A good story, an OK combat engine, an average game
User Rating: 8 | Deus Ex: Invisible War PC
One of DE:IW's redeeming features, is it's story. Decently developed characters, some plot twists, and multiple factions makes for an interesting ride. One of the things I most enjoyed was the opposing objectives, that is you are given 2 objectives from 2 differing factions that directly contradict each other, allowing you to only fulfill one. In some cases you may have 3 objectives and can only choose one, so the game in a sense, can be different each time you play it. In addition to the opposing objectives, there is also multiple endings, for memory 4 in total, one for each faction. This adds depth to the game and lets you see the 'what if's and doesn't leave you thinking 'what if that faction won, I wonder what the ending would've been like?'
The graphics in DE:IW are average, nothing special, but not completely rubbish either. The combat system is similar, its not useless, but not revolutionary either, it merely functions. The weapons are varied, some of them are great, such as the sniper, and the universal ammo is a great idea in my opinion, however other weapons such as the energy sword (which is useless) and the rocket launcher (which is irritating) seem to be tacked on to add 'variety'.
If you can stand the somewhat tacky gameplay in DE:IW, there is a great entertaining story to be found underneath it.
