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>>15823104

deus.exe and literally nothing else.

>>15823104

http://kentie.net/article/dxguide/index.htm

http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/index.htm

The only mods you need going in. Avoid all gameplay mods until your second run.

>>15823104

>Are there any mods I should know about before going in?

Play it with the texture mods or it'll look like ass.

>Is it worth playing a fun game

You tell me

Everyone can play Deus Ex 1, it's not rocket science. What is important is that you share it with your mom so she's hooked into good vidya and discuss with us please.

>>15823182

They look good though. I played a few times vanilla and then got some HD mods.

Just play the game, its great. No mods or just textures for your first run or two of the game. After you're done with the base game, you can try GMDX which overhauls the game while also keeping it very similar. Fuck those spider bots though.

>>15823222

checked and keked

>>15823222

NiGHTS is a jester, not a troll.

Always vanilla first.

>>15823182

They look good though. I played a few times vanilla and then got some HD mods.

Just play the game, its great. No mods or just textures for your first run or two of the game. After you're done with the base game, you can try GMDX which overhauls the game while also keeping it very similar. Fuck those spider bots though.

gmdx is essential, nothing more to say, have fun

>>15823104

There's some texture mods, that's about it. Also try to get past the first mission, it's a piece of shit mission that is nothing like the rest of the game. I hated that part but everything after is great.

Before you complain about the gameplay you need to make sure you git gud and level some shit first, it's a great game but it can feel clunky and autistic

There's an expansion for it as well, ignore it.

First time player with GMDX, having fun so far, my biggest problem is feeling like i'm losing out on content because i chose to do things one way instead of the other, i'm used to being able to experience it all.

I try to get in the indset of i'm an actual agent on a mission, no time for sightseeing.

>>15823104

GMDX is a good improvement over vanilla, but vanilla is fine too.

Under NO circumstances should you EVER play Deus Ex Revision.

>>15823404

>my biggest problem is feeling like i'm losing out on content because i chose to do things one way instead of the other

Save before you start the mission, reload and replay. Or just play the game all over again. The way the game is set out is perfect, it isn't the modern day rpg where everything eventually converges into one line.

>>15823404

if you’re talking about it on here spoilers can’t be a very big deal, game is good at giving you that illusion with reactivity, but in reality you have little power to shift the story, it’s very linear. the fun is in the “immersive sim” gameplay..

>>15823398

Am I the only one who likes Liberty Island? Its a good intro to the game. The last few missions are the ones I don't like, especially Ocean Lab.

>>15823545

it's a boring empty level that just shows off how bad the AI is as well as poorly introducing game mechanics. I think you just like it because it's in a game you like.

>>15823182

So you haven't even tried the mod. Got it.

if you're a storyfag, sure it's relatively decent, if you give a shit about gameplay i'd ignore it

<muh illuminati

yeah brilliant, seen it before, legit not worth it

doesn't know whether it wants to be an rpg or fps

>>15823104

Depends. Are you a poofter? Just play the game kid

>>15823683

Mankind Divided wasn't even passable, story-wise. Gameplay was improved from HR, admittedly, but the story was so shit and Jensen had even less personality.

>>15823669

I ran into an issue

I can't save Paul, I tried hiding and he dies, I tried running in and dying, he still dies

gmdx bug

>>15823868

Just don't leave the apartment through the window. Leave through the front door and Paul will survive.

>>15823879

thank you, that's what I did which was weird, I tried all that and they told me he died each time, he wasn't set invincible either, I didn't have enough dakka to fight them off or anything so I settled with running in and dying which I was told and found he was dead

>>15823916

also a warning, use your damn augment upgrades as you get them in the Aug screen. I lost the ones I had piled up when I got captured and didn't feel like going back

>>15823868

You actually have to save him in GMDX.

>>15823982

fug. I could not. thank you..

F

>>15823999

F mate.

Next time stockpile LAMs

>>15823999

nice trips. git gud.

>>15823982

Note that if you kill every UNATCO in the building and exit through the window it still won't count as him being "saved." You have to exit through the front door for him to be counted as saved.

>>15823868

Just put a bunch of fucking LAMs by the door and wait for the men in black to barge in, faggot.

Do that with Navarre at the plane, too.

>>15823669

>IW in mid tier

>MD in mid tier

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>>15823868

Just shoot WP rockets to kill everyone and then leave the hotel by the main entrance.

>>15823562

>expecting deus ex to be like a heavily scripted railshooter

>>15823417

>>15823413

Not really in the story, i mean missing routes or secret areas etc.

>>15823408

what's the problem with revision?

>>15823999

What do you mean? my paul died and i just arrived in hong kong

EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY IT

>>15823104

the only mod i ever used for deus ex was shifter mod to restore the cut content. the game still seems to run fine on everything i've ever installed it on, what need is there for anything else?

gmdx used to have cartoony blood effects and other over the top shit, its fine now mostly, they toned that down and stuck more to the originals, so id start with this

Number one: That's terror.

Number two: That's terror.

Number three: Helios is objectively the best ending but ultimately the most restricting when it alleviates man of his humanity

>>15838158

The dark age ending was far superior.

>>15838158

It is our fate to leave behind our humanity, to become something more.

>>15838174

>>15838173

I don't disagree to it being a better ending, however I do see it as a dangerous path due to the knowledge that was already available to men and man's curiosity to return and maintain the status quo. It would take mere months before another group or government would rebuild their strategic points with extra precautions to ensure the same issue would never repeat itself. It's more of an idealistic warning sign than an objective means to an end.

Helios offered the better solution by sacrificing our humanity. I still think there should have been a fourth option to side with Page. Unfortunately I think it was cut before it was ever scripted.

>>15838189

>Helios offered the better solution by sacrificing our humanity

Yes fleshbag make the world a globalist utopia devoid of humanity governed by a BENEVOLENT DICTATORSHIP controlled by an AI instead of forcing the world to revert back to smaller tribal societies and governments free of the trappings of modernity.

>>15838205

Don't you understand that pandora's box had already been opened? Nobody would simply adhere to the principals of nation states when they're aware the technology exists and could restart their own empires to rebuild off of the failures of the Illuminati, and other secret organizations.

I'd still prefer Helios as it actually got shit done before it became too much for JC to handle.

>>15838205

>>15838235

>benign, objective AI merging with JC's infinite autism

how is this not the best ending?

>>15838294

That cuckold philosopher sure seems trustworthy.

>>15838342

>At least you're honest. You do realize that's the exact same thinking that made Bob Page what he was though right?

That was Bob Page though, and this is me. Big difference. For me.

>continuing the same never-ending chain

The illuminati endings definitely. Paul if you save him tells you as much. They will give people some freedom, but it will a return to the 20th century. Helios ending only makes sense if you believe a machine no matter how powerful would be capable of fixing mankind's mistakes which is simply erroneous.

>Tong making a whole new chain

It's more about keeping the ability of controlling how the world thinks out of the hands of a few people. The cat's out of the bag though, and it's unlikely we'll ever go back.

>>15838013

I used to be a Heliosfag but the last few years of Jewry and transhumanism has made me see that Tong is the superior choice. Illuminati ending is obviously dumb, they even show JC just being a guy among them at the end. Helios could be the best ending, but its too risky and depends on the JC you have played, not to mention the AI could be playing you. Tong's ending is a reset, to wipe the slate clean. Undo decades of propaganda and economic suffering. To free humanity the world over from the Illuminati/Page's control, not to hand it over to another sect of the Illuminati or some man who may go mad and unstoppable.

Deus Ex Revision was weird but I sort of liked it. It heavily alters the level design, I guess I'd say it's worth playing once if you're "too familiar" with the vanilla experience.

GMDX is great, though. Has lots of small changes and I think they're all for the best. I would actually suggest someone play GMDX before even playing the vanilla version of the game, it's just better.

I understand the concerns some anons here have about the Tong ending just leading to Illuminati 2.0 seizing power in the not-too-distant future, but that argument sounds kind of like saying

>Nah I'm not gonna get chemotherapy for my lung cancer. Chemotherapy would increase my risk of cancer down the road.

Tong ending was always my favorite, but I thought the Helios choice was also valid, in a "well, this is gonna happen eventually, so…" sort of way.

The Illuminati ending is the only one I can comfortably say is a terrible choice.

>>15847123

Chemotherapy is a cure worse then the disease, it severely fucks you up and is the very last resort.

>>15823104

>>15823121

I second these. Don't use anything like Revision the first time you play, imo the stuff it adds are cool for returning players but can be a bit too much for new players. Also the character models are kind of horrifying.

>>15823278

You had me until story.

>>15847151

I feel like you could find better quotes for both bottom quadrants.

>>15847201

They are perfect but the text should be more legible.

>>15836501

>what's the problem with revision?

It's a hodgepodge of "reimagined" levels by a disparate group of modders with no real quality control.

Some levels are completely unchanged in design while others are unrecognizable.

Some levels have new ways to do things, others have fewer.

Some levels look like its still 2000, others look like its 2015.

Some levels will kill your FPS.

Iconic design choices are commonly left out of Revision. Most obviously the intro where instead of a backdrop of a fist rising out of the ground to engulf the world, you see a bunch of TV screens showing news broadcasts.

Subtle design choices are commonly left out of Revision. Things like where NPCs are standing to communicate what they were doing. e.g. in DX Anna is standing right next to the door to Manderley's office clearly listening in on the conversation you were having in there, in Revision she's sitting down across the room.

The mod only got acclaim because the head modder was butt buddies with someone at Square. Thanks to that the "mod" is only released officially on Steam, if you want to play it on the original disk game or from somewhere else like GoG, you have to pirate the mod.

>>15851333

when it came out wasn't the brightness settings totally fucked too and everything was pitch black? Or am I misremembering the mod/issue?

>>15851333

>Iconic design choices are commonly left out of Revision. Most obviously the intro where instead of a backdrop of a fist rising out of the ground to engulf the world, you see a bunch of TV screens showing news broadcasts.

That's certainly inspired by the PlayStation 2 version.

>>15838457

Stirner literally let other men fuck his woman, though.

Just play it dude! Greatest game ever made for a reason, just enjoy it!

I just beat the Hong Kong level. The chinks are a little to nice/good for my taste

>>15823104

Don't play Revision. GMDX is fun but I'd say play the original first

>>15851333

Checked.

I only played Revision for a few minutes, when i saw all the changes to liberty island, I bounced. Interesting idea, but not the kind of thing I am into.

>>15852487

I bet this gweilo never even walked the luminous path