THE TOP 10 NON-ADVENTURE GAMES OF ALL TIME – Welcome to Just Adventure + – Articles — Part 9
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THE TOP 10 NON-ADVENTURE GAMES OF ALL TIME
Article by Agustín Cordes and Michal Necasek
October 3, 2003
7. Deus Ex – Ion Storm/Eidos, 2000
Deus Ex is a real-time first person RPG (based on the Unreal engine), in many ways reminiscent of System Shock – which is hardly a coincidence, since Warren Spector, one of the System Shock creators, led the development of Deus Ex. You play the role of JC Denton, “augmented” agent of UNATCO (UN Anti-Terrorist Coalition) in New York, sometime in mid-21st century. The augmentations are nano-implants giving you all sorts of special superhuman abilities such as extra strength, underwater breathing or infrared sight. You can use many kinds of weapons – dart guns, swords, pistols, rifles, shotguns, rocket launchers and more. You can choose frontal assault or sneaking in and out undetected, breaking into computers and security systems, planting and disarming explosives – there is a very wide variety of possible approaches. Your assignments will take you to Hong Kong, Paris and many other locations. The gameplay is linear, with most choices that you can make only having minimal overall effect, although there are three very different endings. The best part of Deus Ex is probably its story. Futuristic, dark, full of conspiracy theories, with wild plot twists. The atmosphere is excellent and makes Deus Ex an unforgettable experience.
