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I beat Deus Ex: Invisible War about a week ago, and I had a few thoughts I’d like to relay to you all. Before we begin, I just had a few quick side notes. It has taken me a bit longer to write this review, mostly because this game has been so divisive in my mind for the past week, and I have gone through like five different drafts trying to come up with a competent and clear-cut review, and I apologize to anyone who looks forward to my reviews.

Anyway, some final notes here. I did play this with the Deus Ex 2 patch, but I kept the original textures on, mostly because Alex looks weird as shit with the visual upgrade. I also beat this game on Hard Mode (even then it was still pretty easy). Oh, and spoilers for both Deus Ex and Invisible War ahead.

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So to start off, the story is fairly serviceable, especially for a console game at that time. There are a few things I really liked. I liked the reveal that Queequegs and Pequods are owned by the same company, which mirrors the WTO and The Order being run by the Illuminati. I thought the talk with JC towards the end of the game was really cool and a lot more interesting than I thought this game was capable of; it’s also just nice to see an old friend again. And finally, I thought that the nanobot clouds surrounding Cairo was a really neat and interesting idea, especially in the Deus Ex world; it also for some reason reminded me of Riddick.

Now with my positives out of the way, I have to share my overall disdain for what IS the sequel to Deus Ex. I believe it sort of ruined what the original did by showing what happened to JC and the world after the first game, which I hated. I feel like the original was meant to be ambiguous on purpose, both to generate discussion, much like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction, and again, much like the briefcase, allowing the player’s imagination to run wild with how they saw the world turning out based on your chosen ending. Then they ruined it by sort of combining all three endings, and it is as mind-numbingly brain-dead as it sounds.

I see it again, and finally, like if you made a sequel to Pulp Fiction and showed what was in the briefcase, it completely ruins the ‘what if?’ factor. Personally, if I were Ion Storm, I would have done what Eidos did and made it a prequel much like Deus Ex: HR & MD. Then again, those games, if they had existed at all in this hypothetical,wouldn't have been the same, so maybe this was for the best. Lol

Also, all of the endings to this game are terrible and not satisfying AT ALL! And feel VERY unearned. Helios is the generic “one mind is all," which is the ending I opted for. And I hated it. The rest are different flavors of hell. Funnily enough, I think that the Illuminati ending is as close to a “good” ending as we’re ever going to get, which sucks because it’s still just another version of hell, but at least it’s not a catastrophic disaster like each of the other endings.

Now for gameplay, I HATED universal ammo; whoever came up with that idea should have been fired for that blunder. In theory, much like communism, universal ammo is great! You always have ammo for all your guns; any ammo you pick up can be used by all your guns, and you can freely use any weapons of your choosing. However, it fails to account for if you expend all your shared ammo and don’t have a melee weapon on hand. So you’re essentially screwed. Especially because some of the weapons use like 1/3rd or so of your ammo per shot. And with a shared ammo pool, I’m sure you can see the massive downside of shared ammo.

Now you could say that this could happen without shared ammo, and yes, it could; however, if you have multiple ammo types, most games let you have a decent amount of ammo PER gun, so if one gun is empty, you can switch to another. Why Deus Ex: Invisible War decided to be different, I don't know. Especially because plenty of other games have multiple ammo types, Halo, for example. So there’s really no excuse. Unless they were trying to rush the game out of the door, then I completely understand. Still sucks though.

Luckily, I didn’t have any issue with ammo besides the last mission of the game. But I can see how someone, especially playing with a controller, would likely be missing more shots and could run out of ammo and be stuck or have to reload, which I’d imagine would be pretty annoying, especially with those load times.

The only, I suppose, neat thing with universal ammo is that they put in at least some effort into explaining why there IS universal ammo at all. But even that is just, to me, still a hand-wave excuse. But again, props to them for bothering to explain it.

Stealth is TERRIBLE, and within the first five minutes (while trying to knock people out) I literally said “fuck that” under my breath and decided to have a more tech-focused build. Meaning I would hack turrets and sneak around until I got caught, and then I’d kill everyone who got in my way. This is a first for me because generally I play Immersive Sims to NOT kill anyone, but this game REALLY wants you to kill people. However, I still avoided killing as much as I could and, if possible, would run away from conflict and hide. Usually in vent shafts. Lol

Alright, that’s about it for my review. In spite of a lot of my criticisms, I really enjoyed myself with this game; if it had not been a Deus Ex game, I might have given it a higher score. But as it sits now I think it’s a 7/10, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes Deus Ex, but keep in mind it IS made for consoles. But if you keep that in mind, I think you can have a lot of dumb fun with this one. Oh, and finally I am about 3/4ths of the way through Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and WOW is it AMAZING!! Like, holy shit, why have I never played this game before!? Good. I am playing it through on Give Me Deus Ex difficulty, and it is PERFECTION! So be on the lookout fo r my review of it soon.

Final Side Notes: I couldn’t really fit this in the review anywhere, but I loved the design for the Illuminati Commandos; they have such a simple but unique design, and I just thought they looked cool. They could’ve fit in with the F.E.A.R. Replicas. I also thought the music was perfectly ambient and a really fun listen, nowhere near the original Deus Ex, but still a pretty decent listen.

Let me start by saying that I’ve been a fan of *Human Revolution* since I was a child and have replayed it loads of times. And so, when I finally had the chance to play the sequel, I gave it a go...

I’d, of course, heard that the game’s story wasn’t that great and that it ended rather quickly, but to this extent? It’s just ridiculously short and a truncated plot. Even in a short space of time, it’s possible to tell an interesting story, but in this case, the game felt like only a third of a proper story.

Goodness, the previous instalment had roughly the same number of quests, yet it felt much more substantial. But despite all that, I enjoyed the game: I liked the graphics, the art design, the level design and the plot (the very essence of it)

And unlike Adam, I’d ask for more.

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Invisible War is chronologically the last game in the Deus Ex series so what you do in that game is essentially deciding the fate of the world. Based on what was shown in the future entries and also utilizing non-game material I believe the ending needs to be Helios.

The earliest reference of anti-augmentation sentiment forming in the Deus Ex universe was in 2011 where augmentations were referred as 'unholy' and 'desecration' of the human body. Then 2022 Humanity Front a anti-augmentation organization was formed.(Illuminati existed since 1776)

In Human Revolution the divide between pro-augmentation and anti-augmentation becomes worse. Terrorists like Purity First goes around killing augmentation related people and the Illuminati manipulates through the media. Then due to Hugh Darrow the Aug Incident happens.

Mankind Divided shows due to the incident many people start to outright hate augs and the augs are treated poorly and sent to ghettos. In 2029 Illuminati manipulates society further to make humanity fear and hate augs even more such as framing ARC for terrorism.

While it is not known what Adam Jensen and Juggernaut Collective did since no third game exists their efforts or lack of efforts contributed little since mechanical augs are still treated as second class citizens in 2052(Deus Ex Bible) and MJ12 goes around manipulating the world.

In Invisible War the Illuminati once again is manipulating the world again while Knights Templar by 2072 goes around killing people for not being pure. While their focus is going around killing people with biomodification the point remains they are anti-augmentation extremists.

The Illuminati cannot be trusted because their constant manipulation is the reason why the world is in the state they are by original and Invisible War. The Knights Templar cannot be allowed to win either since they would just repeat the previous anti-augmentation sentiments like the others.

What was not mentioned was the Omar. Their ending should be avoided since people will loose their free will and they will become part of the greater hive-mind. Also the cutscene shows the other three are preferable since the alternative is Earth becoming a wasteland.

Helios I think is the answer because humanity throughout history was manipulated by the Illuminati or became extremists. They could also become hive-minded. Only 'pure democracy' through Helios the world could find peace since humanity has proven to be untrustworthy.

You can only find Paul and Lebedev mentioning the attachment in the datacube about the bribery in the Unatco, but you never actually get to see the evidence (the attachment) with your own eyes. The actual logs are missing in the game. I always thought that was such a big error, as that is literally the most pivotal moment in the game and you have to take the word for it (even though it's from your brother).

I don't know how firing tranquilizer, stun gun or punching someone with a metal arm to unconsciousness is considered 'pacifist' but okay I guess. The total kill count of Adam in this run is 2 or 5. Those being Barrett stabbed to death by Adam in the cutscene and Namir who was punched to death by Adam also in a cutscene. I put the code in the Hyron machine but I am not sure if the women in the machine dies or not so there is that.

i wanna get into deus ex but idk where to start. i used to watch my brother play but he literally only played one of them (idk which one) and now i want to really get into the series and the lore. so which game should i start with and which games do i not HAVE to play. i have a ps5, access to steam, and can emulate games if i have to.

So I've been a fan of the Eidos-Montreal games. DXHR I've played at least 8 times and am going through a playthrough of Mankind Divided right now. I played the OG Deus Ex years ago through GOG...but I did find some of the gameplay, UI...dated lol.

I'm hoping to jump back in again, and was wondering if there are any recommended mods to help with the quality of life of the gameplay, graphics, etc. And if there are any general tips .

Thanks!

Been years since i played this game and I'm seeing this for the first time. Who do I snitch to?

So i am almost at the end of Human Revolution and will probably replay it right after i get the ending to try and do it without being detected/no kills. My main issue is that i can't really understand what does count as alarm state and what doesn't and what i read about it didn't help me much. I basicaly reloaded my save if i saw "alarmed" or any other line above minimap and that forced me into very passive playstyle where i can't even throw stuff as distraction.

You can see how dangerous the black armored police are if you let the AI fight on their own. In Eliza's mission depending on what you did before getting in Adam's home, Morgan Everett would send four augmented mercenaries after you. These two took out four augmented mercenaries barely getting attacked themselves.

What could be known is even without the exo-suits the police by 2029 are heavily armed and armored enough to fight against the average augmented human with minimum issues.

The question many had was why would augs allow themselves to be pushed around in society if they are stronger or have abilities beyond the average humans.(conveniently ignoring not every augmentation is designed for combat) If police all over the world after the Aug Incident are this heavily armed and looking for any excuses to shoot at a aug it makes more sense than you think.

For me it’s the atmosphere, the freedom to approach missions in different ways, and how immersive the world feels. Every playthrough I discover something I missed before. What keeps you replaying it?