Makes me wonder what they thought of daggerfall.

In my opinion, if Invisible War had any name other than Deus Ex in front of it, it might have been considered a decent game by the vast majority of gamers. It probably never would have been considered a classic like the original DX is, but it certainly would not have received the hatred and derision it gets now. I actually played IW before I played DX and enjoyed it thoroughly. I liked it the same way I liked other second or third tier FPS games like Tron 2.0 or Chaser; there is really nothing new or innovative about them, but they were fun to play. I didn't understand why so many people seemed to hate it until I did finally play the original. They are definitely two different classes of games and it is makes perfect sense why fans of the first would not have liked the second as a sequel, but on its own, it's really not that bad.

I found DE almost unplayable.