Do you believe that this will achieve the long-term status of the first one? Will we be talking about how good it was in 10 years and hold it up as a milestone in game history? Will we be telling then 15-year-olds that they should go and play DX:HR and try to get over the dated graphics because the story is really really good?
I really doubt it. DXHR is a good game, but let's admit it that there really haven't been spectacular games in really long time. Most are bad, some are average and few are good. But spectacular games? I honestly can't remember any. As such, a good game does stand out when most games are average at best.
If we continue to compare DXHR to DX1, it is obvious that DXHR is modern game but it is also dumbed down. For example, DXHR completely lacks skill system and lockpicking. All computers, security systems and locks in DXHR are based on hackable electronics. And no proper melee, only takedowns. I'd say that DXHR could have used a few things from Fallout 3 to make the gameplay more diverse and complex. Part of the reason why DX1 attained such following, was exactly because the gameplay was diverse and complex, even if combat was stiff and ugly. But I feel combat in DXHR doesn't quite click either, unfortunately.
