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Spector Working On Steam Title

Posted by Zonk on from the letting-off-some-fresh-hot-thinking dept.

Gamasutra reports that well-known designer Warren Spector is planning a game for the Steam distribution channel. From the article: "According to information now available on the official Junction Point Studios website, Deus Ex creator Warren Spector's new firm is 'currently working with Valve on a new game using the Source Engine to be delivered via Steam'. Junction Point was founded in early 2005 by Spector, whose work in the past includes Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Thief, and Deus Ex, and who had been without an announced project since the Austin-based Ion Storm's closure at the beginning of the year."

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  1. Deus Ex Kicked Arse! by TheZorch · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I still have a copy of the original Unreal Engine version of Deus Ex and its still a great game. It was a refreshing change from the same old cookie-cutter "run & shoot and shoot some more" types of FPS. The sequel, well, I've tried the demo and its really nice I still haven't gotten a full version of that yet.

    As for the Source Engine. As an owner of a copy of Half-Life 2 I have to say its an awesome graphics engine. I've been a fan of Unreal Engine series for a long time and haven't seen any other game that could surpass what Epic has been able to do, but the Souce Engine easily beats it. There are some scenes in HL2 that look absolutely photorealistic. I'd say Warren's use of the Engine is a good idea.

    As for Steam, its a good idea/bad idea sort of thing depending on your point of view. For dialup useres its a pain downloading huge full game installs and updates. Took 30 minutes to update HL2 when I bought it. DSL, cable, and high-speed WiFi users won't have that much of a problem since their downloads will go faster. Hopefully, the game will be sold in CD in stores as well as on Steam so low-bandwidth users without credit cards can get the game.

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  2. Re:SS3 by StupidKatz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Those titles were pure gold - landmark titles that everyone who claims to be a gamer should enjoy. ... however, there is no way I'll be running such an intrusive, overbearing piece of baggage software such as STEAM on any system I own. The stated "benefits", such as automatic patching, are actually a detriment to my administrative philosophy.

    Here's hoping they make a STEAM-less version...