Deus Ex: Invisible War Reviews

Yet another trio of reviews have been posted around the ‘net for Ion Storm’s Deus Ex: Invisible War. The first is over at Jive Magazine with an overall score of 4/5:

As a sequel, well, I personally can’t see a definite link between the two titles, there’s a very small ‘˜feel’ to the game from Deus, however it’s still hard to see past it being a standalone rather then a sequel. You can certainly immerse yourself in to the storyline; time to completion is a little a disappointing, however with the many branches and methods on the way to completion, the replay value is high. It seems many games are sacrificing difficulty and length for replay value recently, gone are the days of being stuck for days on end, maybe this says something about the current state of the gaming community?

That’s for a different discussion, Deus Ex: Invisible War is a worthwhile game, not as ground breaking as we might have been lead to believe, but certainly an enjoyable, involving and well thought out game, just don’t expect too much of a link to old.

The second is at PlayMoreConsoles with somewhat positive scores:

All of this is truly sad. Why? Well, the game encourages critical thought. It’s one of the few games I’ve played that you truly have to use your mind in order to play it. You simply cannot rely on your combat ability to carry you through this one. The developer’s put some serious thought into the construction of the levels, the sequence of events, the placement of certain enemies and obstacles, and the juxtaposition of possible character paths to ensure a mentally meaningful game. But yet, this hard work is so very difficult to appreciate because the logistics of the game are simply not there. At least when something is horrible you can simply mark it bad and throw it away, but when you have the give-and-take, hit-and-miss pattern of Deus Ex: Invisible War is a fist-clenching experience. You want to keep playing because you have hope that it’s going to deliver, but in the enDeus Ex leaves you with stubbed toe, crumpled dollar and minus one scrotum.

And the third is at ICGames with an overall score of 85%:

Overall, Deus Ex 2 is a game of very high quality. This isn’t going to be a game that will captivate you from the start and keep you nailed to your seat for hours, but its more along the lines of romancing a lover. You might take them out to dinner… buy them a fine wine, chit chat about the evening, and then wind up . . . well, maybe too much with the whole (lover) metaphor, but, you get the idea. This is a game that you will grow to love exponentially more than others, but if you don’t give it a chance, you will never know. Let’s just say that this isn’t your typical video game (One night stand). And we will just leave it at that.