While I was in Milton visiting Annie, Dave introduced me to an amazing game. I’ve been playing Deus Ex for about two weeks, and I just beat it last night. The game has an amazing story that begins with you as a secret agent and progresses through to you saving the entire planet.
While looking up information on Deus Ex 2 on a website, I found a list of cheats. Among those cheats was something called “matrix mode.” If you turn it on, everything in the game looks like the scene where Neo starts seeing matrix code instead of the real world. No screenshot could do it justice, but here’s one anyways. Just imagine all the code is streaming around. Personally, I think this is easily the best hidden feature I’ve ever found in any game.
And in case that’s not cool enough, check this out. For years now, I’ve wanted to put a war room in my house. I’ve envisioned it in my mind, and while playing the game, I stumbled upon a room that happens to look almost exactly the way I imagined it. The globe rotates, of course.
Simon
That’s cool :) I like.I’m guessing you’ve heard of/seen Max Payne, but if you haven’t, *go and buy it right now* (provided you’ve got a decent computer and 3d card)… It’s basically got a ‘slow-down-time-and-dodge-bullets’ button, and you can dive through the air matrix style while doing this. It’s the closest thing to the movie I’ve ever seen. Totally amazing. No point in looking at screenshots as you really have to see it move, but with all the graphics options turned up, you *do* get the shockwave trails behind the bullets. :)
Alex
Heh, i second what simon says. If you thought that was cool, Max Payne will blow your socks off. Deus Ex is a much better game, but bullet time in Payne is killer.If you liked Deus Ex, you would also like the Thief games. Totally different style, but the story and game is just as good. And if you want crazy 6000 hours of gameplay, go for Baldurs Gate (skip to 2).Check out the Day of Defeat mod for HalfLife too.. it’s the best mod out there right now. World War 2 ala first person. Amazing maps and weapons… it feels pretty much like the real thing in a lot of ways! A good warm up for the slew of WW2 games in the works.–Alex
scott
sweet… my brother was telling me about it, too. I’ll have to check it out when I get some money.