For me, Deus Ex is just pushing Portal 2 into 2nd place.
I've played DEHR for about 11 hours now, and feels like so much more than that...and not in a bad way. There are so many decisions to make and so many different approaches that it has immense replayability. The style is bang on for a futuristic noir-style conspiracy and the fact that you can just incapacitate your enemies adds a semblance of "realism" to the whole thing.
Portal 2 was great - the comedy was perfectly played and the challenges truly innovative, particularly given how clever the original Portal was. The only reason it loses out for me is that it lacks replayability - you can play it more than once, but the challenge is gone since most levels have one solution. But Portal 2 would get any scripting and artistic award, it's just so cleverly written.
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