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Best game I have ever played.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm a pretty hard-core gamer, and I have to say, this is my all-time favorite game. Just to give you an idea of my tastes, here are my top 5: 1. Deus Ex| 2. Half Life| 3. Baldur's Gate 2| 4. Rainbow Six: Rouge Spear| 5. Asheron's Call| My favorite thing about this game is the story-line. It is very engrossing and has plot twists at every turn. You will love this game's focus on conspiracy theories, especially if your already interested in topics like The Illuminati. This game has beautiful graphics, and the Unreal engine runs fairly well on most mid-range and up computers. The plot flows wonderfully, and the action will always keep you on your toes. One of the things I love about this game is that there are so many approaches you can take to each individual situation based on your playing style, a feature unique to this game. My only dissapointment with Deus Ex was that the facial animations are lacking, and that it has little replay value. Fortunately, the game delivers many many hours of play before you reach the stellar ending, where you choose how you want to complete the game. I suggest you buy this game now, you won't regret it.

Four years on...and STILL at the top of it's game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: April 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Combining aspects of both FPS and RPG (First Person Shooter and Role Playing Games), Deus Ex promises a genuine gaming experience like no other, but let's face it; the game is now outdated in practically ever technological aspect. The graphics are showing their age, the sounds don't have the quality compared to newer titles, and the engine is almost redundant. Now you might say, "Yeah, without a doubt!" - But there is something in the game that to masses changed their perspective of gaming when it was released. Some spark, some hint of ecstasy that brought the game out into the open, and inspired a generation.

No doubt many of you have played the latest and greatest of gaming technology. Titles that made you drool over the astonishing graphics, map design, physics systems...but as you sat down and glued yourself to the monitor, you began to realise that it lacked the ability to immerse you into its environment, storyline and overall game play. Very soon it became `just another game' that promised everything, but delivered nothing but poor results, and frankly, was just another mediocre game packaged into impressive visuals.

However what Deus Ex now lacks in visual `eye-candy' it more than makes up in game play. It has the undeniable ability to draw the player into its chaotic world and immerse them deep within the corruption. The fact that your actions reflected the outcome of a situation or even the entire, game allowed us to think long and hard about what we really desired to achieve; and also questioned our very own morals - AND for four years it has continuously captivated me personally.
Few games have ever had the capacity to bring about such empathy and judgment in casual and hardcore gamers alike - and is becoming clear that it's something we are lacking in the gaming industry; INSPIRATION. What Ion Storm created was nothing other than a masterpiece, pure and simple. Regretfully the studio has now collapsed, and so their work has become but cherished memories of a company striving to become something more than just `average'. They yearned for remarkable results, and hence in my opinion they have triumphed!

Deus Ex will forever be the landmark of gaming brilliance, and I so I only hope that the reader of this review not blindly take my word for it, but download the demos - experience the game for yourself! There are copies of both the original and GOTY Edition (Game Of The Year) still lingering about; I should know - I only just purchased a NEW copy the other day. So do yourself a favour; if you haven't yet experienced the genius that is Deus Ex, or are looking to rekindle the old flame, DO IT! You won't regret the decision!

Great game, if your computer can handle it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Deus Ex is an amazing game. It can't really be placed in any genre because it's just too innovative.

You control J.C. Denton, a U.N. anti-terrorism soldier enhanced with the latest technology. You can customize your character with skills and augmentations, allowing you to choose if you want to approach situations as a super-strong monster with the power to take out a tank, or as a silent, invisible sniper who barely ever takes a shot.

The plot is good, but not really anything new (government conspiricies, Area 51, etc), but it's told well, which makes it much more enjoyable.

The only downside is that if you don't have plenty of memory and the latest graphic cards, you're at a disadvantage. If you only meet the games minimum requirements, get ready for choppy gameplay and loads of load time.

In short, if your computer can handle it, Deus Ex is a great choice.

Very, Pleasantly Surprised

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I am highly pleased with this game! I don't usually go for the "First-Person" shooter games (except the R6 line) because I find the occultic atmosphere in them less than appealing. However, what made me buy this game was the fact that it doesn't involve supernatural concepts and there is no "one way" to play it. It all depends on your personality, so it makes for great re-playability. Other pluses include a FANTASTIC, unimaginable game engine with great ambience and a HIGHLY intriguing story-line. Deus's storyline is not so "futuristic" that it's hard to grasp, however. I've spent countless hours at Deus Ex Machina now and am fully satisfied in my purchase. The only drawback are the tech requirements. I'm using a PIII with 500mhz and 96megs of RAM, and I still get a little bit of etchy-ness. Other than that issue, this title is masterfully done. Definitely a must-own, even for those like myself who don't usually play this genre. One of the best games available!

They've done The Impossible

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

That's right Ion Storm has managed to do the impossible, make a game I like more than Half-life. Deus Ex is a work of art to every sense.

For starters Deus Ex has the best story out of all the games I've played (it's better than most movies too). The settings change in almost every mission, you go from New York to Hong Kong to Paris, and many other incredibly detailed areas. The plot is deeply woven and contains many shocking twists and turns. Then for the frightening part, look up some of these orginizations on a search engine. Yes MJ-12 really does exist and hey so does UNATCO. But perhaps the coolest part about this story is that no matter how far fetched it's based on reality and could really happen.

The graphics are nothing short of spectacular, except for some of the extreme close ups on the characters, but hey they weren't any better in any other game released within the past year and from the previews I've seen they aren't going to within the next year. On another note, yes I know there has been a fuss raised about DX's video card support but people are just nit-picking, if you download the beta D3D patch you'll be just fine.

The sound effects are mostly execellent with the exception of voice acting. In some places, namely Hong Kong, the voice acting was just awful and yet other times in was perfect. I tend to disagree with other reviewers in my beleif that J.C. (your character) sounded just right, cold and calculating. Besides voice acting the sounds were perfect the ambiance of a Hong Kong Market was just right, while hearing nothing but the wind and distant footsteps on empty New York Streets was nothing short of spooky.

DX's gameplay was also very good although the A.I. (artifical intelligence) could have used some work. Fights are usually fast paced and exciting where as puzzles are brain teasing but not to the point of detracting from the gameplay. Of Course DX's big difference from Half-life and what makes it an RPG is the ability to customize your character. This is handled in two ways skill points awarded through completing mission objectives and progressing through out the game and Augmentations. Augs are things that can be added to your player's body it's kinda hard to explain simply but it's sorta like adding robotic parts to a human body.

All in all this is quite possibly the best game ever. The game drew me into it's world and I almost didn't wanna leave when it was over. Can't wait until DX2!!

Great Game, But....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Let me say this right now: Deus Ex is one of the most replayable, most enjoyable games I have ever played. If you've played System Shock 2 (if you haven't, stop being a cheap person and spend the money, its a great game), the gameplay is almost exactly the same. You can interact with just about everything in the world, and use it as you want. The menus are a lot better, showing you where you experience is going, your goals, notes (automatically writing down any key codes), and other useful information.

The best part of the entire game is how you can decide to go about solving the problems. Most times you can accomplish the goal in a variety of ways. For example, say that there is a door that you need to get into guarded by a robot and a security guard. You can:

1) Go in Doom-style with all guns firing 2) Find the security station and make the robot fire on the guard, and then shut down the robot. 3) Use a sniper rifle and kill the guard, then use an EMP grenade to kill the robot 4) Locate the back door to the facilty, avoiding all of the security

Like I said above, the beauty of this game is that you can have different options playing it, which eventually lead to muliple endings.

There are two complaints I have about the game. One is the system requirements. Unless you have a system purchased in the last year, you'll have to turn down the graphic quality and run at 640x480. The other thing is that since the game was made using the unreal engine, the graphics aren't that good unless you're running a Voodoo 3d card.

However, this is one of those games that should be played by everyone who calls themselves a gamer. Graphics problems aside, this is one of the most enjoyable games to come out in a long time (Half-Life was the only other game I could think of that made me feel like I was playing something original). Go out and buy it!

A First Person Game of Substance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: August 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Somehow, unloading thousands of pounds of lead into the sneering faces of mindless demons never quite did it for me. Not to mention that I was always driven crazy by asinine puzzles that required the player to jump in a certain way to get that blue key that was just out of reach! Any plot or motive for the action was non-existent. For most of computer gaming history, this has been the template for the first person shooter. Games such as System Shock 2 tested the boundaries of this format and the Thief series made some huge breakthroughs.

Deus Ex, however, was the final revolution in perhaps the most stale genre of computer gaming. They took something that was completely mindless and gave it substance. The plot is deep and engaging, the dialogue scenes are excellent, the soundtrack is heavily addictive, and of course the gameplay was greatly changed from Doom/Wolfenstein style.

For one thing, ammo is actually somewhat scarce, especially for larger weapons. While your character can carry far more than anyone could ever fit under a trench coat, his inventory is limited. It is difficult to go through the game doing nothing but running into crowded rooms and firing plasma everywhere as the pitiful guards fight back with their pellet guns. The assault rifle, for example, runs through a clip very quickly and it takes awhile to reload. Even if you do manage to gun down two guys at close range before you run out, you will have taken plenty of damage before you're finished with them. Not too bad, right, but OOPS! the bad guys forgot to leave a dozen healing potions in the middle of the hall for your convenient consumption and because of all that racket the alarm was rung and reinforcements are on the way. In fact, you could have avoided the whole situation if you had gone into the air shafts, opened that grating on the cieling, and took care of them nice and easy with tranquilizer darts. That's right. You actually have to THINK in this game. There's often an easier way out that will allow you to save your resources and health for the next mission.

Deus Ex easily ranks among the best games I've ever played. I've had few more engaging gaming experiences. You can even choose how the game will end! In the routine shooter, there are no choices, only trigger pulling.

A Spellbinding Classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There is nothing else quite like Deus Ex.

I have a long history with video games, but have never encountered such a detailed, immersive experience as this. The player is thrust into a palpable, decaying technological society of the near future. It's a dark world where secret conspiracies spin incredibly plausible schemes for world domination, where a plague is ravaging the populace, and where fear is cunningly manipulated to further terrifying power-grabs. Deus Ex is a classic for many reasons, but this latter point is as prophetic and well-executed as any warnings handed down to us from Orwell.

I won't recount the vast, epic storyline of this remarkable game. Suffice to say these are the points that make it a must-have, must-play, and rightly deem it a classic video game.

1. The amount of exploring that can be done throughout the awesomely-rendered settings of New York, Hong Kong, Paris, and other locales is amazing. Each is highly atmospheric and immersive... from the rotting catacombs below Paris to a futuristic Hong Kong district to an abandoned fortress once belonging to the Knights Templar.

2. Actions have consequences. This is a highly intelligent game, demanding that characters do more than shoot at everything that moves. You can play through many times and each will be different, depending on things you choose to do or say.

3. This is storytelling at its best. An ingenius hybrid of conspiracy theories, technological innovations, philosophy, political theory, and sheer imagination makes for the most rewarding video game experience I've ever encountered.

4. The sweeping cast of characters is memorable, well-acted, and unique.

5. The attention to detail is unsurpassed. Everywhere you go there are books, newspapers, datacubes, emails, and messages that can be snooped into. Sure, they can be ignored easily enough, but it is fascinating to pay attention to them because they each spin ongoing, miniature story-arcs. Again, this has little to do with the story-at-large, but as you proceed with the main tale you can keep abreast of the unfolding events of this futuristic universe, read succeeding chapters of in-game novels, learn relationship dynamics between minor (and sometimes unseen) characters.

6. A combination of many game genres is to be found here: stealth, exploration, FPS, roleplaying, etc.

My first time playing Deus Ex still burns vividly in my mind years after playing it, and it possesses an addictive quality for all the reasons listed above and many other ones that can't be articulated. I still play through it once a year, like returning to a favorite book or film.

Naysayers may point out that the game's graphics are dark and grainy. Graphics do not make a game, and I found them appropriate enough in the context of the future this game creates.

This is the kind of game that should be saved, and relished, by generations now and to come.

Best PC game i've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: September 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Now I'll admit I'm not a huge PC gamer, but I am an avid console gamer, and I can tell a good game, and this is a great one. As mentioned before, it does borrow elements from some other games, but it puts them together in ways I've never seen before. I agree the diologue is a bit clunky, as JC is way too monotone, and sounds strange when he tries to add emotion to his voice. The enemies are not dumb at all. They will chase you quite a ways, talk to each other, it's amazing. You can customize your player to any degree you want, and there are enough forks in the road to make it almost impossible to play the game the same way twice through, even if you try. There are always things you wish you could go back to do. The only real complaints I have are the long load times, and the HUGE save files. These things are at least 7 megs, added onto the approx. 700 installed full version, meaning you'd best have a big hard drive to play this. The control is also a breeze, a perfect mix of keyboard and mouse, and the interface is awesome. I have my character a mix between sniping, hacking, and at times up front fighter and it works great. I'd give it more stars if i could.

Oh, and the game isn't pronounced "Due Sex," it's "Day-us Ex"

Go buy this game. Don't read this! Go buy this game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Deus Ex is not a flawless game. It has bugs. The graphics are not quite top-of-the-line. It doesn't run too well on a Direct3D accellerator card.

Guess what. I played it on a Geforce card (which is Direct3D). And it was the single best gaming experience I have ever had in my life. From the openness of the missions, to the insanely complex story, to the RPG-style character development, to the off-the-scale fun factor: this is the best game I have ever played.

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