Deus Ex Is Still (Probably) The Greatest Game Ever

[@BoulderPunch]

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[@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient]

How do you feel about the PS2 port vs. the PC version? I've only played the PS2 version and loved it, but I understand they removed some features.

[@jiaan100]

Did you delete my wall of text 9/11 comment? Here's a more rigorous/less mythological one either way: For the physics/engineering minded here's all the proof you need and what convinced me it had to have been a controlled demolition: the buildings fell too fast. You can't use gravitational potential energy to both accelerate the falling building and destroy the building beneath it, the falling building smashing into the building below it should slow the fall speed. Since the buildings fell within a few seconds of free fall in a vacuum that means the structural integrity of the buildings had to be destroyed some other way. You can calculate the vacuum freefall time and compare it to video of the fall to see it's only a couple seconds difference. A steel and concrete building weakened by fire should still absorb much more energy in its collapse than the wtc buildings did, which should slow the fall time and prevent them from collapsing into their own footprint, but that's not what happened. If you don't trust a KZbin comment on this and don't have the laws of motion/conservation of energy knowledge to check it yourself, you can read plenty of writing by civil engineers on this topic. Most of it is independent e.g. letters written in response to the crap NIST report(and to NISTs credit, still hosted on their website), but there's also the university of Alaska investigation of the wtc 7 collapse if you prefer a more formally academic approach.

[@jiaan100]

It was almost definitely KZbin that deleted my comment based on how fast it happened.

[@jiaan100]

@@kazcav we're ruled by evil cults that did 8/10

[@AC-hj9tv]

"Mistah JC Dentan. In da fresh." lmfaooooo

[@staitroo]

"Now in the real world I can't stand clubs, but there's a fascination about clubs in video games." This! Up in the club!

[@PPX14]

Seconded! They're usually much better lit in games too haha. Better music too!

[@shibinsky9791]

There is a business model to dig here

[@alexsm3882]

Give me one thousand dollahs

[@TupDigital]

Up in the club like Bevalacqua and Gismonte

[@TimBuktu666]

i spend hours in that club in vampire, the masquerade 2, dancing, hangin out at the bar and chit chatting

[@contrapasta2454]

The most shocking thing Deus Ex predicted was the concept of a 'meme war'.

[@renanamaral7784]

When I played this game in May 2020 I thought to myself: holy shit this is the best game ever made. I'm glad you made this video, Deus Ex deserves all the love and praise this world has to offer.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

first time? Every time this game is mentioned someone reinstalls it, which now you dont have to ever uninstall it due to how small it is in size, but back then you needed it installed land have the disc in the tray.

[@MortPure]

I swear that's everyone's opinion right after they finish the game xD

[@daksans6764]

I played this game for the first time in 2020 and after finishing it I said the same thing. Deus Ex is still the greatest game of all time

[@ryananastasiaquinn5543]

taught me shit I never thought would come true

[@ramrodbldm9876]

I played this game in 2020 also and thought to myself "wow this is the bestest game there is"!!!! 11/10. I actually haven't played another game since, deus ex everyday. Best game ever ebert and Roeper: We played this game in 2020 and we both turned to each other and said HOLY SHT THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth” George Orwell (1984) "People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capabilities of thinking." ~ Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) Everyone loves 1984 and while that is a scary future (and a real one for a lot of people around the world) BNW is the future for the UK and USA.

[@visassess8607]

Mista J.C Denton, in the fresh

[@Christoff070]

Oh, rearry? I rike it a rot

[@maskedhobo]

Such a classic game. Everyone should give this game a shot.

[@henrik1743]

The only thing I dislike is how loud the music is sometimes compared to the voice acting. Especially when this games dialogue is some of the best imo

[@Skidjit]

Hey, I know you.

[@maskedhobo]

@@Skidjit ayyyy yo.

[@neverbeganforme]

How can I play it when I have no PC?

[@shade1121-ce8dc]

@@neverbeganformeand they still won’t make it backwards compatible on Xbox or PlayStation.

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

JC's voice actor is a legend. Some don't like it but I love the delivery.

[@damiresq]

sounds like agent Cho from the mentalist ^^

[@AdamWEST-yu2os]

My voice is augmented.

[@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient]

32:35 Well handled. I played and finished the game during the pandemic, having finally caught COVID and at a time when the world's Governments were descending into collective insanity. It was a surreal experience. If you're hinting at what I think you're hinting at, we are on the same page.

[@bbbbbbb51]

He's familiar with 4chan and clearly is a bit of a thinker.

[@lorecow88]

Mankind Divided also hit differently at the time.

[@magmad1ver]

A thing about the Morpheus AI that people miss is that it's not autonomous in it's thinking. It's spewing Everett's line of thinking, as it was programmed to do.

[@uppishcub1617]

Just like real life AIs do. Yet another prediction come true.

[@Planetdune]

I have been god-ghosting through the levels lately (console commands) and while I played this game so many times, I still find things. Just a few days ago, I noticed a secret closet/room behind some bookshelves in ghost mode and couldn't immediately figure out how to get inside legit. Finally figured out it was a nearby pinball machine that activates the secret passage. As far as I know, this is the only pinball machine in game that acts as a trigger. As you mentioned, no matter how much you play this game, you can just never be sure you found every thing to see, do or collect.

[@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient]

One of the creepiest areas in the game is out of bounds. After the first level, return to UNATCO HQ and get to the other side of the wall (you can use the jump aug to get onto the security hut), then return to the area from the start of the game. The whole of the docks is missing, and the entry building is now a large hollow shell. I got bad vibes from that place, and it felt weird knowing that the docks had just vanished from existence.

[@Christoff070]

Yup, there's around a handful of secret rooms that can be opened by interacting with the nearby world (loose bricks, pinball, etc)

[@Sage521]

The best for me was importing the blade launcher from unreal tournament. Having one of those bad boys ricochet across the floor, the walls, and then take out an enemy, is so satisfying. 😐

[@stocktonjoans]

how did you miss that? I know exactly the bit you mean, behind the bookshelf in the break room of the helibase you go through on the way to your meeting with Lebadev, you can also open the secret door with one of the security terminals, that's why it took me so long to find out about the pinball machine

[@TheDWB]

I feel like a channel, just dedicated 24/7 to Deus Ex analysis and reviews, would not be unappreciated.

[@AC-hj9tv]

Like how all these mfs be dickriding dark souls 1. I mean it's good but bro it's 2023

[@Ramon-gg3bd]

​@@AC-hj9tvred pills flying around

[@WhoisTheOtherVindAzz]

​​​@@Ramon-gg3bdthe funny thing is you don't need to do drugs. Deus Ex, esp. combined with the story wise awesome game IW (Invicible War) can teach you to see how stuck some people are with viewing everything through the unproductive (status quo preserving) lens of red vs vs blue.

[@AvalancheReviews]

I came here for a Deus Ex review and now I'm off to research Beatles conspiracies?!?!? How did you do this to me????

[@BoulderPunch]

Turn me on dead man.

[@SS-vs4lo]

I am a hardcore stealth gamer. I have played Deus Ex recently with the rules of "no KO, no kill and no augs or invisibility items (thermotic camo)". I only had to use cloak once as the AI got glitched. I have studied the stealth AI extensively and done a lot of experiments and found out some really interesting stuffs that I haven't seen anyone talking about and you also made a bit of a mistake. The stealth system is actually simplified version of Thief stealth system both in sight and sound. Metal does make more noise than other floors and grass makes the least sound. But it is not as well implemented as Thief. NSF AI is dumber than MJ12 troops and commandos. The levels with NSF also helpful towards player with very little metal floor and lots of darkness. People say the AI is bad but I would say also pretty interesting and it's good that it is like this. Because of this AI I have been able to pull of some stealth tactics that no other games allow. those tactics are not easy. It took almost a week to figure some of those out and they were only possible because of the AI. But the AI also have one bad thing. If a level have a lot of AI guards with specific patrol, their patrol pattern stops when the player is out of the range were player can here footstep or see the guard. I guess its for saving memory. The problem is it doesn't happen on the other side of the map. It happens just outside of the range where I can here footstep sound. But despite the issues I love Deus Ex. It's one of my favourite games of all time.

[@superplayerex2431]

This is such an amazing game, it's too bad it cannot be made again. Something like Deus Ex can only happen once in a lifetime, and what a shame that is. If games today were still about creativity and making a good game instead of just making money, perhaps a game that could top Deus Ex in what it did would have a chance to emerge from the shadows.

[@superplayerex2431]

@@_Yanovsky_ It’s alright, we are all entitled to our own opinions. I personally don’t think video games these days are as great as they used to be, and it’s not because of nostalgia either - I’ve played Deus Ex for the first time only last year. There will always be great games, indie developers can make such even today, but large companies these days have been complacent with finding more ways to monetize their newest titles instead of ways to innovate them. A lot of them simply repeat what’s been done many times before. Deus Ex was released all the way back in 2000, and the gaming industry is completely different now. There is next to zero chances for a game that could top Deus Ex in the way it’s designs mesh together for an intricate experience to come out today, because that’s not what the big corporations and wide audiences want. This is the reason why I believe Deus Ex is a once in a lifetime occurrence. You can feel free to disagree with me, I am here to simply share my own thoughts on the matter at hand.

[@nomad9584]

I agree, and it's the reason I've personally gone back to older games ageing back 8-15 years. You only need to look at the absolute garbage that is churned out by Bethesda, EA, and other mainstream developers to know that modern gaming has taken a turn for the worst. The rampant focus on micro-transactions and NFT's by developers, as well as the release of games that are only partially finished is a for-sure sign that profit has been prioritised above all else. Just look at Halo Infinite, Cyberpunk, or the latest Battlefield as a few examples. Alas, there are still gems out there that manage to capture lightning in a bottle, like Fallout New Vegas, the Metro series, Bioshock, Doom Eternal, Dead Space, etc. What's sad though is that these games are typically produced by smaller developers with limited time and budget and are inevitably disbanded. The irony is that the the more 'indy' games companies are the ones truly capturing lightning in a bottle because they're passionate about creating something special.

[@Leandro7470]

Fuckin play Prey 2017 then, game's awesome, it definitely scratchs Deus ex itch, not completely but i loved every second of it

[@kudo7821]

@@superplayerex2431 One thing I will agree is that for the most part, AAA games are not being made with purely creativity in mind. Deus Ex was AAA for its time and the game was built on a whim almost, Specter wanted to make his game and was given the money and liberty to do so without question. You literally could not see a situation like that happening in AAA today, there always has to be a catch somewhere, a lot of these games get "focus grouped" before there's even a chance of them being greenlit.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

@@_Yanovsky_ hahahahahahaha lol. No they dont very few games are good and that game has a love hate thing on it so no thanks/

[@Isaacfess]

I did a playthrough of this monumental game just last year and wow, A *serious* 10 / 10 game. The jank doesn't matter as much when the rest of the entire game is *_so_* good. Great detailed review man! Totally subscribing now.

[@b10rn]

The reason Deus Ex is the best game ever has nothing to do with gameplay mechanics, graphics or anything like that. The reasons are simply the story and the mechanics surrounding it. There are many winks to historical events, actual conspiracy theories, literature and political philosophy, putting the game world into a context that makes it seem vast and mysterious. The people behind this are obviously educated. The story of the game is very enjoyable even after almost 25 years, because the subjects it tackles are timeless. Compare this to the story of the latest Deus Ex games, that mostly consisted of lazy allegories and tropes based on shallow representations of some of the material from the first game, not dealing at all with the questions posed by it. The latest sequels have a game world that feels claustrophobic because there is so little material. The first game has a much more complex world that feels enormous, and triggers your imagination so that you feel like you want more.

[@zombieplasticclock]

Can I just say that I love how lady JC still does the lip smack in her line reads? That's such a minor detail that I really appreciate

[@saschaberger3212]

There is a lady version? Oo you can play as a woman? What the what

[@Orange_Swirl]

​@@saschaberger3212 Mod.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

​@saschaberger3212 its not part of the base game, its a mod

[@grittynerd]

For me Deus Ex is an evolution of the original System Shock because it went in the most compelling path than other games in the genre: not by adding rpg elements that take over the gameplay itself but that are more "flavour" to the experience. The main focus is the level design, the enviroment, story, action itself. The weapons, the options. Other games like SS2 focus more on stats, waiting for the "level up" and limiting actions as much as possible within the requirements of certain numbers. I like more the challenge of finding gear that can help me more than building up points to unlock stuff. Playing Deus Ex doesn't make you think about the next augmentation unlock, you are more immersed in the world, what you see in front of you. The problem with immersive games is about the work required for the maps: you can complete them within few minutes if you don't care about exploring everything but at the same time you need to provide a complex layout. I spent 90 hours going every place in Deus Ex Mankind Divided but i guess a normal player would not do that. The same for Dishonored games and so on. I feel like the average player doesn't much value that kind of design (and sales show) so devs are kinda reluctant to apply the same effort again. But i can see smaller titles doing it, maybe focusing on smaller maps (like 5 instead of 15) with more involved dynamics (not reaching point A, B and C then move to the next level but more complex logic) and experimenting with the balance of rpg/unlocks and actions/gear. For me the rogue-lite direction of Arkane it's not much interesting (repetition over immersion), hopefully Weird West is more in line with what i like.

[@waitingman750]

First played this game in June 2020 since I got the whole series for like 10 dollars total. It almost instantly made its way to my top ten games of all time, although I do prefer human revolution. I guess I have reinstall it now that I saw it mentioned.

[@hereniho]

The three endings to me always represented three broad viewpoints: - Tracer Tong ending is the belief in humanity to be good and do the best for themselves... when the masses have the power. The belief in the mob. - Illuminati ending is the belief in humanity to be good and do the best for themselves... when the elites have power. The belief in the oligarchy. - Finally, the Helios ending is the belief that humanity CANNOT be trusted to guide their own fate, regardless of who has power. The belief in the God from the Machine.

[@Mr_Sh1tcoin]

Deus Ex Machina; God from the machine.

[@Noko744]

Helios ending is that humanity cannot construct a proper government or leadership structure that will work truly in the peoples interests. It’s like the conversation that JC has with that other AI that states something about how the formation of government is already an admission by humanity that they cannot lead and regulate themselves. If what Helios says is true in that it will genuinely reflect the desire of the people and allocate resources reflectively then in a way it would become the absolute perfect democratic system. Every voice is heard and everyone is helped. It would be sort of like a democracy processor that removes the human error from leadership.

[@EmeraldCave1]

I only played DX for the first time in August-September of 2021. It's only been less than 4 months and I've played it about 6 or 7 times. I keep accidentally discovering really cool small details. Also at this point it's prolly my favorite game of all time and it got me super into immersive sims.

[@arthurwild6563]

Fantastic video. Really appreciate that you went full-in on the conspiracy subject instead of avoiding or being ignorant about it. Quite a few Reviewers don't give it as much attention and praise as it deserves.

[@lm9029]

I will never reinstall Deus Ex... Reinstalling it would require uninstalling it.

[@floridaraccoon1018]

I'm forever thankful to TotalBiscuit for introducing me to this awesome game

[@arkgaharandan5881]

system shock 2 worths playing too, also new vegas and gothic 1.

[@shehzad_ali]

May he rest in peace

[@MT...ToolsAndGear]

It's 2022 and I just started my umpteenth playthrough of deus ex. For me, it's easily the most timeless/replayable game of all time. I just found a back way into Smuggler's that I never knew existed all this time. Brilliant game.

[@corwins1991]

It took me 20 years to find everything in this game. Sometimes it still surprises me.

[@Choteron3]

The ideal situation would be a third deus ex from eidos montreal and after that a remake of this amazing game. Sadly that will never happen because Square Enix sucks and will be to busy selling nfts. As always, amazing review.

[@francescoragnoni8042]

Cmon, think: bethesda exists

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Now they were bought out and the third game was cancelled because of corporate bullshit.

[@sodiumhydrocarbonate4707]

​@@Duchess_Van_Hoofman, i fucking hate corporate shit. Its unfair :(

[@beka_valentine]

Do you happen to remember what the study was that mentioned those statistics about internet consolidation from 2007 to 2014?

[@PPX14]

A good addition to the Deus Ex analysis world. Good to listen to. And nice to hear the accents described as charming. There's a charm to the whole thing that is missing from most games mid 2000s and onward. A charm that is also encapsulated in The Phantom Menace game, or Anachronox. I'll always remember the funny hand movements that character models make during cutscenes.

[@FSVR54]

The world changed a lot after 2005. You noticed it too? The quality of everything just plummeted. There used to be atmosphere to thing

[@angelguzman477]

31:30 that's precisely why it got so many things right, there a lot of examples in the past two years of people being called conspiracy theorists and they ended up being right

[@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient]

Playing this for the first time during the pandemic when I had COVID and the world's Governments had gone insane was... surreal.

[@tuxsords2174]

My first play-through in Maggie Chow's apartment, her maid caught me hacking a terminal and started shooting me. I finished that play-thought and didn't play it for a year. When I reinstalled it to play it again I then realized the maid wasn't scripted. This made me realize just how many choices you could make about going about things. I'm not calling them paths to choose because the levels weren't just paths for you to take. They were diverse environments with various objects and sections of the map for you to interact with however you wanted, while being accompanied by various upgrades (augs) to your character expanding the possibilities.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

This is where I'll go when I finish the Shadowrun games. I have a broken heart over Human Revolution. Aesthetics, music, stealth, combat, dialogue, all of it amazing. I really like exploring Hengsha and Detroit, I adore the weapons. It... is just... you know. Vent the game, a story that makes no sense, a fascinating world that falls apart if you look too hard at it. And an atrocious ending.

[@Ryhindor]

Thank you so much of your comments on those videos from gamers who felt discomfort because of the conspiracy theories in Deus Ex. I saw one of them and the cringe was too much, he wanted to be "normal" so badly.

[@olibarrett4283]

Between Deus ex morrowind and system shock the early 2000s we’re amazing

[@diogocunha1146]

Deus Ex spoiled gamming for me. Even after 20 year playing such a masterpiece, I have never been able to find a game as good as this one.

[@cma30001]

Have you tried any of the Looking Glass games before it? They scratch a similar itch for me.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

same but with system shock 2, not that i dont love deus ex, i just like the atmosphere and the way rpg mechanics and combat works in that game.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

@Mister Majestic wait for remake unless they mess it up.

[@Ryhindor]

Try Fallout New Vegas! Doesn't come close I know... but it's a good nr. 2

[@HellShredder713]

This game has been battered and abused painfully regarding the credit it truly deserves. Only developers and us dorks appreciate it to it's caliber. It's sad that when Human Revolution was coming out, Mass Effect fanboys were all over it calling it a rip off. And to this day, some people still think it is. The only way to make up for the lack of a 3rd game in the Eidos Montreal franchise (assuming it's over, over) is to make a Deus Ex movie finally.

[@bestosensei]

This is the best video you've ever done, well done. For me, what Deus Ex provided was a game where I could be largely non-violent. I never liked hurting and killing people, and Deus Ex allowed me to find other ways around problems except violence.

[@PPX14]

Once the weapons dealer and Paul had chastised me for killing people, the rest of my playthrough became non lethal. Much harder and indeed probably less fun but I just had to. Except the few main characters who felt the wrath of the lightsaber haha

[@archibaldthearcher]

We really need that conversation with Morpheus AI with overlay clips as separate video

[@TROOPERfarcry]

One thing I really appreciate about the very first Deus Ex versus the "Human Revolution" one is that they gave you a number of limitations that you *could not* overcome. As in, you could not max out ever aug, so choosing one necessarily removed another as a choice, or, at the very least, you could never have enough to upgrade ALL that you had. It meant that your end-build was a compromise... and you would have to play through again if you were curious about a different build. In Human Revolution, you could max out *everything* .... and your final-build was the same each and every time, *and* it was identical to everyone else's. It didn't force you to play to your build-style, because a maxed-out build let you handle the entire mission, or just a particular aspect of a mission, as either a tank OR ninja. Contrast that to the first Deus Ex, and your build-style heavily influenced your play-style (and vice-versa), in that if you weren't tanked-out, you couldn't expect to handle a heads-on, gun-blazing encounter with a heavy. You invested in stealth? _You HAVE to use that._ It made HR very linear, even though it didn't feel linear the first time you played it. Your choices were very contrived, with little repercussions for however you chose. It did get better with Mankind Divided in that choices did matter more... but you still had the same issue with being able to max out everything (or close enough that it didn't matter), and choosing one type of build didn't bit-by-bit shut you out of a different build style. But it still wasn't as extreme as with the first Deus Ex.

[@necroticavalon5176]

There's ways around that. Shoot through missions, don't go non-lethal, don't be stealthy, go for body-kills. Minimise your XP gain. Praxis kits will come much more slowly, and it makes for a good roleplay. But yes, without that, HR lets you max out too easily.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

The New Vegas vs east coast Fallout situation. And the main reason the former has more replayability.

[@brian0057]

People like to joke about how every time you mention Deus Ex, someone will reinstall it. I just wanna know who's crazy enough to uninstall it in the first place.

[@madmorgo6233]

I was thinking the same thing (about VtMB), reading some of these comments... XD

[@arkgaharandan5881]

that meme is so old that it predates 480p youtube videos, fast internet and mainstream "terabyte" hard drives. Most people had a few gigabytes of hard drive when the game came out. Again the game is super old. So back then you had limited space and everyone saved things in cds. Many years later the first usb sticks came out, 256mb of data and they were as large as a car key, look for example how big the keyring or the data pads are in the game or the electric prod, the only thing it got right was the ultrawide multiscreen computer monitors. On top of having limited install space on your hard drive the game also needed the cd in the tray to play. This is why people uninstalled it.

[@brian0057]

@@arkgaharandan5881 I was mostly jesting. But given the size of the game and of modern hard drives, keeping Deus Ex installed doesn't seem like the undertaking it once was.

[@PedroYippeekayaye]

Has the coolest music/atmosphere, and is as dark and mysterious as J.C Denton.

[@audiosurfarchive]

Check out the music of Filmmaker sometime.

[@PedroYippeekayaye]

@@audiosurfarchive What's "Filmmaker" ? That doesn't make sense.

[@audiosurfarchive]

@@PedroYippeekayaye It's the name of an artist. Darkwave, industrial, grimy goodness.

[@PedroYippeekayaye]

@@audiosurfarchive Okay. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@jjforcebreaker]

Please do HR and MD! DX1 is an honorary GOAT.

[@henrik1743]

He has already made videos about HR and MD though?

[@lordsincross]

I don't think I ever cried with a video game except for that one moment (no spoilers) with fly-girl. Took me 3 playthroughs to realize that was even possible and when I did took me 12 quick loads to do it. But boy, oh boy, it was worth it.

[@passingrando6457]

Jesus, I remember my first playthrough was successfully pacifist... right up until flygirl happened.

[@necroticavalon5176]

@@passingrando6457 Pacifist is just another word for unprepared. The moment there's a ticking clock involved, it falls apart. I've seen morons trying to save flygirl with a tranq rifle, or sneaking from bad guy to bad guy with a stun gun. You can imagine how well that ended up. Might pass on Easy, but on GMDX... forget it.

[@187onaPigeon]

Deus Ex really was ahead of its time. It even predicted the dancing TikTok nurses 0:10

[@lov.2.g]

Remembered playing this first time.....sprint + jump + cloak ....and then i tried max hack ....this game has one of the best dialog and plot tbh....illuminati and templar ....this game is insane for its time....till today its still my no 1 game above bioshock 1,half life 2 ,and witcher 3

[@jonathanvallee8779]

The «You're gonna burn alright!» quote made me laugh so much back in the days kekw; Love the content man!

[@StrikeSurgical]

Deus Ex is one of the finest masterpieces I have ever encountered. It has so many flaws and yet they are all outshone by it's secret that I have never quite been able to put into words. Nothing charms me like this game. I have been obsessed with it since I was 13 when it came out and I replay it multiple times per year.

[@TROOPERfarcry]

Fun-fact: if you're holding a potted-plant when you approach Manderly, then when it cuts to an automatic conversation, you'll involuntarily throw the plant at him. Also, I accidentally saved Paul in his apartment once. It was the second or third time playing through, and I knew that all these MJ12 Soldiers were going to spawn in the lobby of the "ton", so I set up a bunch of proximity tear-gas, and when they set it off, I went and head-shot them all from the balcony so I could gather up their loot. Later in Hong Kong, Paul was still alive. So that was cool.

[@A.I.A.M.]

I really like these video formats of yours. It’s a great mix of review, a game guide and sort of analysis + you talk about your own opinion and experiences. You touch upon game development, the people behind it and everything else relevant. Yeah man, it’s just everything I like to watch and read about when it comes to games. The memes and funny edits are great as well without breaking the flow of the video. Thanks for all the entertainment! ❤️

[@qujo123]

I want to live in a world where Looking Glass’s Deep Cover came out

[@MttSls]

As you can tell from my name and profile picture, Smuggler was my favourite ahah but JC will always remain my hero, I really loved this game, I finished it countless times.. the whole soundtrack, the story, the environments, the characters. I started playing it because my father, many years ago, used to buy magazines that talked about computers and computer science in general and one day they gave a free copy of Deus Ex GOTY along with the magazine... at the beginning I didn't understand the game very well, I was quite small, I went around shooting randomly and I never read Alex Jacobson's messages... How many emotions it gave me... I'm glad to see it's still being talked about today, nice video!

[@iwillnoteatzebugs]

The game is just top 1 for me. This game was so ahead and still has a lot of gsmeplay elements that i crave, but no modern game gives me the feeling

[@uastyrdzhii]

Men only have two moods "Deus Ex is the greatest game ever made" "Deus Ex predicted 911"

[@PPX14]

The lean button will be missed in gaming. Sticky cover doesn't cut it in the same way.

[@DailyCorvid]

First 5 mins I was like : These textures are a bioweapon against the eyes. First hour I was like : OMG but this story and these characters... Last hour I was like : WALTON SIMONS YOU WILL PAY FOR SHOOTING UP MY RIDE :) Definitely the defining game of the century.

[@UnfundedCheese]

Human Revolution and Mankind Divided are two of my favorite games. Now that I have a PC this one is on my list to play.

[@matte8438]

So..? Have you started? What do you think?

[@UnfundedCheese]

@@matte8438 I finished a couple of other games before going back to my PC. I just bought it today on GOG on sale for 97 cents. Good timing.

[@cyberen]

Deus Ex is a timeless masterpiece. I played this game for the first time two years ago and it still stands above all others, even its sequels and prequels.

[@frenchyboy4804]

As a game developer this game has inspired me for so many years it showed me not only how to make a good game but more importantly how to write a good story. Ever since ive been trying to replicate that feeling that you get when you discover something that feels like you werent supposed to discover or when you beat an objective a different way than the obvious objective. To me, thats what made Deus Ex great. Its ability to give you choice while also presenting you with a phenominal story that you happened to put together yourself. Sadly you just dont see these type of games anymore and companies like Square Enix only care about a quick cash grab and dont actually care about the masterpieces they have the potential to make. Just imagine the original Deus Ex with modern graphics and combat mechanics. You wanna know why nobody has actually done it yet? It's extremely hard. It was super hard to make 3D games back then and its even harder to do it today. I guess what I'm trying to say is that for me, Deus Ex was something that I dont think I will ever get to experience freshly in my lifetime (a game so similar to its game mechanics and the way it operated, not the exact story).

[@andrewh2645]

Return to monkey is the best ending. Decentralization of power is the only way to remain free.

[@INFILTR8US]

Weird, in my many playthroughs I have never been able to use the killphrase on Gunther. I guess I missed the conversation where you learn it, which is strange because I'm always very thorough. Great video!

[@apathyguy8338]

There's a way you can also save Paul's life and he reappears later in the game under the protection of Tracer Tong. I did it once and a dozen attempts never repeated it.

[@aravindpallippara1577]

​@@apathyguy8338the trigger to save Paul's life is to exit the building where you meet him in new york through the base front entrance That's the trigger, it's assumed that you kill every other enemy rushing to you (and it's one of the toughest fights in the game, gep with phosphor rounds was my go to equipment), or just put on a stealth camo and walk out in the main entrance If you leave by the window you came in Paul will always end up dead

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

What I wouldn't give to hear the Paris Cathedral music on a real pipe organ

[@ReapsVsTheWorld1]

38:12 Jesus! The way it sums up life in 2023.

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

I really like JC's lip smacking and tongue clicks, its not good voice acting manners but it makes him sound more real. Its a verbal tick someone might actually have. You ever notice no one in video games ever stutters or says a wrong word unless its played for a laugh? But its such a huge part of how organic conversations are paced? The lip smacking makes him sound more natural, but it doesn't waste time by having him re-state information.

[@kamazaki00]

what you say? a 45 minute review of one of my favorite games of all time? man i'll really enjoy this. Also i'm reinstalling to beat it yet another time

[@docdat3468]

:] let's visit the lady's restroom to look for items in the headquarter

[@BeeRye]

I've been just playing this (for weeks now) on my dream windows 98 gaming rig which also has an aureal vortex 2 (mx300) , so playing it with the A3D sound. It has been absolute bliss, the height of gaming.

[@henrik1743]

Always have time for Deus Ex videos, but not even an hour is dissapointing ;) I was kinda surprised you haven't done one yet, your other deus ex videos were amazing, and one of the reason I bit the bullet and played mankind divided and oh man, what an awesome experience! Edit : Bonus points for having Wings and DSP in the episode. And your take on this game was absolutely SUPERB. Reason for Chris Davis dislikes I think (I watched a lot of his videos but stopped watching for obv reasons) but his takes on game were ultra crap more times than not and really wanted to input his socialistic and weird opinions and views.

[@henrik1743]

@Skeletor I think when he bashes games though or has negative opinions, I don't know if it's the way he delivers (smirkiness etc) that makes it really unbearable to watch compared to when others do it. Its so weird cause I really LOVED many of his videos and watched a lot of them, and then when I started listening close to a new one and was just like wtf is this opinion, he kept doing it over and over, until I stopped watching. I think the like/dislike ratio didn't do him any favors. I didn't know you could still see it though

[@henrik1743]

@Skeletor I think you have a valid opinon and I agree with you on that. On some of his witcher video he thought it was sexistic or whatever and that the girls were over-sexified and Geralt was a badass. I don't remember which game he said the socialistic views on but he has made those remarks and hints in some video in the recent 2 years.

[@henrik1743]

@Skeletor yeah he did... so cringe. I'm glad i stopped watching after that

[@arkgaharandan5881]

ill repost what i said above "i also seen alot of other youtubers talk about how the conspiracy theories in deus ex make them feel uncomfortable, and look at the dislike ratio" i mean its reality baby come on" yes and there was a third guy walarkcracy or something, i unsubbed from him because he blocked me for asking how is beating up russian women "conservative russian culture" which is what he claimed in his video on some russian fallout mod. later on i figured out why, like these other 2 youtubers who did the deus ex reviews you posted are insufferably left wing and cant admit they were wrong and Alex Jones of all people was right about so many things. The denial of reality in order to maintain their sanity in a world that has gone insane. I remember how Paul Krugman out of all people said that there is some study that says if people are presented with proof they are wrong they dont change their mind, they double down due to insecurity, i wonder if he understood how this applies to him when he said that. Just have one of your friends and family play or watch you play deus ex and when the conspiracy stuff pop ups tell them "listen" and they will go "wtf? this is happening now" then remind them when this game was made.

[@henrik1743]

@@arkgaharandan5881 Oh really? I really liked warlockracys deus ex review... Shame most of these "analasyis" and "review" are so leftwing and weird. They must have a heart attack watching SSeths videos lmao

[@SiliconSlyWolf]

I'm still learning new things about the game to this day. Never tried to set a trap for Anna on the plane, and no idea you could take her out yet.

[@PPX14]

Glad to hear the brilliant soundtrack get its due. When I looked up who made it, I realised it was no coincidence that I also love the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 soundtrack :D

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

"What good's an honest soldier if he can be commanded to act as a terrorist?" --J.C. Enjoy my (awesome) cosplay and vocal impersonation of J.C. on my channel. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

[@dylandogg54]

I can never praise this game enough, actual masterpiece despite some small flaws

[@tbone6704]

Thanks for putting in the Lay D. Denton clips. Also for editing in dsp, lol

[@stocktonjoans]

Someone mentioned Deus Ex last week so obviously, I reinstalled it, and just now, nearly 25 years and thousands of hours of playtime later, I found a hidden location i'd never seen before, I bloody love this game so much

[@gotd4m]

The idea that this game makes people uncomfortable now because it is about conspiracy theories is just rediculous. I heard Chris Davies say he felt that way. It's a game.

[@solinvictus2045]

A game based on a possible future if not already there

[@Christoff070]

​@@solinvictus2045yup, conspiracy facts at this stage. There IS a trilateral commission and taxes DO weaken average citizens but not rich ones

[@TOGYS7]

20:15 a moment that must never be forgotten

[@bystudz6512]

Deus Ex, a game that i tried aged ten (the game was already 8-9 years old) cause my computer wasn't powerfull enough to run moderns game of that time, i didn't understand really well english and i left it almost in the middle of the story. I took it back few years later and it was a blast ! Every now and then, i launch a game to try a different build, differents way of killing someone etc. This is actually the game i replayed the most in my entire life, i love this game. And of course i love the plot.

[@pullsane]

Just wanted to quickly mention that this is my 4-5th rewatch of this video. Everytime I randomly watch Hbomberguy's Video about DXHR I just have to watch this one to or else I wouldn't feel complete. Great video and you are absolutly correct in the assesment that I download Deus Ex AGAIN while watching this video haha. Ps: You were the reason I tried it out to begin with. That being said. Thank you. :)

[@Jose_Doe]

Sorry what did he say about human revolution

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

I have watched Hbomberguy's video thrice now. And it is so point, he actually highlights the things he loves about Human Revolution, as the game does some things very right.

[@GuiltyKit]

Great game, but also the epitome of games that people take too seriously because it's more fun to think there's a Big Secret Plan irl.

[@papalegba6759]

there is. just not the 1 in deus ex.

[@PeterBrockie]

What blew my mind with this game was when I stopped the NSF leader on Liberty Island and killed the UNATCO guy who shows up with an assault rifle to get it early. When you get back to base Manderly mentions a missing soldier and "not so friendly fire". The fact they planned on you doing that...

[@Jean-ClaudeGodDamn]

Deus Ex is just one of those games that I never uninstall

[@thetoiletinspector6878]

I always enjoyed visiting the Ladies bathroom at the Unatco hq. Being told off by Manderley was totally worth it.

[@laurentderrien]

Still one of my favorite games ever. Such a masterpiece. Only Bioshock gave me similar sensations when I first played it.

[@laurentderrien]

@Planet Khan nah, the first one

[@411DL]

I was unaware of John Romero's role in setting the scene for Deus Ex to be made. Ya know what, I think we can forgive him for Daikatana and any other notable past transgressions. -edit. Also here's a fun thing to try. Do not take down Walton Simons when you're first able to do so. Maybe injure him enough he cloaks and runs off and leave him be. The second conversation at Area 51 is much better

[@thewewguy8t88]

honestly looking back i feel like dues ex is a game that quite frankly is not just ahead of its time but its ahead of our time i feel like games like dues ex cant be created today sadly like the best i can think off is maybe fallout 3 and new vagas and fallout 4 and skyrim but honestly i feel like those games really overshot what deus ex was(btw thats not a bad thing) like an interesting thing to point out is i replayed this game a few years back and was able to beat it in about 24 hours after over 240 hours of fallout 4 i still have yet to beat it.

[@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient]

Morrowind?

[@thewewguy8t88]

@@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient that game is more in line with fallout 3 and skyrim and fallout 4 and new vagas.

[@Grg456ful]

Always wanted to play this game since it came out in 2000, but had no pc back then and never got to it. Finally made it through the game in 2022, and damn it was worth the wait.

[@Christoff070]

Yup, even 25 years later, very few if any games come close to the depth and real-world exploration and interaction deus ex has, especially with the gmdx mod

[@nickymnr3092]

i still play this game after 24 years , first time in 2000 i had the demo and after i boutht the original game, still have it in the box :)

[@deerslayer1234]

One memory comes to mind and that was reading about the Alginon run. What an absolute beast of an achievement that was and one probably not feasible in most other games.

[@michaellaemmermann4705]

It was amazing scince(storyline) - now it s horrific near to truth we ve ever exspected. I played it in 2000 - was so great. And today i started it again. It s an amazing expirience if you connecet everything with our today...

[@zorkan111]

32:05 "50% of Internet traffic comes from a handful of websites". Hardly has anything to do with conspiracy theories. That's just a simple Pareto principle.

[@bbbbbbb51]

Consolidation absolutely ties into conspiracy theories.

[@PadPoet]

This game definitely needs a remake! Imagine the experience in Unreal Engine 5!

[@necroticavalon5176]

Would be fitting. Deus Ex was made with original Unreal engine.

[@sirakreader251]

Literally bought the game while watching the video and installed it.

[@darkbaron7]

This game shits all over Cyberpunk 2077. Can't believe it's been over 20 years since this masterpiece released.

[@bbbbbbb51]

They're not comparable. At all. They don't even try to do the same things.

[@shawnmarcum8078]

J.C. Denton is Neo in video game form.

[@jackp492]

damn near perfect game, good job on the review definitely a unique take as I learnt alot I didn't know

[@doomfeast1102]

I was 8 when DE came out, and now I feel old enough to make Gunther' augs look last spec.

[@gasmaskguys4965]

So glad i stumbled onto this game in 2009, came packaged with the game just cause (I purchased the dual disk deal for this reason). Ended up playing Deus ex more in the end. God i love this game

[@8bitdreams4u]

Watching this review must have subconsciously inspired me to make my channel. I have you to blame! Great job man👏

[@kingbeef5076]

Elon is 100% Bob Page but the scariest thing is that he is currently in the process of creating his own personal Walton Simons.