This review contains spoilers
Deus Ex was surprisingly good !
It's easy to judge the game by its dated visuals, I mean the game is literally older than me, but in recent years, I grew to love these older graphics, and even find them really charming. It's also just pretty funny to see these old NPC models and rough animations. And even if it's not graphically outstanding, the game still manages to nail the atmosphere, mainly thanks to its amazing OST.
I can't talk about my experience with the game without talking about all the memes surrounding it. They're pretty much the reason why I know about the game in the first place. Actually seeing the context behind some of JC Denton's iconic voice lines and actually getting to hear them in game was really amusing and cool for me. Speaking of voice lines, the voice acting in this game could be described as "pretty mediocre"' or even bad, but I don't care, I love it and it's amazing, it's both funny and charming.
One of Deus Ex's biggest flaw but also it's biggest strength is its gameplay. I say this because the shooting is genuinely bad, you can tell that the game was made in the early years of first person shooters. The way the game handles accuracy is really weird and made some weapons pretty much unusable for me after a while (looking at you, pistol). But Deus Ex's gameplay still manages to shine with how much freedom it gives to the player. After playing the game, I can really see just how influential this game must have been for the immersive sim genre as a whole. There's so many different ways to approach every missions with a nice amount of different builds. For example, you could go non-lethal, using stealth and implants such as an invisibility cloak, a taser to stun enemies and using hacking/lockpicking to get around, or you could go all in with a build focused on melee, guns or/and explosives to destroy everything in your path. All of these options are valid and make for a very replayable experience, and an all around good immersive sim.
I also really liked the story. I was initially scared that the themes and politics of the game would go over my head (to be honest, some of it probably did) and that I wouldn't get the narrative of the game, but I was pleasantly surprised. Deus Ex has a really interesting narrative with a lot of twists (that were probably less obvious back when it released) and a lot of interesting themes. I also liked how at the end, you're left with 3 choices for an ending, with none of them being totally good, it made me think for a good moment, and it's bound to stay with me for a while. The characters aren't the most memorable, but JC Denton certainly manages to be an iconic protagonist with his one-liners and funny line delivery.
In the end, I'm really glad I got to experience this immersive sim classic, and I'm pretty excited to, one day, get to Human Revolution and Mankind Divided.
It's easy to judge the game by its dated visuals, I mean the game is literally older than me, but in recent years, I grew to love these older graphics, and even find them really charming. It's also just pretty funny to see these old NPC models and rough animations. And even if it's not graphically outstanding, the game still manages to nail the atmosphere, mainly thanks to its amazing OST.
I can't talk about my experience with the game without talking about all the memes surrounding it. They're pretty much the reason why I know about the game in the first place. Actually seeing the context behind some of JC Denton's iconic voice lines and actually getting to hear them in game was really amusing and cool for me. Speaking of voice lines, the voice acting in this game could be described as "pretty mediocre"' or even bad, but I don't care, I love it and it's amazing, it's both funny and charming.
One of Deus Ex's biggest flaw but also it's biggest strength is its gameplay. I say this because the shooting is genuinely bad, you can tell that the game was made in the early years of first person shooters. The way the game handles accuracy is really weird and made some weapons pretty much unusable for me after a while (looking at you, pistol). But Deus Ex's gameplay still manages to shine with how much freedom it gives to the player. After playing the game, I can really see just how influential this game must have been for the immersive sim genre as a whole. There's so many different ways to approach every missions with a nice amount of different builds. For example, you could go non-lethal, using stealth and implants such as an invisibility cloak, a taser to stun enemies and using hacking/lockpicking to get around, or you could go all in with a build focused on melee, guns or/and explosives to destroy everything in your path. All of these options are valid and make for a very replayable experience, and an all around good immersive sim.
I also really liked the story. I was initially scared that the themes and politics of the game would go over my head (to be honest, some of it probably did) and that I wouldn't get the narrative of the game, but I was pleasantly surprised. Deus Ex has a really interesting narrative with a lot of twists (that were probably less obvious back when it released) and a lot of interesting themes. I also liked how at the end, you're left with 3 choices for an ending, with none of them being totally good, it made me think for a good moment, and it's bound to stay with me for a while. The characters aren't the most memorable, but JC Denton certainly manages to be an iconic protagonist with his one-liners and funny line delivery.
In the end, I'm really glad I got to experience this immersive sim classic, and I'm pretty excited to, one day, get to Human Revolution and Mankind Divided.