Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

Ok, here we go. Once you have finally set it up for linux, there are two mayor issues which I have yet to find a solution for. The first one is that saves that saved later might still appear below/between earlier saves, which is annoying in the case you need to reload. The other issue is the lighting. I think i fixed it to the degree that anyone is able to, but the transition from light to dark is very poor and the dark in this game is in many cases too dark and is only fixed with the flashlight augmentation. Besides that, the non lethal stealth options are poorly made. As many will have written before, the tranquilizer darts are basically useless. If you happen to come across the baton, its great if you happen to hit the sweet spot, the aiming for that sweetspot is partially so bad though, that you either need to uncrouch or reload saves often. The game would profit from a stealth indicator as Thief The Dark Project/Gold has, as you would know how likely you are to be seen. Otherwise the weapon options are great, depending on how you skill. I personally think the sniper rifle is a bit too overpowered even if you do not skill for rifle. Melee weapons ended up being my favourite weapon, you might know which one specifically if you play the game. It's also nice that a lot of locked/secured paths that you can take to an objective can be unlocked either by lockpicking and circumventing them or using computers to breach security. On the matter of computers. There are a lot of them, security terminal included, with many having unique login details. It's annoying that the ones you hack you dont get to save the emails to notes, which makes rememering even short credentials very tedious and if you cant remember them in one go, needs several rounds of hacking the same machine to get them. Additonally, if you login, you also need to remember the logins from your notes, as you cant have the login window open while looking at notes. Otherwise it's very rewarding if you find them and saves time hacking them. It's also advisable to have patience and wait for certain scenes to play out and also to speak with people again. So yeah. Good game!

Amazing game, deep lore, interesting characters, fun and varied gameplay. Deus ex is one of those rare games that excells in basically every aspect yea the graphics are dated, yeah its kinda a pain in the ass to get running on modern OSes(there are alot of community patches and renderer to make that easier though) but despite all that it remains relevant and semi popular to this very day. We may never see another game like this so every who has a computer needs to play this at least once.

11 out of 10 game.

I've added so many songs from this game in the past month. One of the best of the best for sure.

Deus Ex might just be one of the defining game of the XXth Century and the interactive sim genre as a whole. I'd preface this review by saying that buying it, even for its full value on Steam at the moment is worth it, but if you're willing to read more on the subject, I invite you to continue reading this text further.

Deus Ex' technical aspects are marvelous. It is one of the last games to use the the first iteration of the Unreal Engine, Unreal 1, which would go on to become a hallmark of gaming as a whole, and its abilities as a showcase are nothing short of beautiful. Deux Ex' usage of reflective surfaces (which aren't limited to featureless mirrors but also textured floor, walls and ceilings) and colored lighting pale before the occlusion available through varying scales of distance-based texture smoothing on surfaces. Issues with collision are barely existent, and issues with rendering are only common with the notoriously unstable OpenGL support and the issues of modern hardware with Direct3D assets (which can be fixed via fan-patches). The Game of the Year Edition does not support resolution beyond 1440x900, which will also demand patching if you seek to accommodate more modern hardware. The engine isn't without flaws - as expected of a late nineties game engine: water physics are basically inexistent, and the lighting isn't dynamic as with games that would only come out a year later at most. Level design in certain area lacks polish in terms of smooth 3D environment, and can seem "blocky", their textures repetitive, and uninspired at their worst; though that can also be attributed to the level weight limitations in order to not bloat the game.

Atmospherically, the game holds up quite nicely. All levels have a considerable amount of darkness contrasting with the lighting implements, as all levels are either located inside a building, or in an outside area under the cover of night; the game being set in the dystopian future of 2052, the game does a praiseworthy job of either supporting the grimy squalor of future Hell's Kitchen, the ghetto of Battery Park, and the miserable metro tunnel colony of the mole people; so does it give an adequate contrast to these locations in the bright, sterile and professional locations of the various corporate or state-sponsored organizations visited throughout the game. These examples are the most striking contrasts, and there are many more level hubs and hostile areas to explore and clear out. Bums infected with Grey Death, a super-plague endemic to the entire world, walk the backstreets, dumpster-diving, hiding away from futuristic police - or military - robots the size of small cars, armed with miniguns for crowd control. These robots patrol only the streets where the megacorps' interests are located, with locations filled with scientists and administrators given Grey Death Antidote to stave off death, slaving away for bosses they don't even know the name of.

You are JC Denton (an alias assigned to you by your superiors); a second-generation augmented federal agent operating within the framework of UNATCO, the United Nations' Anti-Terrorist COalition. Your augmentations differ from the earlier mechanically-augmented agents in that you were engineered from birth to be able to use augmentation modules added and maintained not through mechanical engineering and maintenance but through your own body's bioelectric metabolism and biomechanical nanobots generated by your own modified marrow. You WILL be faster, stronger, and more well-equipped than your peers given time, as the augmentations you are given will be fully integrated to your biology. The nanoaugmentations are the first element to the RPG mechanics available in Deus Ex, and will be expanded upon later in this review. JC begins with an integrated heads-up display, communication module for transmitting and receiving communication signals, and an ocular flashlight, the first and last of which give him his distinctive, solid blue eyes, which he hides behind a pair of fashionable sunglasses (it is the early 2000s _somewhere_, after all).

JC begins with a set of skills as he comes out of the UNATCO Academy. This is the second RPG element to the game. Using skill points, one can customize JC's skills in different domains, going from computer hacking, to field medicine, and to heavy-weapon affinity. Some are marginally better than others, the infamous swimming skill coming to mind. Canonically, JC begins with his Pistol skill at least trained.

Deus Ex' story centers around JC's first operation on the field, right there on the backyard of UNATCO in New York, and its ramifications as the follow-up events and revelations leads JC into stumbling into several layers of conspiracies elaborated by wealthy technocrats, centuries in the making, to control the planet. This leads JC into a quest around the globe to both save his own life and to gather allies to thwart the organization called Majestic XII, under the command of duumvirate Billionaire Bob Paige and Director of FEMA Walton Simmons, both ex-Illuminati that seek the creation of a New World Order under their absolute and unquestionable control. The game ends with JC making a choice to direct the course of the world to come, depending on actions he takes in the last level.

Deus Ex is a first-person stealth RPG with shooter elements, more commonly known as "interactive sims" in the gaming industry, and is probably one of the most memorable to date. JC navigates through areas which either serve as hubs (a central area one returns to often, rarely ever populated with hostile NPCs), hostile areas or exploration areas, or a mixture of the three. JC can walk and crouch, crouching makes him able to squeeze through smaller gaps and makes him silent and more difficult for enemy NPCs and contraptions to detect; JC can interacts with his environment, move crates to reach otherwise unreachable areas, destroy them, lockpick open doors and raise bridges via code-cracking; or he can shoot his way through confrontations, though at lower skills the danger of missing shots is ever present. Using augmentations collected throughout the game, JC can diversify his approach: using strength enhancement, he can drop crates onto enemy; using speed enhancement, he can vault over otherwise unpasseable obstacles; using timely regeneration, he can counteract the lack of oxygen while swimming, and so on. Every encounter can be either dealt with or avoided in a number of ways, including unique characters, making Deus Ex one of the most enjoyable iteration of the genre on the market despite its age.

Deus Ex features a variety of weapons, including non-lethal options and joke items with a surprising amount of uses, from the memetically powerful rocket-launching GEP Gun (for silent takedowns) to the humble pepper spray. Most weapons except for melee, grenades and joke items can be modified with specific modification modules available as loot in the game: laser pointers and scopes, recoil dampeners, silencers, ammo capacity extenders, etc. These can be used to lessen a weapon's weaknesses or amplify its already present strengths. This ensures the replayability of the game given its variety of weapon choices.

The gameplay of Deus Ex is extremely enjoyable despite the limited enemy AI, or rather because of it. But just because the enemy AI is dumb and predicteable doesn't mean it is not dangerous. In realistic difficulty, a single bullet through the head without some kind of bullet damage reduction, all ammunition type confounded, is a death sentence. Three enemies located in a single spot is often considered a difficult encounter without some kind of grenade or explosive available, and a single enemy with rocket-laucher necessitates careful planning. One rocket is instant death!

Overall, Deus Ex is THE GOAT. I rate it 9/10 in every aspect. The remaining 1 accounts for the AI, the horrendous accent, and the rushed ending. GOAT!

despite super outdated graphics this game was inspiring to say the least this is probably the best Deus Ex game and might be one of the best stealth rpg roleplaying games ive every played.

*The* best game ever made.

People meme this game and the Malkavian mod, but it is honest-to-God one of the most intelligent games ever written, with a story that is terrifyingly relevant to our times. Gameplay's a tad bit outdated, especially in the "having to wait for the reticule to shrink" thing, but this is a game I constantly find myself replaying, both for the story and the gameplay.

In an era where unfinished AAA games are sold half-baked and in alpha at nearly a hundred dollars, it's almost a crime this game is sold at the price of a beer. If you pay for that, though, you'll get a story about conspiracies that are too real for one's liking, about the nature of power, about your own morality... aaaaand realize the Bar Fly at the Underworld Tavern was also right.

okay i know this is a perfect game with a dude protagonist but the problem the frame rates are absolute shit and my pc is literally a modern powerful beast yet for some fucking lame ass reason these older games struggle to keep up with frame rates on modern machines if anyone know's how to fix this please tell me because this game is fucking awesome yet i can't even play it because the frame rates and how buggy it is. there's nothing wrong with this game either it's just outdated cavedude firmware trying to enter a modern machine.

After playing and enjoying Prey 2017, a friend of mine implored me to play this game. While it took me a while to set up on a modern PC, and even longer to really get rolling with the outdated graphics, I'm very glad I listened to him and continued onward.

DX is a masterclass in player freedom and video games as a medium for storytelling. You basically can't get softlocked due to the plethora of ways you're able to traverse the levels. Exploration is heavily rewarded, and you're always given ample opportunities to play the game how you want: guns blazing with a GEP Gun and plasma rifle, or silent and deadly with a (not stealth) pistol and knife. Each level feels fun and engaging, and don't really feel same-y.

The dystopian setting of DX is infamous for how closely things in real life compare to the then outlandish-sounding conspiracies of the late 20th century, and while I first thought the story about a secret world government taking over the world was a bit cliche, I was still heavily invested throughout my playthrough.

Each of the three endings have their pros and cons, and it's always fun for me to read and listen to other people's opinions on which ending is the best for different games (FNV, Cyberpunk). I love ambiguous endings, and DX's endings are no exception.

I really enjoyed my time with DX and I highly encourage you to play it as well if you like open-ended levels and thought-provoking stories.

For a game from the year 2000, Deus Ex punches well above its weight. Some aspects of this game are still found in many games today, and it makes worth playing through the entire game at least once. The writing is better than many stories and much of the dialogue in modern games, and the graphics are excellent for the time. This game is a must play if you are interested in the Cyber-punk genre, full-stop. It is also highly recommendable if you like shooters, RPGs, or stealth games. The developers went to town with the engine as well, and there are a wide variety of missions from Cathedrals to Military Bases and everything in between. I thought the Paris sections were particularly note-worthy as they really nailed the atmosphere.

That said, the game is extremely dated. Many of the enemies use hit-scan for attacks, and I found this to create an overly difficult gameplay loop that was more frustrating than inventive or challenging. Also I found many of the weapons to be more or less useless, but this may have been a skill-issue. The levels also do seem to have a certain flatness to them, not much detail like the developers stretched existing environments to make them much larger which leads to much back tracking and feeling a bit like a walking sim.

Those points aside, the game is rad. I strongly recommend it, a definitive classic.

Solid game and still holds up. Definitely worth it even if you don't like the look of older games.

"In da fresh..."

Deus Ex stands the test of time as one of the best immersive sims ever created. The atmosphere, story and soundtrack are unmatched. Completely schooled anything before it and even the later Deus Ex titles in the series haven't been able to capture the same atmosphere.

Newcomers may find the gameplay confusing and primitive during the first few hours of playing, but will soon be able to figure out how everything works. Fixes are mandatory for modern operating systems, so be sure to pick up and install the Deus Ex Kentie launcher. The same developer has a D3D10 renderer which fixes up most of the graphics bugs found in the original renderers on modern systems.

The only personal con I have are the controls, which I consider the defaults to be terrible. This can be easily remedied by changing them in the settings.

Way ahead of its time, sure its clunky in some regards, but im genuinely impressed wiht how much they achieved so early in gaming history. If you ask me, along with system shock 2 and thief, this makes for a holy early pc trinity

Great game, lots of choices, it was always fair even on realistic, highly recommend. The writing is phenomenal, would absolutely play again.

the enemy AI has the hearing of a bat and the eyesight of a potato. 8/10 Great story!

100% worth playing in the big '25. Fun game play, and a good, thought provoking story.

its a good game and a lot of things held up in it
you need some patches for it tho
get the patches from community pages

great rpg. I would reccomend kenties launches to fix any legacy compatibility issues

Amazing immersive sim, holds up great despite its age. Story actually has something to say and sometimes is even better then any modern cyberpunk. Installing Kentie's launcher is a must.

our world is like deus ex but without cool ass agents with augmentations and trenchcoats

Day of Sex. Pretty cool until hong kong when I got softlocked because I made a story-essential NPC angry by walking into the wrong room and I lost all of my campaign progress. Definitely a sign of stable game design.

I already have hundreds of hours on the retail version of this game when it came out on pc a long time ago and it is to this day my favorite out of all the deus ex.

This is more of a neutral review overall, but considering my feelings while playing it, I guess leaning more toward negative.

This game has a lot going for it, but I can't really recommend it for modern systems. I think I just got into it too late. The game does have a good story and characters with a few player choices. The inventory is a bit annoying but manageable and the variety of ways you can complete levels is really great since it advocates a really customiseable playstyle. The system of either hacking into systems or exploration being rewarded by finding notes and passwords to manually enter for systems/ATMs was really fun and I also really liked the ability to add manual notes on images and in the log which I find so useful and have hardly ever seen.

The problem is, the game is just too dark even at max brightness. The screenshots on the store page look much better than the actual game on my PC. I think the resources of the old engine don't scale well with modern displays. It was too hard on my eyes and gave me a headache when playing from straining. There are in game ways like light augments to see better, but even those in some areas don't help much and using them constantly drains the battery too much so it either runs out or you can't use any other augments. Especially in the first half of the game where repair bots seem scarce or not present.

If you are still interested in trying it, it might be a much more enjoyable experience if the brightness could somehow be improved. There are apparently some mods for that but I found out about this too late, so maybe the idea helps someone else sufffering through the darkness

Normal disclaimer about old rpgs: Save often and in different slots. This is a game with bugs that block progressing in the game, break your legs and get stuck and so on. Some of the progress blocking bugs you can get around with cheats.

Given its age and tendency for first person games to not age well, it's still surprisingly good. Sure, the combat is janky, but that's like saying water is wet, all first person RPGs have terrible clunky combat. Augmentations are fun and enable new venues for solving issues, just jump your puzzles away. Environments are varied, interesting and not too big, though I swear these felt humongous as a child. Story is where it's at. Biggest gripe I have with the story is the pacing, they could have maybe taken a bit more time for the player to feel like a part of the first organization. The veil is lifted pretty much during the first mission making the whole switch rather comical.

Please ignore time played. I have completed this multiple times, trying out everything I could think of in it. It's just that none of them were via Steam. It did not take much manual fixing to get it running smoothly
Pros: genuinely incredible how much freedom you have here(some areas you can access only if you can do certain things, a lot of places throughout this there are multiple ways to get there, each of them requiring a different skill and how much time you spend swimming, making your way through gas, etc depends a lot on skills, items and the like), stealth(with line of sight, and also audio, and you can throw objects to make distractions. You can kill, knockout sometimes simply avoid enemies, and you'll want to keep an eye out for patrolling ones), combat(after a while this can be played somewhat like a tactical FPS), and a lot of the time you can even choose who, when, and where to fight when it comes to specific characters(and there are a lot of really engaging ones). This encourages multiple playthroughs, and you can actually get different endings, and it is genuinely up to the player to decide which one they think is the good ending if there even is one. The augmentation system is incredible; it means that over the course of this, aided by the skills, you are always getting access to new abilities, and each time you get a new augmentation you have to make a permanent choice between two uses of it, that greatly affect how you play, for example there's one that can make you run faster or silently, another that can make you invisible to humans or machines, and so on. Compelling exploration of philosophy. The graphics are good to great. They took great efforts to make this very easy for players to tailor it to our individual approach; as an example, there are weapon slots at the bottom and you can put anything you want in there, not only weapons, also healing items and the like. Solid enemy variety and many of them require different tactics. The music and writing create an amazing atmosphere, very oppressive, dystopian, cyberpunk near future, a world of a lot of moral grays that have you questioning what action to take to improve it. It doesn't throw you in the deep end, you are given guidance early on, and at the start it is nowhere near as complex as it gets later. Inventory management strikes a balance between being rewarding and not needing constant micromanagement(and this is very much one of those where you can choose to carry a ton of tiny things that take up one slot each, or a few really big ones that take up multiple and may even have an awkward shape). Definitely the best of the first three of this series(I haven't played the 4th as I type this), if you liked one or both of the others but thought they were too streamlined, this is for you. Modifying weapons with silencers and laser sights pays off. All of the four throwables... explosive, gas, EMP and "scramble"(trick a robot to switch what side it's fighting for, in either direction)... can be attached to any surface and thus behave as a proximity mine. The AI is good, and you will have to out-think and -maneuver your opponents(with that said, it is inferior to that of Half-Life; when you face groups, they don't employ tactics at as high quality as that).
Cons: while the following is true of every single deep RPG I have ever played, yes, this too has choices that you may end up regretting and it does not allow you to respec, so you may choose for example an augmentation that on paper sounds phenomenal and then find that it is not as useful as you hoped, especially if you refuse to save scum and test, look it up or ask someone who's already played it, and I agree that those should not be required. There are times where the wrong dialog option will cause you to fail, which by itself I don't think is necessarily bad, however, some of them will have your character fall to the ground dead for some reason, which is just kind of awkward - I don't know if they maybe couldn't have you reach a fail state without triggering that. There is a non zero number of conversation cutscenes in this, at least two, where if you simply go through the conversation in the normal way, by the very end of it your character will have been spotted by an enemy and you will be shot when the cutscene ends; a fix I've found for this is to simply save so frequently that when you find yourself in one of those conversations, you can load a save that you made before you started the conversation, go through it normally once, and then simply skip through it so that the enemy has not gone all the way through its patrol route and spotted you by the end; obviously this can break immersion, something the game otherwise works very hard to achieve. Just a tiny bit more streamlining would have been appreciated because there definitely are a lot of different keyboard shortcuts to keep track of.
It's also worth keeping in mind that while it's not really fair to judge this harshly on account of it, since it was quite impressive for the time, there are things that we have grown accustomed to since it that are not present here, such as shooting from cover and focus aim.
Strongly recommended
I bought this on sale so that I could leave this review in the hopes that it would help people decide whether or not they want this game

Easily one of the best games I have ever played.
A stellar narrative paired with incredibly engaging game play.
This game is a piece of artistry that the developers and writers clearly really wanted to make.
Download kentie's launcher and enjoy this classic you won't regret it.

One of the best games ever made. it is 25 years old now so a graphics mod might be of use but the game is still amazing.

My lungs suddenly collapsed when I was sneaking in the port of the statue of liberty because I was smoking every tobacco laced cigarette in the vicinity

Download kentie's launcher and change the renderer to OpenGL. It'll fix the game being too dark.

First playthrough review time.

This game gives you a lot of freedom in how you play. You can make your own choices, and these choices affect how the game goes. You can pick your path and see how your actions change things in a way that offers a meaningful and rewarding experience.

As you play, you’ll face different situations where you can decide how to handle them. Whether it's using tools, finding solutions, or utilizing your skills, you can choose the best approach for you. You can try different strategies and figure out how to overcome challenges. I also noticed that your choices influence the ending, which was one of the game’s best features for its time. There's a lot to explore, and it also has plenty of side quests to discover. I didn’t take many screenshots because F12 is used to toggle the light in the game, and it's also the screenshot key for Steam, and I couldn’t find a way to change the in-game keybinding.

Overall, the game is engaging and provides a rewarding experience. With many upgrades, weapons, tools, and challenges, it keeps you interested the whole time. The ability to make decisions and see the results makes the game engaging and interesting. If you like games where you can create your path, this one will grab your attention.

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"YESTERDAY WE OBEYED KINGS AND BENT OUR NECKS BEFORE EMPERORS. BUT TODAY WE KNEEL ONLY TO TRUTH..."

A game that ends with phrases like these deserves a congratulations. Deus Ex's story is filled with philosophy and really challenges the player and makes them think about not only the story itself, but the parallelisms it has with reality.

Truly one of the best games of all time.

"God was a dream of good goverment".

For the love of the Almighty GEP Gun, just buy it already, and if you already bought it before, buy it again and spread it around like the Gospel. Truly, I say to you, it is the New Testament of our time.

Deus Ex review

Now this is a game of games. An action rpg-with deep choices that affect the story and also the type of character you play as. I know some people are put off by the older graphics which is a shame. This game offers a fun adventure and varying objectives in missions that you can beat in a plenty of ways, depending on how you've built your character.

There are some down-sides too... age of the graphics is starting to show, some of the voice acting is merely passable (though I never found it to be an issue myself), stealth mechanics just don't work... but despite all of that this is an adventure every gamer should embark on at least once.

This game is a classic for a reason! While the gameplay and graphics might be a bit dated, with the controls being a bit inefficient by today's standards, the gameplay is still fun, with many options on how you can approach missions and combat sequences, fun weapons to use, good inventory management, and a story and atmosphere that remains excellent to this day!

The only true problem I encountered was that this version of the game may not be as hardware compatible as expected with 2020s computers; at least for me, the game ran twice as fast as expected, so I had to do minor tweaks to the engine to make it work. Thankfully, this is easy to fix (or find on the web), but they should consider an updated re-release. I also encountered odd texture glitches, but these aren't that noticeable... again, updated re-release would help...

Otherwise, EASY recommend

A good clunky and janky game. It's one the first game that turned me into a PC gamer and also one of the best game of all time. The amount of freedom, content, and choice you make is astounding. It's a shame it has a weak ending, not surprising for PC game in this era to have a strong story/gameplay and a weak ending.

Here's some of the greatest line in this game:
- Oh my God! J.C! A bomb!
- A bomb?

- What a shame...
- He was a good man.... *lip smacked* What a rotten way to die

A little overrated, but it does deserve all the credit for inventing the shooter rpg genre / 'immersive sims'.
I'm definitely gonna play it again with improvement mods.

this was initially a negative review, in which i was not happy with how hard it is to get into the game 25 years later...

but i have finally got into it, i took the time to understand how deus ex works, and how it worked back then. and oh boy what a great game. this game is huge, you can do so much stuff, you can sneak your way through the game by so many different ways! although it's separated by missions/chapters, you are still so free.

the story is amazing too, very good plot that unfolds beautifully.

so i 100% recommend you deus ex, if you're not afraid of older graphics and mechanics. the only piece of advice i give you is to take the time to understand the gameplay. this is not a classic shooter, it has its own clanky mechanics, but once you get used to them, it's very good.

disclaimer though : i feel the necessity to say that i've played with the revision mod, which makes the whole game look and feel better, it gives a different, better feeling, especially to people like me who have played human revolution and mankind divided before GOTY. but both versions are good.

Deus EX is the only game where I can chug 10 malt liquors, 10 orange sodas, 10 packs of future Cheetos, smoke 10 packs of cigarettes, and run into an active hostage situation. My name is Pussyslayer6900, hold on, I've got to drop something. Heh heh.

One of the best games of all time (obviously), works fantastic on the steam deck. The Lay D Denton project is an amazing fan mod that completely changes the main game too!

accidentally walked into the women's bathroom and got chastised for it 10/10 am embarassed

Deus Ex was a game far ahead of its time upon release. Fully voiced cast of characters, multiple avenues to complete objectives, and they created a world where there is value in exploration. Whether it be obtaining useful weapons and powerups or maybe your exploration leads you to a datapad with a door/safe code for some sweet loot. The game can be played multiple times, each time you find something new or do something different which triggers a new element within the story or gameplay that may even alter the ending of the game.
No fluff, no bs, this game ticks all the boxes on what makes a good RPG. Graphics are outdated but that doesnt take away from the games excellent story and engaging gameplay.
10/10 first installment, and by far my favorite amongst the series.

Speak about "not aging well".
A great game in its' time but, feels more like a walking simulator nowadays.

Bought the game after watching the hbomb video on Human Revolution. I'm not an fps person at all but this game is still incredibly fun. It's a great combo of action and strategy. It's a bit overwhelming to get used to the controls but once you get it down, it's amazing.

My only gripe is that I wish I didn't have to download a separate mod to make the game playable. Without Kentie's mod, the game is unbelievably dark and near impossible to play. However, that's a small bump to an otherwise incredibly enjoyable and immersive game.

I've been playing this since it came out in 2000. I know it says I only played 13 minutes here on Steam, but I usually play it straight vanilla from my original GOTY CD-ROM that I bought new at release, so the play time on here really doesn't do it justice. Its one of the few games that just simply never gets old. You tend to get bored by a lot of modern titles these days. You know, play it once or twice, then never play it again. Deus Ex is not one of those. It's got the modding factor, the development kit where you can create your own games for it, new skins, weapons, levels, convos, ect. I've even been active in the modding community for it as well. I was lead tester and a voice actor for 7 characters for Terminus Machina from Silver Spook Games which is one of the full conversions for this game, as well as one of the beta testers for Bjork who developed Deus Ex: Revision back in 2013. So its given me opportunities in that regard also. Its got the nostalgia factor as well. You can play it over and over again and it just brings a smile to your face. You can constantly upscale and redo the graphics, port them to newer versions of Unreal. It even runs flawlessly on Linux like I mainly use now. Or you can run it on OG Windows 98 like I also do, or any other version of Windows and it never gives any errors. Its absolutely Timeless...

A classic you can't go wrong with. Still an amazing game.
Great to see, that this is easy playable with steam.

"The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider."

We are well on track then.

Very dated, but also very innovative and VERY cheap on sale. Story is prescient but also poorly written, it's fun though in a campy way. If the world seems interesting to you and you can tolerate old PC FPS games and RPGs, would recommend

The game tricks you into making you think that it's actually a working non buggy and functional game, but to experience that you actually need to figure out how the hell the Controlls work. What 99% of buttons even do or mean and how the hell to remap every single one of the buttons on your Keyboard to then test em out over hours to try to getting the game even remotely to work. It's a timeless masterpiece.

Unbelievable good .. especially for a game that was released 25 years ago ...

I'm thoroughly enjoying my play-through of this game. It's my first time playing any Deus Ex game, after being recommended it by my brother. It has such a nice charm to it, and a fun story. Plenty of great dialogue and Easter eggs. For a 25 year old game, it has held up very well. I recommend downloading the community mod that allows you to play with a modern resolution. My only knock would be that every environment is incredibly dark (even with max brightness), which can be hard for my eyes.

I got the game on spring sale for 89 cents, and it was worth every penny. At that price, you don't have much to lose trying it out. Would recommend to anyone looking for a retro, fun, story-driven experience.

You've got ten seconds to download it before I add you to the list of NSF casualties