Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

When I first played this back when it 1st came out, I remember being confused and amazed at the same time. Confused as everything was so "new" and different to me compared to what I'd played before. The style, the narrative, early interactions with NPC from vagrant children to hotel clerks to secondary characters that mattered later on, squatting and looking at a female NPC "sitting", then getting chastised for it as they considered you a creep; hidden areas which either had hidden items in hidden safes, or maybe a small, secondary subplot where you could choose to help someone; choosing HOW you wanted to augment, lock picking, hacking, etc. along with a wild ride of a story line. Confusing at first as I wasn't sure what to do. Do I follow? Or jump in the water and find a hidden item? Do I "obey", or ignore and run to the jail cell ahead of someone else and get my own info? This was one of those games that just NAILED what gaming was about in the 90's. It wasn't the graphics (though they were considered very nice in their day), it wasn't a mindless run and gun respawn run and gun (which gets you killed in real life). It was a bonafide, honest to goodness excellent video game with a story line that got weirder and weirder if you looked hard enough, and rewarded the player for being creative and "using their imagination" to basically do something they weren't supposed to do, which could either flesh out what was really going on, save someone, alter an NPC's life, or just drive the fun factor up an extra 10 notches. If any game deserves a true HD remake with a little extra polish and added content, this is it. While the most recent DX game was OK and in the same spirit as this one, it didn't have the heart, creativity, or ingenuity. In lieu of a remaster, you can go wrong with this. The dated graphics might take a little getting used to, and controls might seem foreign, you won't regret it.

-You talking to me? -Maybe you should try get in the job

Graphics were good for the time and hard on the eyes today, but gameplay is great and the story is excellent.

This game was truly ahead of its time and one of my favorite games of all time. Ahead of its time sure, but aside from Human Revolution there's still nothing in comparison. The shoot outs don't hold up that well but everything else is still pretty good. Honestly, a decade later and the design holds up. Timeless. RPG Stealth-Shooter hybrids (lol) don't get much better than this. Do yourself a favor and buy this game!

I cannot recommend this game enough. I replayed it recently and, although the graphics may have aged, it's still an utterly brilliant game to play.