Secret PS3 exclusive =P

ya heard it here first!!!

Indeed. DX2 was fun in and of itself, but it broke my heart with those XBoxisms, when compared to the first game.

Yeah, I can't say I didn't like IW, but it just didn't feel like Deus Ex to me. Aside from the goofy-huge text and interface, it seemed a lot more linear than DX was. Hopefully DX3 will let let loose on the reigns again.

Or they should use Unreal engine, and make it a lot more playable than crappy Cryengine 2.

I don't know about your performance in Cryengine 2, but I find that it performs about equally except the post-processing and shaders are ridiculously demanding. With shaders and post-processing on medium everything else can be on very high around 60 FPS-- roughly the same FPS as Bioshock, but with vastly better visuals. And, if it were small, closed spaces, like I imagine this will be more often than not, performance would vastly increase. High view distance = less performance. That's why Oblivion is still something of a beast to run.

And c'mon dude, I wasn't try to start a debate. Just showing some extremely pretty pictures that could be expanded into some uber badassness.

CryEngine 2 has vastly superior physics.

I wasn't trying to start a debate either, but so far I have been very much impressed with Unreal Engine 3, and the Unreal Engine is the technology that Deus Ex started on... why not continue that with the power of version 3, while staying away from any licensing agreements with EA?

I love UE3 as well, but how many post-apocalyptic settings can one engine have? =P

Cryengine 2 also does absolutely beautiful character models/faces, which would be big for Deux Ex. And as LaughingTarget said, the vastly improved physics engine would allow a persistent game world, influenced by what you do, much easier. I'm assuming this is going to be coming out for consoles as well, which would mean it would be graphically-reduced and easier to run-- utilizing the merits of the engine rather than acting as a technical showpiece. And it wouldn't be using DX10-based lies as a selling point =P

Has the "CryEngine" been used for anything but a tropical island with military forces and non-human threats? I'm curious.

By far one of my favorite soundtracks. I still listen to it! Check out how many plays the composer has:

http://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+Brandon

It's like bioshock with the upgrades and whatnot, but your choices of upgrades can actually affect how you play the game, ie: stealthy, tank, snipers, etc. you can hack into almost anything and bypass security rather than fighting them and so on. Your actions determine how people treat you in the game, and affect the story line. It's totally badass. You can probably get the first one for $5 on ebay and check it out. It uses Unreal engine graphics I think, so don't expect the prettiest.

Basically, remember all the hype around Bioshock? That you could do anything, create completely different characters, no two encounters would ever be the same, yada yada?

Deus Ex did it seven years earlier. And did it better. You altered the entire flow of the game based on your actions. It was incredibly non-linear in both gameplay and story. Player choice wasn't reduced to "How do I kill this person?" There were multiple ways to get to your objective, only one of which (usually the suicidal method) was Ramboing. In a way, it was more like a puzzle game than a FPS. Don't get me wrong, it was very actiony. Accuracy was important, even though stats affected your chance to hit/miss. However, every single encounter was more cerebral than twitch. Also, it had a strong investigative edge to it, as you were trying to uncover the conspiracies around you, and there were a lot of conspiracies. Most of it wasn't given to you in narrative format; it was done in e-mail fragments and the memos that you uncovered while hacking. That doesn't sound like such a big deal now, but at the time it was incredible.

The story was incredibly deep as well. Much better than "ZOMG water's everywhere in the city and Ayn Rand's in charge lols." There wasn't "the twist" like is mandatory in every game nowadays. Like the X-Files, the game was nothing more than a long series of twists, but it was well-done. It should also be mentioned that it was really the first game to have an action-meets-RPG mentality, and it pulled off both rather well. I still hold it in almost sacred regard. It did have its flaws, but every game does.

Then came Invisible War. *sigh* The best analogy I've been able to come up with is that Invisible War is like if ID had released a G-rated Doom 2. It just wasn't the true sequel it should have been.

Thank you everyone for your awesome replies. =) If I ever get the chance, I'll be sure to look out for Deus Ex based on your recommendations. ;)

"And I never played the oringinal Deus Ex before"

There's your problem you see.

Few questions: What can it be compared to? On what platform is it on? And where can I get it.

You can also get the PS2 version at Game Stop for about $5.00 in the bargain bin. Even on PS2 its a really great game.

Nah, don't get it on PS2.

Get it on PC, where the damn series should have stayed in the first place.

It's hard to make comparisons to Deus Ex, I suppose its somewhat similar to the System Shock series. Hmmm, Vampire: Bloodlines perhaps.

Anyway, its my second favourite game (System Shock 1 & 2 tie for first) of all time.
The story line and the way they tie together the locations really is tops.

Yeah It's hard to understand all the badmouthing of IW without having played the first Deus Ex. The problem was basically that it took everything that made Deus Ex awesome, deep, enthralling, etc, and threw it out the window. Everything was simplified to the point where every single damn gun used the same ammo, and they decided that instead of picking one ending from the first as canon and leaving the others as alternate but "not real" they tried (pathetically if you ask me) to shoehorn all three into one.

On its own IW was not that bad of a game. However it shouldn't have been a sequel to Deus Ex. It should have been something completely new.

All that said, I want this, but I want it to be what I wanted IW to be. The awesome sequel to an awesome game.

ok. it omly looked better but it suck in some aspects like the idea that all guns use the same ammo. that was the dumbest idea ever. basically if u run out of ammo for a rocket launcher your out for every other gun as well.

You PC game and own a 360? I envy you.

Luckily I beat Bioshock the week it came out, making my summer worthwhile. Beat Portal its release week as well; ignored the rest of the Orange Box. Beat Crysis two days after it came out, was left utterly satisfied... and now I'm absolutely in love with Instant Action... I'm ranked #65 right now lmao. Gears of War for PC was fun, but I regret wasting my money now that so much other stuff is out. I beat the game easily on Insane-- found the story lacking-- played some multiplayer, it was fun, but not up there with Crysis or UT3. And, UT3 I'm actually neglecting right now, to my surprise. The campaign is absolutely terrible, and I'm so addicted to Crysis multiplayer that I barely touch it. The collector's edition case is awesome though.

Assassin's Creed comes out in the spring, and god knows Mass Effect will get a port eventually.