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I tried playing the original Deus Ex for the first time a couple of years ago and I sadly had to put it down before I escaped the tutorial. Early 3D graphics have not aged well, the controls were not very intuitive, and it just seemed like it wasn't worth the effort. I then played and enjoyed Human Revolution though; I know, I'm an absolute peasant.
Give it a try again with GMDX. It's a mod that modernizes Deus Ex mechanically and visually without losing the original vision like what "New Vision / Revision," does
Ooh interesting, how easy is it to set up mods for DX? Reckon it'll work on a Steam Deck?
I didn't do it on the Deck but on Linux, so steps should be something like:
Thanks for the tip, I started a few weeks ago and barely made any progress. Maybe this will help.
Yeah most older 3D games I've tried I just can't control that well.
A couple years ago I tried playing the original Tomb Raider and geez was that difficult to control. It really makes me appreciate how good the Mario 64 controls were
I can get past ugly early 3D, but bad controls are not something that I can stand. I didn't like Tomb Raider back when it was new for that reason.
Similarly, I want to play Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, but the tank controls are just painful.
Tomb raider was essentially a 3d Prince of Persia. The level has tiles that dictate when jumps will actually trigger. Once you get the hang of this you can traverse quite smoothly around the level.
One thing that's really interesting is once you get to the headquarters after the first level, the floors and things are super shiny and have actual reflections. Most modern games use screen space reflections now (although raytracing is fixing this), so things not on screen can't be reflected. Deus Ex, and many games of the time, have better reflections than modern games. The graphics do look dated generally, but it's funny how technology advancement can cause some things to be worse
Agreed. Can't stand the outdated controls. Play Human Revolution instead.