Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

i played this gem before , this and blade runner started my cyberpunk love back in the late 90s early 2000s . you gotta play this .

Note: i did not have the Revision mod installed for my playthrough, i used a different mod that focuses mainly on bugfixes called GMDX. Good soundtrack, level design and sound FX. Amazing story, gameplay mechanics, secrets and progression with upgrades and skills. Bad lighting that doesnt show actual visibility of player in stealth, voice acting is flat on most characters and control bindings do not accept number keys for some reason. Weapons not only handle differently with each perk upgrade but also come with many ammo types for different situations which gives you something to think about before starting a shootout. Secrets and bonus objectives can be achieved in more than one way which lets you try many different skill builds without locking you out of resources or upgrades. While the tutorial is very detailed, it still leaves out a few things which is both good and bad depending on if you like finding things out through experimentation or not. Augmentations are fun to use and you get many chances to use whichever you choose to install because of the good level design. Enemies are diverse and have varied resistances that allow you to use many different weapons, ammo types and skills in order to defeat them. All in all it took some getting used to but i am glad i finished it. Reccomended for anyone looking for a bit more serious version of metal gear or anyone who is looking for an action packed political drama with a bioshock-esque upgrade system in a 90's high tech setting.

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Wanna see for yourself why is this game regarded, multiple times, as one of the, if not THE, best games ever made?, even after it's excellent 2011 prequel was released?. Well, this was, along with System Shock, one of the first titles to combine multiple genres, something very common with today's games. This title combined RPG elements into an FPS game, upgrading and improving your character's stats over the course of the game. Also, it was heralded for having multiple choices to progress to a single level, wich also had multiple routes; want to cruise through a level undetected?, guns blazing?, it was all your choice. The only downside I could give to this game is the dated graphics and the somewhat clunky UI, but this is a 2000 game using the first Unreal engine, it can also be played with HD resolutions natively and, if you know how to tinker with your graphics card drivers, you can add extra eye candy by adding antialiasing and texture filters, making the game somewhat less dated and a bit more pleasing to the eye. I already have this game in Steam, but there's absolutely no reason not to buy the GOG version, wich includes it's excelent soundtrack, along with all the extra GOG treats you get, especially if you're somewhat paranoid with DRM, wich this release has absolutely none, zilch, nein. So, what the heck are you waiting for!?, BUY IT!.

It's one of the only games on the market where you can see the characters and the game itself quote De Tocqueville, Voltaire, and Milton; a game that references Greek mythology alongside contemporary conspiracy theories and sci-fi plots. Every option is valid- you can kill everyone you see, or you can have no one die by your hand at all. Meanwhile, a deep plot about the nature of liberty, choice, and freedom complements the gameplay perfectly, with your choices about how to play ultimately revealing a lot about who you are as a person. You will come back to this game, again and again. You will beg for sequels and you will consume everything related to this game because it is the best game of all time. In all probability, it will not be equaled for a very long time yet. Possibly never. But it takes the principles that System Shock 2 tried to apply, and perfects them; it does moral choices better than most contemporary games without ever pulling up a meter, and perhaps most importantly, it teaches you to consider the ramifications of your actions better than any game except perhaps Spec Ops: The Line.