Your thoughts on Deus Ex 2

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:30 am

Back in the day I played the original Deus Ex to death, and enjoyed every minute of it. As soon as I've heard of a sequel, I immediately bought a copy. But at the time my PC wasn't good enough to run it, so I played it for like 30 mins and put it back in the shelf.

Recently I thought about giving it a try, but I heard the sequel is nowhere as good as the original. So, what do you think of this game?

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:34 am

i bought the original back in the day on ps2 and tbh i didnt like it, the main problem was the old fps motion sickness thing so i gave up after a while.

i also didnt like the controls, but that probably wouldnt have been a prob on a pc

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:36 am

Deus Ex 2? You mean Stalker, right?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:22 am

Surprise, Deus Ex wasn't the second coming of christ. It was mainly carried by its characters. Part 2 just revealed more of the formula's flaws.

GET OUT OF HERE STALKER

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:30 am

stalker surpassed deus ex in every way that deus ex succeeded

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:32 am

trees + wide open space > gray walls everywhere

hell I wonder how they managed to throw up so many gray walls around Ellis Island. The place isn't that big!

Deus Ex style of video games = real life minus the fun bits
Stalker = real life minus the lack of mutants

GET OUT OF HERE STALKER

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:35 am

Stalker surpasses Deus Ex in mindboggingly awesome AI bugs

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:40 am

Don't you git uppity with me

"What will shock the masses are the bizarre enemies that Shadow Man has to deal with." - IGN's preview of Shadow Man

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:32 am

Yeah, loved Stalker too...every (buggy) minute of it. If you're into games with an apocalyptic vibe and bring in some patience to get used to the game Stalker will reward you with a very unique atmospheric experience.
And the best thing is that it looks like the next one (Clear Sky) will be even better with a more streamlined gameplay.

The review on Eurogamer sums it up pretty well:

"For some people the odd rough brokenness of Stalker will frustrate and annoy. It isn't finely polished, and it's not Hollywood; this is more like an antidote to the Americanised way of doing things. It's a warped behemoth from the Ukraine, and one of the scariest games on the PC. Stalker will remind you of all kinds of prior games, and yet it will also defy your expectations. Like the mythological Chernobyl zone it is based upon, this game is a treacherous, darkly beautiful terrain. Not everyone is going to enjoy venturing into the zone, but some of those who do will find what they've been looking for."

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:42 am

Deus Ex2, You mean Deus Ex invisible war yeah?

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:51 am

In before DUMBED DOWN FOR CONSOLES (which it wasn't).

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:34 pm

Please keep it on topic guys...I'm not interested in Stalker right now.

And yes, by Deus Ex 2 I mean Deus Ex: Invisible War.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:14 pm

Deus Ex: Invisible war is okay, play it for the story as the combat is relatively simple.

Not as good as the original but still its enjoyable. It is extremely open ended with many of your decisions affecting your allegiance to either 3 social factions. In turn there are multiple endings, also the story does tie in with the original and the fate of JC Denton is revealed. Philosophically some interesting post apocalytic concepts are explored such as genetic engineering and bio-modification, the illuminati and area 51 aspect is what forced me to beat the thing.

If your intent on playing it you could probably beat it under 8 hours as long as you upgrade to level 3 biomods and use the energy sword on robots + cameras to conserve ammo which is rather scarce, I had to restart early on from running out of ammo.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:39 pm

The lack of ammo is super annoying, especially as its pooled through all your weapons, why did they think that was a good idea? Unless it was to force you to use stealth.

Thats one of the many things I liked about the original Deus Ex, stealth was opinional in most cases so long as you had the right weapon skills.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:55 pm

I see. So I guess the game is actually enjoyable, and not the piece of crap I've been told before. But, is the game really that short? The original one can be played for months before you can finish it.

Also, can you get all the different endings at the end of the game, like in the original, or is there a specific point where the story branches in different paths (so, if I want to see all endings, I'd have to backtrack to this point)?

And by the way, I'm glad there's a 3rd faction you can join. Back when I played I only met the church faction, and I'd rather stay with the Tarsus guys (even though they're not honest with you) than joining a fanatical church.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:33 am

Stop lying to this guy, Invisible War sucks and is a reason why a "MAN WOULDN'T THIS LOOK TOTALLY COOL LET'S PUT IT IN RIGHT NOW" sort of guy should not be heading a project.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue May 06, 2008 11:59 am

Techically yes you could get all the endings by eliminating certain people at the final level. Twiddle is right it is not a great game by any means, you'd be better off playing half life 2.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:14 pm

Well I'm giving it a try anyway, I'll just keep in mind it's not anything special.

Thanks for the info.