Delance on 7/3/2003 at 07:55
Hi, new guy on this forum.
Deus Ex is an incredibly good game.
Underrated? I got it when I heard a video review saying it was "not the better, merely the latest shooter". I was in the mood for a decent shooter. Boy, was that a surprise. I had no idea Spector was in role for the project, or that it was in the tradition of the System Shock series. This fact became abundantly clear later on, of course. I must admit I didn't even like it much for the first half hour. But then I kept playing, and the game revealed itself.
Couple of questions...
I had zero information on Deux Ex, didn't read any previews or anything. So, the first time I watched the intro, I had absolutely no idea on what they were talking about. Anyone had the same experience?
Also, how different is the soundtrack CD? I'm thinking on getting the GOTY edition. I know it doesn't have the combat part of NYC Streets, my favorite combat music.
dormcat on 7/3/2003 at 10:36
Welcome to the forum! Deus Ex is a great game indeed.
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Originally posted by Delance I had zero information on Deux Ex, didn't read any previews or anything. So, the first time I watched the intro, I had absolutely no idea on what they were talking about. Anyone had the same experience?You should be able to find TONS of reviews right here at TTLG. :cheeky:
I could only tell that one of them is rich and ruthless (Bob Page), and the other is more careful and deceitful, with facial augs (in the beginning I thought he's a cyborg or something) and monotonic voice. I didn't even know what FEMA is. Well, the rich and politicians are always making exchanges, and most of them are hidden from us common people. :mad: :sweat:
SJamieson on 7/3/2003 at 13:15
Yes Simmilar, I knew of Fema from the coverup in the X-Files Movie.
but not much else.
Scarlett on 7/3/2003 at 15:39
i've just been playing it recently and i think i'm in love now. In the past i had never liked it much at all, i just never gave it a chance really though. Around when it came out i played the demo and i couldn't stand it, the graphics for one made me sick ...and they still do for the most part, mind you, the exterior design was always really open with horrible textures at low resolutions, cheap looking trees, cheap looking skies etc. Most of models were well done as are some of the interiors (like inside the 747).. that was just a real turn off for me and i'm really not even the kind of person that judges a game based on graphic quality, but it just made me sick to look at it. Then the control and movement felt really clunky and i'm so used to Thief and Shock 2's, Deus Ex just really annoyed me in that reguard.. but it's something i've mostly gotten used to. Then i think the other thing was how everyone that was on my "side" was invincible, how i could shoot them a million times (in the head at that) and they'd never die; it made me feel like i couldn't go my own way and didn't really have any freedom. i still think they should have delt with that differently.. such as make it the characters decision not to shoot when you're aiming at an "ally" - that is, if they must restrict the player from killing them.
Anyway, i got a copy of it a while ago, i installed it... couldn't stand it. i had the same problems with it when i played the demo, and i played it until i got back to HQ. Uninstalled it, didn't touch it for a while. Then just a couple days ago i installed it again, trying to enjoy it and somewhere at the beginning of the first Brookyn mission i started seeing what was so great about it. Now that i've killed Agent Navarre (on the 747) as well as about every UNATCO guard in area i'm hooked. It's now becomming a mostly player driven story, which is awsome and i'm in love. :cheeky:
Z on 7/3/2003 at 17:08
Deus Ex has very little background story, but the story evolves and presents itself through the game. Some of it is given to you in cutscenes and vital conversations, but most of it is optional.
This allows for the player's preference - if you don't care about story (:erg:) than you can just ignore everything and keep going through the game, but you might not have a good idea of what's going on later. If you are interested in story, you can talk to people, read texts, and listen to cutscenes to understand.
If you are intereseted in the story, I recommend you read every single datacube, book, scroll, e-mail, log, newspaper and bulletin you can get your hands on in the gameworld. It's the same in games like SShock and Thief.
Z
BadNacho on 13/3/2003 at 19:41
Aren't you on crius.net forums?
Allon on 30/3/2003 at 16:13
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Originally posted by Delance Hi, new guy on this forum.
Couple of questions...
I had zero information on Deux Ex, didn't read any previews or anything. So, the first time I watched the intro, I had absolutely no idea on what they were talking about. Anyone had the same experience?
I had zero information when I played the demo, and fell in love....
Well, not immediatly, but at HQ. There was this "I have a bad feeling about this" ambiance.
Later when I bought the full game, it really sucked with the intro giving away all the players :( I think they should have left it out and allow you to explore for yourself....)
Lyrnnan on 30/3/2003 at 16:29
That's true, the introduction tells some of the most important secrets in the whole game. You know exactly what's going on with the Grey Plague and who is involved in the conspiracy. [SPOILER]Not only Bob Page and Walter Simons are conversing, but Maggie Chow also appears in the introduction.[/SPOILER]
If you are perspicate enough, you will know during the game that these characters should not be trusted while you should be aware of the plot later on, although you are likely to have a bad feeling about the UNATCO after the first mission.
Joben on 30/3/2003 at 18:54
I played the demo and got pulled in by the complexitys of plot and the moral ambeguity. [SPOILER]LIke getting to the top of the Liberty island building as suddenly having distrubring questions after talking to the Terrorist Leader, Like: Were those men lieing dead down there actualy terrorists?[/SPOILER]
I was annoyed when i got the full game that the intro pointlessly threw you most of the plot for the first half of the game. You as the player should only know there are conspiracys when JC does, practicaly spelling then out and showing and naming most of the mayjor players was a HORRIBLE HORRRIBLE HORRIBLE idea. Fortunately i was able to sorta force myself to forget what i had seen there and enjoy the mystery of the game. ;)
My advice: When play this game for the first time skip the intro cinema scene!!!!!!!
Z on 30/3/2003 at 20:24
Has anyone seen the intro for the PS2 version? It's essentially the same as the PC one, but it has been framed in a very different ( and, in my view, better ) way, and manages to get the same information across without being nearly so revealing as to the identities of the characters in it. I believe it can be downloaded at our very own (
http://www.deusex-machina.com) Deus Ex Machina. Check it out. :thumb:
Z
