After reading some forum posts about ads popping up in the loading screens of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the PC, I had to check it out myself, because it seemed a little too ridiculous.
Sure enough, when I booted the game up I saw it. Lucas ex machina. On certain loading screens you’ll get a tiny little picture in the bottom right displaying an ad for the upcoming Star Wars Blu-ray release, which is out tomorrow.
One might see it as a small, harmless ad which doesn’t even show up on every loading screen. One might be offended by its inclusion due to breaking the immersion of the game, however I’m personally offended that they’re trying to offer me a Blu-ray release of Star Wars that needlessly butchers my childhood.
Can anybody confirm if this is seen in the 360 and PS3 versions of the game?
Source: Eidos Forums, Damian Kulikowski
September 16th, 2011 at 12:39 am
Ya, I thought loading screens were a pain in the neck before. If this catches on, mabey loading screens will become more common…
September 15th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
lol its during the loading screen, so what kiddies geez ohhhhh get all butt hurt MAH IMMA STOP PLAYIN THEIR GAMES THEY MAKE tough it out softies
September 15th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
there is a fix for PC: http://blog.gib.me/2011/08/23/deus-ex-human-revolution-no-ads/
or block dxhr.exe in the firewall
September 15th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
I hope they will realize how much of a mistake this is. If not, I will not be throwing my money towards any future games or DLC put out by them. Which is very sad, because this was actually a pretty good game.
September 15th, 2011 at 11:56 am
yeah, does it on the SIXTY DOLLAR ps3 version too
i feel like paying that much for a game warrents an advertisement free experience