Im sorry, Joe, but Deus Ex sucks monkey balls.

1. Its completely linear. Those “different” paths you could take with augs or whatnot are nothing more than 3 ways to get into one room repeated all over the game. The rooms are still the same. I dont see this as a choice and a feature.

2. Dialogues are bland and boring. You may skip every single one there is and miss nothing. Nothing. And you cant skip “storyline”dialogues?! Wtf. Especially considering all they do is either make you kill 15 more ppl or talk some more for the same effect. Thats pretty much the only thing those dialogues change about the game. And voice-acting is totally forgettable and cliched, however this word is spelled.

3. Hacking is a joke. I dont need another minigame that tested your reflexes. I dont see hacking in real life ever dependent on ones speed. Thats bull. And with proper augs hacks are too easy. I had 30+ nukes and stopworms by the and of the game and didnt feel the need to use them even once even on 5th lvl locks on give me deus ex difficulty.

4. Augs overall are useless. Every single one of them. All they do is save you time. They dont change how the game feels. They cut corners. Thus forcing the player to skip them altogether to make the game more challenging and maybe get some fun out of it. Because without the will of a player to make things difficult game itself is insultingly easy. I breezed through give me deus ex difficulty with most of the sidequests done within 15 hour of gameplay. Oh and typhoon? Worthless. For something with so much hype around it, it is replaced with gas grenades too easily.

4.1. And thats what i get for 50 f-ing euros. Because thats how much they charge for pc-version in Europe. Hilarious.

5. Enemy AI is pitiful. Poor sods cannot even duck and look for you in the god damn ventilation shaft. You can point out your gun and kill as many of these idiots as you like until you go out of bullets. If you ever will. Because bullets are nearly limitless. When i finished give me deus ex using only stun gun and tranq rifle i had over 200 pistol bullets and 600+ heavy rifle ammo. I didnt even need those, kept them only for the last boss. Which is a joke.
And other bosses? Pointless, as usual. The guy in Singapore, i already forgot his name, died from 3 (three) frag grenades while i was standing behind his back eating chocolate to keep me invisible. Thats what you call a boss? Is this supposed to bring a challenge? Jesus christ, System Shock 2 was way more intelligent and challenging.

Overall, Deus Ex was some fun when i made it so. I made myself to not kill a single person in the game except bosses. I made myself stealthing all the time. I made myself playing through give me deus ex because other two are totally boring and pointless. Did it change anything? Not really. I could just run and gun all the time and get the same four meaningless endings. They didnt even bother with cg videos for those. They didnt bother with giving any choice. You can watch all endings by saving standing over the Last Button despite all things you done throughout the game. Meaning all you did was waste 50 euros and 15-20 hours of your life to see what you could see on youtube and get the same experience. At least with youtube you will remain with ability to still look on orange things and not puke immediately.

All in all 5/10 at best. Excelling to 7/10 with give me deus ex difficulty. Too mainstream. Too simple. Too expensive. Too bland. Too repetitive.

In fact. I noticed that your review is way better than the game itself. And review is free. Kinda sad.