If anyone out there is looking for a great, cheap game to play when you are taking a break from FSW or Riddick, look no further. Deus Ex is a game that game out some time ago, but despite getting a 9.0 from IGN, didn't really get a lot of hype. I almost bought the game used several times before finally caving in. This game as a FPS ROCKS!!! The storyline is outstanding and has several major plot twists and turns. Not since Halo, have I found a game that I just wanted to keep playing. The difficulty level is perfect for me, as every once in a while, I'll die and have to continue from a save point. The game gives you a lot of options in the storyline (ala' Star Wars: KOTOR) and also offers character powerups (in the way of Bio-Mod Canisters) where you have to pick and choose your strengths and weaknesses.
From IGN:
Why haven't more people stolen this idea yet? I mean, seriously. Since the original Deus Ex came out over three years ago, only titles like Morrowind and Knights of the Old Republic have tried to allow for this type of emergent story-telling. I can only surmise that it must be damn hard to make a game like that. Come to think of it, given the quality of linear, scripted RPGs of late, that seems pretty likely. Though I finished it in less than twenty hours (about half the time it took for Knights of the Old Republic, about a millionth for Morrowind), I dove right back in again to try out some different things and see how some of the big either/or decisions worked out.
Sure, some people will say that the game's made too many concessions to convenience -- no more skills and one kind of ammo spring to mind -- but all this means is that you have fewer concerns distracting you from the main point of the game, your experience making decisions within the game's story. That's the real draw here -- the sense that you're playing an active role in shaping the destiny of the world. Starting as a relatively ignorant pawn of the powers that be and moving up to be one who actually makes or breaks those powers is nowhere more engaging than in this game.
What are you waiting for? Go play it already.
From IGN:
Why haven't more people stolen this idea yet? I mean, seriously. Since the original Deus Ex came out over three years ago, only titles like Morrowind and Knights of the Old Republic have tried to allow for this type of emergent story-telling. I can only surmise that it must be damn hard to make a game like that. Come to think of it, given the quality of linear, scripted RPGs of late, that seems pretty likely. Though I finished it in less than twenty hours (about half the time it took for Knights of the Old Republic, about a millionth for Morrowind), I dove right back in again to try out some different things and see how some of the big either/or decisions worked out.
Sure, some people will say that the game's made too many concessions to convenience -- no more skills and one kind of ammo spring to mind -- but all this means is that you have fewer concerns distracting you from the main point of the game, your experience making decisions within the game's story. That's the real draw here -- the sense that you're playing an active role in shaping the destiny of the world. Starting as a relatively ignorant pawn of the powers that be and moving up to be one who actually makes or breaks those powers is nowhere more engaging than in this game.
What are you waiting for? Go play it already.
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