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Game Information
- Platform: Xbox
- PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Technical Details
- Dynamic and innovative 1st person-action/adventure brings a level of reality unprecedented in a video game
- Biotech modifications allow players to see through walls, leap 40 feet into the air, or regenerate critical body damage
- Globe-hop to real world locations such as Seattle, Antarctica, and Cairo
- Cunning stealth gameplay, with darkness and sound affecting enemy awareness
- For 1 player
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
While Deus Ex: Invisible War features better graphics, it doesn't take advantage of all of recent technical improvements and the artificial intelligence of the computer-controlled characters is noticeably suspect. The much-vaunted physics engine has a tendency to make everything feel almost weightless as you throw dead bodies around as if they were made of straw. The original Deus Ex is one of the most fondly remembered action role-playing games on the PC. The game was impressively opened-ended allowing you to march in guns blazing, take a more stealthy approach or concentrate on increasing your computer-hacking skills to use the technology around you. Even the storyline was highly adaptable to your playing style, with its X-Files-style plot set in a future dystopia.
It's also a shame that the skill-building system that counted for much of the original's RPG elements has been dumbed down to the point where you simply end up buying upgrades to your weapons and cyborg body. Although Invisible War has many failings, none of them manage to impinge on the game enough to prevent it from entertaining. Games as ambitious and as serious as this are rare and to be encouraged, so anyone looking for something with more depth than the average first person shooter will certainly find it here. --David Jenkins
Product Description
Twenty years have passed after the events described in Deus Ex. The actions of JC Denton have eventually led to a period of economic depression, known as "The Collapse". The world is on the brink of chaos after the dismantling of the mighty biotech corporations, and multiple religious and political groups lust after power.
The city of Chicago is destroyed in a devastating energy blast by unknown terrorists. Two trainees of the Tarsus Academy, Alex D and Billie Adams, are evacuated to another Tarsus-controlled facility in Seattle. Shortly thereafter the facility is attacked by members of a religious organization called the Order. Billie admits that she has been collaborating with them, implying that Tarsus may be involved in a conspiracy. It is now up to Alex to find his or her place in the new world, and ultimately shape its fate.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
This game like its predecessor has stuck in my mind for a few reasons. First the re-playability you can have, with so many ways of doing things you want to play the game all the way through again and all the time your thinking "I wonder what happens if I go this way instead". That and the excellent story will surely get you hooked to this masterpiece and you will never put the controller down...EVER!
I have however only began to scratch the surface of the things you can do in this game, let alone the several different story lines there are a massive selection of side mission you can do should you want (Things like assassinations, theft, spying etc.). To put it straight there literally enough things to do it will keep you occupied for weeks to come.
Now for the graphics, the eye candy, which is exactly what this game is, the graphics in this game are truly awesome. The character models, the worlds the objects the weapons are all rendered to the very finest detail (taking full advantage of the Box's power). To boot all the animations are simply superb and if the story didn't hook you, the graphics will.
This game captures the true heart and soul of a gritty, cyber-punk future with the dialogue and actions from the characters it all seems so realistic. This game will immerse you to the fullest (causing many arguments with ones girlfriend...trust me I know!!) and when you're done you will pick your controller up and start again.
Ok now for the not-so-good things, but fear not, there are little!
Although this game does boast a multi-ended story etc.... and with all the side missions there are times where you can just become overloaded and left a bit confused on how to go about completing your objectives. All be it there are opposing factions in the game but each time you get a new objective from one faction you will get opposite orders from another. What you do however is up to your own devices and that's not what I am criticising, it's the fact that the objectives come all at once and can leave you slightly taken by the wealth of information thrown at you.
Another small compliant is as this game is the sequel to the original Deus Ex, newcomers to the series will find it somewhat difficult to get to grips with the overall story and I think it will leave them slightly confused as to what's going on. However even if you are new to the series you will be back on Amazon ordering the original after having played this game!
Overall a very, very well polished game and very gripping. Obviously with some little flaws, but nobody's perfect eh?
This game deserves to be bought so beg, save, steal, launder some cash to get it RIGHT NOW!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The original Deus Ex game deserved to be called a classic. You really felt you were in a living breathing world with secret organisations all operating around you.
Invisible War (IW) lives up to the original's great gameplay but there are some significant differences. There's not quite the same level of detail as in the original. There are no newspapers lying around to read and fewer amounts of junk to play with - the basketball is still there though. The plot also seems to unwind faster. The missions come thick and fast in IW and action is always just round the corner.
If anything, this is Deus Ex light. There's no more role play style stats. There is only one standard ammo clip, which works with all weapons. The body mods are simpler too. They are still good but more accessible this time. I guess this is all to make the game console friendly. The original PC game was ported to the PS2 as an after thought. PC purists won't be impressed, though, especially as the PC game is the same as the Xbox one.
Again, like the original, you start off working for one organisation, then other rival outfits offer you different conflicting missions. One group might ask you to get info off a guy, whilst another might tell you to kill him. You get to pick and choose what you want to do without really knowing which is right or wrong. You can also choose your own style of play. Some players will mainly blast their way through the game, some will hack, whilst others will use stealth. Of course you can use all three types
The game even plays on your real life prejudices. In one scene, an obviously gay man propositioned my male character. I gave a deliberately 'friendly' response, which gave me benefits that an unfriendly one probably wouldn't have. Very clever.
This is all far more sophisticated than Knights of the Old Republic's, simplistic dark or light choices.
It's a great game, certainly one that older gamers would enjoy and I can't wait for Deus Ex 3, as I feel Ion Storm are setting new boundaries in interactive gameplay.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This is the second instalment and a fairly good one at that. Gameplay is fast paced and intricate, missions involving more than one method of doing things whether it be stealth or full out gun blazing.
The story line has to be given a lot of credit, it is amazing and as soon as you start the game, you are sucked into the immersive world with its own politics and internal power struggles.
For me though, a big fan of the original, this game was slightly lacking. It is no where near as exciting and has been overly simplified (but that might be just the console version).
The story line has to be given a lot of credit, it is amazing and as soon as you start the game, you are sucked into the immersive world with its own politics and internal power struggles.
For me though, a big fan of the original, this game was slightly lacking. It is no where near as exciting and has been overly simplified (but that might be just the console version).
Overall I would give the game 4 stars
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not many games stick with you like this one.
Generally speaking, I find videogame storylines dull and pointless. The Deus Ex series, however, is a definite exception. Read more
Published on 3 April 2009 by Tayles
the fuss?
i feel that the fuss generated about this game is dribble it is quite a challenge to start out with then after the first level you find yourself trekking through deserted streets... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2008 by Mrs. R. M. Weaver
excellent mix of shooter and rpg
i was not a big shooter fan but loved rpg's so i gave this a go.i wasn't disappointed!
the game is in my opinion second only to half life 2 in the shooter stakes. Read more
the game is in my opinion second only to half life 2 in the shooter stakes. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2008 by ryo hazuki
Consoled Up
First of all i'd like to start by saying that if your generally a PC gamer then you'd be better off sticking to the original, the first Deus Ex. Why? Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2008 by Mr. J. F. Clarke
Deus Ex: Invisible War
This is a great game there are different ways the story can end and its up to you to chose depending on which path you take like whether you prefer to go in guns blazing or take a... Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by Slayer
Whats with those load times?
Absolutely nothing new in game play terms, a sense of Deja vu permeates the whole game. The Science Fiction setting is familiar, peppered with cliff note philosophies. Read more
Published on 7 July 2006 by Useless Article
Don't bother - it's not nearly as good as some say
Firstly, I realise that two stars seems a bit low, especially considering the high scores other people have given it. Read more
Published on 11 April 2005 by dhbooks
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Finally the sequal to Deus Ex has arrived.. I was a great fan of the Deus Ex 1. I had it on pc and lost it so i got it on PS2. But i am dissapointed that its not on PS2.. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2005
Definitely a step down
What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is the legacy of a perfectly good game ruined for the console. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2004 by doctor_jeep
Extreamly good
I was a big fan of the first Deus Ex, and this was no dissapointment....well..near the end it was. at the beginning though, this is a brillian game, it balances the hardcore... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2004 by "supa_neil"
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