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Grey Carter	1 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:00
	#9 Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... Read Full Article

Rainboq	2 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:04
	... Wait, what?

JourneyThroughHell	3 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:07
	Uh... Is there something you want to tell us, Grey? Oh, and I didn't actually know Deus Ex 2 was bad.

Amnestic	4 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:08
	Mmm. David Boreanaz is a bit scrumptious. /I'm straight, honest.

aaronmcc	5 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:10
	scratches head

Jaredin	6 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:12
	Oh god, lmao...Well, I certainly wotn disagree about his hair...always seemed so perfect! And, I do agree with Deus Ex 2...shudders

FogBird	7 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:19
	Didn't get it. What?

latenightapplepie	8 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:25
	Amnestic: Mmm. David Boreanaz is a bit scrumptious. /I'm straight, honest. I don't get the appeal. Then again, I'm gay; maybe he only appeals to straight men. _{_{Wait, what?}} OT: I'm not quite sure what Mr Boreanaz has to do with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Did I miss something?

Jaranja	9 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:26
	FogBird: Didn't get it. What? It's a dream for that to happen to her but she knows there's always a catch. The catch here is that "Deus Ex: Invisible War" was crap.

Formica Archonis	10 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:30
	latenightapplepie: OT: I'm not quite sure what Mr Boreanaz has to do with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Did I miss something? The "2004" caption at the top of the second panel. (Also, the fact that she's talking to God in the third panel.) Also also, someone forgot to change the credit line at the bottom after the Great Comic Renaming....

Tirnor	11 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:37
	There was also no hamster in 2004. Maybe this will lead into some hamster origin story... (and funnier comics)

latenightapplepie	12 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:39
	Formica Archonis: The "2004" caption at the top of the second panel. (Also, the fact that she's talking to God in the third panel.) Ah. Okay. I get it now...sorta. I think I'm just a little slow today.

FogBird	13 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:46
	Jaranja: FogBird: Didn't get it. What? It's a dream for that to happen to her but she knows there's always a catch. The catch here is that "Deus Ex: Invisible War" was crap. But I didn't get what the situation she had had to do with the game...

coldfrog	14 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:55
	Is the guy in the first panel wearing a Zappa shirt, or do I just try to relate everything to Zappa?

syndicated44	15 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:55
	I kinda liked Deus Ex 2. There was just such an extreme difference between the two that they didnt really connect. FogBird: Jaranja: FogBird: Didn't get it. What? It's a dream for that to happen to her but she knows there's always a catch. The catch here is that "Deus Ex: Invisible War" was crap. But I didn't get what the situation she had had to do with the game... I am assuming she had to review it, in the last panel the box is on the bottom.

Irridium	16 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:56
	haha! That was great. And maybe if he made me a cake invisable war would have been easier to swallow...

Jaranja	17 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:59
	FogBird: Jaranja: FogBird: Didn't get it. What? It's a dream for that to happen to her but she knows there's always a catch. The catch here is that "Deus Ex: Invisible War" was crap. But I didn't get what the situation she had had to do with the game... Something really good happened to her but the catch behind it was that Deus Ex 2 was bad.

DTWolfwood	18 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 14:59
	insert Rick Roll Here!

Daedalus1942	19 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:03
	Grey Carter: Critical Miss #9 Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... Read Full Article Well... The title is just perfect for the webcomic... Penny Arcade, this aint. Also, Deus Ex was not that bad a game. I love how people bitched about Invisible War yet, they all fucking loved the pezzo di merde that was Mass Effect II. Mass Effect II was so far altered from the first game, and the plot didn't even make sense. At least the plot for Deus Ex 2 wasn't full of big gaping holes normally found in swiss cheese.

Orange Monkey	20 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:05
	Hmmm good choice, although I'm more of a Hugh Jackman man myself ;P

Macgyvercas	21 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:07
	Huh? I'm rather confused... Jaranja: FogBird: Didn't get it. What? It's a dream for that to happen to her but she knows there's always a catch. The catch here is that "Deus Ex: Invisible War" was crap. Ooooohhh. That's it. I get it now.

snow	22 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:16
	guess you can tell who never played deus ex around here... Myself included! Critical miss indeed...

zombie711	23 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:17
	I think the catch was she had to gives it a good score.

hamster mk 4	24 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:31
	My interpretation of the joke: I think the David Boreanaz+Cake thing was Gods way of karmicly making up to the main character for inflicting Deus Ex 2 upon the world. The disgrunteled expression in the last frame indicates that David Boreanaz+Cake was insufficient to make up for the poor quality of Deus Ex 2. My thoughts on the series in general: While this series has not thrown me into fits of laughter, but I enjoy it none the less. The jokes always give me a chuckle and there are usually more than one packed into the strip. I also appreciate how each panel has extra elements, like the hamster, which warrant a 2nd and 3rd viewing after my initial scan. Critical Miss is a great addition to the Escapist.

SomeBoredGuy	25 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:38
	Eehhh... the joke just fell flat. I hate to say this, but this comic really has become a constant series of "Critical Misses".

duchaked	26 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 15:57
	haha that was pretty good lol never played 2, but the new DE game looks great so far

addeB	27 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:08
	Huh? I don't get it, but.... The cake is a lie!

Outright Villainy	28 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:26
	Heh, that was pretty good, keep it up guys. Even though I haven't played either Deus Ex.

Formica Archonis	29 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:26
	latenightapplepie: Formica Archonis: The "2004" caption at the top of the second panel. (Also, the fact that she's talking to God in the third panel.) Ah. Okay. I get it now...sorta. I think I'm just a little slow today. 'sall right. I've been having one of those days for the past two days.

Straying Bullet	30 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:33
	This is a hilarious one. Laughing out Loud much.

TheNumber1Zero	31 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:40
	I suppose you may have had to play the Dues Ex series to get a laugh from this one, so I can understand why I felt "Meh" about it. And why does it still say "Out of Tens" at the bottom of it?

ucciolord1	32 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:43
	I love this comic. So snarky :)

Lucane	33 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 16:57
	Jaranja: FogBird: Didn't get it. What? It's a dream for that to happen to her but she knows there's always a catch. The catch here is that "Deus Ex: Invisible War" was crap. I thought it was just the guy trying to butter her up and buy her review of the game and her seeing pass it and then playing the game and finding out it was terrible.

Grey Carter	34 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 17:15
	Whoops! We remastered this one from the HD version where I hadn't changed the name title. Hell it wouldn't be Critical Miss without at least one fuckup. I should quantify here that I don't think Invisible War is that bad taken into it's own account, though it is a poster boy for oversimplified console games. But when regarded as a sequel to Deus Ex? Probably the best game made as of yet? (Ocarina of Time can suck it) Disasterous, absolutely disasterous in every respect. Edit: Oh and for all those guys making the "this comic is a critical miss" jokes. Enjoy that low hanging fruit I left there for you. It's good for you.

Elburzito	35 POSTED: 15 Jun 2010 17:25
	Ha! That was a good one. I was one of those who loved the original Deus Ex. Invisible war was a terrible sequel.


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