Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

Well where to start? I'm sure you've heard of Deus Ex but if you haven't played it, you owe it to yourself to buy this immediately. This game is so good, I've attempted to get my father to play it and my father is not a man who plays video games. Now to the details. Deus Ex is an amazing game. I don't care if you call it an RPG, a FPS, a stealth-action game or whatever, it doesn't matter. The fact is, DE transcends traditional genre archetypes and is quite simply, one of the best games ever made. You play as JC Denton, an all-business super human agent thrust into the middle of a world in conflict. You are highly trained and told from the get-go that you can handle problems your way. Even on your very first objective, you can choose to run n' gun, sneak around and avoid enemy troops, show mercy by using a stun-gun or stab everything in sight. Better yet, the characters in the world will react differently depending on which approach to take. Perhaps not so amazing now, but where do you think games like Mass Effect got the idea from? The story in this game is a deftly woven conspiracy that should offer some true surprises to a first-time player. Dialogue is often forgettable, but is hilarious and or excellent on enough occasions to stand out. The gameplay is perfect. It's not necessarily ground-breaking, but it's exactly what you need to get you through the amazing story. Shooter fans will be comfortable here, and RPG fans will appreciate that skill upgrades and augmentations will have a noticeable effect on your gameplay. Perhaps the only misstep is the fact that lock-picking and use multi-tools is automatic and involves no mini-game. But, when you consider that most of the time the mini-games controlling hacking/lockpicking suck (hi Alpha Protocol) it's much more forgivable. Then, once you consider that you can probably beat Deus Ex in pretty much its entirety without using a lockpick or a multi-tool it becomes irrelevant and also highlights just how amazing this game is. There is always a way. Go buy this game.

Bought this game again because I had a blast playing it in my youth. If you get this game with the included Revision Mod, be aware that the game isn't launched from the GOG installer, but from a seperate folder called Revision within your games installation directory.

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you Deus Ex. You can ask - what it is? Well, Deus Ex is a classic, one-of-the-first RPG/FPS mix, even thought it's just as FPS as one of the Splinter Cell or Hitman games. You control JC, member of an Intercontinental organization who travels the world to find a cure to a virus, just to find some bigger problems as well... You can play it the way you want - be a stealthy assassin, a future Rambo or create your own playstyle - the choice is yours. The game was ages ahead of it's time, and - in a little ugly way - it's still better than lot of games released today. If you want to play a game which makes you addicted to it, don't wait anymore, just buy it and play it. And again, with another path. And again, with just one more change in your decision. And again. And...

This game is already great and with the patches incluided it just gets better. Works out of the box on any modern system

Incredible game. It was groundbreaking at the time, and still holds up well to this day. The graphics may not be as good as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, but the atmosphere is far better, and the UI was made specifically for the PC. It's just a smarter, more enjoyable game overall, and one of the greatest games ever made. If you've never played it before, you're missing out. Big time.