How to get without the directors cut?

[pisicino]

So I want to get Deus Ex: HR and I looked at the differences and people said that the original was better because of yellow haze. Is there any way to get the original version without G2A? Since I heard it is full of thieves.

[CrackeR]

It is inferior in many ways and no you cannot get it on steam.
I just dont understand why anyone would want an inferior product lol
Naysayers will whine about many things just because there is something new thrown into their comfy world of mundane familiarity...!
The HRDC is awesome , buy it, play it many times!!

[pisicino]

thanks for info

[Cassian]

I'm bummed. I saw it on sale for 5 bucks, and I already had the normal version. So I got it since it was cheap, installed it, and it looks like ASS compared to the original, I don't understand. I've been looking for mods on how to make it look better, because it looks 10 years old, not 5.

[pisicino]

i dont think there are any mods to make it look like the original :(

[HAY GUYS]

from what i gather, it's not really worth it. i mean as of now it doesn't really matter because it's 5 bucks, but when it first came out the jump didn't seem worth it. i stuck to the original and enjoyed just as much as i did the first time w/o any second thoughts about what they might have added.

[Vassago Rain]

People complained that there was a gold filter.
Everybody with common sense told them that if the filter was removed, the game would look a lot worse.

They complained until it was 'fixed' in the director's cut. To absolutely no one's surprise, the game looks a lot different. There used to be a way to remove it completely, which made the game look very similar to more traditonal grey shooters.

If you want the regular version, you could go through something like amazon or one of the steam key sites. As long as you have a key, you can activate it, play it, and all that other stuff, but you can no longer buy keys from steam itself. I don't feel it's worth it, personally. Less legal means are quicker and easier, and you'll find that the DX version offers quite a lot of things over the original.

The 2013 bug list you see thrown all over the place isn't really accurate, anyway. Both versions have different problems. For instance, the cloak and dagger quest in DX comes stock with strange audio, but the original version almost requires that you do a lengthy registery edit to make the ironsights work properly.

[ShawnDevinInCarlsbad]

The directors cut is much better than the original. the boss fights totally sucked and the boss fight levels didn't have as many choices as to how you could accomplish the kill. there is a hack to add or take away the yellow cast if i remember right.

[pisicino]

i was searching for a mod to add the yellow haze but I could not find it.

[skvlight]

http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/3815/ this SweetFX preset looks like it will add the original orange tint, I'll try it out and see if it works

[kaMMakaZZi9]

I just got the original version on a certain three letter website that I can't say on steam for $6.52. I own it on PS3 since I got it at release at the time but never played after beating the first boss. I just don't play console anymore, and wanted to get this game again for PC and play how it's meant to be played.

I'm obsessive compulsive and prefer to avoid directors cuts and enhanced editions of games since I hate the titles. I want originals within reason.

[pisicino]

i got the game now but you guys can still discuss things

[aqvarivs]

This is a joke thread... right? I mean after all this time people still trying to find ways to pit one version against another and all PC versions being console port! All PC versions suck equally. If you can find that one or the other sucks more or less maybe go outside and play in the sunlight for a few hours. sheeeesh!!!

I've owned both the original and the DC version. The key difference between the original and the DC version are very basic. The yellow world tint of the original is gone, the BOSS fights are more manageable in the DC, and the DLC is integrated so the entire story plays out more seamlessly.

If you are counting registry fixes or other fixes that some people have had to do to optimize their game -forget it. So much of that has to do with drivers and hardware and not the actual game code. I have been very fortunate in that neither versions required much tweaking to play smoothly on my home built gaming rigs. Though the DC version the least of all, which has been pretty much plug and play except for some minor stuttering at particular points in the game. None of the so called fixes have been able to entirely remove that. It becomes one of those things many games have in them that become particular to them and yet we manage to add on hours of gameplay regardless. For myself I've long broken the DE- HR DC 1,000hr. gameplay mark.

My advice; buy the DC version and enjoy it. If you just can not enjoy the game... lose it, and move on. This wont be your first time. As gamers we have a list of games we bought and didn't like as long as the game list of those we loved. Just be glad it wasn't a tattoo. The pain will fade. :D

[pisicino]

this isnt a joke thread and as I said I got the game now

[aqvarivs]

Originally posted by figglerwigglerXD:

this isnt a joke thread and as I said I got the game now

Rhetorical!
I was writing when you posted that earlier.
Enjoy the game.

[Nicholas Steel]

Originally posted by Ranger:

Yeah, it's really poor form of Eidos to no longer offer the original since it is different (and better) in a number of ways from the DC. I wish they would return it to sale so people could play the game as it was. It's not like it would cost them anything. Doom 3 did this when the BFG Edition was released and when people complained it was also inferior to the original they returned the original for sale.

Thankfully Eidos did not completely remove the old version of the game. Those who did own it before the DC version still have access to it on Steam!