Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

I know that with this review I will annoy players who adore Deus Ex. Most people who rate the game very positively, may be right from their point of view - because the game matches their gaming interests. But for these I have not written these lines. I wrote these lines for all gamers who doesn't have extremely extended patience. To me Deus Ex is boring, very slow paced and what is sold as a 'good' story goes to something that resembles idiotic conspiracy theories. Not even worth to think about it. Yes - it's very complex. To a point I'm not willing to follow... In addition, it is also unnecessarily difficult - or at least it takes patience. Patience in a (for me) very annoying time-consuming way. Who does not have unearthly patience: Do not buy! Neither the 'Revison-' nor the GMDX-Mod make the game any better. They make it even more difficult - and thus boring. But the mods will at least make Deus Ex look quite good - well... for such an old game.

I don't know how this game has 5 stars all around.. My impression of playing this one after playing Deus Ex 2: Invisible War was... Just meh. First of all, Deus Ex 1 does not excel in every areas. This game is like a baker wanted to create a perfect cake with all kinds of unique tastes, but failed to become harmonized when the actual product came out. Secondly, voice actings are absolutely terrible. Well, not only voice acting, but also the title theme and BGMs which just don't seem to fit the atmosphere that much. I found Invisible War's silent themes to be more immersing and fitting. Third, the game becomes tedious after mid level. At first I loved how this game give you many choices to end a mission, but later on I found that the stages become repetitive and you could just clear the game (EVEN IN REALISTIC) by just turning on the ballistic protection, heal, and shoot mindlessly. It is very comparable to how Invisible war kept with consistant amazingly designed, yet short and brief maps. Finally, the most important one: Story. What the hell? The story is just another typical conspiracy that is not even as innovative as many good SF novels out there. I don't get how people are so mesmerized by dull J.C. Denton and cliche filled story. Invisible war, on the other hand, had unique deep story that explores the human's society and how shallow the border is between good and evil. It was totally up to player to finish the game by siding with whoever he/she liked, or just kill them all! Overalll I do not recommend this game for the sake of how incomplete and mish mash the game is. Deus Ex 1 tried to become a unique masterpiece, and it did succeeded.... By making players to think 'oh this game is very different. Who cares if it is not perfect and incomplete? By saying this game is one of the best game ever made, I will look sophisticated!' Good luck to all of you who are just being zealous fanboys by the way.

Vanilla Deus Ex GOTY Blindplay on "Realistic" -- - lore full of anti-Semetic conspiracy bullshit - savescumming possible - can't throw objects wider then two or maybe three meters, even small ones... - climbing is working with pitch move, you need to exactly stand above the ladder to climb - walking speed is slower with heavy weapons, but only when equipt, not when they in your jacket - NPCs are dumb, don't reconize you, when takin a quick look arround a corner f.e. straight into their face and when you have a specific distance from them you can run and jump while they looking at you and they wont reconize you, about 15-20 meters i guess, snipers have a higher viewing range - your jacket can carry as much as a small transporter: 20 medkits, 10 bottles of beer etc. but every weapon only once - some npcs are immortal, i tried killing herman with automatic machine guns and rockets, doesn't work - sneaking looks like crawling - you wont get equipt by the hq (execpt one item per mission), but there is a lot of stuff lying arround for free there - no storage anywhere and if storing stuff in your office, it will be gone after finish the next mission - enemies have overpowered amount of hp, even nearly naked ones, i guess that's the "Realistic" mechanic, just set hp of enemys very high... so cheap - some items have a bar that decreases when in use, but you can only activate them and not deactivate them - when you carry something it will be dropped when you lean to left or right - some objects doesn't make noise when droped while sneaking, but not all objects, no matter how heavy or what size the have - hazmat suite has a gas mask inside, that do not protects you 100% when you dont have enough enviroment skill - jumphight is 30-40 cm, often need crates for even reaching a ladder that reaches down through your face - few ammo for non-leathal weapons but alot for leathel ones - when sneaking and game loads, character stops sneaking foobar and so on...

The game's engine really sucks. Game mechanics do, too. Some items are functioning like in arcade games without logic reason. (e.g. nightvision) The excellent story and feeling cannot help. I thought I could have a game experience like System Shock 2 or Arx Fatalis, but this is not possible here. Just a cheap little Playstation 1 game. I wanted to give it a try after all these years and watched YouTube videos and read about in the net, but the gaming experience was horrible. Lost money. At least it was a game pack which was cheaper than the stand-alone game. Including Deus Ex 2, which even Deus Ex 1 Players hate for it's simplicity. Wow!

Some games aren't worth the effort after many years. This is one of them. After numerous attempts, I have failed to complete the tutorial, and unistalled. The controls are not up to par.