DosFreak wrote:I'm not going to convince you of anything but what the hell.
I might surprise you. I'm pretty open-minded.
DosFreak wrote:It's hard to remember what I thought when I played it the first time but since I loved SS2, Thief 1 and Thief 2 then it's not hard to see why I loved Deus Ex.
I also have all three of those games, but I've never played them. Now I'm worried I might not like them because I definitely did not like playing Deus Ex as a stealthy character. SS2 in particular is intimidating to me because I've tried SS1 and absolutely hated the controls. I know it's a classic, but there's no way I'm ever going to play or finish SS1. Hopefully, SS2 can be enjoyed with a simple synopsis of the first game.
DosFreak wrote:Large maps. Being no longer confined to coridors like pretty much every other FPS was a big deal whereas today it seems like every game wants to be an open world.
This is one of the things that bothered me in Deus Ex. It also bothers me in other RPGs like Fallout. I simply get lost or wander aimlessly on the huge maps. I know that's the point, but I don't enjoy it. I like to know where I'm supposed to be going. I really enjoy more linear adventure games like Full Throttle, Longest Journey, etc. That said, I particularly enjoyed the Paris Champs-Élysées levels in Deus Ex.
DosFreak wrote:Freedom in accomplishing objectives - Very few games offered this whereas the games nowadays offer more freedom. I wouldn't want every game to be like that but if you played games in that time then you know games like Deus Ex were rare.
I really liked this about Deus Ex. Being able to do pretty much whatever I wanted was a good experience. However, I disliked that I was forced to kill Anna and Gunther. Even though they were murderous assholes, I would have preferred to let them live. I also didn't like that Manderley's fate was never fully explained. He really wasn't a villain, so I felt bad when it was revealed he was dead.
DosFreak wrote:Ability to talk to NPCs in an FPS - This was very rare. I remember when Strife offered this and it was amazing. I play games for story and while shooting thngs in an FPS is fun it can get boring as hell when every game does the same thing.
I've played more RPGs and adventure games than 1st person shooters. To me, lengthy dialogue is the norm. To give you an idea of what I mean, Death Gate is probably my favorite adventure game. The conversations in that one go on and on and on and on... In hindsight, I see that you're right about the FPS genre. Prior to Deus Ex, I don't recall any FPS games having a lot of conversations. I skipped directly from Half-Life to Mafia, then TRON 2.0, and then Bioshock.
DosFreak wrote:Anyone who bitches at the graphics is an idiot. The graphics were horrible on release as well but they are perfectly fine for gameplay. I'd rather have 100 games today with Deus Ex graphics with equal gameplay than the alternative.
The graphics were passable and weren't a distraction. I thought it looked just as good as Half-Life and better than Unreal. My mindset is still stuck in the late 90s when it comes to graphics. I still think the graphics in Black & White and Mafia are amazing. TRON 2.0 is just mind-blowing to me, and that game is now 15 years old.
DosFreak wrote:As for the "tired" story. Anything is "tired" if you've lived long enough.
I remember when the Matrix came out and it was just a rehash of scifi stories, I still watched and enjoyed the movie tho. If the gameplay holds up and the story is good enough to support the gameplay then you're good.
This is where I'll disagree with you. I love golden-age Sci-Fi stories from the masters such as Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke. True, they're extremely wrong about science because we now have 70+ years of hindsight, but the stories still hold up well. Deus Ex just felt extremely cheesy to me. I caught myself groaning more than once at the dialogue.
DosFreak wrote:I've been toying around with doing another playthrough with the GMDX mod so mabye later this year, I don't see myself enjoying the game any less.
I considered playing with the GMDX mod, but I felt that it would be better to first experience the game as it was originally intended. Let me know what you think of it.