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Pale Imitaion

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 22 / 37
Date: November 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was made for the console only, all the great things about the first one have been taken out, from the skill sets, ammo, reloading, the inventory. Everything has been super simplified so now its a FPS not an action rpg. ALso your looking about around 15 hours of gameplay. The most revolutionary thing they did in this game was put in the console market nowing it it is going to sell well becuase it has a great name. FOrgot to mention a very weak AI and no head shots or body specific damage like the first one. They should of named it DIET Deus Ex

We was robbed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 23 / 27
Date: December 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's very hard to understand the deisgn choices that were made in the production of this game; everything from the graphic design to the gameplay is out of whack. This might be an ok game for someone who has never played Deus Ex. But most people familiar with the first one will find this a major disapointment.

First, there is just something that is not right about the way the game looks; it's not that it runs slowly or that the graphics are "bad;" but they seem to look sort of fuzzy, washed out, or indistinct. I suspect that this has something to do with the port from the televison-based console game. The console port has also taken its toll in other aspects of the game. For example, in the old Deus Ex, when you hacked a security computer, you got a graphic display of what the computer interface looked like. Now you just get a little text menu; "Turn camera off; Turn turret off" etc. And then there's "universal ammo." I don't know what genius thought up the idea of a single ammo pack that powers your rocket launcher, sniper rifle, and electric prod. One of the challenges of any shooter game, and especially the Deus Ex/System shock games, is making the best use of the ammo for your different weapons. And where are the skills? One of the great things about DX and System Shock was the ability to gain skills as the game progressed, leading to the potential for very different skill sets by the end of the game. Skills have been entirely removed from the game system.

The character AI is unbelievably bad... they just stand there while you shoot them in the head, or rob them of their items. At least the voice acting is better than in the original.

Is this the most disapointing game sequel ever? It's hard for me to think of another one that comes close. This also does not bode well for Thief 3, next in line from this studio.

Converted Console Crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 31
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Deus Ex - Invisible War" is the second game after "Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness" Eidos completely screwed up in 2003. LEAVE IT! CANCEL YOUR PREORDERS! This game is worth zero bucks.
The graphics are far below average and the interface is worse. It's simply converted from the X-Box-Version and does not reach the possible quality of a PC-Version of the game. They took an olympic runner and - fascinated by the idea of making him faster - sawed of his legs.

Textbook case of how to ruin a sequel

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the first Deus Ex game, and so it hurts me to have this say this, but Deus Ex invisible war is one of the worst games I've played and one of the biggest computer game disapointments ever. It almost seems that the designers intentionally removed all of the good stuff from the first game.

First, there is the way the game looks. I am not talking here about performance issues. I have a new computer with a 9800xt graphics card and 1 GB ram, and the game runs smoothly on my machine. The problem is that it just does not look very good. When you consider some of the amazing graphics that have been done in computer games in the last couple of years (Splinter Cell, for example, or even in budget titles like Devastation) it is hard for me to understand why this game looks so bad. Maybe part of it is the the artwork and design; the character animations look like weird cartoon figures. Also, the game areas are too small. Forget about the big, sprawling environments in DX. Here you will be constantly waiting for the next little area to load.

Forget about the much-hyped physics; dead bodies flop around in a ridiculous way, and bumping into objects sends them spinning through space like Babe Ruth hitting one out of the park.

The skill system, which made DX (and its predecessor System Shock) so awesome are gone. Why? The ability to customize your character and evolve through the course of the game was one of the most satisfying parts. You've probably already heard about the Universal Ammo thing, another serious design mistake IMO. The game is also quite short, and seems much shorter than the original. Also, without the various skill paths through the game, there is little replayability.

Basically this is a textbook case of how to ruin a game sequel.

"We was robbed" is right

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: December 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The review titled "We was robbed" is so true. The graphics are fuzzy-looking, and the movement is erm, weird? It's hard to explain, it has nothing to do with the hardware either. I have a GeForce FX 5900 on an AMD 2600+. It's not 'choppy', but it's weird. I'm going to return this to the store and beg them for my money back. I will then re-install the original Deus Ex and play it all over again. This game is awful! Seriously, I'd rather be forced to see "Dude where's my car" ten times in a row than play another hour of this godawful game.

Let the buyer beware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: January 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am sure this game will be a lot of fun once it actually works properly. A quick visit to the EIDOS technical forum for DXIW will reveal over 10,000 inquiries so far regarding one problem or another with the PC version of the game. I bought it the first day it was out (Dec 3) and have since spent many hours--not actually playing the game--but instead pouring over the forum entries in search of ways to make it run without crashing, and at reasonable performance levels. It is pretty obvious that the makers of the game rushed it out in their quest for holiday dollars without having properly tested and refined it to work well on many PC systems. So, if you choose to buy it, I wish you luck...but you may very well be paying EIDOS to beta test their software rather than the other way around. As for me, I have finally given up and will not try to play this game any further until a major patch is released to correct the many bugs and deficiencies in it...and, for the record, I am not a rookie in adjusting and tweaking computer systems to accommodate the vagaries of software... So, Happy New Year to you...consider another game until this one is fixed.

DOES NOT SUPPORT GEFORCE MX OR OLDER ATI

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 25
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I downloaded the demo and it wouldn't launch. Turns out your 3D card MUST HAVE pixel and vertex shading, T&L is not good enough. This is according to the Readme file that came with the demo. Thanks a lot Eidos/Ion Storm. At least Lucas Arts and other game companies games RUN with older hardware minus a few bells and whistles. I guess I'll buy this from the cheap stack in Wal-Mart 3 years from now when I can afford to upgrade my computer.

Horrible Decisions

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: December 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Whoever decided to choose a graphics engine that will not run on sub-$200 graphics cards should be fired.

Deus Ex 2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 19
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a warning to people who have not bought this game!It does not support any of the nVidia MX vidio cards.

Buyer beware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: December 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Unless you want to spend big bucks on some state of the art video card, don't bother with this game. Be aware that the hardware requirements are entirely misleading.

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