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A cyberpunk adventure in Hong Kong!

Deus Ex (available in the Game of the Year edition on GOG.com), is the beloved cyberpunk classic RPG/FPS everyone loves and holds dear in their memory. This was--and still is--one of the most suggestive and enthralling visions of the future that graced our computer screens. As a series, Deus Ex took some turns and twists changing over the years and exploring different gameplay possibilities. The latest development in the Deus Ex brand left PC gamers feeling a little left out, to say the least. Don't worry! Something new and exciting has just happened in the Deus Ex PC universe.

[url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum" target="_blank]Deus Ex: Nihilum[/url] mod (recently released via ModDB), serves as a single player campaign to the original Deus Ex, released in 2000. Exploring an alternate Deus Ex continuity, it introduces a new scenario offering about 10 hours of additional gameplay on the average. This robust modification features over 2 hours of new original music tracks, over 2 200 lines of dialog delivered by project's fans, three new weapons including the Walther P99 pistol, and--most importantly--a well executed and interesting story. Keep in mind: this is an alternate vision, so don't expect it to feel exactly like Deus Ex classic. Nihilum has its very own distinctive feeling to it, but it still remains well within the borders of the cyberpunk genre.

The mod has been very well received and literally thousands of gamers rushed in to witness the story of Mad Ingram, UNATCO's first nano-augmented agent, dispatched into the city of Hong Kong with a mission to stop a terrorist threat. We heartily recommend you to join them and revisit the dystopian cyberpunk future of the first Deus Ex. The mod itself can be downloaded via [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum" target="_blank]ModDB.com[/url]. To get the most of your experience, it is recommended also to get the [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/new-vision" target="_blank]New Vision[/url] mod as well. It will greatly improve the game's visuals, updating it with amazing high-res textures. The installation instructions for each mod are provided within the download packages.

Both [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum" target="_blank]Deus Ex: Nihilum[/url] and [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/new-vision" target="_blank]New Vision[/url] mods, just as most works of the modding community, were made possible by the joint effort of many talented and dedicated people. To name just the project leaders, we should mention FastGamerr, the main author of Nihilum, and the main texture and 3D artists behind New Vision's: David Watts and Marijn Kentie.

One final note: make sure you've got Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 runtimes installed on your machine before attempting to install the mods mentioned in this editorial. The right order to go about the set up is: MSVC++ 2012 runtimes, [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/new-vision" target="_blank]New Vision[/url], and finally [url=http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum" target="_blank]Deus Ex: Nihilum[/url].

Deus Ex GOTY Edition is available on GOG.com for only $9.99. Do you know any mods for it, that are worth installing? Share your thoughts in the comments, and have fun playing Nihilum!
Post edited June 13, 2013 by G-Doc
We need more threads like this. :p
might give this a shot somewhere along the way
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triock: We need more threads like this. :p
Yea this is really cool. :)

Maybe the Mod Spotlight can become a weekly thing? Or perhaps that's too frequent. Maybe a monthly mod roundup?
Slight hijack... but can I also recommend The Nameless Mod
This is a hint to install Deus Ex again...
The problem is that DE:Nihilum isn't all that great.

Technically, it's really good. The level geometry, lighting, and detail are as good as it gets from the old Unreal engine. The scripting and other world-building has also been well done -- not easy tasks. This is a polished mod with a lot of content.

The problem is the design. The pacing is glacial, and the signposting insignificant. I spent the first couple of hours or so simply wandering around aimlessly the hub zone city, which is a maze of locked and unlocked doors, simply looking for things to do. Your initial instructions to find a contact in a particularly building are frustratingly vague, and the mission assigned afterwards again sends you wandering. I realize that DE is all about exploration and discovery, but DE put you in a relatively constrained area. Nihilium just sends you wandering, hoping you randomly bump into the next locked door to move the plot along. I gave the mod up after being sent down in the subways, being lectured on a greasel arena fight (that I knew nothing about), and then being sent to find yet another door not marked on the map. And in that two or so hours, I had a grand total of two combats and maybe two skill checks. To me, this mod was not worth the time.
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Stooner: This is a hint to install Deus Ex again...
If you think so, the message wasn't all that clear. Let me rephrase, in suprabliminal:

INSTALL IT AGAIN! NOW!

Seriously, if I wasn't so full of work and living on a boat, I would be playing already.
Deus Ex is so awesome.
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Necdilzor: Deus Ex is so awesome.
It is indeed. I kept stating so offline for years and got ridiculed for it. Then I found GOG, and I suddenly was mainstream. Surprising, but very much welcome.
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Stooner: This is a hint to install Deus Ex again...
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P1na: If you think so, the message wasn't all that clear. Let me rephrase, in suprabliminal:

INSTALL IT AGAIN! NOW!

Seriously, if I wasn't so full of work and living on a boat, I would be playing already.
err. I'm.. not sure what you trying to say...
Time to Reinstall Deus Ex....again....

I fucking love this game, I really do
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Stooner: err. I'm.. not sure what you trying to say...
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3246/deus20ex.jpg

Play it for those of us who can't right now. Please. Please do play. Get to playing.

Stop reading and go play it already!
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Bigs: Slight hijack... but can I also recommend The Nameless Mod
Yeah, I already had The Nameless Mod in my backlog, don't know whether to add this one as well or not, how do they compare, anyone?
Anyone know what the deal with compatibility with this mod versus others is? I see it needs New Vision, I'm using that but also the HDTP, a patch called Human Renovation, the OTP UI fix, and Kentie's directx renderer and launcher.

DX mods are a real jungle, it's a shame there was never some kind of community initiative to create a great "one megamod to rule them all" like the Morrowind Overhaul. I often find I get lost in the act of modding and perfecting my install, and spend even less time actually playing
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Bigs: Slight hijack... but can I also recommend The Nameless Mod
You might also mention that The Nameless Mod was the the first (unofficial) project of the guys that made Expeditions: Conquistador
Post edited June 13, 2013 by Crosmando