Deus Ex GOTY edition for $2.50 on Steam. Worth it?

[JochemDude]

For 2,50 how could it not be worth it?

 

[MacJack]

Lets make one thing clear, the shooting SUCKS in deus ex. You start with extremely innacurate weapons and every time you take a step forward you raddically lose accuracy, if you stand still you get more accurate but it takes about 5 seconds The time gets less and less as you increase your skills and ducking or moving slowly does not benefit you, you will still lose accuracy very fast if moving despite what you do. On top of that the weapons in the game kinda suck, a pistol with 6 bullets in the future that does not kill with headshots half of he time and a tranquilizer crossbow that takes time to kill someone.

As you see, as an fps, it sucks badly and that REALLY brings down the game since in comparison with new fps, it really feels like a huge problem with the game.

That might be because it is an RPG and not an FPS, skills are character based not user based.

OT: If you want to see what quality games were back in the day this is a must play.

Headshots standing still increases accuracy, ai strafing to dodge bullets, sadly its hybrid and the mix is not well implemented if modern gamer plays it, he is gonna hate it, imo i have to be one of the few people that believe that human revolution not using rpg skills for combat is a great thing.

 

[thelastmccabe]

I'm surprised by all the naysayers here. I played this for the first time 6 months ago, and I thought it was amazing, probably the best game I've ever played. I should warn you that the first level is probably the roughest in terms of feeling a little dated, so don't get discouraged at the start. The story is incredible, the gameplay is incredible, and the music is awesome. There are always multiple was to accomplish goals, and lots of different play styles (stealth, not so stealthy, hacker, etc.) you can try that actually all work. Here's a link to my amazon review where I explain more: http://www.amazon.com/review/R13LKC2MSXDNAH/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm .

It's true that if you try to run in the door with guns blazing like other shooters then you aren't going to do very well, especially not early on. But you're a badass by the end.

At $2.50 you'd be crazy not to get it.

 

[Smooth Operator]

imo i have to be one of the few people that believe that human revolution not using rpg skills for combat is a great thing.

No you are in the majority, you forget 80% of the current gamer market are kids that came into gaming with modern shooters and will play it because it fits that bill, and when Deus Ex launches the forums will light up with comments how Call a Duty is a better shooter...

Ditching tactical combat for spray and pray will surely get them better sales but will also immediately sink it into the brown and gray world of mediocre shooters, which is exactly what Deus Ex was never about.

 

[GrimSheeper]

I'll have to qoute a great british reviewer from youtube on this: Are you retarded? Why don't you own this game already?

I don't think you are retarded, but I will say this: If you do not buy Deus Ex for 2.50$, I will find you and murder you in your sleep. It's that good.

The voice acting is hilarious and the graphics are totally outdated, but I promise you that you will not find level design as smart and multi-layered as Deus Ex anywhere in a modern game. CynicalBrit did a special on it for 2:44 hours and they only explored the first level in that time, one time. The game is amazing, the atmosphere is perfect, the music is so good it should be in any gamers collection, seriously way up there with Frank Klepacki and the soundtrack from Starcraft. For 2.50$ you will not find ANYTHING more enjoyable than Deus Ex and you will get so much freaking value out of that one game you could pay 60$ and still get a good mileage of $ to gameplay hour.

 

[octafish]

Now I have re-install it. Those are the rules. Yes it is worth it, because you are getting two awesome games, Deus Ex and The Nameless Mod. Don't worry about the shooting mechanics, you'll only need to kill maybe four people.

 

[DigitalSushi]

Deus Ex is the game every gamer needs in their collection, you need to experience it, I wont spoil it for you but what you do has an actual direct outcome in cut scenes but you actually feel attached to it because it was your choice.

Deus Ex is the gamers version of a ravers Human Traffic, its our Quadrophenia moment as it were.

Deus Ex is Keith Moon drumming for 20 minutes straight, its Concorde taking flight for the first time, its when your in college and you suddenly realise that women are beautiful, its seeing your first sunset...

Buy it.

Excuse me, it took you till College to realise women where beautiful?

Also, couldn't recommend this game. But then I just bought KOTOR the other day so.

The time isn't the point, its the feeling.

 

[Azza1988]

Dude, put simply Deus Ex is one of those games where you start playing, and at first its a bit of the naff side. But as you progress you start to realise you'r playing one of the greatest games in history.

This was one of the first games i played where i could actually make choices that mattered, and also the variety of the augmentations you can choose from is awesome! You could literally be an Invisible killer that can slip through enemy lines no problem, or a walking human tank that could just as easily blow up said enemy lines with a single glance.

To answer your question, yes!

 

[MacJack]

imo i have to be one of the few people that believe that human revolution not using rpg skills for combat is a great thing.

No you are in the majority, you forget 80% of the current gamer market are kids that came into gaming with modern shooters and will play it because it fits that bill, and when Deus Ex launches the forums will light up with comments how Call a Duty is a better shooter...

Ditching tactical combat for spray and pray will surely get them better sales but will also immediately sink it into the brown and gray world of mediocre shooters, which is exactly what Deus Ex was never about.

Kids? Mass effect one had crappy combat, mass effect 2 was basicly action but it was not as crap.

Thats called improvment and lets not fool ourselfs, deus ex combat system was certainly a bg turd in an otherwise perfect game.

What i am worried is that the videos so far make it look like rainbow six vegas in which plays more like gear of war rather an fps and i dont like that.


In any case from what i saw the game retains the nonlinear gameplay limite choice of augs and some sort of praxis points, ofcourse cod is a better "shooter" but this game aims something diffirent i hope it wont flop, which right now is more of the issue than not beeing like cod resulting into that.

 

[Electric_Sunshine]

A can of coke, or a game that should last at LEAST 5 hours.

Pretty obvious answer mate

 

[]DustArma[]

I'd get it, but no CC says no.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Kids? Mass effect one had crappy combat, mass effect 2 was basicly action but it was not as crap.

Thats called improvment and lets not fool ourselfs, deus ex combat system was certainly a bg turd in an otherwise perfect game.

What i am worried is that the videos so far make it look like rainbow six vegas in which plays more like gear of war rather an fps and i dont like that.

In any case from what i saw the game retains the nonlinear gameplay limite choice of augs and some sort of praxis points, ofcourse cod is a better "shooter" but this game aims something diffirent i hope it wont flop, which right now is more of the issue than not beeing like cod resulting into that.

No idea why you bring up ME, it has no correlation to this.
Deus Ex combat was not stellar but it's design was clear, you start out unskilled and a quick takedown is near impossible, as you then progress and gain abilities you become a combat machine.

Where as modern shooters have no progression, you are super mega regeneration soldier from the first second and all the thousands of weapons to choose from are actually about the same (making sure noone gets confused), so there is nothing tactical about the combat only aiming skill is required (with consoles not even that).
Which is silly dicking around type fun, but you lose half the game depth of the original right there.

 

[evilneko]

Yes.

Hey, it's 2.50. That's less than what I paid for it even considering I got it in a bundle with Thief 2 and at Half Price Books.

It is a good game, but it is extremely dated. If you can see past that, and forgive its shortcomings compared to more modern fare, you will enjoy it. Hell it's worth 2.50 just to dick around with cheats in. XD

 

[Juk3n]

At $2.50 you should get it.

If you hate it, you can at least laugh at the voice acting!

Voice acting was actually superb dude.

 

[Triangulon]

One of the greatest games of all time, from the golden age of Half-life and System Shock. And one of the few old games that is still incredibly playable. The only thing dated is the graphics and surely you can put up with that? Still the best first person RPG I believe bar none.

 

[DrDango]

buy it man!! execellent game and it isn't like $2.50 can buy much else these days

 

[MacJack]

Kids? Mass effect one had crappy combat, mass effect 2 was basicly action but it was not as crap.

Thats called improvment and lets not fool ourselfs, deus ex combat system was certainly a bg turd in an otherwise perfect game.

What i am worried is that the videos so far make it look like rainbow six vegas in which plays more like gear of war rather an fps and i dont like that.

In any case from what i saw the game retains the nonlinear gameplay limite choice of augs and some sort of praxis points, ofcourse cod is a better "shooter" but this game aims something diffirent i hope it wont flop, which right now is more of the issue than not beeing like cod resulting into that.

No idea why you bring up ME, it has no correlation to this.
Deus Ex combat was not stellar but it's design was clear, you start out unskilled and a quick takedown is near impossible, as you then progress and gain abilities you become a combat machine.

Where as modern shooters have no progression, you are super mega regeneration soldier from the first second and all the thousands of weapons to choose from are actually about the same (making sure noone gets confused), so there is nothing tactical about the combat only aiming skill is required (with consoles not even that).
Which is silly dicking around type fun, but you lose half the game depth of the original right there.

As i said, better be action like than sucking, i admit it, comabt in deus ex sucked, cant think of a game with worse combat...oh wait the sequel which did not even have headshos so no skill whatsoever you just shoot till someone dies. There are games that did combat skill points better than deus ex. Sure it wont be as squad as the first but atlest combat wont suck and the game WILL be better than the first.

 

[No_Remainders]

So, I've never played Deus Ex before. Of course I've heard "good things" about it, but the same can of course be said of several games I don't like, so I don't really think popular opinion matters much lol. Anyway, all I've ever really seen on Deus Ex is actually from the newest iteration, and while it looks good I'm not really convinced. But back to the subject at hand, is Deus Ex a good game, and more importantly, why?

It's one of the best FPSRPGs I've played ever. The story is incredible, the voice acting is really good (regardless of what someone said earlier!), the character of JC Denton is interesting, the RPG elements actually contribute to the game (unlike the vastly popular Mass Effect 2 [I'm not saying it's bad, I love ME2, but yeah, it wasn't as much of an FPSRPG as an FPS with minor RPG elements]), the setting is good, and sure the graphics are dated but who really cares?

Overall, it's $2.50. If you don't enjoy it: you have no taste in good games oh well, you've only lost $2.50.