Un-frickin-beliveable!

Now I know why Deus Ex was named Game of the Year a few years back by almost every major gaming magazine on the planet.

I just get Deus Ex: GOTY edition, and I have to admit for a first person shooter, It's DAMN cool.

Take the first level alone for instance - You have to infiltrate the remains of a blown up Statue of Liberty. But unlike most FPS games that are out there, you're given choices. Do you take a sniper rifle and pick off the NSF agents from a distance? Or do you take a tranquilizer gun and knock the enemies out? Climb up the side of the building or go up the stairs? Use the shock prod or toss a Gas Grenade to stun the enemy? I love this game. It's all about choice, and letting you play the game the way YOU want to.

Another awesome thing is your actions will have consequences during the game. Do you go and rescue the UNATCO agent or go and interrogate the man that is behind the Statue Occupation? If you rescue the agent first, you get additional info, and extra money at the end of the mission. Go to interrogate the man, and you forfeit the money that you would have got if you rescued the agent first. Cause and effect. Action and Reaction.

And one of the funniest things (so far) is if you go into the ladies bathroom in the UNATCO headquarters. During your final meeting with your boss, he'll tell you to stay out of the Ladies bathrooms! It totally caught me by surprise, but again it immerses you in this world, and you believe that your actions mean something. Sorta like the OLD Wing Commander Series, where if you fail or succeed in a mission will determinw how the game plays out....

Way cool.