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''Deus Ex'' is a computer game released in 2000 by Ion Storm Inc. with story elements of cyberpunk. Set in a dystopian world during the year 2052, the game combines the action game elements of a first-person shooter with the character development and interaction of a role playing game. Its name is derived from the Latin expression ''deus ex machina'', meaning "''a person or event that provides a sudden, unexpected solution to a story''", or literally, "''god from the machine''". These most obviously refer to the game's protagonist JC Denton and the cybernetic themes of the game. Also, Warren Spector (producer of ''System Shock''), one of the game's designers, has stated the name was a dig at most video game plots, where heavy "deus ex machina" artifices and other poor script writing techniques can be seen. The game is built based on a modified Unreal engine and ''Deus Ex'' is seen as having a mixed gaming genre. The game featured environments often drawn from real locations. It was also notable for the complex tactical possibilities, where players could choose many different ways of achieving evolving goals, from stealth (akin to ''Thief (computer game)'') and long-range sniping, to all-out combat with various heavy weapons, to character interaction and use of objects in the environment. Deus Ex's plot drew together several current conspiracy theory into a narrative with characters having a deeper development than those of most FPS games. It also presented a philosophical dilemma in its conclusion where the player is given a world-altering choice. The game's level of detail astounded the gaming world. As an example, one of Deus Ex's central topics is nanotechnology, the main character JC Denton is augmented by symbiotic microscopic computers called nanites and the game contains an impressive amount of literature on nanotechnology and defines its science quite accurately. Many allusions to classic literature and influences (predominantly Neal Stephenson ''The Diamond Age'' and ''Snow Crash'') can be found throughout the game environment. These details encourage the player to replay the game to discover and learn more about the world of ''Deus Ex''. The game was hailed by many critics and users as a significant step towards a "reality simulation", as one of the first games to truly pioneer the effect of moral choices, and one of the only games in existence based on violence to offer a non-violent alternative; killing is not a necessary part of ''Deus Ex''. A sequel, ''Deus Ex: Invisible War'', was released in the United States on December 3, 2003. As of mid-2003, plans for a ''Deus Ex'' movie were in the works. ''Spider-Man (movie)'' producer Laura Ziskin is on board for the movie, but no other details were given at that point. According to the Internet Movie Database, production status is currently unknown but is listed for release in 2006. ==See also== Deus Ex characters ==External links== ===Official websites=== *[http://www.deusex.com/TheConspiracy/ ''Deus Ex'' official website] ===In-game material=== *[http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdeusex/topic.asp?fid=2755&tid=1236316 The end game quotes] *[http://christhecynic.o-f.com/ConText.html Conversation scripts] *[http://theosek.sitesled.com/DataVault.html Inventory images] *[http://nuwen.net/dx.shtml nuwen.net - Deus Ex] - Includes in-game text (such as e-mails, books, and data cubes) === General information === *[http://www.planetdeusex.com/ Planet Deus Ex] - Fan Community Website *[http://www.gamespy.com/articles/april02/dxbible/ The Deus Ex "Continuity Bible"] from [http://www.gamespy.com gamespy.com] *[http://home.kc.rr.com/bobfahey/deus_ex.htm Deus Ex Information Page] *[http://www.deusexgaming.com/ Deus Ex Gaming] *[http://www.deusex-machina.com/ Deus Ex Machina] *[http://www.matthewmiller.net/html/games/Deus_Ex_links.html List of links related to ''Deus Ex''] *[http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdeusex/topic.asp?fid=2755&tid=1241827 Timeline of events in the game] *[http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/26151.html Game FAQ guides] *[http://www.dxediting.com/index.php DXEditing] - Fan Modification News Portal *[http://offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/ Project HDTP] - High Definition Texture Project 2000 computer and video games Computer and video role-playing games Deus Ex Mac OS games Multiplayer online games PlayStation 2 games Windows games Eidos Interactive games

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== Helios ending NPOV? == "uncomfortable peace offered by the rule of an omnipotent computer." Possibly a NPOV issue? --User:Worthstream 14:03, 4 Nov 2003 (UTC) == Characters == Does anyone else think the protagonists/antagonists classification for the characters section is not adequate for this article? If you pay attention, the story behind Deus Ex is too complex to divide the characters between "good guys" and "bad guys". Now, I know the protagonist/Literary antagonist literary definition is a little more wider than that (just check their respective articles), but for a situation like this it just won't do right. I belive a classification between "main characters" and "secondary characters" would be more appropriate. That of course would ask for a different sorting of characters, but that's alright. Any opinions? I feel like fixing it right now. – User:Mackeriv 20:07, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC) :I strongly agree! User:Artist 00:38, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC) :OK, as the person who put that there, I see in hindsight that it was a bit simplistic. I think either a "primrary/secondary characters" list or prehaps a list by organization (UNATCO, NSF, Illuminati) would be better. Although I see that an organization list might be just as useless as some character's alingments are sort of fluid. So a main/secondary list might be better. Or maybe none... I just thought that the block list could have done with some categorizing. I'll take them out altogether and it can be resorted later if it's worth it. User:Hypernovean 02:13, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC) == Character pages == Is an article about every minor character encyclopedic? Nicolette Duclare was just created, could that not be part of the page here instead? - User:Cohesion User_talk:Cohesion 01:32, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC) :Yes, please make a list of them and put it here, we can put it under == characters == in the article and then just redirect it here, in the unlikely event that they outgrow it we can then put them back. Much better to have one good article than 20 stubs. --User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ User talk:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ [ Bjarmason] User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ 09:25, 2004 Sep 20 (UTC) ::There already is a list under characters, I will just add the text of those articles into the main article with edits for context if there are no objections. I'll give it a while to see if anyone doesn't like that idea. - User:Cohesion User_talk:Cohesion 06:52, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) :::Being a bit blind over here, yeah, you can do it now though, there is already consensus for this kind of thing with video games, just look at talk:starCraft, --User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ User talk:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ [ Bjarmason] User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ 07:49, 2004 Sep 21 (UTC) == External links == Does anyone else think the External Links section is absurdly big? Seriously, I've never seen an article with a links section as big as that one. That's just too much, and it's full of links to sites that don't even need to be there. Just unnecessary clutter. Things like conspiracy theory links certainly don't belong there. Even less when there are other articles that already deal with that kind of subject. :I say we should keep the links that are really related to ''Deus Ex'' only, and from those, the most important ones. – User:Mackeriv 03:38, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC) :Dealt with. – User:Mackeriv 23:47, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Anna Navarre == Anna Navarre accent is no israely. her accent sound more russian to me. --User:Artist 00:49, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC) :I don't know about her accent, but you can check [http://www.deusex.com/TheConspiracy/ Deus Ex's official website]. Take a look at the Art section. She's indeed Israeli. – User:Mackeriv 01:36, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC) :She's a Russian-born Israeli, probably. There are plenty of those. --80.178.227.147 17:27, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC) == JC Denton Bio == Um, the JC Denton bio in this article seems *completely* wrong to me. Paul was supposed to be killed with his parents but escaped? Surely not. Paul was a UNATCO agent, placed there *by* MJ12, and they didn't try to kill him, as far as I can tell, until after he returned from Hong Kong. Why would they try to kill him, find that they failed, and then place him at UNATCO anyway? I'm inclined to completely rewrite this but now I'm wondering if the PC and PS2 versions are more different than I realized... or if I'm just utterly mistaken. Does anyone else have a take on this? User:Solemnavalanche 01:22, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC) :Looks like the bio is accurate to the Deus Ex continuity document linked at the bottom of the article. However, some of the document doesn't quite jive with what I remember from playing through the game a few times - perhaps some of the original story was altered in the final game. User:CamTarn 13:15, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC) ::Quite. Initially the Deus Ex and JC Denton pages were separate, and the JC Denton one was appalling, though detailed considering the depth of information provided in game. I used the continuity bible extensively in rewriting the article, which may well account for discrepancies. == Mistargeted character bios == I believed that some of the character bios were curt and mistargeted. While some, like JC and Paul were given excellent treatment, a description of Sam Carter as a (paraphrase) "quartermaster that will supply you with weapons sometimes" is short, but far more importantly, written from the point of view of a "tips and tricks" website. This is embodied especially with the use of the second person, which makes the assumption that the reader is playing Deus Ex and looking for advice. On that note, I expanded and reworded the entires for Reyes, Carter, Tong, and Jock to reflect more of the depth of character that the first half of the article claimed, as well as giving them a treatment from a point of view outside the assumption that "the reader is JC." --144.89.238.248 22:55, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Thanks == I want to say that it's really a pleisure to see that someone decided to create this article... maybe one day I'll translate it in the Italian wikipedia. I think that Deus ex could be the best game I ever played. Although the second chapter(Invisible war) is not as good as the first. Bye User:Balrogofmoria 14:17, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Carter's leg == Latest anon addition: "(Though never explicit [''sic''] mentioned in the game, Carter was retired from army service after losing one of his legs. He currently uses a mechanical prosthesis)" And how exactly is this know if it is never explicitly mentioned in the game? User talk:TPKUser:TPK 12:34, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Perhaps in the manual? Perhaps it is hinted at? In any case i don't even recall him having an artificial limb yet alone its history. --User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ User talk:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ [ Bjarmason] User:�var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason/ 15:47, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC) ::If you to go the [http://www.deusex.com/TheConspiracy/flash/ps2con.htm official web site], under the Gallery section Sam is explicitly listed as having a lost leg replaced with a cybernetic one. -User:Rjo 19:27, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC) :::Also Some early screen shots of a beta version of Sam Carter's Model and early concept art clearly shows his leg to be mechanical. :::Found [http://planetdeusex.ru/download/fanimages/prerelease/preReleaseLebedev.jpg here] and [http://www.deusex-machina.com/media/showimage.asp?source=./artwork/samcarter.jpg here] == scratch that == i thought there wasn't a mention of deus ex 2 but there was--so instead i realised deus ex 2 was a blank page and made a redirect...at least something productive came of it.User:Lockeownzj00 10:01, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Clean Up == The story line as laid out in the article, most notably the bio for JC Denton, is so disparate from the actual plot as I know it (and I know it very well) that I am tempted to nuke most of this article. It might be best to trim this down to just a short blurb. Describe the basic plot (i.e. Future, Nanotech, Terrorism), then some background about the game itself as a commercial item (talk about the level of success it achieved), and then have some links at the bottom that people can follow up for more depth. Since the article is already marked for clean up, I have decided to proceed with my idea. If this is a problem, let me know. I just want it to be clear I am not trying to vandalize the page. User:Guardian 08:21, 18 March 2005 (UTC) :I think the removal of the Character and Organization sections is too drastic, although it may be better to relocate them to a separate article (Characters in Deus Ex). I do agree that the story described is inaccurate, especially since it was drawn from a single source and conflicts with other sources (including the game itself). :In my opinion the article should be laid out something like this: :*Introduction :*Gameplay description :*Plot summary :**Conspiracy themes :**Major characters (with link to a more extensive Characters in Deus Ex) :*Technical details :*External links :By the way, standard convention is to place new comments at the bottom of the Talk page. --User:Poiuytman (User talk:Poiuytman)User:Poiuyt Man 10:10, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC) ::Ah, I'm new and didn't realize. Thanks for the tip. --User:Guardian 17:39, 27 March 2005 (UTC) :I have to agree that removing the Character and Storyline sections entirely seems too drastic a solution. Maybe a seperate "Deus Ex Characters" article or something along those lines would be preferable. User:Joylock 3:00, April 22 2005. :While the section seems to have been removed anyway User:69.156.22.23 01:29, 1 May 2005 (UTC) ::Seems that Guardian never went ahead with his idea. I retrieved the deleted Characters information and moved it to Deus Ex characters. There's a link at the top of Deus Ex pointing to it. --User:Poiuytman ^{User talk:Poiuytman}User:Poiuytman 06:36, 25 May 2005 (UTC) ==Deus Ex Movie== Where on IMDB does it say that plans for a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365118/ Deus Ex movie] have been cancelled? It used to list production as cancelled but it has now changed to unknown and the release date has been bumped up a year.User:Walton Simons == Characters == How come there is nothing about the characters in Deus ex?, And every search or link to a Deus Ex character just redirects to this page? (please sign your posts with four tildes ~~~~, which become a name and date) :The deleted Characters section has been moved to Deus Ex characters; the characters will now redirect there. --User:Poiuytman ^{User talk:Poiuytman}User:Poiuytman 06:37, 25 May 2005 (UTC) There is an article called Deus Ex characters but I think it ought to be linked someone on the main Deus Ex page. I suggest somebody create a link to it from there.

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Maybe you are interested, if so, please let me know there as well. User:Get-back-world-respect 19:29, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) == Edit attribution == Hi. Your request for edit reattribution was rejected. Please see Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit/Rejected requests. Regards User:Kate— User:Kate | User talk:Kate 06:13, 2004 Sep 5 (UTC) == Home Nation == Do you live in the UK? I live in Scotland, and have NEVER heard the phrase "Home Nation" used except in relation to cricket. While it may (or may not) be technically correct, it is confusing. User:AlistairMcMillan 22:23, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC) Yes I live in England - maybe 'Home nation' is just an English thing then. Still, country is not accurate as that implies that it is an a sovereign nation with its own territory (the UK). Nation is a name for a group of people with the same culture/language/ethnicity etc - thats what England, Scotland, Wales and NI are. I'm not trying to demean Wales and Scotland or anything, its just they are not countries despite many people referring to them as that. User:Deus Ex 17:11, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) : I refer you to the fourth paragraph of Country. : Anyway I have no serious objections to your last edit to Scotland. Although rest assured that I'm keeping the page bookmarked so that the exact millisecond we win our independence back... :) User:AlistairMcMillan 21:45, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) :Thats fine by me ;) User:Deus Ex 21:47, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==Meta-human== Hi, Deus Ex, I think it was you posted Meta-human on Cleanup (if you don't mind my saying so, it would be easier to be sure if you signed the entries), so I'm writing to explain why I'm about to remove it from the list. When you posted it, it looks like it had already been listed on VfD, but the VfD nominator for some reason didn't add the VfD tag to the article itself until a good deal later � two hours later � so you had no way of knowing about it. Crossed wires, that's all. (Also, I think you may yourself have forgotten to add the Cleanup template to the article.) Pretty elaborate hoax, isn't it? It smells to heaven of copyvio, pity Google can't seem to pick up the scent. Best wishes, User:Bishonen 23:52, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC) Thanks for the message, I tried googling it too but I couldn't get anything. I'll try and sign my entries next time. User:Deus Ex 10:55, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC) == Cathedral of Magdeburg == Hey, thanks for nominating the article! Currently I am on a trip, but I will be back on thursday and then can add a lot of references, both paper and online. I added a comment about that to the freatured article page -- User:Chris 73 User talk:Chris 73 23:39, Oct 3, 2004 (UTC) *I added a number of references (most in german) and external links. 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It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- User:Ram-Man ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=User_talk:Ram-Man&action=edit§ion=new comment]| User talk:Ram-Man ==Bernard Williams== Deus Ex, thank you for reverting the vandalism at BW. I was so pleased to have this featured on the main page, and could have died when I saw someone had inserted that he'd studied the question: "How to live with pigs" !! Luckily, you spotted it very quickly. Thank you! Best, User:SlimVirgin 19:29, Jan 19, 2005 (UTC) ==Maps== I'm afraid I have retired from map-making for the moment. Sorry, User:Morwen - User_talk:Morwen 15:35, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==Images listed for deletion== I have listed these images for deletion at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion (June 9) since no articles use them. If you feel this is wrong, drop a note at that page or, at the very least, find an article where they can be used. Regards, User:Thuresson 00:53, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) *:Image:Luxembourg ff.jpg *:Image:Lithuania national football team logo.jpg *:Image:Andorra national football team logo.jpg *:Image:Argentina national football team logo.jpg *:Image:Germany shirt logo.jpg *:Image:Us football crest.gif *:Image:Sweden national football team logo.jpg *:Image:England crest.jpg *:Image:Spain national football team.jpg *:Image:NI FA crest.jpg == Royal Prerogative == I don't disapprove of your changes to Royal Prerogative but want to clarify your comment - which is inaccurate. The fact is that the Monarch does have a real choice - one that may go with the flow while popular support is lacking, but one can imagine a Monarch with popular support (not necessarily democratic support) that in the future could act against the elected government and legally move the country to despotism. In general, the British public are not protected by constitutional convention which can change with the times in ways that are against the public interest. Hence the 2003 parlimentary inquiry. Your implication that the Monarch is helpless is incorrect. - User:Stevenzenith 07:27, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC) Thanks for your response on my talk page. I do not have time to respond right now - but, I am English. I was raised in London. Briefly, you are under a false apprehension that is the product of Palace PR. And in my opinion it is dangerous complacency. Aside from that, the facts speak for themselves. It is the facts and not your opinion of the facts that Wikipedia requires. - User:Stevenzenith 22:22, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC) == Thanks for your thanks on the British Monarchy... == ...but I'm still not 100 percent satisfied with the sentence as I rewrote it. All the facts are there, but it's godawfully mangled and hard to follow. Suggestions on how to revise it are welcome! --User:Jfruh 19:35, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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