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and when you are trough with these, the original deus ex is still an awesome game. The main thing that got very old between the game release and nowadays is th
by on_and_off 6y ago
and when you are trough with these, the original deus ex is still an awesome game.
The main thing that got very old between the game release and nowadays is that conspiracy theory were a joke in 2000, but twenty years later they are taken very seriously by way too many people, including the current US president.
Also, this kind of game is often called "immersive sim", it has seen a mini resurgence in the last years.
Breath of the wild fits in that genre as well, so does MGS5 or Rimworld. They are all very different from Deus Ex, so it really depends on what you liked in that game.
- Trasmatta 6y agoYeah, the original Deus Ex is still one of my all time favorites. It's a bit harder to go back to now, but it's still fun, especially if you use a few mods to modernize things. (I prefer the GMDX overhaul mod.) It's amazing how much that game accurately predicted.
- ethbro 6y agoThe original Deus Ex is still an approachable and fun game from a gameplay perspective, because so many of its gameplay choices became mainstream. And the story? Timelier every year.
- j9461701 6y agoI'm not someone who has a problem with older games - I've gone back and had a blast with System Shock 2, Baldur's Gate, Mechwarriors 2/3/4, Thief, Planescape Torment, etc. relatively recently. But Deus Ex is one of the few classics that I just can't get to click. It just feels too clunky and ugly, with a lot of the mechanics coming across as ...not to my preferences let's say. Even after I've completed the whole campaign two times over I still just don't "get it". As for the plot getting timelier, to be honest it still just came across as conspiracy gibberish to my ear. I dunno, maybe I'm just not smart enough for it.
- ethbro 6y agoWhat particularly irks you about the gameplay?
- Trasmatta 6y ago> to be honest it still just came across as conspiracy gibberish to my ear Warren Spector said that his initial idea for the game was "what if every conspiracy theory was true?", so that's pretty intentional. So as long as you buy into that conceit, there's a lot of amazingly clever writing in the game. My favorite conversation in the game is probably the one with the AI Morpheus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-bijO3uEw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-bijO3uEw
- JetSpiegel 6y agoMy favourite is the sub-plot about the two coffee chains. No spoilers!