High Definition Texture Pack

Deus Ex is probably one of the best games ever made for PC, if not the very best. I played it many times from the very beginning to one of three different endings. On my fourth replay I found a place and triggered events that I haven't seen during preceding three plays - such is the amount of content and story in the game.

Currently, however, the game incredible storyline and gameplay get clouded by its already ancient engine. Essentially it is based on Unreal Tournament's one, which means it is pretty blocky and textures are not of the highest quality. It is not a problem for me or true hardcore gamers, but many others will dismiss the game just because of the way it looks.

Fortunately, there is a solution to this and it's called HDTP, which in fact doesn't have anything to do with Handheld Device Transport Protocol that happens to have same abbreviation. HDTP actually stands for High Definition Texture Pack and it does more than the name suggests - not only its authors aim to totally retexture the game in high definition, but also change all models and their animations!

New version of Gunther Hermann, old model in the corner.

Also, have a look at a compilation of screenshots in a slideshow movie below :



The only downside to it is that it is not yet finished and there is still some time before it gets completed. I can barely contain my impatience!

Meanwhile, while we are waiting, I suggest to have a look at yet another rehashed version of Deus Ex. I do not mean its sequel, Invisible War, but Deus Ex : The Conspiracy, a PS2 version with renewed cutscenes.

You can see the original Deus Ex intro here (classic intro) and compare it to PS2 version here (new version).

Then have a look at all the three possible endings in the original version.

Personally, I just love those lines ("And... who are we? Who are we really?"). The quotes at the very end of each sequence are great as well. For those who have not played the game, there is the following choice of endings in function of players choices :

• fusing with artificial intelligence called Helios - basically "Ghost in the Shell" ending,
• destroying global communications network - inducing "New Dark Age", in which people will now live free of influence of global powers,
• joining the Illuminati conspiracy - which I personally didn't like, with its opportunistic down-to-earth scent of corruption, to be joining stronger faction, just like in real life .
  

Now you can have a look at all of them in alternative versions (I give them here in the respective order) :

• The barriers between us have fallen and we have become our own shadows.
• If you receive this, if you survive, then find us! Find us!
• In the end all sins are forgiven, even yours...
  

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