I'd like to take a moment to get something off my chest;
I was a teenager when the original Deus Ex was released; I was young, but not so young that I wasn't able to understand and appreciate the game. I was a pretty hardcore gamer back then. I spent much of my free time making custom maps, writing silly mods, making textures for player models, etc (generally for Quake 2) -- granted most of it didn't see the light of day, or only circulated amongst friends, but whatever.
I've explained this because I want to make it clear, when I say "hardcore gamer" I don't want the impression to be that I merely sat around and played games for hours on end, it was more than that. The first time I stumbled across a community made Quake mod changed my life -- not exaggerating. I become enthralled by game design, the technology that fueled them, the art that brought them life, the developers behind them, and most importantly where they could go.
With that out of the way; Deus Ex was not a terribly popular game. Critically acclaimed? Yes. Popular? Not so much. As we all know, a sequel got made. However, I imagine that's more because it won countless awards and they had hoped that recognition would spur up sales for the sequel, than as a result of commercial success. In the long run, it did gain cult status and eventually massive popularity -- which I'm certain has lead to quite a few copies being sold on Steam and such.
Getting to the point; most gamers probably haven't played Deus Ex; especially those that are, at the present, teenagers. Sure, you might have bought the game off Steam, played it a bit, though I can't imagine too many who have played it more recently have completed it, or even gone through enough of it to really get it. If you have; more power to you.
Deus Ex was made in an awkward era for gaming technology. As someone who lived through and is old enough to vividly remember these times, I don't even think that I could make it through Deus Ex today. Let's face it; while an incredible time for innovation, these games have not aged well.
Deus Ex, to me, seems like a phenomenon similar to the original Woodstock. About 400,000 people were actually in attendance at Woodstock; the number that claim to have been there is well in the millions. Please, don't interpret this as me saying "everyone under 20 who says they played Deus Ex are liars!" I am not saying that at all. In fact I'm sure there's just as many 20-somethings that missed Deus Ex, and claim to have "been there". Hell, if it didn't come free with my soundcard I'm not sure I would have played it myself.
I'm not saying that those who haven't played Deus Ex shouldn't be pumped for the third one; if you've seen the videos, read the articles, and it seems to appeal to you, awesome.
That being said; I've seen threads, comments, and have heard conversations pertaining to Deus Ex 3, where someone voices concern or doubts about the game, and they get lambasted by hordes who have likely never played the original (for what it's worth the Escapist has been one of the better sites about this sort of thing).
Deus Ex was that game for a lot of people. You know the one I mean. That game that really turned them on to gaming; the one that made them escalate from a person that simply plays games to a self-professed gamer. It's the same experience people have when they see a movie that wakes them up to the art of film, appreciating direction, the differences between entertaining performances and the great ones. I'd assume that the game to do so for the current generation of teenagers is Bioshock, but that's a different topic I suppose.
I am quite aware that is the internet; I was welcomed to it by 40 free hours of AOL and horny teenagers in chatrooms trying to get their cyber sex on over a 14.4k modem (might not have been that fast). I fully expect this sort of thing. What is somewhat surprising is that it's not simply trolls that do this, its people are generally respectable contributors to the various communities. I'm not going to ask, nor do I expect, people to ease up or be more considerate -- this is the internet.
I am, however, going to say this; get the fuck over your false sense of nostalgia, and stop riding on the older generation's jock. I believe some people have become so over-saturated via youtube, gaming sites, Wikipedia, etc that they might even have themselves convinced they've had the experience themselves -- which is fairly pathetic.
Anyhoo... so... that Deus Ex 3... Why's the world of a prequel more futuristic than a world further in the timeline?
Tldr; Most people who claim to, probably haven't, played Deus Ex. Regardless, it's cool if you're excited about Deus Ex 3. False nostalgia makes you look like a douche bag. Why so futuristic, Deus Ex 3?
I was a teenager when the original Deus Ex was released; I was young, but not so young that I wasn't able to understand and appreciate the game. I was a pretty hardcore gamer back then. I spent much of my free time making custom maps, writing silly mods, making textures for player models, etc (generally for Quake 2) -- granted most of it didn't see the light of day, or only circulated amongst friends, but whatever.
I've explained this because I want to make it clear, when I say "hardcore gamer" I don't want the impression to be that I merely sat around and played games for hours on end, it was more than that. The first time I stumbled across a community made Quake mod changed my life -- not exaggerating. I become enthralled by game design, the technology that fueled them, the art that brought them life, the developers behind them, and most importantly where they could go.
With that out of the way; Deus Ex was not a terribly popular game. Critically acclaimed? Yes. Popular? Not so much. As we all know, a sequel got made. However, I imagine that's more because it won countless awards and they had hoped that recognition would spur up sales for the sequel, than as a result of commercial success. In the long run, it did gain cult status and eventually massive popularity -- which I'm certain has lead to quite a few copies being sold on Steam and such.
Getting to the point; most gamers probably haven't played Deus Ex; especially those that are, at the present, teenagers. Sure, you might have bought the game off Steam, played it a bit, though I can't imagine too many who have played it more recently have completed it, or even gone through enough of it to really get it. If you have; more power to you.
Deus Ex was made in an awkward era for gaming technology. As someone who lived through and is old enough to vividly remember these times, I don't even think that I could make it through Deus Ex today. Let's face it; while an incredible time for innovation, these games have not aged well.
Deus Ex, to me, seems like a phenomenon similar to the original Woodstock. About 400,000 people were actually in attendance at Woodstock; the number that claim to have been there is well in the millions. Please, don't interpret this as me saying "everyone under 20 who says they played Deus Ex are liars!" I am not saying that at all. In fact I'm sure there's just as many 20-somethings that missed Deus Ex, and claim to have "been there". Hell, if it didn't come free with my soundcard I'm not sure I would have played it myself.
I'm not saying that those who haven't played Deus Ex shouldn't be pumped for the third one; if you've seen the videos, read the articles, and it seems to appeal to you, awesome.
That being said; I've seen threads, comments, and have heard conversations pertaining to Deus Ex 3, where someone voices concern or doubts about the game, and they get lambasted by hordes who have likely never played the original (for what it's worth the Escapist has been one of the better sites about this sort of thing).
Deus Ex was that game for a lot of people. You know the one I mean. That game that really turned them on to gaming; the one that made them escalate from a person that simply plays games to a self-professed gamer. It's the same experience people have when they see a movie that wakes them up to the art of film, appreciating direction, the differences between entertaining performances and the great ones. I'd assume that the game to do so for the current generation of teenagers is Bioshock, but that's a different topic I suppose.
I am quite aware that is the internet; I was welcomed to it by 40 free hours of AOL and horny teenagers in chatrooms trying to get their cyber sex on over a 14.4k modem (might not have been that fast). I fully expect this sort of thing. What is somewhat surprising is that it's not simply trolls that do this, its people are generally respectable contributors to the various communities. I'm not going to ask, nor do I expect, people to ease up or be more considerate -- this is the internet.
I am, however, going to say this; get the fuck over your false sense of nostalgia, and stop riding on the older generation's jock. I believe some people have become so over-saturated via youtube, gaming sites, Wikipedia, etc that they might even have themselves convinced they've had the experience themselves -- which is fairly pathetic.
Anyhoo... so... that Deus Ex 3... Why's the world of a prequel more futuristic than a world further in the timeline?
Tldr; Most people who claim to, probably haven't, played Deus Ex. Regardless, it's cool if you're excited about Deus Ex 3. False nostalgia makes you look like a douche bag. Why so futuristic, Deus Ex 3?
