Deus Ex: Invisible War

(Play time is low due to using a mod) Fun game that doesn't live up to the hype of the first one. It is still a decent game though. Only issue is the loading times but you may be able to fix that with some mods.

I understand the universal ammo was a lame idea and that there are other issues with the linearity of the game compared to the original. However, I do urge you to look past all that and enjoy a genuinely good story experience with philosophical depth in its dialogue and even in the hidden data you find around. The political commentary and ideological conflicts reflect a lot of the real world and you can leave this game with a ton of new books to read, ideas to research and explore. Plus I did find it quite fun once you accept the mechanics for what they are.

Dialogue and story are terrible (scientist says "sure random guy who broke in, I'll let the shields down so you can play with this unique and priceless gun, just cause"). The endings, all 4, are terrible. Tarnishes J.C. and Tracer Tong's characters quite a bit. Visual's are finicky to get to work and the character models stand in awkward positions. With that said, the gameplay is fun as long as you don't compare it to the other games' gameplay. It's also pretty short. If you like Deus Ex games and want to see what the future looked like, then get this, otherwise I would look elsewhere.

经典

Сама гра доволі проста. Варіативність проходження гри звелася до мінімуму. Як на мене, краще б взагалі прибрали цю імітацію різноманітності проходження рівнів. У грі немає якихось великих проблем, але краще пограти в інші ігри.

This game is not exactly a Deus Ex game, it has a lot of similarities but it changed a lot of core mechanics. While I wish they stuck to the mechanics of the first game, I do like most of the changes this game brings. First, all guns use the same ammo. This helps prevent stacking tons of ammo types and dropping stuff you don't use which is nice. I found it annoying to have to open my items menu and drop stuff constantly. I also like that ammo is not an inventory item so you can always pick up ammo without fear of filling your limited inventory space. Speaking of limited inventory space, the new system is a bit jumbled. I like that every weapon takes up one slot out of 10. Meaning you can carry so many weapons and play around with them. It's also helpful that you don't need to upgrade your weapon skills to use any weapon so it allows you to find out what guns you like the most. Or to hold on to a bunch of weapons for unique situations. I like playing stealthily, but I always kept a shotgun handy just in case. In the old game I wouldn't be able to do that, so I like that I can do that in this game. The downside is that literally everything takes up one of those 10 slots. Bio-cells, grenades, multitools, food, etc. While smaller items stack, your inventory fills up faster than in the first game, but the trade off is you have a wider array of tools at your disposal instead of in the first game where you can only really manage one play style at a time. I also love the variety of weapon modifications. While the same mods appear from the first game, you can do unique things with guns like add a mod to disable alarms on windows. This adds so much to the game because it makes stealth more viable. It is also a way to replace hacking if you don't want to invest in that body modification. Or you can add an EMP modification so you don't need to collect EMP grenades. I also like this because it means you can carry 2 of the same weapons for different reasons. For instance I always carried two pistols. One with a silencer and a mod do disable alarms so I could stealth my way into areas. Then I had a pistol that had increased damage and rapid refire for more combat centric situations. Modifications are more limited in how many you can use in this game, but you can sub them out or level the upgrade multiple times for more effect. Or you can use passive modifications that help your character without utilizing your energy. This allows for a lot of unique combinations of play that you can always change since modification canisters are all over the place. My favorite combo was a melee strength build combined with a mod that turns robots into allies when you strike them with an energy weapon. This combo basically turned dangerous areas full of mechs into an army that I could control. I like that I have more control over the modifications I want and I can do them in any order I want. There were a few mods in the first game that I never used. I don't think this system is better or worse than the first game, but I do enjoy it. Lastly the story is a bit of a mess, but I liked it. A lot of side quests involve choosing between smaller and weaker groups vs powerful groups or corporations. This has been done to death but there is an interesting twist on the formula that I really liked. It pissed me off when I learned about what was happening because it made me feel like a pawn and a fool. It fueled my anger towards this hostile world and guided me to the end which was a bit lackluster, much like the first game story wise. It was annoying that only your decisions from the last level affect the ending in the first game and the same can be said here, although they do explain why your choices don't matter in a way that was clever. Overall, I would say it's a 7/10. It just has the misfortune of following one of the best games of all time.

THIS GAME IS BROKEN, BLACK SCREEN AND FORCES YOU TO REBOOT. STUPID.