The Deus Ex discussion thread, Original and sequels Options

[mirocu]

After talking to Callidus about this game we decided to go ahead and fire up its own thread. Now I only cover the original game but if anyone wanna talk about the sequels that´s ok

WARNING: Rosy glasses are fully activated!!

So Deus Ex... What can I say? It defined my years between 2000-2006 and it definitely withstands the tests of time as it is still one of the best games I have ever played. It´s so full of details and the whole game breathes quality throughout, it never feels rushed in any way. Bugs are almost non-existant, the only one I experienced was with the GotY edition I think where the music on one map is gone, but I can live with that, it´s no big deal.

What I love so much about this game is... Everything basically It´s linear but at the same time you´re free to roam around the maps and there´s often multiple routes to take to reach your current objective and one of the best things are you can actually fail a mission completely or ignore parts of it and you still progress through the story. And you can´t just fail a mission and move on like nothing´s happened, you will face consequences like different dialogue and less pay etc.

I also love that you can level up skills through XP. This gives the game an RPG element which I really like because it means you can have very different J.C Dentons from playthrough to playthrough. While this means it only differs in if you´re a master with a pistol or rifle, or if you´re a hacking god or a computer expert, it does make a big difference in the game. At least I feel that way.

The music... All I can say is the music is a masterpiece! Or I should say masterpieces. I don´t know how many nights I´ve sat down and just listened to tracks on youtube. They fit the game and its atmosphere perfectly and since it´s dynamic you hear a different tune when enemies are aware of you. Speaking of enemies, they do something in Deus Ex that enemies don´t do in so many other more modern games; they flee when heavily wounded. I really like that they do that, it adds so much to the gaming experience that no one is suicidal.


Gee, this got way longer than I thought and I still have things to say! But I´ll wrap it up by saying everything Deus Ex goes here. From general discussions to specific details and gaming updates.

So have fun!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 22 2014, 05:20 PM

[Pseron Wyrd]

I had to log in so I could reply to this topic.

Deus Ex is one of my all-time favorite games. I liked it so much the first time I played it that I began a second game the same day I finished the first. I've only done that with one other game in my life (Neverwinter Nights 1). I've played that thing more times than I can count over the years. I haven't played it in quite a while though.

I love the quality of the writing. If I had to pick one thing I liked about the game most, this would be it. I didn't feel "talked down to" by the writers at any point during the game. They assumed I was reasonably intelligent and fairly educated, which is something you rarely find in a video game.

As mirocu mentioned, there are so many ways to solve problems in almost every situation. My second playthrough was very different from my first. And the playthrough after that...and the playthrough after that. In this, it reminded me of an even older game: System Shock 2 (another game I like).

Interestingly, in an interview given shortly before the game came out, Warren Spector revealed that they had planned to have even more skills available and more ways of getting through difficult situations. In the end they decided to streamline: "We figured we'd save everybody the trouble of figuring out which skills were useful and which were wastes of time by just cutting the useless ones." Sound familiar?

I grabbed Invisible War off Good Old Games last year but I can't get interested in it. I bought Human Revolutions off The Web Site Whose Name Begins With S (out of respect for mirocu's feelings about the subject I refrain from naming it) last year but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet.

I love the look of the game, the sound of the game, the gameplay of the game and, of course, the writing. I think it is one of the best games ever made.

Here is the Warren Spector interview, if anybody's interested: http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/29/deus-ex-interview