Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

Most of the reviews here very accurately depict Deus Ex the game on its own. But if you are new to DX1 you most probably come from playing DX: Human Revolution and/or DX: Mankind Divided. Sure the graphics are not good, it was subpar even when the game came out in 2000. You can get used to it. So why is DX1 still better than all the sequels? Reason #1: it has MUCH better writing. Don't get me wrong, HR and MD were great, but DX1 has more memorable conversations, a huge amount of optional-to-read information about the world, easter eggs, and the story is simply better than all other sequels. Reason #2: Decisions matter more. I haven't felt the impact of my decisions in HR and MD to matter as much as they did in DX1. Also, many decisions are made by your ACTIONS not selecting Option B instead of Option A in a conversation. Reason #3: You are presented with situations, and it is up to you how you solve them. Both HR and MD gives you playthrough choices by offering certain routes (guns blazing, stealth, social) but they are rather clear-cut. Don't like the vents? Go in guns blazing. In DX1 there are no pre-made routes you are intended to follow. You can be VERY creative how you approach problems. You can invent solutions even the game's creators did not expect. The other DXes do not offer you this kind of freedom. Reason #4: while HR's and MD's game world, music and atmosphere is excellent, DX1 is better. It's music is more memorable, the game's world is both depressing and somewhat light hearted at the same time, instead of the doom and gloom of the sequels. Reason #5: much deeper RPG aspects. You might prefer the simplicity of the sequels, but I prefer the deeper system of skills and augmentations being separate. DX1 is one of the best games ever made and while the prequels were both very good games, but they still somewhat miss the "divine spark" that DX1 has and what makes DX1 a _perfect_ game.

Deux Ex is one of my favourite games of all time! What can i say that hasn´t been said about this game? Well, not much. The last time i played it is over a decade ago, but i still remember scenes out of it, like the conversation with the bar tender and others, certain areas in the game, happenings. Most games i forget rather quickly, some may be remembered as being good, a few have these memorable moments, which have that special something.

Things flash into my mind when I think of this game. INTELLIGENT. INTELLECTUAL. GENIUS. DEEP IN TRUTH. Do I have any evidence to back that up? This game will blow your mind. Give it a playthrough with nothing extra, Then play it again after adding loads of cool mods. That's what I did! Can't remember where I keep my disk, almost want to buy this if it goes on sale but it's such a huge long game that I almost feel pained to attempt to play it again because it requires you to make serious effort and pay close attention and draws you in. It's EXCELLENT. There is no game out there like this. Everyone should play this once or twice. It's KOTOR/KOTOR2 Loooooooonnnngggggg but obviously more finished, better polished in every way. Do yourself a favor and get into this!

Imagine a cyberpunk world where every single conspiracy theory is real and every faction fights for power. You are a special agent and you will go on missions but let me stop here and let you discover the story. It might sound crazy sometimes but it's raising very good questions and there is some branching narrative in the story based on your choices and also multiple ending! It's an FPS/RPG hybrid using Unreal Engine 1 and it has very nice indoor and outdoor locations. On every mission, there are multiple routes you can take and multiple methods you can apply (brute force, stealth, hacking and lockpicking, maybe getting some help from a character or any combination of these) and the level design is just absolutely amazing. Your character has skills and implants, there are a lot of weapons and tools in the game to help you on your mission and you can also use your skills to hack things and use the environment against your opponents. It's an experience to explore all the interesting locations, talking to characters and watching the cinematics and the story unfolding. You can interact with most of the things in the levels, there are "secret" places with extra ammo and tools and secret e-mails or messages what will give you some more information about the story and the world. I think every gamer should play and finish this game at least once, it's a bargain even paying full price for this game.

Was soll ich dazu noch schreiben. Wenn IHR es noch nicht gespielt habt, tut es.