I love my FPS games, especially online shooters, and while I enjoy RPGs, there's very few that hook me, but when they do, I can't get enough. The same goes for single player FPS, I rarely ever run through an entire single player FPS, but every once and a while, that rare gem of a game comes along. Well, this game fits into both of those categories, it's an FPS/RPG that has me completely hooked. I had heard a lot about this game, and always wanted to play it, then at the start of my reading week, I found out that my roomate had a copy, so I grabbed it from him, installed it, and haven't stopped since. Even 4 years later the game feels revolutionary because I've never played anything quite like it. I think that the reviewer of this game totally missed the point. It's sad to see a game like this slip under the radar because the review doesn't do it justice. The gameplay is amazing and it (along with the compelling story) is the driving force in this game. When I've been spoiled by graphics of games like Far Cry, Doom 3, etc, and I look at the graphics of this game, it has no relevance, because the gameplay is just so much fun, it blows most everything else out of the water. At the start of the game, you pick up everything with no worries, but by the middle of the game, your inventory starts getting stacked to the point where you have to make choices about what you want to keep. How you choose to play will effect what you keep. That's what makes this game the amazing thing that it is...how you choose to play. When it comes to this, Deus Ex shines. There's no way to describe all the possibilities, you have to experience it to understand it. At first, your conditioning from other games will prevent you from experimentation, because we've been indoctrinated by linear game play to assume that there is a way each puzzle must be overcome. As you tread through the game, you'll start to notice those chains lifting away as you play through it how you want to, not how some game developer has intended you to. You would think that the RPG elements of the game are just icing on the cake, but they really enhance the experience. You can't max out your characters abilities, so you'll find yourself investing in the abilities that pertain to you. Now the game isn't without its problems, the stealth is far from perfect, but the enemy AI which isn't the most amazing I've ever seen, makes up for that. It sounds like a bad thing, but it actually makes for a less frustrating game that is constantly moving forward. The graphics and sound as stated before aren't really awe inspiring, but no bother, you totally forget about it, as the game immerses you through its amazing gameplay and compelling story. Bottom line, if you still haven't played this game, it's not too late, this game is amazing and worth whatever hoops you jump through to grab it. You'll see where so many games have borrowed from Deus Ex, and then some. Go play it now!
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