Octopus Overlords

Hi everyone! At both Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal, we’ve been listening to everything you’ve had to say about the Augment Your Pre-Order program. When it was first conceived, we wanted the program to give you more choice about what you received in terms of pre-order incentives - because we've seen in the past that when we choose those packages ourselves, and split them across regions, it has caused frustration. We quickly noticed that this approach created even more frustration than before, resulting in a resounding amount of negative feedback.

We’ve spent a lot of time reading through all of your comments, working to understand how we can try to make things right for you. After much thought and reflection, we decided to close down the program and make all of the incentive content available to anyone who pre-orders Deus Ex: Mankind Divided or purchases a Day 1 edition of the game. Additionally, the release date will no longer be changed in accordance with pre-order numbers, and everyone will gain access to the game on February 23rd, 2016.

Your feedback and input is of the utmost importance to us-- as it’s your loyalty and passion for our franchises that gives us the opportunity to continue providing you with great gaming experiences.

To our faithful fans who’ve already pre-ordered: we will be taking care of everything necessary to ensure that all of the changes to the program will be automatically applied to your purchase. Meanwhile, we'd like to thank everybody for their feedback - we know this wouldn't have happened with a game that nobody cared about, and we're just focusing now on delivering a game that lives up to your hopes and expectations.

Thanks for your support!

Grifman wrote:Very cool article about how open world the game is:

http://www.gamesradar.com/deus-ex-manki ... objective/

This sound really neat.

Victoria Raverna wrote:What is GMG's VIP?

jztemple2 wrote:

Victoria Raverna wrote:What is GMG's VIP?

I'm not quite sure. I bought a few games through GMG and then suddenly I'm getting emails saying I'm a VIP. Also, when I look at games on their site, some of them have "VIP" in the upper left corner and (supposedly) I'm getting an extra discount because I'm a VIP. I've posted a question to them to ask what makes me a VIP (not that I'm complaining) and what are the benefits, other than the extra discount.

I did see that if you aren't a VIP you only get a 10% discount. So that's nice, I'm saving an extra $9 USD on the Standard Edition by being a VIP.

Hello jztemple,

Thank you very much for your ticket.

You will receive special discounts when signed up to a VIP account, this is totally free to setup, you will see the lower prices when signed in.

If you have any further questions or queries, please reply to this ticket/email.

Kind regards,
Josh

Green Man Gaming & Playfire
Customer Service

jztemple2 wrote:This is the answer I got from GMG support:

Hello jztemple,

Thank you very much for your ticket.

You will receive special discounts when signed up to a VIP account, this is totally free to setup, you will see the lower prices when signed in.

If you have any further questions or queries, please reply to this ticket/email.

Kind regards,
Josh

Green Man Gaming & Playfire
Customer Service

OK... I don't remember signing up for a VIP account. Maybe you become a VIP if you do have an account. If you don't want to have an account, and just buy from them without registering, then I guess you don't get the additional VIP discount. So, Victoria Raverna, seems you are right, everyone (who has an account) is a VIP!

We were all created equal… But in 2029, after the Aug incident which caused the death of millions, mankind stands divided. The oppression of the mechanically augmented has created a climate of fear and resentment, resulting in an escalation of crime and acts of terror. Amid all the chaos, Adam Jensen goes after the Illuminati, the men and women responsible for tearing the world apart. Armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations, he must choose the right approach, along with who to trust, in order to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.

jztemple2 wrote:I won't be back from my trip till the 27th, but I've already pre-ordered, so nothing but positive impressions, OK?

coopasonic wrote:
I'll be on it the second it releases (and I get home from work (and the kids are put to bed (and I spend some time with the wife))).

I've watched a few gameplay videos and I am still pretty excited for it.

gbasden wrote:

coopasonic wrote:
I'll be on it the second it releases (and I get home from work (and the kids are put to bed (and I spend some time with the wife))).

I've watched a few gameplay videos and I am still pretty excited for it.

That's my plan as well. I wish I could take the day off, but given the project schedule I'm on, that would be bad.

Max Peck wrote:

gbasden wrote:

coopasonic wrote:
I'll be on it the second it releases (and I get home from work (and the kids are put to bed (and I spend some time with the wife))).

I've watched a few gameplay videos and I am still pretty excited for it.

That's my plan as well. I wish I could take the day off, but given the project schedule I'm on, that would be bad.

On days like highly-anticipated release days, it's good to be retired, footloose and fancy-free.

It's also pretty good on most of the days in between release days.

Even tackling all of the side content, I was through my first run in just over a dozen hours.

coopasonic wrote:Bad (to me) news from Gaming Trend:

Even tackling all of the side content, I was through my first run in just over a dozen hours.

It took me just under 30 hours to finish Mankind Divided, and that included taking the time to do every side mission I could find.

Max Peck wrote:

coopasonic wrote:Bad (to me) news from Gaming Trend:

Even tackling all of the side content, I was through my first run in just over a dozen hours.

I guess every game can't be of epic length. PC Gamer:

It took me just under 30 hours to finish Mankind Divided, and that included taking the time to do every side mission I could find.

$iljanus wrote:

Max Peck wrote:

coopasonic wrote:Bad (to me) news from Gaming Trend:

Even tackling all of the side content, I was through my first run in just over a dozen hours.

I guess every game can't be of epic length. PC Gamer:

It took me just under 30 hours to finish Mankind Divided, and that included taking the time to do every side mission I could find.

If you average the two playing times it's not a bad length.

This is a big game, and one that can easily take you 40+ hours to complete if you’re committed to digging at its corners.

DX:MD has a giant campaign worth losing time within. My 30 hours with the game ahead of its launch left me salivating for more

My cautious and exploration-heavy run took around 28 hours

In the course of 35 hours of play...<snip> I came away feeling like I'd got my money's worth in terms of hours

spent around 30 hours completing the campaign

It took me 30 hours to finish it

by no means short, it took me 25 hours and I know I didn’t see everything

There’s a host of story threads presented that are explored over the game’s 30 hours

It’s a lengthy game... I played for 30 hours.

So, imagine my surprise when I did manage to finish the entire game, playing at a leisurely pace, in less than a day and a half. Maybe about 10-12 hours total, even with all the exploring and sidequests.

Covenant72 wrote:I heard that there is lots of side content that isn't clearly marked, and if you don't explore and talk to NPCs, you can easily miss it entirely. Perhaps the 10-12 hour crowd only did the content the game held your hand and showed you?

Even tackling all of the side content, I was through my first run in just over a dozen hours.

Maybe about 10-12 hours total, even with all the exploring and sidequests.

coopasonic wrote:It looks like a noon pacific time unlock... that's good for my chances of getting some sleep tonight. Those midnight unlocks are hard.

coopasonic wrote:To Covenant's point, how do you know you hit all the side content if it is not obvious that it exists?