could ally with whichever faction was most appealing, but there are almost no consequences to picking options. Ion Storm attempted to give a meaningful choice system so that Alex D. Denton managed to feel intelligent and like a leader even when buffeted by the enormous forces of his world, Alex D. Some moments along the way are interesting, but this is a narrative that comes across as if the writers had to leave huge chunks on the cutting room floor.Ĭomparing Invisible War‘s protagonist to the first Deus Ex is unfortunate, but certain plot revelations make it unavoidable. Multiple factions are presented and given just enough development to be distinct from each other, without having fully comprehensible and sensical motivations. At the beginning confusion will result from the attempt to deliver too much information in a brief span of time, and reams of exposition later on will not translate into more understandable characters.
The raw material of Invisible War‘s narrative could have been turned into something effective, but instead it feels as if Ion Storm’s writers compressed things far too much. Alex’s path is a multifaceted one, with several organizations competing for loyalty in a quest to remake the planet once again.
is a recruit who has been kept away from society at large while training, only to be suddenly placed in the path of momentous events when a terrorist attack destroys Chicago and causes bloodshed in Seattle. Society has picked up the pieces to a surprising degree, and factions are once again fighting with each other over the path humanity should take. Denton ushered in what is now called the Collapse. It’s a colossal mess that deserves to be buried in video game history, as befits its current status. I had middling expectations going in, and the game proved unable to achieve even those. Deus Ex: Invisible War is a severe disappointment at best, and few are the people who try to hold it up as anything worth playing. While Deus Ex has a formidable reputation, and deserves pretty much every bit of it, the game’s sequel is discussed far less often.
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