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Deus Ex 1 was superb. It's one of the top five PC games. Not only the awesome music score, basically every element of the game was great, and still is to this d
by frik 10y ago
Deus Ex 1 was superb. It's one of the top five PC games. Not only the awesome music score, basically every element of the game was great, and still is to this day (only the Unreal Tournament era graphics hasn't aged that well, a remastered version with Unreal 4 engine and 4k textures would be a good move). Sadly, the casualization of Deus Ex already started with Deux Ex 2, everything was dumbed down for the XBox 1 console with its mini-mini-levels and just one ammo type, etc. And the later instalments weren't have their own problems like an outdated graphics engine, far smaller story, small hub levels, daylight, more simple gameplay, almost no physical interaction aka very steril levels, 3rd person camera at times, automatic quick kills, boss enemies, and many more elements that make it very different to Deus Ex 1. I even consider Watch_Dogs 1 and Dishonored 1 a more Deus Ex 1 style gameplay than Deus Ex >2. The Deus Ex 4 has a for example little story and just one hub level and many side missions - and the graphic engine from Hitman feels a bit dated with character animations from the last century. From a real new Deux Ex like game I would like an open world like GTA V or Watch_Dogs where every player can interact eith the world and can shape it with every interaction. Deus Ex 1 is still unique with its original vision, sadly some advanced features were cut, but the original design documents can be found online. I heard Warren Spector is about to make another game, let's hope it's a System Shock 1 or even better Deus Ex 1 like game, with a different brand.
- rl3 10y ago>I heard Warren Spector is about to make another game, let's hope it's a System Shock 1 or even better Deus Ex 1 like game, with a different brand. It looks like he's working on System Shock 3, and there's also a remake of the original System Shock in the works by another studio, assuming I've read these correctly. [0] http://www.pcgamer.com/warren-spector-joining-otherside-to-lead-system-shock-3/ http://www.pcgamer.com/warren-spector-joining-otherside-to-l... [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock
- digi_owl 10y agoI can't forget a line from a PCGamer article on Deus Ex, quoting Spector on the development. Something about him sitting at his desk, almost banging his head against it while repeating "Why do we make things so hard for ourselves?!" over and over. This because of the complexities over interactions and player choices.
- yrro 10y agoYou may enjoy this recently-posted retrospective on the original Deus Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxOKEsBx4NU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxOKEsBx4NU