Deus Ex: Literally the Greatest PC Game of All Time

[@CollinandBri]

Remember everyone second hand smoke is a viable weapon in this game with lung augments

[@blindeyedblightmain3565]

What do you mean? There is no such augmentation.

[@khorkhi7107]

@@blindeyedblightmain3565 aqualung exists, or am I misinterpreting something?

[@blindeyedblightmain3565]

@@khorkhi7107 yeah but it doesn't do shit aside from giving you an option to swim longer from what I remember.

[@LazyBastard69]

@@khorkhi7107 HEY AQUALUNG

[@chrisborlandssecretyoutube1683]

@@blindeyedblightmain3565 yea the toxic resist aug can make you 90% resistance to cigs, you can still kill others with it

[@rudolph2937]

13:53 Dude... That isn't Paul. That is JoJo. They don't look even remotely similar. This whole segment of the video is just wrong

[@Sheppards1984]

I Was looking for this comment

[@YXalr]

That's not Paul's body you're carrying. It's Jo Jo Fine.

[@AlexDenton0451]

Paul Denton isn’t supposed to pass out like that lmfao So usually when you help break him out he leaves the hotel on his own and thanks you Then he shows up in Hong Kong, and assists you as the game goes on

[@Benzi514]

Yeah this was an odd part in the video since you can totally win that fight and it can work fine / not bug out like it did in his playthrough.

[@maxwellstrangeloop3810]

I believe you can actually save Paul if you die before him when you get apprehended. If you do, he really will be waiting for you in Hong Kong

[@ashokrohan7232]

@Jonny B Yes, don't exit the window else he dies

[@Belzughast]

Back when 200.000 sold copies in half a year was considered a success.

[@annematthews1837]

It was a success. This was a PC project, and at the time the game required a decent mid range gaming PC. Back then, although PC's were light years ahead of the consoles, they were still mainly an office / study machine that you did your emails with and possibly a bit of solitaire. Also we don't equate copies sold with quality. If we did, Katy Perry's "ROAR!" would be a masterpiece, while Mozarts Great Mass would be some pulp shit in comparison. Just cos Playstation and XBOX sell millions of copies of Tombraider 27, COD 74 and Battlefield 109 ... doesn't make them "good games".

[@abstr4cted496]

@@annematthews1837I don't think JoQan was saying it wasn't a success. Just pointing out the difference between now and then.

[@Cykrypt]

PC gaming was an incredibly niche hobby in the 90's... absolteuly nothing like it is today.

[@magmad1ver]

well, 40 dollars in 2000. so 40 x 200,000 in that times values.

[@chuckwood3426]

Paul dying despite you fighting of the attackers sounds like a bug. I have saved Paul in the past and he thanks you and it changes parts of the story.

[@deeliteful4011]

Yep, I remember this being a thing on the PS2 version too. You had to fight off the guys coming into his apartment + the guys in the lobby then follow some dialog choices in a certain way iirc

[@electricmiragemedia]

It happens if you leave through the window regardless of anything

[@andrewl258]

@@electricmiragemedia 7n0

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

it's tied specifically to whether or not you leave via the window, if you leave via the lobby, even if you leave some alive, he will survive. Even if you yourself get clapped he will survive. It sounds like Paul actually died in the fight in Charlatan, but he was showing as unconscious

[@TOASTEngineer]

Yup, it's literally just which door you leave through. Nothing else matters. Bring TNT from the hostage situation, kill everyone in the building, but leave through window: Paul dies. Cloak and run past all the attackers, walk through the front door: Paul lives. You can even just hide in the closet or the secret room and let Paul kill everyone his own damn self, he's still got plot armor.

[@HerbertFilby]

16:53 In the sequel (Deus Ex: Invisible War) they confirm that the entire machine was, in fact, fully stocked with lemon-lime. Gunther's conspiracy theory was right. That said, though, in certain emails you can find written by Gunther clearly show he's not very elegant with typing so he may have butter-fingered the lemon-lime button either way. > "Might I sugest agin, a skul-gun for my head."

[@fvnk0]

They made his idea into an augment in cruelty squad

[@chrisborlandssecretyoutube1683]

thats not pauls body, you were carrying around the unconscious body of JoJo fine. (you knocked him out earlier saving gilbert and sandra renton). If you manage to clear the entire hotel lobby without paul dying he will thank you and tell you to go to the subway while he slips out with smuggler.

[@th4ft]

Can we appreciate that warren spector also co-wrote what is considered one of, if not the best modules for paranoia to date. Also considering in paranoia you're called "troubleshooters" I can only imagine the game he had in mind had very similar concepts.

[@illdoitlater4735]

lol, what are you talking about? That isn't Paul's body that is Jojo Fine. Paul is literally flagged as Invincible in the 'Ton hotel fight & you can win it. The real issue with that sequence is the flag which determines the outcome is based on the exit you use. You have to exit through the front door not the window for Paul to survive. Also, that isn't what a sequence break is, that is just the game not clearing what JC is carrying after loading, hell the game doesn't even clear your inventory until a second after you are placed in jail meaning you can drop everything & pick it up in prison without having to go pick it up from the MJ12 armoury, which is a sequence break. Which Deus Ex is full of, anytime you use a keycode from your own memory instead of finding it, that's a sequence break, the biggest being entering the restricted area of Versalife with the keycode you get from Tracer Tong before you have ever met him. The soundtrack is available with the GOG GOTY version in case anyone wants to find it. Even with these errors I was going to thumbs up the video but you didn't kill Louis Pan so gonna have to hit the thumbs down, what a shame.

[@fractale4322]

I literally have just been playign it, for the first time all the way through. It really is fantastic and actually kind of shocking how ahead of it's time it really was. If this came out now it could easily hold it's own as one of the top games of the year without even changing the core game.

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

I only played the OG after Human Revolution and damn it holds up even today. Especially with a couple of mods

[@gerardotejada2531]

Which ones!!!

[@lemonov3031]

@@gerardotejada2531 Community Update Pack with Transcended and Confix selected on installation will be enough. Avoid GMDX and Revision like fire.

[@jcdenton7564]

@@gerardotejada2531 malkavian mod i guess

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

That thumbnail with JC with a hand inside the SOY is just art

[@MonsieurExist]

You can also hear Deus Ex as Day o' Sex

[@morderus0033]

I've never pronounced it like that...

[@Disissid19]

I was literally waiting for this beautiful cat to make another upload

[@ImperiumofRat]

Indeed comrade! And the man with the dapper beard is cool too I hope fritz brings him in vids more

[@unclepatrick2]

I replayed Deus Ex in 2020 and found a new way to get around on Liberty Island . Every time I played it , I found something new in the game .

[@CharlatanWonder]

www.humblebundle.com/store/deus-ex-game-of-the-year-edition?partner=charlatan if you somehow don't own Deus Ex already, it's a dollar and change on the humble store right now (affiliate link BTW)

[@satorukuroshiro]

Wait... Human Revolution was a prequel? Clearly I was paying even less attention to the story than I thought...

[@Direblade11]

I was gonna say that I'd be in college when this premieres, but god DAMN it's on a Saturday! I love you, you sexy beast of a man.

[@ghostnoodle9721]

Is your first day monday?

[@Direblade11]

@@ghostnoodle9721 Monday is the start of my week, but school started months ago

[@ThePairoFlan]

Curiously enough I bought this game, the sequel, and the prequel yesterday

[@ThePairoFlan]

@Samuel Andre oh I know, I'm already liking the game so much

[@GSG-io8zp]

What a rotten way to die

[@Virgil-Arcanum]

Did you also buy the prequel sequel?

[@Graknorke]

I have never thought about it before but I now believe with the fervour of a religious fanatic that Postal 2 is an immersive sim.

[@hannibalcase1100]

It is, though. Starting gunfights by peeing on strangers never ceases to amaze me.

[@loxlox7910]

Deus Ex is still one of my favourite games to this day, it holds up unlike a lot of shit nowadays. Of course, engine limitations did span a lot of creativity back in the day, but I'm sure we'll see some aspects of the gaming industry make it back to what it was, and even more so.

[@aolanikainoa552]

Deus Ex is the best game of all time. It's not just a game to play, it's an experience to live.

[@solaireofchungus2396]

Charlatan using his dedicated swoop button. 3:48 (Edit:Thanks Charlatan!)

[@dumwill2sam]

I love the house slippers

[@saisameer8771]

The crossbow is great for a non lethal playthrough. You just have to be more patient early game when your skills are much lower. I've done so many non lethal playthroughs where I found d the crossbow pretty useful.

[@Mike-zd8wq]

Games like this are near impossible today because folks like John Romero don't get to tell capable developers to make their dream games.

[@Sputnik1]

Sometimes it happens - Spec Ops: The Line for example. And while being a genuine piece of art, it didn't sell well, so I don't think it'll happen any time soon

[@beetheimmortal]

It's interesting, that the cyberpunk genre very rarely shows up in all the different medias, and pretty much always destroys everything else. Take Deus Ex, Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner.

[@joshuacollins385]

Started playing this again a couple of weeks ago. Calling this one of the best games ever really isn't an exaggeration, but it's kind of like calling Psycho one of the best films ever. If you watch it now so many parts will seem familiar to you because so many other movies were inspired by it. Deus Ex is the same. The story, dialogue, level design, quest progression, skill system and the style, and the way it handles player choice have been used in so many other later things. None of the have quite managed to do it justice though. In truth Deus Ex didn't invent most of those things, it's just the first example I can think of that put them all together so well.

[@marekjurko4548]

I was not that bummed about the third of the sequels getting canned. I consider them OK games, but not good Deus Ex games. Way too safe in their themes, bit too absurd in some of their stylistic choices, the second one got ravaged by corporates. If they were called, better "Mass Effect" though... Also, still better than abomination "Invisible War" was.

[@morderus0033]

Agree

[@kevo_1408]

I hope this video will be at least three hours long

[@tyrongkojy]

So nothing that's ever been released on PC has topped Deus Ex? That's a damning, but accurate, condemnation of PC gaming....

[@saisameer8771]

Nah. If anything that's a huge compliment because the PC has tonnes of great genre defining titles. Deus ex and system shock 2 are so influential that to this day many games including console exclusive AAA titles use RPG mechanics. Of course they don't do it right most of the time

[@tyrongkojy]

@@saisameer8771 Or one could interpret it as saying nothing as good has come out on pc since.

[@aolanikainoa552]

@@tyrongkojy PC always had has best games before and after Deus Ex.

[@970pl]

Been playing this game for years, at least 20 times with a variety of mods as well. Never knew about the MJ12 Sewer Base. Mind blown.

[@DietmarEugen]

Nowadays this part would be sold as DLC, same as the Vandenberg Gas part.

[@DanielLopez-zt4ig]

​@@DietmarEugenDX levels after rescuing Miguel is dlc after dlc.

[@user-qf3dn6sz6e]

Holy shit I didn’t realize how much you’d grown since I first watched you, when you were at like 40k. Congrats man.

[@bugganutz3370]

One the greatest games of all time! I've put hundreds of hours into it and yet I've never regretted a single second. It's been installed on everyone of my systems since release, and always will. Just an absolute masterpiece!

[@aolanikainoa552]

Original Deus Ex took me more than a month to finish and every moment in this game was such a masterpiece experience

[@slyaspie4934]

I'll always remember 16yr old me doing the mission where you're sneaking round Dentons office, I was going in all the vents trying different ways not to get seen, going in every room including the ladies' toilets, looking for different paths, and finally doing it without raising the alarm. Then speaking with his superior and him telling me to "stop sneaking round the ladies' toilets"🤣 lol my mind was blown how does he know, that's just one of many things they really did think of everything amazing game deserves every bit of praise heaped on it. As do your videos keep up the great work

[@Mal_Freeman0451]

The Karen that hangs around near the toilets reports you to Manderley for going into the ladies.

[@ryubreathoffire1]

Love the thumbnail.

[@TheVisceroid]

Looking forward to Postal 2, E.Y.E. and Darkwood videos!

[@unregisteredassaultbutterk1185]

Deus Ex didn't see the future, the writers were just smart enough to know what future human nature will inevitably lead us to

[@Graknorke]

Like all "prophetic" sci-fi, they were writing about the present.

[@dylancarroll4623]

Wait what, who’s the Disney obsessed trust fund? I should have skipped but I’m too lazy and now confused. AHHH.

[@tomasz9429]

When you mention Invisible War, one kitten dies of cold and hunger somewhere. Please stop.

[@rekware9320]

It isnt a subjective opinion either...Dues Ex IS ACTUALLY THE BEST PC GAME EVER MADE...PERIOD. EDIT: As people have said you can save Paul. Done it on a playthrough..

[@HydraSpectre1138]

What’s funny with the Disney reeducation camp joke at the beginning has become somewhat true with Disney supporting anti-Muslim concentration camps in China where they filmed the Mulan remake and thanked the CCP and it’s concentration camps.

[@MICKEYrenraw]

... That's not Paul :D having said that the bug i encountered was, fight through the 'Ton with Paul and clear it, but obviously i don't want to leave via the main entrance as that would be suicide without a stealth aug or camo vest, so i head back up and out Pauls apartment window, except that flips the trigger that makes the game think I abandoned Paul so he's now considered dead :D back to the save file :D

[@Absolynth]

1998 was a good year. Even if some of these legends came out a year before or after, 98 was the epicenter of legendary PC gaming.

[@form4li7y]

1:46 INCORRECT! It is not the greatest PC game.... It is the greatest game of all time across all platforms! 😁👍 Seriously though. A lot of people overlook the PS2 port, which is a same. Up until recently that port was the only way for me to play it and i never felt I missed out on anything. From the moment I first played it I was hooked. The game is a masterpiece.

[@krystiankrewniak]

I am just doing another playthrough. I tazed Sandra Renton cause she was pissing me off, and it was written she is unconscious. Next I talk to Vinny the soldier in the bar before the shipyard level and... He says she is dead😆 I guess I broke DX 😁

[@chillhour6155]

That was not Paul lol, but yeah fighting and killing all the mib in the hotel doesn't help you save Paul, best thing to do if I remember correctly was to choose the option to stay and fight but then immediately leave through the bedroom window

[@brucecamp4448]

My vision is augmented.

[@mulatso7959]

I played this game like 2 years after its release, it blew my ass mind!

[@lbp2ification]

13:55 that’s not Paul dentons body that’s JoJos body, Paul actually can survive the apartment

[@Yadid1]

Please show kitty on stream.

[@kongo8149]

Just bought the game for 90 cents

[@AFRICA_NEWS]

He was a good man

[@waxee421]

i just picked deus ex and im loving it, thank you so much, this game is amazing

[@jehriko7525]

bro QUIT GIVING ME NOSTALGIA (good video btw)

[@jmarra07]

Might be the worst video I've seen about this game. For anybody wondering, check out Sseth Tzeentach's, or Chris Davis', Ross's Game Dungeon's or NeverKnowsBest.

[@zoesylvester8539]

What is this about Disney? All I've heard is that they've laid off a shitton of people

[@nathanielhaven3453]

Playing yhis amazing game on ps2 is a fucking feat. Aside from occasional load screens it feels like the whole thing is there

[@hannibalcase1100]

There's an optional segment in New York that's missing, but it's still my favorite version.

[@nathanielhaven3453]

@@hannibalcase1100 dont forget all the updated textures and lighting in the ps2 version. Interestingly half life on ps2 also got updated models and lighting.

[@hannibalcase1100]

@@nathanielhaven3453 I still think it's a shame that nobody has modded those gorgeous prerendered cutscenes into the PC version. The intro in particular is downright chilling in the PS2 version. I played the PS2 port of Half-Life, but I always got killer headaches playing it. Something about the way it renders angles is just... off, I dunno.

[@ImperiumofRat]

Is noone going to mention the fact ambrosia is a custard making company

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

Why do you think Ambrosia are so called? Etymology is your friend.

[@ImperiumofRat]

@@Pragnantweggyboard honestly I have no idea, I always thought it was a brand name

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

@@ImperiumofRat Now you know!

[@lukaslayer8357]

I've never gotten the chance to play deus ex, and from the videos I saw, I missed some good shit.

[@alirezajahanbakhsh7890]

That mask joke was hilarious xD Your channel is incredible I'm a huge fan of immersive sim games and deus ex series in particular. keep up the good work! Ali from Iran :)

[@Pietreszcz]

Oooh boy, first the Deus Ex vid, and now the info that you're going to make a video about E.Y.E. - I friggin loved that game! Take care Charl and thank you for awesome vids!

[@MICKEYrenraw]

Man OG Deus Ex was... IS such a good game, The modern DXs are ok, more like DX lite. Like Bioshock to System Shock, fun but shallow

[@abstr4cted496]

Consoles, casuals, and the publishers following the money caused a major halt in game design. It's been getting dumbed down and over simplified since around 2003.

[@MICKEYrenraw]

@@abstr4cted496 unfortunately you can't blame them, that's why i've almost entirely migrated to indie games :)

[@The1of1000]

I’m really curious actually why this game is as acclaimed as it is. I’ve familiar with the sequels, but this one I just happen to know nothing of.

[@ominousmist960]

The original was arguably the most immersive. No bs. No tailoring to cod fanboys or anything. It’s like half-life. Timeless. From the sneaking to going full guns blaze it. It had the perfect style and blend of the two. The areas you go we’re both open and enclosed rewarding both types of gameplay. The original actual made you think about where you’re spending your points on levels and such. What weapons you’ll take. How you solve this puzzle or that puzzle. It was a very strategic and difficult game on the higher levels, but rewarding.

[@Pragnantweggyboard]

Untill you play it, you'll never know.

[@icarusgaming6269]

I can't tell if this is the worst or best ad read ever made

[@DemienC.]

Rocket into pack of guardsmen. I literally did it yesterday.

[@kurtzman1883]

Damn, are you typing this from prison?

[@DemienC.]

@@kurtzman1883 Yeah, sounded a bit strange without context. I meant this moment 9:51

[@Oknopuac]

If I remember properly it is possible without Paul being unconscious to rescue him, try like I did saving as many of the mine/grenades as possible, plant them across the hallway outside the door at a guesstimated six feet apart, make sure to also put obstacles in Paul's way, things like chairs and potted plants, after the initial assault throw all remaining down the stairs and do as you typically do on your current run, like if you're trained in rifles go guns blazing into the last few soldiers left, once it's over talk to Paul :3

[@thundercricket4634]

I actually finished my.......90th or something playthrough of this game yesterday. Picked the Merger ending.

[@Jnensrevenge]

Deus EX is not the best PC game of all time. It's THE BEST game of all time.

[@roulis640]

They had us on the first half, ngl

[@Enes-tn9si]

I wish we get a Deus Ex remake.

[@falldownpit]

Huh, why didn't the ad break include a skill check? You min-max?

[@CharlatanWonder]

My meme server has a skillcheck of 0 since it's early-game. That's probably why they were able to get into it so fast.

[@AviNerenberg]

Funny you call immersive sims "Oscar bait," because the true videogame equivalent of Oscar bait is something like The Last of Us-ostentatious storytelling and cinematic presentation that fails to obscure a mechanically stale and artistically bankrupt core.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Immersive sims are more like arthouse blockbusters. Films like Christopher Nolan’s films, Denis Villeneuve’s films, the MonsterVerse, Zack Snyder’s Justice League Trilogy, The Last Jedi, Studio Ghibli’s films, Pixar’s earlier films (and some of their later films), and Marvel Studios’ Eternals. Arthouse blockbuster is probably my favourite type of film.

[@morphinebottle]

I am deaf. Please make subtitles for this video

[@Bredmirror]

Right now its 0.97 EUR on steam :)

[@rezaka116]

Oh come on, Deus Ex had the best lip sync technology of its time.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Sonic Adventure came out two years before Deus Ex and it was about on par with Deus Ex with the lip synch.

[@router9717]

Hey Mijo, take care over there in Yankeeland

[@router9717]

The video we didn't ask for, but we've all been waiting for.

[@rez9914]

WHAT A SHAME

[@Sheppards1984]

That's not Paul, that's jojo fine...

[@mickles1975]

Was that a Llamas with hats reference?

[@kudo7821]

I hope you revisit this game in the future, OG Deus Ex seems like a bit of a darling on this channel and I'd love to see it get the same kind of deep dive that Human Revolution got

[@Jediahgames]

If you kill all the bad guys without letting Paul off of your fov he'll get to the entrance of the building, say goodbye to you and go away This doesn't appear to change anything else though

[@Lasagnabobby]

I instantly liked when i saw the intro

[@Biouke]

Why is Deus Ex the best? Easy: No stupid hacking minigame ! Also, waiting for that E.Y.E. goodness, that zany French touch :) Ça promet pas mal de brouzouf ! XD

[@MousePounder]

47 hours remaining. What is the deal with being told you can't have something so your reaction is like "fuck you, I don't even want it!!"? Like, I want to watch this so bad it is wrapping back around to being mad that I can't. Oh well. See you in a couple days. I am sure this will be a banger. It is Deus Ex after all.

[@ashtremble]

i just got this game and this pops up

[@Ironclad17]

Every rpg needs a malkavian mod.

[@DanVzare]

I remember someone saying that they had only just played Red Dead Redemption 2, and that now no game would ever live up to it. I told them that I was envious if that was the best game they had ever played, since I had played the original Deus Ex when I was a kid, and still hadn't found something that was anywhere as good. Needless to say, that person was very unhappy that I had the gall to say that a game that released in the year 2000, could be better than a game that came out in 2018 with a budget that's probably ten times higher. I know it's kind of like comparing apples and oranges, but I'm serious when I say that Deus Ex is the best game I've ever played. It's not my favourite game of all time, but it's definitely the best game of all time.

[@toprem4037]

11:56 - And that's one of the worst aspects of the game. JC is allegedly a great cop, but can't hit the side of a Cyberbarn with guns. That's one thing I'm glad wasn't in the newer Deus Ex games. 21:23 - Someone should have asked Todd Howard that

[@bruhistantv9806]

tbh, seeing the success of hitman, and the resurgence of deus ex and it's giga cult status, I'm pretty sure that the entire Jensen saga will be concluded by 2025 the dude who did the mocap for jensen recently posted how he's working on a little something something that will probably be released in 2024 - potentially a new deus ex?

[@papalegba6796]

Played it when it first came out, when PC gaming was more niche than it is now. Was an amazing experience, I had a non-gamer friend used to come over mine & we'd play through it like a movie, with him making all the decisions, he loved it. Really cool experience.

[@moesalamander7012]

The only continuity error I found was when some UNATCO troops said “Manderly’s gonna have our asses” after I killed manderly

[@Aliastasiz]

LMAO dude, I found ur channel because of youtube stories and thought like "Why the fuck you show me some cooking channel?!" But turned out you put out some real good content. Continue your work.

[@newironside]

Hell yeah Deus Ex is the greatest PC game of all time. Its a fucking shame all the sequels dumbed it down so much and how Square shit the bed with Mankind Divided.

[@slckb0y65]

let be honest, it was a master piece of the era but it didn't really aged that gracefully apart from the story who's like fine wine. it was already an acquired taste back then, and it's perk system was more likely to screw you than allow different style playthrough. would most defenetly deserve a remake ala Black Mesa, keeping the spirit and the best part of it but improving both the visuals and the gameplay to more refined standards.

[@Mrkabrat]

Ah yes, the Navy Seals copy pasta. The classic Deus Ex dialogue choice

[@andreworders7305]

The French localization made their own studio?! LMAO!

[@joaquinleotta6090]

Seeing Frisk barely fit in that box made my day

[@LeuvahkTrigger]

Last I checked the J.C. actually stands for Jesus Christ as Denton was the name of one of the friends of a dev and whenever he would do something odd the dev would say 'Jesus Christ, Denton' and thats how his name came about.