That's about as far removed an 'improvement' for Deus Ex's intro as I can think of. Nothing wrong with releasing it on Steam as an option, and it can be installed with other platforms with extra steps, but we've already seen earlier on in the year how much backlash Steam-only-platform-lock-in attempts generated from the larger modding community in general and they could have avoided a ton of negative votes here with very little effort, a bit more common sense and a whole lot less 'platform politics'.Įdit: Reading Steam reviews shows they've changed a lot more, eg, removed the 'globe in the hand' intro (which perfectly sets the 'Illuminati tone' right from the start) and simply replaced it with exactly the same conversation in an office. Reading through some of the comments on moddb, they're also not doing themselves any favors on the voting scores / reviews by apparently releasing it only on Steam when it's obviously one of those 15 year old games (like the original Thief's) where most copies in circulation are owned on original retail CD / GOG. The original's is perfect exactly as it is. I also don't see the need to replace the soundtrack. Maybe ' beauty is in the eye of the beholder', but I personally think Hong Kong would have looked better keeping the original dark color and 'run down' look (with new HD textures) rather than turning it into a flood-lit over-saturated 'carnival day' which kinda destroys a lot of the dark foreboding feel of being in a strange locked-down city during a pandemic for the first time. I know they put a lot of effort into it, some parts do indeed look much better, but other parts now look 'over designed'.

Click to expand.I have mixed feelings to be honest.

Deus ex goty too dark