Deus Ex 2 - Invisible War (PC)

Created by: Warren Spector's team at Ion Storm Published by: Eidos My absolutely favourite game of all time is the fantastic Deus Ex, brought out in 2000 by Warren Spector's team at Ion Storm, and here I'm turning my attention to its poor relation, the sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War. This actually quite worthy game was slagged off and dismissed by so many when it came out (early 2004 here in the UK, late 2003 in the US), and I'd like to come to the defence of this underdog. I love all of the games that were produced by the Warren Spector team at both Ion Storm and Looking Glass Technologies, who in various combinations brought us System Shock, ...  Read the complete review

When Warren Specter first created Deus Ex he created one of the few genuine videogame masterpieces. A game that will justifiably be remembered as a classic years after its technology has dated; IE it's still regarded as a classic now, simply because the game gave you previously unheard of levels of control over the story of J.C Denton, a genetically augmented agent who teamed up with his brother Paul to take down a sinister government conspiracy. A sequel was always in the works so that any loose ends left over at the end of the first game could be tied up and the story given a satisfying resolution. ...  Read the complete review

Here's a puzzle for you: how do you create a direct sequel to a game which itself had three distinct and possible endings? This was a problem which Ion Storm faced when trying to create the sequel to the original "Deus Ex". Deus Ex was, at the time, one of the most innovative games of recent memory and arguably one of the all-time great PC games and Ion Storm have a lot to do if they're to better the original. The sequel takes this formula, adds it to some new technologies and adds a storyline which somehow makes sense after the previous multiple endings of the first. It is twenty years since the events in Deus Ex plunged the world ...  Read the complete review