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Superb game in every sense, despite a few niggles here and there with the frame rate suffering due to it being the PS2 version. Yet the glorious freeform gameplay, incredible storyline and intricate RPG dynamics severly outweigh this to give a 10/10 game that is the second best I've ever played.
The level of depth is astounding. You can choose a stealthy or action-based approach, where to go, what to do, who to trust and practically everything else. There's a multitude of side quests everywhere you go, and huge room for exploration whether you're breaking into apartments for cash or food, or sneaking into shops in the dead of the night on a Hong Kong street.
The storyline sees you, JC Denton, attempting to crack a global conspiracy concerning a deadly plague and a corrupt government. I won't spoil it for those who haven't played it, but the sheer substance to the story and extent of the character development are superb for a game - you'd be impressed to see it in a film. Surprising twists, and lots of little touches make even the smallest things immensely satisfying.
I really suggest that anyone who hasn't played this does - and not for just half an hour round a mate's house. It's an epic and deserves to be played as such. For me, it's the best game on the PS2 and superior to its successor, Invisible War (Xbox and PC). While the conversion from PC wasn't great for the frame rate, it's been altered to a more accessable style that's easier to pick up and play.
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The level of depth is astounding. You can choose a stealthy or action-based approach, where to go, what to do, who to trust and practically everything else. There's a multitude of side quests everywhere you go, and huge room for exploration whether you're breaking into apartments for cash or food, or sneaking into shops in the dead of the night on a Hong Kong street.
The storyline sees you, JC Denton, attempting to crack a global conspiracy concerning a deadly plague and a corrupt government. I won't spoil it for those who haven't played it, but the sheer substance to the story and extent of the character development are superb for a game - you'd be impressed to see it in a film. Surprising twists, and lots of little touches make even the smallest things immensely satisfying.
I really suggest that anyone who hasn't played this does - and not for just half an hour round a mate's house. It's an epic and deserves to be played as such. For me, it's the best game on the PS2 and superior to its successor, Invisible War (Xbox and PC). While the conversion from PC wasn't great for the frame rate, it's been altered to a more accessable style that's easier to pick up and play.
Get it!
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It was just like the opening scene - it basically showed you that by choosing to rule in secrecy you had become the exact people you were trying to stop. While I managed to figure that out before hand (and so chose the Dark Ages ending), it makes a pertinent point that there is no good conspiracy.
Maverick42 wrote:
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> The Illuminati ending really made you think.
It did? The only thing I remember now of the name is old evil men in search for power, and Angelina Jolie (it was in the tomb raider film thingy)
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> The Illuminati ending really made you think.
It did? The only thing I remember now of the name is old evil men in search for power, and Angelina Jolie (it was in the tomb raider film thingy)
I thought they were all really good - a bit short, but rather thought provoking and satisfying in retrospect.
The Illuminati ending really made you think.
The Illuminati ending really made you think.
No, I went with the Illuminati at first. Then I chose Tong's ending, then the merging with the AI. That ending was pretty lame anyway.
Let me guess your the intergrate with a computer type yes?
I completed it Summer 2002.
True Maverick and I dont even post in this forum often.
Oh come on...
This is saddening. Out of all the people who post in the PS2 forum, only three of us can appreciate Deus Ex? My faith in humanity dwindles.
This is saddening. Out of all the people who post in the PS2 forum, only three of us can appreciate Deus Ex? My faith in humanity dwindles.
I was very pleased to be rewarded with an FMV at the end of the game.
Very nice.
Very nice.
yeah it's a freakin awesome game...i think i've played through start to finish about 3 times. wouldn't give it a 10 but it was very enjoyable.
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