| Deus Ex: Invisible War | 
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| From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $3.76
You Save: $16.23 (81%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 6195
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 95, Windows 98
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 5710
Model: SDEU2PUS00
UPC: 788687100144
EAN: 0788687100144
ASIN: B00009WDLD
Release Date: December 2, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: NEXT DAY FIRST CLASS SHIPPING! Box has some wear, but contents look great! Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great FPS with intriguing story line January 11, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've played through Deus Ex IW at least three times and every time is as much fun as the first. Especially since you can have three different endings. It has an interesting story line and some good weapons. I like the sci-fi aspect concerning bio-modification. It adds something extra to the game.
I had no installation or game-play issues. Everything works well on the high end settings. Tried to play through Deus Ex, but the graphics suck and I'm too spoiled with the new gen game engines and graphics that I probably will never finish the first game.
Deus Ex IW is one of my favorite FPS games.
 Not a true sequel November 23, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The differences between Invisible War (which hereafter I'll refer to simply as 'IW') and its predecessor are staggering to those who played and loved the first game, which makes it nigh on impossible for Deus Ex fans to enjoy this. Their loss, because this is still an extremely entertaining romp through the leather-obsessed near future, and if you can approach IW as an individual game rather than a sequel then you will not be disappointed.
The game takes place in a dystopian world, a conspiracy theorist's wet dream. Throughout the course of the story you'll have the opportunity to discover all the factions and play them off against one another, being able to choose to show your true allegiance or keep your motives shrouded to the characters you encounter. As a cybernetically-enhanced agent, you can 'upgrade' your physical attributes with bio-mods, picking which to concentrate on and through that channelling your playing style down a specific route, a familiar concept to any RPG player.
Getting down to the basics, the modified Unreal 2 engine still looks pretty today and can let off some impressive lighting effects. Your interaction with the world is rather expansive - on the same level as Deus Ex; the dialogue and plot is not on the same level - although Deus Ex sometimes ventured into the realm of the grandiose it managed to maintain an engaging narrative and characterisation was improved by some talented writing, and IW is a few IQ points down on its older brother.
Nonetheless, IW has some reason to stand tall, for one I'm happy to say that combat is a very slick affair, not comparable with the newest and brightest stars of first person shooters but more than adequate, a trump card over its predecessor's clunky approach.
To someone who has never played Deus Ex, or to someone who is content with starting IW without a multitude of hopes and preconceptions, this is an immensely satisfying first person RPG that hits more than it misses, and will undoubtedly pull you in to its cramped but well made world.
 Frustration free installation and loading (i.e. free w/purchase) July 2, 2006
4 out of 19 found this review helpful
Yeah, what a great game! I can see a new approach was taken by the developers. Lets' make a game that DOESN'T work! Listen, more than two and a half hours was spent getting the damn thing to install only to find that the game wouldn't even load. Yeah, even downloaded the V1.2 patch but to no avail. A consumer should NEVER have to hunt down solutions so painstakingly, and customize their computer's settings so specifically, to make up for a developer's SHODDY PROGRAMMING STANDARDS. If you've got some spare change, spare time and alot of spare patience;
use it on something else and flush this log down the toilet.
If I were faced with a choice of two fates:
1) Entering a dark, damp, torture chamber filled with bloody instruments of medieval misery and agonistic screams of pain.
Or
2) A pleasant, clean, looking room with mood lighting and soft jazz with a computer with this vile game in it...
I would choose the first. At least I'd know what to expect.
Deus Ex: Invisible War February 22, 2006
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
Good first person shooter. Story line has some references to story in Deus Ex. You should first play Deus Ex, if possible.
 Not bad, Not great either February 18, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
You need a hefty computer to handle the graphics. I had turn the graphics to lowest and was still laggy. This games storyline requires you to play Deus Ex in order to understand it. Basically, get Deus Ex and forget about invisible war until you beat Deus Ex.
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