I couldn't care less about the characters because nothing they did or said felt genuine to me. It felt like a poor imitation of X-files. (I'm sure this was a technical limitation) Also having magic spells masked with the word "nano-augmentations" does not a sci-fi system make. * The much vaunted RPG elements of DX1 were already pretty watered down and the upgrades had lots of useless chaff. To me this ruined the stealth game, especially since I was coming off of the most excellent Thief. There was very little way to tell when you were in or out of shadow. * I thought stealth in DX1 was poorly implemented. I'll add a little detail to my stance though: I'm afraid I do not have the time to mount an epic assault on the game as Stump has done for DX2 and I apologize for that. Underworld II was a far better FPRPG and predated DX by a number of years.Ĭlick to expand.I gave a few examples previously of why I thought DX1 was overrated.
It really was a little ugly when it shipped and the levels were more constricted than I expected. Also I felt that the rpg elements were just flat out weird and stealth wasn't as usable without the light gem from Thief. The over-the-top-conspiracy plotlines just left a sour taste in my mouth. I was hyped and played DX1 day one to completetion and liked but didn't really love it. I thought that first was good but not great and that the second was mediocre but not horrible. Had it been a totally different franchise I highly doubt we'd be continually reading hate threads about it years later. I just don't think Deus Ex deserves the praise that it gets and I feel that the hate Deus Ex 2 recieves is largely due to this love for Deus Ex 1. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the original Deus Ex do this as well? Maybe I'm getting the two mixed up but I remember it shattering my immersion pretty hard.
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