| Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition | 
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| From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $8.27
You Save: $11.72 (59%)
New (7) Used (7) from $5.39
Avg. Customer Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 4969
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Game of the Year
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8 x 2
MPN: l4deuexgyj
UPC: 788687100076
EAN: 0788687100076
ASIN: B00005B44D
Release Date: May 9, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 FOUR AND HALF STARS!!!! October 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dear gamers, estimated colleagues, just when I thought I wouldn't see anything better than Fallout, Diablo, and some strategies for PC , friend made me get Deus Ex. As I see, amazon offers used discs for cheaper price EVEN THEN SOLD OUT BRITISH EDITION, so GET IT!
Why would you get it? It is game from 2000. or so, graphics are much better today, you can play good online games like Guild Wars or World of Warcraft with buddies and then some...but!
Deus Ex is a game WITH A STORY: story is like fast paced Ludlum and Bourne's identity type of novel, which doesn't mean it's a copy.
Deus Ex is a game UNLINEAR: you can be a butcher who does what he is told, OR try to follow higher moral system of value and never take anything for granted or black and white. Choices decide how others interact.
Deus Ex is a game that can be HUMANE: why kill someone when you can just make them unconcious if you creep behind guy's back and whack him with a crowbar or baton?
Deus Ex is a game that has RPG elements: more you do, more points you get, and then you distribute them between different skills: you can make yourself computer and electronic hacker OR you can make flamethrowers, pistols and rifles your forte, if you are Rambo fan.
What? I didn't hype it enough? GO GET IT FOR 4 BUCKS YOU CAN't GO WRONG!!! I would even pay up to 40 bucks to get it although it is old and graphics is bad for today's PC best machines.
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Don't give up after level one, you NEED to spend time to learn how to play but later it becomes GREAT!!!
PPS
If I had to pick greatest game for PC since nineties, I guess I would have to pick some of Real Time or Turn strategies, Pirates! from 2002 by Sid Meyer, Diablo II, Fallout part one and maybe two and Deus Ex!
Best pure shooters would be Alice by American McGee and Clive Barker's Undying.
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SOME MINOR SPOILERS AND MUST READ ADVICES (AFTER COMPLETING GAME):
You have to chose between assault rifle and assault shotgun. I think shotgun is better so don't spend upgrades on rifle. Later, unfortunately, it's easier to get rifle ammo.
What you really need in the game are fast legs to run away so upgrade JCs body with leg implants.
Don't forget to install and upgrade recovery ability, it's useful to turn it on with F9 when you fight mechs or men in black.
Use rocket launcher , it opens all doors except infinite. SAVE rockets, lockpicks, bio cells and multitools and try to find nano key cartridges or codes for doors and stuff. I spent lotsa exp on hacking, in the beginning, then lockpicking and electronics.
YOU MUST have at least one level of heavy weapon and one level of rifle...
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 Nothing too impressive about this game September 30, 2007
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
With all the great reviews this game had, I was looking forward to playing this. Maybe it's just me, but I had trouble finding anything that this game had that made it any different from any other first person shooters. It adds extra abilities or augmentations that you can use like enhancing your jump, improved aim, resilience, etc... All which of course take up your battery power to have these abilities. Now one complaint that I had about this though, is that one of the abilities you get is a flash light. It becomes handy at different points of the game, but why the He** does it take up just as much power as your other augments? For some reason, you only get about 2 minutes of light off the same battery that also gives you the strength to lift a crate that's 10X your weight.
This game offers nothing new to me that I haven't seen and I'm a little bit confused about what all the hype is, but if you like First person games then maybe you'll like this one. It's really cheap now do to it being an old game, so I say give it a try and see what you think.
Immersive and gripping. August 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I gave up playing games about a decade ago, but I had a few days off recently, and I picked this game up because I heard it was the best game ever made... and it is! I honestly don't think I've ever enjoyed a computer game so much as I did this one. It plays like an action game, but your character develops like in a role-playing game, and the story's so compelling (excellent writing, on par with any TV show and with many films) that I found myself playing on and on because I wanted to see what would happen next. Truly a unique experience, and easily the best computer or video game I've ever seen.
"Shooting" star July 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always been an "adventure gamer" and this is the first game of this type I have enjoyed enough to complete. The strategy and decisions that need to be made in each phase of this game makes it unique. The ability to save infinitely helps too. I never got through "Prince of Persia" because of the save issue.
Wonderfully intricate May 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As an avid player of RPGs and first person shooters, I really like this game. The story, plot, and action are easily on par with a game like Half-Life but what really sets this game apart is the breath of detail in how main characters and NPCs interact with the main character as the game progresses based upon decisions made throughout the game. This makes for exceptional replay value.
The only thing that seemed rather odd to me when I first played it, is that for a cybernetically enhanced individual, his jumping ability is pretty feeble. It doesn't hurt the game, it just seemed odd. But after thinking about it (and playing the game again), I think games like Quake, Half-Life, and Unreal have more forgiving physics.
Anyway a really fantastic game.
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