Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

I came from Deus Ex Human Revolution and I have to say that the original is on par and even better than HR in most ways. I'm simply in awe that a game that came out in 2000 can still compete with games made about eleven years later. It's simply amazing. The gameplay allows for objectives to be completed in many different ways and rewards those who explore the environment. The story is phenomenal and draws you in from the very beginning. Your choices actually make a difference in the game, which is a welcome factor. Not many games even today do that :). I highly recommend this game and look forward to finishing it. This is truly one of the greatest games ever made.

A well-written story provides many hours of entertainment while investigating the mystery. Players can choose their approach to solving the game's many challenging scenarios, and even change the course of the story with decisions that affect its progress.

The best singleplayer game of all time. Among the good dialogs, story and the augmentation modules the game is just a masterpiece as a whole. The graphic is still adequate today, because its enough to create the dark, secret atmosphere of Deus Ex. The graphic is never distracting you and keeps sharp edges of the objects(newer graphic is often blurry or looks more like on the console, i dont like) Big Areas without loading screen. And even the loading takes only 1second, so saving and loading becomes likeable and needed for the dangerous situations of the agent. Hidden rooms, books or public terminals everywwhere are contributing to the atmosphere. The game looks completed. (not like gothic3 for example, where many areas never got filled with content) Whoever wants to know how a world feels like, where terrorism and governmental surveillance are on the top priority list: Play Deus Ex Really a Good Old Game (best game :))

Yes I'm ready to bet everything I hold dear and precious on this sole statement : Deus Ex is the best video game in the whole human History. Period. Print. Done. Signed with my own blood. Ready to go in Hell for that! When I get a new computer, the very first game I install on it is Deus Ex. It never leaves the HD unless there's a technical problem. And when solved, it's installed back. Deus Ex is about one word : Freedom. A sense of total freedom when playing. While it's not a Rogue-Like, it's like each run of the game is different since levels hold many secrets and ways to explore. You can also configure your character the way you want. Wanna have a tank having an ultimate expertise in weapons? Check. Wanna be the robber-hacker type lockpicking on doors and hacking devices? Check. Wanna play the sneaky Ninja using stealth and strategical elimination? Check. Still not convinced? Wanna do the game without even USING A SINGLE WEAPON (NOT EVEN KNIVES OR GRENADES)? Guess what... CHECK! Yeah read my words : C.H.E.C.K! The atmosphere is Cyberpunk at its best, raw and brutal, filled with neon-lighted dirty alleys and secret labs filled with technologicaly advanced devices and will bring you from the depth of New-York to the "beaux quartiers" of Paris or the "typical markets" of Hong-Kong. Alexander's Bandon soundtrack provides awesomely atmospheric musics with a bit of retro-wave feeling in them (check Unatco's or New-York City streets ones to get into the full DX Mood). And of course, the story : mature, intelligent, makes you think about your world and yourself. Philosophy, politic, economy, nothing is left apart. The game think of you as a responsible adult with a brain, not a grow-up kiddo just here for the "lulz" and you can truly feel the fate of the world lies in your hand like nowhere else... This is my first review on GoG. Glad it is for this game. Nothing more to add than just : play the best game ever! Embrace the Denton's legacy. Embrace Deus Ex.

This game belongs to one of few that are so timeless and good that they manage to have a cult following and not be overrated. Too bad a game like this is not likely to ever come out again. The plot in this game is possibly the best aspect of it, (which doesn't mean that the game is bad without it) and is the reason why this game would have no chance of being released today. The intro of the game is enough to get you hooked and keep playing to progress the story. It's reliance on “conspiracy theories,” (too many of which ended up being true) the critique of globalism and endings which ruin any possibility of a sequel (which was still made for some reason) are the reason why it would have no chance of coming out today. The gameplay feels great, systems feel sophisticated but not overwhelming, and character progression still leaves room for relying on player's skill, and is kept at a proper pace to make the player more and more powerful through pretty much the entire (quite long) game. Multiple health bars make combat unique (there aren't many FPS games where your legs can be rendered useless mid-combat). Dialog system is great, as options shown match exactly what JC says (which is an area where modern games have made a huge regression). His one-liners are possibly the best ones out there, but because of their context sensitivity fans aren't quoting them too often. Level design is great, as multiple ways of completing objectives add a lot to replay ability and make the game stand out to this day, although some areas were better after a redesign for the PS2 port (especially hubs in Hong Kong). The differences between the PC and the PS2 versions make both of them worth playing out, and they show how much work was needed to make games work on consoles. My biggest problem with this game is the lack of peaceful hub areas full of atmosphere in late game, which make the game a bit tiring after X51. The GOG release is really nice, as it tries to make Unreal Engine work with little problems on modern hardware. My only nitpick is the broken OpenGL renderer, which doesn't have detail textures, but that's a single DLL swap. I'd definitely put this game on a “must play” list.