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New to Deus Ex but who cares
posted by dfloss721 (GRAYSLAKE, IL) Aug 31, 2011
Member since Jun 2007
Being new to the series, I was misled by the action-packed trailers. Deus Ex is one of the stealthiest games I’ve ever played, typically not my style of ‘shooter,’ if you can even call it that. The game can be completed (excluding a few bosses) without actually ever killing anyone…so put it that way.
Deus Ex is a FPS the majority of the time, but it switches to 3PS when in cover...and you’ll be in cover A LOT. There’s also lots of exploration, side quests, loot, and more, blending in RPG elements. Your character Jensen has a lot of augmented traits, and in this future, humans can be augmented for special abilities. Your augments can be upgraded as you acquire XP and are pretty sweet. There’s a ton of augment options so you can upgrade whatever fits to your own play style. So if you choose to be very stealthy, upgrade your radar, see through walls, and cloaking. Otherwise maybe you want to upgrade your hacking skills to open more doors and secret items. I still had over 30 unused augments when I was done.
I loved the weapon selection here, allowing lethal and KO options. The tranq. rifle was my favorite stealth weapon as it is deadly silent and shoots tranq darts very far to KO an enemy. There's also pistols, auto and sniper rifles, laser rifles, emp/gas/frag grenades, and close up hand-to-hand KO & lethal moves you can perform.
But most of the game is spent sneaking around in the crouch position, utilizing the game's deep cover system. You'll crawl around, maybe pick off some guys, crawl through vents, hack doors, climb ladders, etc. to work your way around the map. You will use lots of strategy and thinking to complete your main and side quests, encouraging exploration and treasure hunting. I found myself engulfed in the game for the 5 days it took to complete.
I'd have to say Square under promised and over delivered, but expect slower stealthy gameplay and little replay value due to the 1-player only campaign.
Milt Drucker
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Deus Ex is a FPS the majority of the time, but it switches to 3PS when in cover...and you’ll be in cover A LOT. There’s also lots of exploration, side quests, loot, and more, blending in RPG elements. Your character Jensen has a lot of augmented traits, and in this future, humans can be augmented for special abilities. Your augments can be upgraded as you acquire XP and are pretty sweet. There’s a ton of augment options so you can upgrade whatever fits to your own play style. So if you choose to be very stealthy, upgrade your radar, see through walls, and cloaking. Otherwise maybe you want to upgrade your hacking skills to open more doors and secret items. I still had over 30 unused augments when I was done.
I loved the weapon selection here, allowing lethal and KO options. The tranq. rifle was my favorite stealth weapon as it is deadly silent and shoots tranq darts very far to KO an enemy. There's also pistols, auto and sniper rifles, laser rifles, emp/gas/frag grenades, and close up hand-to-hand KO & lethal moves you can perform.
But most of the game is spent sneaking around in the crouch position, utilizing the game's deep cover system. You'll crawl around, maybe pick off some guys, crawl through vents, hack doors, climb ladders, etc. to work your way around the map. You will use lots of strategy and thinking to complete your main and side quests, encouraging exploration and treasure hunting. I found myself engulfed in the game for the 5 days it took to complete.
I'd have to say Square under promised and over delivered, but expect slower stealthy gameplay and little replay value due to the 1-player only campaign.
Milt Drucker
-gamertag-
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