Deus Ex Developers Ion Storm owed us something pretty special & futuristic shoot spy & stalk-&em-up Deus Ex more than makes up for the disappointment of Daikatana Deus Ex is set in a nearby future where a deadly virus ravages the world&s populace terrorists are bent on exposing corrupt governments & conspiratorial elites are ready to wade in & wreak havoc You play a techno-enhanced agent tasked with getting to the bottom of it all without cashing in your chips Immediately noticeable is the attention to detail; there&s no end of objects & characters to interact with--too much were it not for the consequences that arise from almost every interaction Such random actions as killing a guard or "accidentally" walking into the ladies& toilets can significantly affect mission outcomes The best game will result from stealthy inch-by-inch exploration & you&ll be glad you did Considering that Deus Ex has gameplay in bucketloads it could look like Commander Keen & get away with it Thankfully though the Unreal engine does a more than passable job of rendering some beautiful locations & although models may look a little blocky compared to games using more sophisticated engines the minor flaws melt away as the game gets going A richly simulated world of unparalleled interactivity engineered to react to your every action A globe-hopping epic adventure Span the world from New York to Paris to Hong Kong exploring locations recreated from actual maps blueprints & photographs Recreated from actual maps blueprints & photographs Total character interaction Your relationship with scores of other characters affects the outcome of the game The ability to create a compelling alter ego Select & develop your own unique set of skills & nanotech augmentations determine which weapons & objects you need to survive & solve problems Deus Ex Invisible War Deus Ex 2 takes place Approx. 20 years after the events depicted in Deus Ex The winner-take-all geopolitics of mid-21st century Earth have given way to a struggle over more basic concerns food water re-establishing civil law & cleaning up biological & nano-tech fallout Several religious & political factions see in the chaos an opportunity to shape the world as they want The player must reveal the secrets of each faction & the identities of the true players in this struggle for world power In the end the player discovers that he or she may be the key to all of the factions& plans In addition to a host of new friends & foes players can expect encounters with a variety of characters from the original Deus Ex game & once again players visit a variety of real world locations made more exotic by the passage of time In Deus Ex 2 players create a compelling alter ego through the selection of futuristic nano-tech augmentations powerful weapons & hundreds of useful objects character choices weapons & object use work in combination with a richly interactive world to give players freedom to solve game problems the way they want to Gamers can fight sneak talk or hack their way past any problem encountered & every situation can be dealt with in a variety of ways Deus Ex 2 also features a more powerful physics system startlingly believable AI dramatically enhanced character modelling & animation a groundbreaking sound propagation system & state-of-the art lighting & graphics The game systems contribute materially to gameplay minute-to-minute mission-to-mission & beginning to end Dynamic & innovative 1st person-actionadventure brings a level of reality unprecedented in a video game Biotech modifications allow players to see through walls leap 40 feet into the air or regenerate critical body damage Globe-hop to real world locations such as Seattle Antarctica & Cairo Cunning stealth gameplay with darkness & sound affecting enemy awareness For 1 player