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Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution and its sequel Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was a great reboot of the series, but what do you think of the original Deus Ex?

It was a Game of the Year contender in 2000, but what about in 2024? Is it still worth playing? Or are the gameplay and graphics a bit too... dated.

If it's still worth playing, are there any mods to help make the game more tolerable for today's standards?

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's an old meme that goes like this:

Deus Ex

Everytime you mention it, someone reinstalls it.

I think that speaks for itself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just uninstalled your copy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What a shame.

It was a good game.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Yes. Play it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, but without mods, non-lethal options are a joke to use. Some will probably disagree with me, but I'd recommend playing it with the Revision mod. It improves so many aspects of the gameplay, and just makes it feel less janky, and more modern (in good ways).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I saw the Revision mod listed on steam and was wondering if it would be worth using. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Yes. Play it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's a great game and you should play it, but it's definitely an old game without a lot of the quality of life improvements afforded to us in the modern era.

Remember to save early and often, and also in multiple slots

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My memory escapes me, but isn't there a spot in the game where if you made a bad choice, it affects something a few hours later?

[–] CouldntCareBear 6 points 10 months ago

That's the whole game! ... But don't sweat it about making 'bad' choices, I wouldn't say there's a correct route.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Definitely. Look up DXu24 which even extends and modernises the game and plans to offer really usable VR support for more immersion.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Yes. Play it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Yes. Play it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Yes. Play it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks for bringing this up. I got a steam deck OLED and for some reason the OG Deus Ex was in my long-stagnant steam account. I think I bought it in college when I was playing around with windows partitions on Mac with boot camp. I guess now I can see about putting in a mod to modernize it a little and play it. I love playing older PC games that I never had access to in childhood.

[–] can 3 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I need to reinstall Deus Ex now

[–] JulesTheModest 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, still fun to play this classic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

As someone who played it when it was new...i dunno honestly. It's a fantastic game. A lot of what it did has been learned by other games now, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

GOG has it and it comes with a fan made texture remake. Check it out.

[–] Varyk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I throw a few hi res textures on Morrowind and oblivion and play them through every couple of years. If the game is good, then it's good.

[–] DScratch 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Kind of? Without the rose tinted glasses I find HL2 hard to play. HL1 even more so

[–] Varyk 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't tried to play hl1 again, but Morrowind is amazing and the modding community is amazing, I clock a good 200 hours every time, and I still went over a hundred thirty on a vanilla playthrough four years ago.

[–] Varyk 1 points 10 months ago

Just so I can say this as many times as possible since I'm still crazy about Morrowind, the modding community adds things in Morrowind like fantasy setting lamp posts between cities with ambient gradient light, high res night sky, or even just distance relative water sounds from rivers and waterfalls, small touches that make the entire game seem new.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

While I never got into it, the number of articles, videos and other contet produced about it speaks for itself, and why people love it.

I would definately recommend playing it based on that if you are even just a bit curious about it.