I recently purchased the game Deus Ex Invisible War and as such I was highly excited about this game. As a dedicated GAMESPOT member I read the reviews and eagerly anticipated the game getting it as my present to myself for Christmas. But this game is not what I expected. It does have a rather nice story line and it is very intriguing. But it lacks continuity. By continuity I mean that the game either crashes too much or has to many graphic problems to allow the player to get enthralled in the game. Also I expected a lot more in the terms of graphics quality when I got this game. The graphics to me are not impressive especially considering the advances in graphic technology. What would be impressive to me is if the guys over at EIDOS got the game to work properly and without the graphics problems it came out with. I typically get a really low frame rate in this game even in the first level (the apartment) and I have a really high end PC. Also the game at first crashed every time you loaded a new level. For stealth based game as it claims to be there is no positional sound or environmental sound to get you into the game world. Also the characters do not act like they should. The AI in the first Deus Ex was much more impressive because people actually noticed thefts and you brandishing a weapon in a non-weapons area. They also did smarter things when they noticed a dead body in the middle of a room like sound an alarm or something; in IW they all crowd around the body and wait to be shot. The weapons damage in the game is not realistic, you can fire several shots into a person’s head and the person will still have the audacity to lob a spider bomb your way. One good thing about the game is the impressive dynamic lighting and physics. But the physics are a bit erratic. I have seen horrible things in the physics of this game, horrible things, I have seen bodies all discombobulated and heads turned backwards…it was like a scene from the exorcist. Overall, Deus Ex Invisible War is not a very impressive game. The AI is horrible, the graphics are not impressive, the game is buggier then an ant hill, and finally it is really SHORT amounting in at most 20 hours of game time, but you have to REALLY take your time to do that. By John Rajch
Deus Ex was one of those titles that nobody really expected. Released in 2000 by Ion Storm, a developer whose reputation was in shambles after the massive public failure known as Daikatana, Deus Ex provided a style of ga... Read Full Review
Alright, let's try and get this over with as softly and smoothly as possible. Although I regret having to say it, when you compare Invisible War to the brilliant original of Deus Ex, the follow-up frankly falls painfully... Read Full Review
