Deus Ex 2: Invisible War

A hidden gem of the past and one that deserves to be played. It's full of detail and atmosphere that isn't seen in most modern games. Possibly my favorite Deus Ex game.

A direct sequel to Deus Ex (2000), gameplay is fine but not that exciting, hard to play stealth as enemies are too sensitive. The graphics are better though.

You know, when I started this game, I was confused by the hate it got. Sure, it's dumbed down from the previous installment, but then so was Skyrim and that one ended up being a fan favourite. It starts out promising: the setting is interesting, the game doesn't take too long until it throws you into action, the first hub area is decently laid out. All in all a good start. When you come to the second hub area the fun goes down the drain. - RPG progression comes to a near halt. - Mission sequences are easily broken. - Challenge goes right out the window as the game always offers you an easy solution for every problem. - The loading screens become ridiculous in numbers (clearly a console game problem). - Faction lines blur. Matter of fact, the previously moderately unsympathetic factions turn into a complete shitshow, each trying to outdo the other in being insufferable and cartoonishly evil. At some point I got so annoyed, I started kiling all the critical faction NPCs just to shut them up. But there's always more of them. The game is equal parts competent gameplay and utterly incoherrent game design. I'm so glad I'm done with this, it definitely overstayed its welcome.

Quite nice and current political plot. Only issue is that gog can't sync a single save file because it is 208 mb at the end.

If you played it twenty years ago, odds are you remember it being solid and interesting. It still is. It isn't much like the original, but that also isn't the point of the experience. Try it out and enjoy the impossible attempt to make a sequel to one of the most original and respected works in gaming.