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I barely made it past the first 20 minutes before giving up for MD. Somehow the experience was wildly different from the HR despite the mechanics being mostly t

I barely made it past the first 20 minutes before giving up for MD. Somehow the experience was wildly different from the HR despite the mechanics being mostly the same. One thing I think was a big contributing factor to my enjoyment of the first game was the soundtrack. The first time you enter the Sarif Industries building and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAljZX-9HMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAljZX-9HMI starts playing - chills.

omnibrain 4y ago
For years I used a playlist of the soundtracks of Deus Ex: HR and the movie Transcendence on shuffle for working on the PC.
Melatonic 4y ago
I did the same thing - I was very confused at first. Once you orient yourself though in that initial city and get a bit into it then it becomes very very good. I think I may have been playing years after with all the bugs fixed and the DLC's added and whatnot but I thought they killed it with that game. Still hoping we get another!
ethbr0 4y ago
I see you Sarif Industries theme and raise you the UNATCO theme. ;) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjkBE3d3Uw&t=17m35s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjkBE3d3Uw&t=17m35s From memory, that was also the first mirror in the game, and so the first time you saw... yourself (JC).
- Agentlien 4y ago
  I don't know which game did it first, but I the first mirror I came across was in Duke Nukem 3D, 4 years before Deus Ex.
  - aasasd 4y ago
    The parent commenter means to say that for most of the game in Deus Ex, the player doesn't see the protagonist. (Can't remember if the cutscenes shown him from a third-person view.)
    - ethbr0 4y ago
      Point! YT confirms there were cutscenes on Liberty Island before. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnbCwPwJNFY&t=3m30s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnbCwPwJNFY&t=3m30s So maybe it was the first player-controlled viewing of yourself.
      - aasasd 4y ago
        The cutscene experience was funny if one happened to have both legs shot—so JC crawls around for hours, then stands up during a cutscene, and afterwards plops down again and proceeds to crawl to completion of the level.
        ethbr0 4y ago
        I believe there may have been an unfortunate GEP gun incident where I found that out. I kinda miss stuff like that. Sadly, when things break like that now (looking at you, Bethesda) it usually leaves the game in an unplayable state, versus reverting to a known-good state.
    - Agentlien 4y ago
      Wow, I completely misread that comment.
      - aasasd 4y ago
        Fun fact: afaik many games, starting with Duke Nukem 3D, implement mirrors by just having the entire room built out behind the glass, with duplicates of the objects moving on that side. In DN, with some noclip trickery or something, one can move into the ‘mirror room’, or observe the whole level with the double rooms.
- smcl 4y ago
  Isn't there a character creator that lets you choose your skin (and therefore see your "JC Denton") even before the game starts?
  - ethbr0 4y ago
    I don't remember one, but it's been a few decades.
  - aasasd 4y ago
    > "JC Denton" is said to be a codename, and the player can create JC's true name and pick from a variety of preset appearances. Hmmm, I don't remember that either—and JC is also sort of a meme with his default appearance (presumably), used as userpics on Youtube and elsewhere. So I guess many just picked the first look offered. Seeing as JC is considered very much a ‘blank character’, there probably wasn't much of a meaningful difference in the choice.
    - smcl 4y ago
      It's easy to miss that you can change the appearance (it's just a couple of little buttons) but you do see his head and shoulders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_YSpI5a9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_YSpI5a9s
ak217 4y ago
Michael McCann is a genius and deserves way more credit for Deus Ex than he is given, but he was responsible for at least half of the Mankind Divided soundtrack too.
henriquecm8 4y ago
I also stop at the tutorial on my first try, then later I tried again, and now I like it more than Human Revolution, it's better in all aspects, except maybe the story for ending abruptly.

omnibrain 4y ago

For years I used a playlist of the soundtracks of Deus Ex: HR and the movie Transcendence on shuffle for working on the PC.

Melatonic 4y ago

I did the same thing - I was very confused at first. Once you orient yourself though in that initial city and get a bit into it then it becomes very very good. I think I may have been playing years after with all the bugs fixed and the DLC's added and whatnot but I thought they killed it with that game. Still hoping we get another!

ethbr0 4y ago

I see you Sarif Industries theme and raise you the UNATCO theme. ;) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjkBE3d3Uw&t=17m35s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JhjkBE3d3Uw&t=17m35s From memory, that was also the first mirror in the game, and so the first time you saw... yourself (JC).

Agentlien 4y ago
I don't know which game did it first, but I the first mirror I came across was in Duke Nukem 3D, 4 years before Deus Ex.
- aasasd 4y ago
  The parent commenter means to say that for most of the game in Deus Ex, the player doesn't see the protagonist. (Can't remember if the cutscenes shown him from a third-person view.)
  - ethbr0 4y ago
    Point! YT confirms there were cutscenes on Liberty Island before. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnbCwPwJNFY&t=3m30s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jnbCwPwJNFY&t=3m30s So maybe it was the first player-controlled viewing of yourself.
    - aasasd 4y ago
      The cutscene experience was funny if one happened to have both legs shot—so JC crawls around for hours, then stands up during a cutscene, and afterwards plops down again and proceeds to crawl to completion of the level.
      - ethbr0 4y ago
        I believe there may have been an unfortunate GEP gun incident where I found that out. I kinda miss stuff like that. Sadly, when things break like that now (looking at you, Bethesda) it usually leaves the game in an unplayable state, versus reverting to a known-good state.
  - Agentlien 4y ago
    Wow, I completely misread that comment.
    - aasasd 4y ago
      Fun fact: afaik many games, starting with Duke Nukem 3D, implement mirrors by just having the entire room built out behind the glass, with duplicates of the objects moving on that side. In DN, with some noclip trickery or something, one can move into the ‘mirror room’, or observe the whole level with the double rooms.
smcl 4y ago
Isn't there a character creator that lets you choose your skin (and therefore see your "JC Denton") even before the game starts?
- ethbr0 4y ago
  I don't remember one, but it's been a few decades.
- aasasd 4y ago
  > "JC Denton" is said to be a codename, and the player can create JC's true name and pick from a variety of preset appearances. Hmmm, I don't remember that either—and JC is also sort of a meme with his default appearance (presumably), used as userpics on Youtube and elsewhere. So I guess many just picked the first look offered. Seeing as JC is considered very much a ‘blank character’, there probably wasn't much of a meaningful difference in the choice.
  - smcl 4y ago
    It's easy to miss that you can change the appearance (it's just a couple of little buttons) but you do see his head and shoulders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_YSpI5a9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_YSpI5a9s

ak217 4y ago

Michael McCann is a genius and deserves way more credit for Deus Ex than he is given, but he was responsible for at least half of the Mankind Divided soundtrack too.

henriquecm8 4y ago

I also stop at the tutorial on my first try, then later I tried again, and now I like it more than Human Revolution, it's better in all aspects, except maybe the story for ending abruptly.