Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

I really wish steam had an "it's alright, I guess" option, because that's exactly how i feel about it. However, the jank you have to encounter while playing it definitely knocks it down to negative. Like, yes, I get it, this game is older than a good chunk of steam users, but it's not 2000s anymore and what was tolerable then isn't tolerable now (even taking into the account how dirt cheap it is), especially with a sprinkle of instability and crashes on top. In the 20 hours it took me to finish the story, it crashed 5 or 6 times, wasting about an hour of my life. There are also no conveniences like autosaves, detailed settings, neatly pre-configured key mappings, and so on - your normal old game stuff. I'm sure if I played this 20+ years ago, I would've had a great time - there was a lot of thought put into this, and it still might be ahead in some moments compared to your average cookie-cutter RPG, but man the overall experience is just really rough by current standards. If you're fine with all that and into the cyberpunk genre (which is extremely starved), I highly recommend to sweep through forums for fixes beforehand, do not rawdog it.

Love it. The mechanics is clunky I give you that, but still playable, and I enjoy playing the game until the end. For every Deus Ex fans, this is a must play.

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didnt expect much because i usually don't like older games but this was peak

"Why are you locked in the bathroom?" This game is a gem from the 2000s. The sassy unhinged JC Denton is probably one of the most memorable protagonists of any game, despite how low budget the VA was and how the graphics have aged worse than those of Half-Life which, btw, this game shares quite a bit of mechanics so any 90s FPS fans will be right at home. I don't have too much to say about it, for the mere fact that i feel you should discover by yourself how the plot develops, discovering some wacky conspiracies that will probably leave you as unhinged as Denton himself. Im aware a remaster of this game is upcoming and, even tho the graphics aged badly, i still think whenever it has released by the time you read this or not, you should buy the original GOTY to experience it as it was. You will have to move a few things related to resolution and graphics but after that it should work flawlessly. Play the original base game before getting any mods and then, sink yourself in the conspiracy. Score: 8/10

TL;DR: Worthy. Took my "definitely-on-the-spectrum-ass" 84 hrs to complete my first ever playthrough of a game I keep hearing about for decades, while exploring every door, every dark corner, every secret, every book/newspaper/email/datapad, every dialogue option and all endings. Besides hearing about it being a "masterpiece", I started without expectations for a game from the year 00 and I kept getting surprised and immersed. Had an urge to "experience everything". The flavor/theme of the story is right up my alley. I imagine that in the year 00' many things depicted in the story sounded so weird and fictional... oh how times have changed ;-) Just shows how this game was ahead of its time. Gameplay itself and the settings (especially keybinds) are a bit dated, but it never ones broke on me (and I tried). Not a single crash. That says a lot. Patching the game to support modern resolutions and framerate was simple as dropping few files into the game directory, and I recommend everyone to do that.

Terrible Game. Does not age well in 2026.

Played it so much in the early 2000s, it's an awesome RPG and a great conspiracy thriller. Dated graphics, but immersive RPGs like this are few and far in between. A must play.