On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Chad Cooper wrote:
> I particularly liked the discussions they had about the Minion worker
> unions, and their discussions about job satisfaction being a minion, and
> past employers.
> Yeah, I would get guilty some times, considering they were average joes that
> one could relate to (ie Mother-in-law trouble, etc.). Hoewever, one always
> had the option of a 'Judo Chop', instead of a 9MM bullet to the head. I
> particularly liked being able to run the minions over with the motorcycle.
Damn, I've forgotten all about the judo-chop. Something new to work on,
then.
Still, I love the death animations (in a guilty-pleasure, grisly kind of
way). Wing'em, and they'll holler and shoot back. Hit 'em in the body,
and they'll die but they'll holler and scream on the way down, attracting
lots of attention. But a nice clean shot through the head...thump.
> Deus Ex had a number of non-lethal weapons one could use- stunner, night
> stick, tranq darts, and tear gas. But it also had excellent sniper weapons.
> I would get guilty taking out minions from 2000 yards with a single .50 cal
> bullet(ummm...not really!). However, the best weapon in Deus Ex was the
> nanotech-edged sword.
Sounds like another game for me to buy! (Who buys games faster than he
can possibly finished them--I still have the following sitting on my
shelf: Homeworld, a Half-Life sequel, X-Wing Alliance, XWvTIE....)
> Getting back to the original thread, the only American in the game (NOLF),
> was what Europeans probably view the average American male to be- brash,
> charming in a Elvis-sort of way, egotistical, chauvinistic, and inherently
> ignorant and evil (I loved his Camo/Discoteque polyester shirt).
>
Yeah, he's pretty cool. :-))
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
