For all of Deus Ex: Invisible War’s failings, it’s still fun to explore its possibility space.
Deus Ex opens on Liberty Island pier. Under the nighttime glow of New York’s skyline, JC Denton gets to work, first making his way across the island, then infiltrating the statue and taking out the NSF terrorists inside. As an intro, it’s indicative of the game to come: large, open and potentially alienating. No concessions are made. Deus Ex throws you straight into the deep end and challenges you to swim.
It’s bizarre, and it happens on many occasions. Invisible War has many loading screens. Like Liberty Island, the intro is indicative of the game to come: condensed and constrained. Invisible War is not a bad game—would Kieron Gillen have given a bad game 92% in his PC Gamer review?—but it’s not a good sequel. It takes Deus Ex’s wide open spaces and reduces them to a console-friendly size. Normally I wouldn’t blame consoles for ‘dumbing down’ a PC game.release.
For completing the job, I’m given access to the VIP area. Inside, I meet an Omar trader who asks me to break into the cellar to scan some alien DNA. As a final twist of the knife, I have the option to reveal the Omar’s presence to NG Resonance—the club’s AI hologram, and a surveillance tool for the WTO. This last act proves a backstab too far for my morally flexible Alex. The latex-encased hive-minded traders appear throughout the game, and the discount I’ve earned is far too useful to squander.
Where Deus Ex hides story in emails, Invisible War has none. Where Deus Ex gives you the tactile pleasure of typing a password or door code, Invisible War automates everything. Where Deus Ex forces meaningful inventory management, Invisible War thinks a health pack is as big as a sniper rifle. Ultimately I think this hurts it more than the size of the environments. Deus Ex’s small, seemingly inconsequential details add to the sense of immersion—making the world feel more believable.
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