Deus Ex 2 Preview

There is a Deus Ex 2 preview on Games Radar, which seems to have come out of a recent issue of PC Gamer. The article is filled with quotes from the developers, giving us (more) info on the tech, the improved freedom, making the game a little less "hardcore", happenings in the game based on real events and all kinds of other things. Thanks Evil Avatar.

Government conspiracies played a massive part in the original Deus Ex. The game was written at the height of X-Files mania and the use of such geek paranoia favourites as Area 51, the Illuminati and Majestic 12 gave it a real millennial grit. But Spector feels the world has moved on and that Deus Ex must move on too. "The conspiracy stuff was fun and interesting but I think we're going to see it become a somewhat less important part of the universe as time goes on. We want to focus on gameplay and a believable world... I think the conspiracy stuff is kind of a trick to suck people in. The X-Files is petering out now - I'm not sure that conspiracy themes are quite as hot now as they were as we approached the millennium. We think the strength of Deus Ex is its gameplay and characters, and the returning characters you'll see over and over again."