Posted on: November 15, 2013

Kee715

Games: 231 Reviews: 1

Do not spend money on this game.

This game is terrible. The game is designed poorly, it plays terribly, the story is garbage, the characters are bad, the weapons are just lame, the game is terribly balanced, and it's a poorly optimized console port from the original Xbox. The performance is of particular note. You will randomly get MASSIVE drops in frame rate for NO reason. Many entirely random spots have tanked the frame rate below 20, even on minimum settings. This game does look alright for its age (except for animations - they're all terrible), but the maps are TINY. Unreal Engine 2 is better than this, so I can't tell you why it's so bad, but it is. As for the story, any illusions of depth are entirely superficial. There is no real "mystery" here. Which DX ending did IW follow? All of them. How? Because reasons, basically. The plot twists are best summed up as "Oh, yeah, I lied, and now I have a mission for you." The characters are shallow caricatures with no depth or anything. The factions are all terribly bland and really transparent. The villains of the story are probably the best-written, and they just randomly offer to let you join them despite them hating you and trying to kill you the entire game. This game is stupid. As for gameplay, all weapons share the same ammo pool, with some using more and others using less. Not that it matters, since ammo is EVERYWHERE. Enemies have terrible AI, can't shoot worth a damn, and it's ridiculously easy to just kill them outright. Sneaking is clunky and restrictive, but enemies are dumb enough that it's super easy to sneak past anyone and everyone. Movement and physics are clunky and just not fun. The biomods are the only highlight of the game, and even then you have all the ones you'll need by halfway through the game. This game is not worth $2.50, and that's saying something. This game will make you hate games. I slogged through it and I would have been happier if I never did. Avoid like the plague.

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Posted on: October 2, 2023

Eastersimulator

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Games: 5 Reviews: 2

so right but so wrong

First of all: If you get a black screen by starting a new game try this: Deactivate every overlay application (nividia, steam, etc) start it as a administrator. The gameplay is good. It has a few questionable design choices like universal ammo and dumped down roleplaying. However It feels like deus ex. It has the hacking like the original deus ex. The main character talks like JC Denton. It let me solve problems the way I want. I realy want to like it... But: Loading screens completely ruin this game. It takes forever to load a new area. that may not sound too bad until you realize how small the areas are and how often you have to load a new map. It's a real shame, a good game is here but buried under horrible optimisation.

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Posted on: March 22, 2024

neclink28

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Games: 32 Reviews: 15

Ultimately unfullfilling

For context: I played DX and DX2 for the first time in 2024, so nostalgia wasn't a factor for me. Coming from the original game which was far from perfect but still supremely playable even today, DX2 felt unpolished, heavily compromised, buggy and oh-so janky by comparison to the point of being unable to take is seriously. Of all the games in the franchise, I had the hardest time immersing myself here. I was left wondering where it went wrong during development since they obviously had all the ingredients for a great sequel: rich lore, memorable characters, a great sequel hook and the Unreal 2 engine. But I just didn't see those puzzle pieces coming together. On a technical level, DX2 felt extremely small and constrained compared to the open levels of DX, leaving little opportunity to sneak around because all environments were so tiny and despite that, there's multiple loading screens for pretty much everything. Hub areas were the worst offender: exit a building (LS), walk across the street into another building: LS. And these were far from instantaneous even on a modern PC which was terrible for my immersion. This isn't a fault of the Unreal 2 engine or the original Xbox since both are more than capable of rendering large open areas. DX2 did bring some noticeable improvements (dynamic lighting, gunplay, alt-fire for guns, futuristic items, augmentation wheel) which I did appreciate, but the environments and story honestly just left me as flat and emotionally detached as Alex Denton’s voice lines. Even life-changing revelations didn’t faze him. Despite a more talented cast, the delivery of most dialogue somehow ended up worst than DX to the point of being utterly distracting. The story also felt convoluted and incoherent. Disappointing conclusion of my DX journey starting with The Fall. If you’re looking for a futuristic DX, I’d wholeheartedly recommend Project Snowblind instead. A much better and refined game.

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Posted on: November 25, 2024

GoodOldGarfield

Verified owner

Games: 8 Reviews: 1

Better than the rest

I played this on the XBox for an entire year when it came out. I have played other games and they do not compare to the memories of fun from this title. Plus it is better on pc. MUST PLAY.

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Posted on: February 23, 2025

Wolfman678

Games: 49 Reviews: 1

One of my all-time favorite games

This game is awesome has a good story and is just super fun in general

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