Yeah 1up saying better than Splinter Cell -- that's high praise.

Looks like they released Deus Ex at the perfect time.  No other competition and before the end of year rush.  Judging by the reviews it's a GOTY contender.

Incidentally, it looks like the 360 has faster load times (about 4 seconds each death).

http://au.ign.com/videos/2011/08/22/deus-ex-load-time-comparison-360-ps3-360

• Eurogamer (90/100): "Deus Ex: Human Revolution is probably not as perfect as I'm making it sound. Some of the rules about what's interactive and not seem quite arbitrary, which is a pretty blatant failing in a game which tries so hard to make you feel like you're not being restricted, and while the level design is clever and varied, the interior design definitely is not, and there's also a lot of repetition in the incidental details."
• IGN (90/100): "It's a visionary, considered piece of work, and while my thoughts drift to the things that could have been and the compromises made due to the possibilities of video games in 2011, they're just as quick to consider playing through it again. Human Revolution is a smart, rewarding piece of transhumanist noir that does justice not just to Deus Ex, but to the fiction that inspired it. "
• GameTrailers (87/100): "Deus Ex offers a good deal of mischief to get into, and it's all backed up by a great stealth system and a solid shooting game. With its variable story, as well as how it encourages you to alter your approach to obstacles, it's also a game that rewards multiple playthroughs. The future is bleak and at times ugly, but we wouldn't have it any other way."
• 1UP (A): "I don't normally replay games, but there are exceptions: I've probably played through Metal Gear Solid 3 a dozen times and Deus Ex about four. I have a feeling that DEHR is going to be one of those games. I'm loving the sheer amount of choice I have because it's up to me to discover it. "

"For a limited time, you can get a number of 3DS games at half-price. Some 3DS deals Amazon is currently running:

• BlazBlue Continuum Shift II for $20
• Dead or Alive: Dimensions for $20
• Nintendogs + Cats (all three) for $20
• Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for $20

Best Buy also has some $20 3DS sales worth looking into."

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Bonus content for this post, "Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet carried Richard Branson's 90-year-old mother to safety as the tycoon's house was consumed by fire after being hit by lightning."

Kate Winslet is the new Chuck Norris.

Well of course, she survived Titantic, this should be a piece of cake.

Great reviews for Deus Ex. Looks like I'll have to move this from my "possible game purchases" to my "must buy games".

So they didn't include SH4 cause it sucked. Good explaination.

I've set it to preload. If it's great, awesome, if not, oh well... Invisible War had insanely awesome ratings too, especially from the reviews published before the actual release, and that was such a disappointment... And then the same thing repeated with Thief 3... I'm not getting hyped before the game itself hypes me.

That 3DS rumour is too stupid to be big news. It's about as likely as Wii HD was. It feels like half of these rumours are just meant to deter people from purchasing the hardware in question rather than because people have any real information. Meh. A revision is likely, everyone does it, but not with such radical changes. People expected a PSP revision with dual analog too. Lol. Some people thought the Monster Hunter model had that.

Dual analog controls wouldn't even solve any of the perceived problems, there aren't enough shoulder buttons and stuff on any of the handhelds. One analog + touch screen with a second analog's functions set to it + touch buttons for certain functions seems at the very least as flexible for such games to me. In both cases you'll need to design your game around the handheld rather than directly port console games.

I guess a dual analog setup would be enough for games like Monster Hunter where you use the face buttons anyway so you don't constantly change the camera angle at the same time you attack or do whatever else because you do all that with your thumb, but in such cases the touch screen can work just fine too, without the stylus on hand as it doesn't exactly require super precision to keep a monster in view or whatever else.

It's just another site, sometimes they get a story, sometimes they post shit.

The same site posted the Vita halved ram stuff, which were proven false.

They also say "various sources" were involved with different aspects.

I don't doubt a revision, it will happen, just the radical aspects of it.

The 3DS doesn't have any inputs to attach an analog stick to.