Deus Ex: Ultra High Quality Mod

james.miller · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:31

getting around that was as easy as removing the drive letter from the path setting in one of the ini files, im sure.

Uriel · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:34

Sleepery said:
Damn, that looks good. Are these purely graphic mods? They don't muck around with the balance or story, do they?

No - the story and balance isn't changed.

There is a mod called Deus Ex Revision that does that. They've released a demo version that lets you play through a revised version of about half the game (maps changed + objectives harder to complete I think - plus old players won't know where stuff is). They should get around to finishing it eventually.

Sash · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:41

So Deus Ex GOTY edition or Invisible War from steam? Are they the same game?

james.miller · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:43

IW is dues Ex 2

Uriel · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:45

No - Invisible War is the sequel. I though it was alright but nowhere near as good as the original. I lost interest after the Egypt bit and stopped playing it.

It got a heavy backlash though and a lot of people hated it. It was a big let down for people who believed the hype and were expecting something akin to the 2nd coming of the Messiah.

Sash · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:50

And which are mods are a must to add to Deus Ex GOTY?

Vonhelmet · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:51

There was only one Deus Ex game. There was a game that used the same name in a disgusting send up of the original, but it was utterly unrelated and is best forgotten about.

Uriel · 28 Sep 2009 at 13:56

Project Snowblind was also intended to be a Deus Ex sequel but they saw the backlash that Invisible War got and very sensibly went out of their way not to have it associated with the Deus Ex name.

Edit: IMO the game that was most similar to Deus Ex was Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Shame it was released in such a buggy state. Certainly worth playing now with both the Official and Unofficial patches installed. It's still a bit rough around the edges but those two (edit: DX and VTMB - not PS) stand as the finest examples of story driven single player PC gaming IMO.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Sep 2009 at 14:03

Uriel said:
I had to work away last year and bought a netbook specifically for the purpose of playing Deus Ex. Usual spec 1.6 GHz atom, 512MB RAM Intel 945G graphics. Ran perfectly.

The retail versions need the CD in the drive though. Might be easier to get the Steam version and avoid messing about with virtual drives or an external CD ROM.

Perfect, thanks... I'm gonna give this a go. Having games on a netbook is great. :cool:

Jingo... · 28 Sep 2009 at 14:16

I spill my drink!

reflux · 28 Sep 2009 at 14:37

Best game ever made IMO, awesome story, brilliantly balanced gameplay and cool RPG elements.

Any graphics mods therefore are awesome.

Briton · 28 Sep 2009 at 18:29

I gave my copy away. Think I'll ask for it back.

HangTime · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:23

Uriel said:
Project Snowblind was also intended to be a Deus Ex sequel but they saw the backlash that Invisible War got and very sensibly went out of their way not to have it associated with the Deus Ex name.

Really? I've actually got a copy of that game around here somewhere, bought it for £2.39 or something stupid from Amazon last year. I thought it was more of a generic shooter though.

Rroff · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:54

Yeah snowblind was supposed to be tied into DX originally - but aside from a few early combat bits I didn't think much of that game at all - the console focus meant that on the PC it was clumsy to play and looked like ugly close up (but quite nice at a distance).

Can't say I think much of this DX graphic mod tho... its a rather nasty hack over the top which emphasises the blocky nature of the game imo.

Uriel · 28 Sep 2009 at 22:38

Well I had a go. I like it but the old models do stick out. I'm looking forward for the rest of the character textures getting finished by HDTP - a la Gunther.

Shamikebab · 28 Sep 2009 at 22:53

I hate stuff like this, just reminds me how much this game deserves an HD remake

Oh well *prays Deus Ex 3 is good*

Rroff · 29 Sep 2009 at 00:56

Yeah serious sam is a good example of what you can do in the way of HD remaking

OldComputerGuy7 · 30 Sep 2009 at 18:52

Seems like there are a lot of new DeusEx stuff all coming out together, i cant wait till the retexture projects are done my try this one in the mean time.

arc@css · 30 Sep 2009 at 19:21

Shamikebab said:
I hate stuff like this, just reminds me how much this game deserves an HD remake Oh well *prays Deus Ex 3 is good*

Tis a good effort, but yeah there would have to be a dramatic change and with new content to entice me and that won't be happening. Will have to wait for the third, anyone know what developer is working on it?

Edit : how wrong I was.

LavaMonkey · 30 Sep 2009 at 19:44

Think it's Eidos in-house studio making it.