I just reinstalled Deus Ex.

Naikon

Yes, this game really rocks.
I would go as far as saying its the most immersive game I have ever played.
Pity about the sequel:(

Malice

hamster wrote:

In fairness, thought and effort went into Deux Ex - the multiple endings, the choices you could make (remember in the plane? - "Believe me - not him!").

I remember when that happened to me the first time through. My God did I torment myself over that one! It makes such a difference to the immersive experience of a game when you find yourself actually caring about what happens to a NPC.

shatners basoon

I think i riot prodded him and he was ko but for some they all thought i killed him and was a cold blooded killer! Pity you couldn't be as sly as you wanted. Man now i wanna play it again!

David Michael

Great game. Sadly me being me I could never finsh a level without trying every thing possible. Every bin checked. Every door...crate...window...rubbish bag. i mean...what if I missed something....

I never finished it due to the above.

Might be worth a reinstall due to that HiDef packege though...

Zillah

David Michael wrote:

Great game. Sadly me being me I could never finsh a level without trying every thing possible. Every bin checked. Every door...crate...window...rubbish bag. i mean...what if I missed something....

I never finished it due to the above.

A computer game gave you OCD!?

hamster

David Michael wrote:

Great game. Sadly me being me I could never finsh a level without trying every thing possible. Every bin checked. Every door...crate...window...rubbish bag. i mean...what if I missed something....

I never finished it due to the above.

Might be worth a reinstall due to that HiDef packege though...

I did actually try.... slow work I really like the sneak sneak approach used "Thief I and II" and did it here checking the bins and co as I went along. The electric prodder was the most important weapon - I hated killing in that game. I loved to hide the bodies. On a side not.....must try out Thief III

ixoy

Now I feel like playing it and, would ya believe it, I've just packed it into a box 'coz I'm moving. It'll have to wait a week.

Never did finish it though - got stuck wandering around for ages in this city where there were lots of sewers..

Zillah

hamster wrote:

The electric prodder was the most important weapon - I hated killing in that game.

I maxed out the rifle skill and ran around shooting people in the head.

We played very different characters

shatners basoon

Think i just maxed the pistol, two shots to the head kills everything never any ammo problems with it either.

I liked riot prodding ppl though, anyone, everyone, watch them get down and boogie! poison darts were funny too, you'd see them go "ugh" chasing you til they run low on health and brick it in the other direction til they just fall over- so many ways to be cheap in that game!

Never did like the plasma gun though, waste of space!

Moriarty

As Timans mentioned, both Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2 (shudder) are available over steam. $9.95/€7.36. Well, WELL worth the money

Vokes

Timans wrote:

Just bought this via steam with my last €9.

Better be good!

Nice one. Just got it there myself from Steam :cool:

Now to grab that HD texture pack.

Spunj

Moriarty wrote:

As Timans mentioned, both Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2 (shudder) are available over steam. $9.95/€7.36. Well, WELL worth the money

Or you could download it along with the 2nd one and a bunch of others off metaboli, same price as 1 game and you can play em all for a month for the money.

Linky on cvg's branded site (theres a bunch of others including eurogamer) http://cvg.metaboli.co.uk/MetaGame/productdetail.jsp?product_id=952

^ Thats not a referral link or anything, just a link to Deus Ex on the site. I have nowt to do with metaboli but have been using it for a few months now and I'm surprised I don't see it mentioned here because its amazing value for the 10 odd euro a month .

Blowfish

*sigh*

You evil people have gone and made me install it again.

Thats me vanishing from everyone who knows me's radar for the next few weeks.

Ah well, at least I get to hack people with that electric sword thingy again.

Waltons

Blowfish wrote:

*sigh*

You evil people have gone and made me install it again.

Thats me vanishing from everyone who knows me's radar for the next few weeks.

Ah well, at least I get to hack people with that electric sword thingy again.

It's well worth it! I have exams to tend to at the moment, but I'll now have to give it another bash once I'm done...

Karl Hungus

shatners basoon wrote:

Think i just maxed the pistol, two shots to the head kills everything never any ammo problems with it either.

I liked riot prodding ppl though, anyone, everyone, watch them get down and boogie! poison darts were funny too, you'd see them go "ugh" chasing you til they run low on health and brick it in the other direction til they just fall over- so many ways to be cheap in that game!

Never did like the plasma gun though, waste of space!

Agreed there, the pistol was phenominally good.

I suppose I'm just a cold-hearted killer, I won't even bother sneaking past people, I will take them out, normally a stealth kill, just in case.

One of my absolute favourite things to do is throw a gas grenade into a crowd of baddies (Like when Hell's Kitchen in under martial law, and you get a huge amount of troops after you) and then just stand there casually shooting them all in the head as they cough and gag, helplessly.

Zillah wrote:

Uh, yes it was, or at least a huge part of it.

It was a compelling story, but on the whole, it was really all about the gameplay, how you advanced, moulded your character, how you played it, the convincing game world, atmosphere, and all those fantastic elements that gelled together to make a superbly rich playing experience. The story, however good, didn't make or break the game.

Chumpski

i saw deus ex invisible war for 7 euro at the weekend and bought it. I wasn't sure if it was the first or second game at the time but now i know its deus ex 2, sh&t!

Is the 2nd game any good?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Hmmm, a vial of xime.

I thought DeusEx would change everything... but now it's like it never happened.

Yes, give us more WW2 shooters, that's a really new and interesting genre :rolleyes:

Mr. K

I only ever played the PS2 version and I loved it. I briefly saw the PC version being played and I saw that it was a bit better. I always had a fully tooled up pistol by the end of the game, ammo was plentiful if you always killed guards with headshots. But I also always wanted to play through without killing anyone, like I did in MGS2.
I also bought the Xbox version of the sequel for about 5 Euro, but I can't play it until MS add it to the backwards compatible list...

shatners basoon

Chumpski wrote:

i saw deus ex invisible war for 7 euro at the weekend and bought it. I wasn't sure if it was the first or second game at the time but now i know its deus ex 2, sh&t!

Is the 2nd game any good?

Its grand as long as you forget everything about the first one. Its more of a successor in name rather than a spiritual successor. Some elements are better in it (more choices, better graphics etc.) but there are alot of faults too (worse combat, story, no skill system and a horrible ammo system) There's no real problem playing the second one before the first as far as i remember, it won't ruin much on you but i'd need some clarification on that.

Its certainly worth playing for 7 quid as its still a damn lot better than most games!

shatners basoon

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Hmmm, a vial of xime.

I thought DeusEx would change everything... but now it's like it never happened.

Yes, give us more WW2 shooters, that's a really new and interesting genre :rolleyes:

Yeah its a real pity that the fps genre didn't get a proper kick up the arse from deus ex, not too sure how well it sold (though it seems pretty popular here:D). The genre really needs new ideas or to implement more player interaction into the games. I swear i'll shoot someone if another WW2 shooter comes out (unless you get to play as someone other than an American cause that'd be original:p)

Anyways Stalker is kinda similar if you've played that and Bioshock'll be out later this year which looks bleedin' excellent. Can't think of any other similar game, i've never actually played Thief though i've always wanted to.

Still though its a pity ion storm Austin went down, whats Spector up to these days does anyone know?

astrofool

I have Deus Ex and Deus Ex2 (on CD/DVD), can I get them onto my steam account somehow?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Why ever would you want to do that?

Wertz

Have this for PS2 someplace (my comp wasn't up to the job when it the game came out) and even though I had to play it with a controller I enjoye it immensely. Played through it about 3 times I think. The varying endings was a great idea dn the skill mod nanobots made it a step above anything else about at the time.
Never tried the sequel; heard bad things about it so didn't bother.
Be nice to see this series reawakened for the latest engines and GPUs...

Zillah

Karl Hungus wrote:

It was a compelling story, but on the whole, it was really all about the gameplay, how you advanced, moulded your character, how you played it, the convincing game world, atmosphere, and all those fantastic elements that gelled together to make a superbly rich playing experience. The story, however good, didn't make or break the game.

I would consider the convincing game world and atmosphere to be large parts of the story tbh.

Blowfish

Karl Hungus wrote:

One of my absolute favourite things to do is throw a gas grenade into a crowd of baddies (Like when Hell's Kitchen in under martial law, and you get a huge amount of troops after you) and then just stand there casually shooting them all in the head as they cough and gag, helplessly.

Sometimes they are actually smart enough to not run headlong into the gas. I actually use that to my advantage. If i'm in a slightly different area to a group of enemies (say a floor above) i'll attract their attention, then chuck a gas grenade onto the stairs. They all end up in a group at the bottom of the stairs waiting for the gas to dissipate. Once it does, they come charging up all together, only for every single one of them to be blown to pieces by a LAM i've hidden at the top. Fun times

ShevY

Having played deus ex on the pc, i bought dx2 for xbox for €4.99 then i found out its unsupported on the x360. probably better off...

gonna start dx1 again instead.

Bubs101

Its the best non champo PC game ever

Bubs101

Oh, just thought I'd say I played the PS2 version through without killing non-essential bar the woman droid in the subway station

astrofool

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Why ever would you want to do that?

So I don't need to put a cd in to play it

DonkeyStyle \o/

astrofool wrote:

So I don't need to put a cd in to play it

Hmm, nope, I won't even go there.

I'd almost rather put in the CD than have Steam lock it away from me... I'm still sore at them for the month I spent without broadband, when they wouldn't let me start in offline mode and insisted on updating steam over 56k
Feckers.

BopNiblets

OMG I think I had a nerdgasm:

An email from Harley Quinn? Haha, sweet.

astrofool

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Hmm, nope, I won't even go there.

I'd almost rather put in the CD than have Steam lock it away from me... I'm still sore at them for the month I spent without broadband, when they wouldn't let me start in offline mode and insisted on updating steam over 56k
Feckers.

Never had any steam problems (and used it since the very first beta online), + having to get the cd and put it in means less chance of an impulse play. Also means I don't have to reinstall after a reformat.

Anyway, question not answered, is it possible to get Deus Ex registered with Steam?

JCDenton

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/47007

Check this out...

Malice

JCDenton wrote:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/47007

Check this out...

Another Deus Ex game would be fantastic but only if it managed to approach the quality of the first game. If it was anything like the second one then it'd be a waste of everyone's time.
From the article:

It is unlikely that Warren Spector, series creator and project director on Deus Ex, or Harvey Smith, lead designer on Deus Ex and project director on its sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War, will be involved with the project in any capacity.

If Warren Spector's not involved, I don't hold out much hope for it but it would be nice to be wrong in this case!

um7y1h83ge06nx

astrofool wrote:

Never had any steam problems (and used it since the very first beta online), + having to get the cd and put it in means less chance of an impulse play. Also means I don't have to reinstall after a reformat.

Anyway, question not answered, is it possible to get Deus Ex registered with Steam?

You could always just get a crack for Deus Ex, and wouldn't have to bother at all with Steam and all that stuff.

Auvers

I will reinstall as soon as http://www.offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/index.php is released.

you can try out release 1 out http://www.hdtp.net/releases/HDTP-Release1.exe

FranchisePlayer

Did anyone notice the stupid ads in deus ex 1 for alcohol and cigrattes saying more is less:p and please tell me I wasn't the only who killed drug dealers and then took their drugs(in game of course:D )

BopNiblets

Drugs go in your number 1 slot, beer in 2.
And look for the baddies with the tranquilizer darts, "Hit me!"

Spunge

I re-played System Shock 2 there last year with some texture pack or something, and it looked amazing, really high res, character models looked the same but no bother. Is there anything like this for Deus Ex?

Im definitely gonna replay Deus Ex when i sort my computer out, ooh i cant wait. Arcanum too. Why are the old games so fricken good :cool:

Auvers

Spunge wrote:

I re-played System Shock 2 there last year with some texture pack or something, and it looked amazing, really high res, character models looked the same but no bother. Is there anything like this for Deus Ex?:cool:

^^^^four posts up^^^^

Spunge

oops

Thanks. Looks good.

/me waits patiently