The comment you’re replying to wasn’t claiming that Romero designed Deus Ex, but that his leaving id led to the game getting made. It absolutely did. From Wiki

The comment you’re replying to wasn’t claiming that Romero designed Deus Ex, but that his leaving id led to the game getting made. It absolutely did. From Wikipedia: >After Spector and his team were laid off from Looking Glass, John Romero of Ion Storm offered him the chance to make his "dream game" without any restrictions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game)