Deus Ex

Hyarion · 09-24-2006, 11:43 AM

Okay, who's played it?
If you have, what did you think?
Why did you like it? (You DID like it, right?)
What is your most memorable moment?

For me... I played it WAYYYY after it came out, after Half Life 2. I actually enjoyed Deus Ex more than the so called "Best FPS ever". There was so MUCH... Playing through again uncovers things I never noticed the first time, and it's just as good as it was the first time.
Everything about it; the background conversations ("I asked for Orange. It gave me lemon-lime."), the little notes scattered around, the over-arching conspiracy theory-tastic plot... It's quite possibly the best game I've ever played.
The moment when you realise you can climb an apartment building and snipe the treacherous journalist through her penthouse window, then pick off the guards that come to investigate one by one. The moment where you ignore your brother as he tells you to flee through the window, and hold off the agents at the door with a rocket launcher. The moment where you... Hell, whatever you do or did, it'll probably be different to what I did. That's the best thing about Deus Ex. Half Life 2 boasted about its multiple solution puzzles, but it was just a set of choices about HOW you proceeded down the linear path that had been set for you. Deus Ex let you choose where to go.

09-24-2006, 11:43 AM	#1
Hyarion Scion of Earendil Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 102	Deus Ex Okay, who's played it? If you have, what did you think? Why did you like it? (You DID like it, right?) What is your most memorable moment? For me... I played it WAYYYY after it came out, after Half Life 2. I actually enjoyed Deus Ex more than the so called "Best FPS ever". There was so MUCH... Playing through again uncovers things I never noticed the first time, and it's just as good as it was the first time. Everything about it; the background conversations ("I asked for Orange. It gave me lemon-lime."), the little notes scattered around, the over-arching conspiracy theory-tastic plot... It's quite possibly the best game I've ever played. The moment when you realise you can climb an apartment building and snipe the treacherous journalist through her penthouse window, then pick off the guards that come to investigate one by one. The moment where you ignore your brother as he tells you to flee through the window, and hold off the agents at the door with a rocket launcher. The moment where you... Hell, whatever you do or did, it'll probably be different to what I did. That's the best thing about Deus Ex. Half Life 2 boasted about its multiple solution puzzles, but it was just a set of choices about HOW you proceeded down the linear path that had been set for you. Deus Ex let you choose where to go.