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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The best game EVER in my opinion. Great for intelligent, thoughtful gamers but builds up slowly, so that newbie gamers will learn on the go. Scenarios ranging from the exquisitely beautiful (Hong Kong) to the terrifying (Paris underground) Has a map editor and a brilliant community following. I did not encounter a single bug or lock-up playing this game, and in case you were wondering, you can save anywhere.

The game play is open and the maps are large, moody, and interesting. Choices you make during the game can effect outcomes, thus it's interesting to play through again making different choices along the way. You also get to update your own nano technologies, so you have to choose carefully which qualities you want to choose and update. The graphics are excellent.

I already have a copy, but had to pick up the GOTY edition. If you are a PC gamer and haven't picked this one up yet, I wholly recommend it. You can't go wrong with a game of the calibre.

totally unsurpassed gaming experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Even after 4 years this game still has a replay value worth a lot more than most new games out nowadays. True, its graphics aren't a match with the current crop, but it's gameplay, rich environment, fantastic music and incredibly intelligent story and execution will make the graphics issue a moot point.

You'll get so absorbed by the DX world and its characters (whether major or minor) that you're guaranteed to run through the game at least thrice, just to see what would happen if you went through a part (or parts) another way (and there are usually more than 2). And believe me, there are so many variations on how you can play the game, many tactics you can employ, different conversations to be had, books and emails to read and so much more that it is truly a very interactive story.

This game is a hybrid of multiple genres (FPS/Action/Adventure/RPG) incorporating the best aspects of each into a seamless gaming experience. The interface is straightforward and managing targeting, skills/health/augmentations/goals would soon become second nature even to die-hard FPS fans. You can choose to go all gungho agressive and kill/disable everyone on sight, or be a pacifist and not kill anyone at all. You can choose to save characters, fail to do so, or even ignore them.

There's also a coolness factor. In what other game can you hack into security terminals and ATMs? - and some logins and passwords are guessable, the others can be found by doing a little sleuthing.

Yes, this game can run under Windows XP and most current computers can run this gem with the details maxed out with no problem.

I can still see myself playing this great (but sadly generally underrated) game another 5-10 years from now. A must have.

One of the best computer games of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Deus Ex is one of the best games ever developed for any platform. IMO, the best ever.

What makes it's so great is the "immersion" factor -- the depth of the storyline (the conspiracy theories are well written, and the subplots will make you pause and THINK); the options to accomplish goals (shoot 'em up or a stealth or a non-lethal approach); and you may even get to the point of not *wanting* to kill your opponents (uniquely different mindset in gaming), but even feel empathy for them.

This was one of the last big budget games that employed not only rich graphics and music scores (which are superb and change between ambient to charging battle charged ditties), but care in the story plot. Ion Storm really put together a game that even 5 years later is enjoyable (and still has an active modding community -- with some major projects like updating the models/graphics to 2005 standards).

So if you wanted to try something different and more challenging than a deathmatch with Unreal/Doom3/Halflife bots, Deus Ex will not only entertain your need to conquer/explore, but will exercise your brain as well.

Give it a try and see why after so many years why us fans still play the game over and over to this day.

Deus Ex is awesome!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Deus Ex is one of the best games I've ever seen (The others being Counter-Strike and Return to Castle Wolfenstein). It combines a role-playing game with a first-person shooter with the best features for each. The customizable inventory system is great. The music is amazing and sets the mood perfectly. It's also great because of the role playing game parts, the conversations and the exploring.In most first-person shooters, you just go through the levels, shooting stuff and maybe finding a secret place. In Deus Ex, you can play through the entire game without shooting anyone, you can play the game over five times and still find a huge amount of new stuff, and you can talk to people.
The only bad part is the voice acting, which isn't very good.

BUY IT RIGHT NOW.

Deus Ex: and you thought it couldn't get better!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Deus ex is one hell of a piece of work. It combines wondrous gameplay and excellent graphics to create a game so good, I played the demo 10 times before buying the game. From a tranquilizer crossbow to an assault shotgun to a Light Anti-tank Weapon(LAW), the game has awesome guns. The augmentations, which give you special abilities, and skills, which you can increase to improve your character's abilities, only improve the games awesome aspects. The characters all fit into a plot, colored all over as as JC Denton (you) trying to stop a plot by conspiracists to take over the world. Almost every character you meet fits into the jigsaw puzzle some way or another, and the story becomes increasingly complex as you move through it. But don't worry, their is a special fuction that allows you to view every conversation you've had, and it even takes notes for you! This game is impossible to put down, and they even included multiplayer! The game of the year edition is wonderful!

Sets a new standard for replayability

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

For a long time now, Half-Life has been my favorite futuristic first-person shooter. Now Deus Ex occupies that slot. No other FPS I've ever played has had this level of flexibility to build your character's personality and skills. The decisions you make on how you train your character; how you assign mods to weapons; how you assign augmentations; and whether you use fire power, stealth, or technology to overcome obstacles affect the entire game. It even has three distinct endings based on the decisions you make in the final stage.

The game plays excellently, with no noticable bugs that I could find. The player movement is smooth and there's no tendency to get stuck on items. Even swimming is very natural. However, you're always on foot except in the cut scenes and the weather is always the same. There's no rain or snow and I don't recall any variation in the light levels either.

The character interactions are complex and you'll find yourself having interesting conversations with bar-tenders, computers, and many other characters. There's a complex story-line (will we see Deus Ex - the movie?) that's worth paying attention to. For example, I recommend you watch the interrogation of the NFS prisoners. This is way more than a crude 'shoot everything that moves' FPS.

The weapons selection is excellent with a wide arsenal of deadly and non-deadly options. The inventory size is controlled by a Diablo-like grid which is large enough to let you carry a lot, but still forces you to make difficult decisions sometimes. One odd thing, though - once you have some of the smaller items like grenades you can add more without using up inventory space, but if you try to pick up a different type of grenade you use up space. So you can carry 15 gas grenades but not one gas grenade and one EMP grenade. I understand it from a user-interface point of view, but it's not realistic.

There are many, many small but nice touches in the game. For example, if you kill people in the first stage on Liberty Island, your brother admonishes you. But if you use stun rods and tranc darts to avoid killing baddies, your brother tells you you're doing well. It doesn't affect the game but someone took the time to code it.

The game is quite long, perhaps not as long as Half-Life, but longer than RTC Wolfenstein. I would happily pay twice the current price...on Amazon. I fully expect to play this game, trying different options, for a long time.

A FANTASTIC game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game has to be the best I've ever played. Not only can you follow just about any player theme (from the silent assassin to the armed-to-the-teeth grunt), but the augs add a whole new playing style. When I first got this game, after playing Half-Life (another fantastic game), I figured this would be about the same thing: story line, weapons, enemies, a goal. There is a story line, no doubt. Weapons kick some serious arse; there are about 20 different actual weapons, with some non-leathal weapons such as pepper guns and smoke grenades, and you can even throw plants to distract the guards! The enemies...the enemies vary. There aren't very many aside from the characters with names, but the good thing is that they're smart, they can hit you, take cover, etc. and they're loaded with different types of weapons. You never know what kind of enemy you'll face. But the goal is the most interesting part! Near the end, you'll have 3 paths to choose from; and that's just the beginning. There is always more than one way to get around something; usually there are two or more. That's the real beauty of this game; there's something in every room, and there are plenty of ways to get to them. I would rate this game 5 out of 5 because it's offered the best first person shooter experience to date.

Do Not Miss This Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Words can hardly describe the joy, the wonder, the amazement and the fun I get out of playing this classic RPG/Adventure/Shooter. Everything about this game is flawless. Well, not quite but it gets pretty damn close. You play as JC Denton, a UNATCO Agent ready take out terrorists and rid the world of tyranny. The main synopsis is that in the year 2052 the earth's population is being ravaged by a killer virus called "Gray Death" while terrorist groups openly kill and seek to expand their growing network of evil. What I love about this game is that you can chose your own skills (Lockpicking, electronics, weapon usage, computer hacking etc..) and augmentations that boost your strength, stamina, speed and many other options. You can do missions in endless ways such as go in with guns blazing or use the stealth approach to achieve your mission objectives. The graphics, considering their from 2000, are still good looking while the sound is also exceptional. The cd with 30 remixed songs which is included with the Game of the Year Edition, is so awesome to listen to that it's been in my cd player for weeks. This game has some of the coolest music I have ever heard. On that note, go out and get this incredible game. Believe me, you will not regret it.

Unbeliveble game play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There is something about this game that strikes me as wierd. It is wierd in the way that the storyline is so complete, and so in depth, that you're life almost becomes a part of it. At first when I started playing the game I thought "oh man, the graphics aren't that great, and its kinda wierd, but I payed pretty decent money for it, so I better just beat it and go on with my life." Boy was I wrong. About 1.5 hours of gameplay into the game, I was hooked. Everything from the characters, to the gameplay is enthralling. After 6 hours of gameplay (at 2 hours a night) It started taking me over. I would wake up in the morning, the first thing in my head was the music playing. Ah yes, the music. The music is PERFECT for every situation in this game, it sets the mood perfectly, and in some ways, its comforting. Definetly put your money into this game, you will never regret it. I only wrote this review because this game has been a very interesting part of my life, no matter how sick that sounds, this game is amazing.

Get this Game Now!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you haven't already played this game, I highly suggest you get it now! However, be preapared to momentarily lose your social life as you will not stop playing this game. The storyline is what makes this great game. Although the sound may be mediocore and the graphics may not be even standard quality, it's the storyline that makes this game what it is. You can choose your own destinity and influence what other people think about you. You will have to use your best judgement in determining what is best for each situation.

Also, the stealth aspects of this game stand out, too. This game has an excellent stealth system, unlike many other copycats that try to implement stealth into their games with disastrous results. You can really complete this game without alerting hardly any of your enemies.

I highly recommend this game to everyone!

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