Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition

The gameplay takes a backseat to the great story that unfolds. It is one of the realest and most immersive game stories I've ever played. I can't even get that much into it without spoilers, but I love conspiracy games and this is I think the benchmark for all of them. It's a whole ride from start to finish and provides a really balanced take on the situation. And quite similarly to media like Star Trek, uses a sci fi aesthetic to really unpack the problems that we are actually currently facing. Definitely one of the best games I've played... ever.

Amazing game. It also predicted everything that is going on now.

I own this title on steam, and felt compelled to write a small review on it here. This is hands down the best pc game story line written, the only other game that for me came close to this in story but was a bit clunkier, was vampire the masquerade redemption. The game mechanics are a bit clunky, the shooting is fun, but all that is vastly over shadowed by a tremendous story, sound track, and atmosphere created by the environment your set in. The first mission of the game is probably the best mission on a game i have played, and it also throws you straight into the thick of things, right into suppressing the enemy and clearing out the liberty statue. Get this game, it will be one of the best 1-5 dollars you spend for a piece of pc gaming history that even though my favourite, still probably ranks in the top 5 of any respected pc gaming journal out there.

I still love the OG Deus Ex. Yes, the graphics are mad dated. But my GOD are those plots, sub-plots, shadow-plots-within-sub-plots, and character development top notch. It really raised the bar for videogames in many, many ways, but to this day (as in May 24th, 2020), it is STILL worth playing for the storyline. The gameplay is a bit dated, and the graphics are super-old, but even if you can't normally get past that, I would still recommend this game to you. It is one of the most well-written, interesting, and exciting plots in a videogame. Not even the Adam Jensen Deus Ex games can compare.

The game is a classic and everyone will know about it by this point. It had its 25th birthday recently so I gave it a go after more than a decade. Gog claims its part of the "Preservation Program", but while it launches nicely, it's way too dark, which needs be fixed with community mods, and I read everywhere that I should update the map files because the GOTY got an older version back in the day. No idea if this is fixed in the GOG version or if I have to do this too. That's why I'm only giving 3 stars, my GOG Deus Ex Experience is not great. It seems the only change they made is to make gog launcher pop up when you launch the game.