The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!

Let’s discuss the Deus Ex series. What is your favorite game in the series? What aspects do you like about it? What doesn’t work for you? Are there other games that gave you similar feelings? Feel free to share any thoughts that come up, or react to other peoples comments. Let’s get the conversation going!

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  • CALIGVLA
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    66 days ago

    There’s an indie game called Shadows of Doubt that does the whole immersive sim in a big hub stuff pretty well. Kind of jank and unfinished, but I think it’s the closest thing I’ve seen in recent times to Deus Ex.

    • ElectricMachman
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      35 days ago

      “Jank and unfinished” sounds like it fits the immersive sim MO to me! (I mean this with the utmost respect)

    • comicallycluttered
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      15 days ago

      That’s that procedurally generated detective game, right?

      I really need to try it because it seems right up my alley. From what I understand, it can get pretty intricate when it comes to the detective work which seems really interesting.

      • CALIGVLA
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        5 days ago

        Yeah, that’s the one. And yeah, the cases can get pretty complicated at times, I’ve had one case for instance where I had to find a person by their description… Except the description was literally their job title and their first name initial letter (or something very similar). I had to go to a gubermint building, hack into a computer and manually cross-reference the health history of literally everyone in town to find the person. And that was just the first step of the case.

        • comicallycluttered
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          25 days ago

          Yeah, that definitely sounds like something that I’d love to sink a bunch of time into. On to the wishlist it goes!