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First time playing the original Deus Ex! (startrek.website)

submitted 1 week ago by LoreSoong@startrek.website to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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People have been talking about this game my whole life and, Im finally going to take the time to try it since I just got it in the steam sale. Also recently many references are being made to draw parallels our current situation many people state that this game "predicted everything!".

Any tips, tricks or external mods I should know before getting into it that will improve my experience or should the game be played as is? for reference I just purchased the Deus Ex GOTY edition

what do you rate this game overall? If I enjoy this game, are the sequels worth playing? If so which ones? What would you rate the sequels?

Spoilers are "okay" if they are required to answer any of my above questions but try to keep them minimal or at least tag the comment with a Spoiler warning. general discussion is okay too! Thanks for your input!

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[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't bother putting points in Swimming.

[–] LoreSoong@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the swimming comments are so confusing everyone is giving different opinions and not explaining lol.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's kind of a meme from way back when the game was new. Swimming was a deeply polarising skill. The main benefit to the swimming skill was being able to stay underwater for minutes at a time, which sounds incredibly useful as a way to open up alternative entrances and more exploration. But... there were very few places you'd actually get the chance to use it.

[–] LoreSoong@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago

thank you, I might have leveled swimming and just waited for a section where itd finally be useful lol. worst case scenario Ill find the alternate paths on a second playthrough