Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

Mixing first-person perspective, cyberpunk world, role-playing, deep customization and freedom of action, Deus Ex remains an unchallenged masterpiece. Now, let's be clear: it sucks absolute *ss if you play it as an FPS game. The clunky feel of the weapons and weird enemy behavior makes the strategy of running around and gunning people down reliable, but unfun, and a lot of the RPG elements are ungracefully implemented: cybernetic augs and special skills tend to be clumsy. But, the thing is: DE is a lot more than a shooter, or even an RPG. It is an adventure game all about possibilities, alternate paths, and choices that have repercussions: once you learn how to use items, body mods and skills to their full potential, you start to see each level as an open-ended playfield that lets you go forward the way you see fit. Lay traps! Sneak up! Snipe enemies from afar! Backstab them or knock them out! Hack bots to do your dirty job! Talk to NPCs to find clues! Blow up doors, or just pick their locks! I have finished it about ten times now, and not only do I still find new content, never have I completed a level twice the same way! Few games nail this feeling of liberty of action: how many recent titles let you kill children with cigarette smoke?! Hell, even the interface and controls are surprisingly well-designed and easy to get a hold of! The storyline is also pretty good due to solid twists and intriguing plot points. As a cyberpunk tale, it has a lot of interesting things to say about politics and the future of mankind – a lot of which is discussed through in-game docs and dialogues. It is quite riveting, and even the few bad writing and acting bits are very memeable (“A BOMB!”). And I don't even have room here to talk about the great atmosphere! So, yeah, DE can be hard to get into, and some levels (notably the last ones) are a bit weak. It's also an immortal classic that has rarely been successfully imitated and that every computer gamer should play at least once!

What a game! It's great FPS, excellent RPG, and it has remarkably story to tell.

One of the best games ever made. Has retro futuristic vibes from the 90s to it. The sound track is epic, especially NYC Streets, UNESCO HQ, Paris Conversation and all. makes me feel like it is the 90s. even though the game came out in early 20s.

I have to be fair. Sometime in 2000, I downloaded the demo using my workplace's T1 line .I went out the next night and bought the game. So much atmosphere, perfect mood music, and pretty much anything you can think of, the game has already thought of it....but I have to be fair. New players are going to be irritated over a few things much like I was when I first played. First off, the crossbow. It doesn't work instantaneously. Stealth is iffy, enemy hitboxes aren't that accurate, and the fact you are playing a super agent and couldn't shoot the ground due to your low ability in firearms. Makes no sense. As alluded to before, the real fun in Deus Ex is seeing if the devs "took that into consideration" or "thought of that". Try it yourself.

Que dire ? que ce ejeu m'avait explosé la tête à sa sortiee ? Vous même vous savez ^^