.

You don't read FOX news; you watch it. :p

Oops, I misread your comment, but you know what I mean.

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#33 Lucianu
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Games like Max Payne are as obsolete as Streets of rage.MagnumPI

No, its not. But your opinion is noted.

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#34 shakmaster13
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Max Payne was WAY more fun imo.
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#35 Sboud
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Both of these games were amazing when they came out, I haven't played either of them in a long time so I can't talk on how someone playing them for the first time will get from them, since a lot of the fresh things in these games have since become common gameplay features. I can tell you what is good about each. Dues Ex was fun in the respect that it was an extremely well-developed first person shooter, but at its core it is an open-ended RPG. YOu are an advanced soldier with biological upgrades, through these upgrades the game allows the player to create for themselves a unique experience for themselves every time they play it. The story telling in the game was awesome too. Max Payne was cool for the combat system and dark story. I'm not sure of it but for what I can remember this was one of the first games to use bullet time as part of the gameplay. The effective bullet time and the well designed gunplay made for very intense action. The story of the game is extremely dark, if you are able to handle this then it is extremely well written and plays out through the game. Hope this helps Explode
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#36 deactivated-57e5de5e137a4
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Max Payne is a ton easier to get into, while Deus Ex 1 has a missed the boat kind of problem. If you can just appreciate the gameplay for it's depth, Deus Ex is the obvious choice. It's such an old game though, and has such horrible AI and some poor UI elements that I only recommend getting it if you already know that you want to get it.

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#37 MagnumPI
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[QUOTE="dos4gw82"][QUOTE="NeilCardiff"]

"The most ludicrous thing I've ever heard"

If that's true then you should watch Fox News, it'll totally blow your mind.

Also Deus Ex without doubt, it's much more involving and varied.

NeilCardiff

You don't read FOX news; you watch it. :p

Oops, I misread your comment, but you know what I mean.

Yeah, cause Fox news as well as any other news source isn't telling people which band wagon to get on board. They're not brainwashing you. They're not trying toboost sales forremedy or take2,they're actually telling you how cool it isbecause adults on a news show want YOU to know how awesome it is.

Maybe they are a decade behind. So to them games like Max Payne are state of the art. Maybe you don't understand the term obsolete.

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#38 dos4gw82
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[QUOTE="NeilCardiff"]

[QUOTE="dos4gw82"] You don't read FOX news; you watch it. :pMagnumPI

Oops, I misread your comment, but you know what I mean.

Yeah, cause Fox news as well as any other news source isn't telling people which band wagon to get on board. They're not brainwashing you. They're not trying toboost sales forremedy or take2,they're actually telling you how cool it isbecause adults on a news show want YOU to know how awesome it is.

Maybe they are a decade behind. So to them games like Max Payne are state of the art. Maybe you don't understand the term obsolete.

I understood it within that context as meaning that Max Payne is something that is no longer of any use or is no longer relevant. Max Payne hasn't lost its relevance in the slightest. It's one of the first and best examples on how to take cinematic elements and turn them into great gameplay elements.
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#39 kdawg88
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Why has the title not been corrected to Deus yet?