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I don't know why I get so excited.

posted 16 years ago by bigt2006
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Whenever I think about digging out my PS2 and replaying Deus Ex (traditionally, about once a year) I get so excited, it just holds so many fond memories of me enjoying what I consider to be the greatest game ever made. The only other game that has ever given me similar fond memories would be Half-Life2 (which follows a close second to the greatest game ever made) Which I orriginally had on the Xbox but I now have it on the 360 (in the orange box).

I suppose I don't really have a point, I just thought I would share my enthusiasm for such an amazing game of Unparalleled greatness, in my opinion there will never be a game that can surpass Deus Ex in sheer brilliance, I hope that I will be playing it for many many more years to come. Thanks for listening.

[–] WolfMarauder 16 years ago

Deus Ex and the entire Half-Life series are amazing. Deus Ex is thematically genius, Half-Life and Half-Life 2 are formally genius.

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[–] condor009 16 years ago

I know exactly what you mean. I've played through Deus Ex more times than I can remember and never get bored of it. I used to play it on my old PC and have since bought the Xbox version for the sole reason it boasted a whole new set of FMV! And it was only £3, bargain.

Anyway, now you've created this topic I want to go and play it again...damn you!

[–] mikemann 16 years ago

Wait, DX1 was on XBox?

[–] bigt2006 16 years ago

Xbox? it was never released on Xbox, perhaps you mean the PS2 version. Even now, this game would be a bargain at full price, it really is something special, I just started playing a few days ago and have hardly been able to peel myself away from the screen, I'm now boarding the PCS Wallcloud (I think that's what it's called) one of my personal low-points, for some reason it just doesn't seem as fun as the rest of the game, maybe it's the enclosed corridors and lack of open space to explore.

My personal favourite parts of the game are the Hong Kong and Paris sections because they provide a wide variety of gameplay and exploration possibilities, I am especially fond of the cathedral in Paris.

[–] condor009 16 years ago

Yeah, I meant PS2, sorry guys.

[–] mikemann 16 years ago

I'm on my latest play-through now, and I just began the Cathedral. I agree on your observation concerning the Wall Cloud, also; least favorite part of the game. I'm partial to Paris (specifically, DuClare Chateau, Streets, and Everett's Lab), Vandenberg, and VersaLife building.

Come to think of it, I dislike the Catacombs, also... So it must be the claustrophobic aspects. Not to mention the annoying "Shake until you no longer have ANY control of your player" aspect of the 'Escape from the sinking Wall Cloud' part. In my latest game, I took the fan shaft out (blows you up a vent using air) - and everytime the ship shook, it threw me completely off the up-draf and I had to re-try it umpteen times.

[–] WolfMarauder 16 years ago

How odd - the freighter and the catscombs are probably my two favorite parts of the game.

Least favorite? The silo, the Vandenberg Air Base, and second part of Versalife. All too boring, not enough variety in the gameplay.

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[–] mikemann 16 years ago

I think my favorite mission, overall, is the gas station. So many ways to handle that one.

Not sure what lack of variety you're considering for VersaLife? I've done it many different ways. As far as the catacombs, there's not much variet in the environment, and it goes by too fast to make much of an impression.

I should correct my feelings on the Wall Cloud; I dislike the 'second level', but I enjoy knocking out the crew upstairs, lol.

[–] WolfMarauder 16 years ago

The first part of VersaLife is a lot of fun, when you're in the office, and the innards of the main chamber. The part that annoys me is when you have to return into it through the back entrance, to it's inner security place and destroy the UC. That part is just boring to me.

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[–] mike-4873 16 years ago

Aha. Yeah, I'll grant you that - seemed a little anticlimactic to have to enter the same place to get to the UC.

[–] nsa006 16 years ago

I get the same silly excitement just thinking about it and remembering parts and scenes. There was just so much to this game, so much you could do and so much you could miss if you didn't search for it. I don't know if it's the best game ever made, but it's the most satisfying game ever made curiosity-wise. Digging for conspiracies and spying on everyone, including your boss and your own brother was as close as one can get to living in the early seasons of X Files. It's a guilty pleasure at its peak, and truly unique in video games.

I'm a little disappointed because at the time I expected this game to set the standards for a new breed of action-adventure-investigation games, and despite it's huge success no one has followed the trend or attempted something like this ever again. It's the only aspect missing in the Half Life series, the possibility to dig for information and further unravel the mysteries behind this otherwise great game. Sure Half Life is more efficient and fast-paced, but Deus Ex ranks slightly above, if anything else for that specific aspect.

[–] WithDreday 13 years ago

I'm a little disappointed because at the time I expected this game to set the standards for a new breed of action-adventure-investigation games, and despite it's huge success no one has followed the trend or attempted something like this ever again.

I mildly disagree. Deus Ex practically started the whole western RPG trend that inspired titles like Mass Effect and the Fallout series. Although I do agree that the genre hasn't taken off like it should have(which is why I said mildly).

Revenge is a dish best served cold...

[–] postbagboy 14 years ago

I just generally found most stuff between leaving Hong Kong to meeting Nicolette DuClare pretty dull