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We should have taken it more seriously. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (16 children)

Could someone enlighten me what Deus Ex is about without spoiling more than two hours of gameplay?

[–] [email protected] 106 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (12 children)

You're a new type of cyborg cop, that works for a new anti-terrorism unit to hunt down terrorists, formed after they bombed the twin towers. A global pandemic keeps the streets eerily quiet.

The game came out in 2000 btw.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The game came out in 2000 btw.

And the last official patch was...

Mon Mar 19 12:06:14 2001 v1.112fm

...176 days before 9/11. Crazy foresight.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Al-Qaeda tried to destroy those buildings every 5 years or so.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

I got the game bundled with a SoundBlaster Live! Platinum 5.1 kit and played it before, during, and after 9/11, and was blown away by the coincidences that appeared eerily prescient during this time.

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