rossmac16 on 17/7/2001 at 19:08
It had to be the point where I was going to break into the warehouse.
I had my crossbow loaded with tranquiliser darts, my riot prod fully charged. Glancing around me I climbed off the ladder and onto the roof. At this point I needed the toilet and so attempted to jam the pause key. Unfortunately, an earlier accident with a choccy biscuit and some tropical tango had led to both the escape key and the pause key being wrenched from the keyboard.
In short I had to play through the rest of Deus Ex with a full bladder on Hard.
Still I rescued Miguel and Ossie went on and he did a great set.
Virulence on 18/7/2001 at 07:27
I wouldn't think that everyone stops to read the news postings on the public computer terminals, but... the one in the underground station with the arms dealer { Paris, pre-catacombs, where you are fenced in upon emerging from the sewers }, near where a security bot is patrolling, will have an interesting message for you.
Spitter on 20/7/2001 at 17:08
As already stated above, Deus Ex wasn't really scary. But it did have some scary moments in it, albeit they only work once:
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Spoiler:</font><DIV STYLE="background-color:#000080"><FONT color="#000080">
- Icarus.
"I now have full access to your systems." Brr... Actually, the whole Paris was a bit creepy, apart from the lame catacombs.
- Area 51. All the time I knew that "something's not right in here" and I was on the edge of my seat.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
Also, you should hack the Smuggler's computer in the last level you meet him (I believe it was right before you go to the <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Spoiler:</font><DIV STYLE="background-color:#000080"><FONT color="#000080">Advanced Submarine base</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>).
Gingerbread Man on 20/7/2001 at 19:25
Heheheh...
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Spoiler:</font><DIV STYLE="background-color:#000080"><FONT color="#000080">Yeah, when Icarus started sending me those creepy emails, I started to get SHODAN flashbacks, so when it actually started yammering over my infolink I got kinda freaked out.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
DX wasn't all that much of a Scare-Fest though. There were some seriously unsettling bits, to be sure. <SPAN STYLE="background-color:#000080; color:#000080">The complete absence of baddies in the DuClare mansion kept me on edge for a long time.</SPAN> Suspense aplenty, and I was nervous more than once around the various cameras, bots, and Things I Couldn't Identify (which is the best thing to freak a player out with: Throw something that can't be classified readily into the mix...)
Janchor on 21/7/2001 at 20:14
Sneek said that for me...I was scared to death.
Naartjie on 22/7/2001 at 16:32
Having played Thief, and having a small experience of System Shock 2, nothing in Deus Ex scared me. When Icarus began to send me messages I was just thinking "Yeah, bring it on!", and I knew there wouldn't be much that could hurt me in the DuClare mansion. I have of course had "oh SHIT!" moments, such as when you round a corner to come face to face with a really big security bot or a gray or something, but apart from those, there weren't any sections of just pure fear for me like there were in System Shock 2 :)
Naartjie
Digital Nightfall on 22/7/2001 at 16:39
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Spoiler:</font><DIV STYLE="background-color:#000080"><FONT color="#000080"> I see you! A Thief on the roof! I can see your heart beating. I can see ... you are afraid. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
buglunch on 29/7/2001 at 06:05
Greasy greasels!
Phydeaux on 29/7/2001 at 14:18
DX definitly had some freaky moments, but nothing like the first time you meat a zombie in Thief (and gets up again after you "kill" it), or any part of SS2.
There was one time DX almost stopped my heart though:
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Spoiler:</font><DIV STYLE="background-color:#000080"><FONT color="#000080">When you're in the subway tunnels trying to ask the drug dealer about the Mole People. When he whipped out his 10mm and blew my head off at point-blank, I jumped so high I almost cut my head off with the celing fan. </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
Then there was the time the missing texture bug cropped up and gave me a hooker with no pants, and no torso.
