Deus Ex: Human Revolution and its sequel Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was a great reboot of the series, but what do you think of the original Deus Ex?

It was a Game of the Year contender in 2000, but what about in 2024? Is it still worth playing? Or are the gameplay and graphics a bit too… dated.

If it’s still worth playing, are there any mods to help make the game more tolerable for today’s standards?

  •  jonsnothere   ( @jonsnothere@beehaw.org ) 
    2•8 months ago

    I played it only a few years back with minimal/no mods and it was still an excellent experience. The player freedom is unrivaled in any game I’ve seen since. Even games that taut ‘player freedom’ pale in comparison, as they still feel like choosing between different railroads, here it feels like real freedom

  •  Eggyhead   ( @Eggyhead@kbin.social ) 
    1•8 months ago

    Thanks for bringing this up. I got a steam deck OLED and for some reason the OG Deus Ex was in my long-stagnant steam account. I think I bought it in college when I was playing around with windows partitions on Mac with boot camp. I guess now I can see about putting in a mod to modernize it a little and play it. I love playing older PC games that I never had access to in childhood.

  •  essell   ( @essellburns@beehaw.org ) 
    1•8 months ago

    Funny enough, I started playing it last night.

    Recently finished playing cyberpunk 2077 and this is the only game that comes close to that experience.

    The Revision mod is the standard for modernising the graphics, the gameplay is still excellent. The player choice is fantastic and the game responds to how you play flawlessly.

    Still one of the best games I’ve ever played.