Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

Old, but... what a great game !

I didn't play this growing up but I wish i did. I find it ver humorous on how everyone remarks on how you handle your missions(killing way too many terrorists, killing civilians, etc.). This makes for a lot of variety in your gameplay. The gameplay itself is very fun and I love the setting and art style. It is majorly fun for the price point.

So yeah. Deus Ex is an immersive sim/rpg/"not really a shooter" with a lengthy campaign, shockingly good level design, amazing music, massive levels, interesting story and characters, charming voice acting with gameplay that aged really well. You play as JC Denton, a badass special agent with various skills and augmentations to upgrade. You get 10 augmentations slots with 18 different augmentations available, all of which can be upgraded (except 2). They're all activated manually, so get ready to use a crap-ton of hotkeys. There are 11 skills to choose from with 4 different tiers for each skill that you upgrade with skill points, which are basically experience points. Some are kinda useless, but basically all of them are useful for specific situations. You use a grid based inventory, so you need to pick which weapons, grenades, suits, healing items, etc that you want to rely on. You can go guns blazing, but i wouldn't recommend it, this is mostly designed as a stealth game. You can actually complete the game entirely non-lethally with one exception. It definitely increases the difficulty though and only recommend it to those who already completed the game and are looking for some extra challenges. I had a lot of fun beating the game this way. This game has unbelievably good music, the Revision mod is a bit of a downgrade in my opinion. But it has such great music to work with that I still enjoyed the remade tracks too. Speaking of the Revision mod, I enjoyed it a lot and guarantee purists will hate it. It does make the game work out of the box and doesn't require any tinkering. I personally recommend using it if modding/tweaking the game to run really well sounds too daunting for you. Level design is some of the best ever in my opinion. Always look through shelves, on top of roofs, and basically every nook and cranny because there might be a handy lockpick or biocell sitting where you don't expect it. One of my favorite games! A must play!

I've heard a lot of great stuff about the Deus Ex series for a while now. Finally decided to give it a try, and I'm so glad I started with the O.G. Sure, the visuals have aged, but for the year 2000 3d visuals, they've held up well enough. The writing is spectacular, and the systems design is still top-notch.

While the graphics are a bit dated, it is still an amazing game.