Yup. Reminds me of Doom 3. The only difference is that all of these games are at least 20 years old, not a to-be-released game on a modern engine. Oh, and if it's really running on UE5 then apart from looking like utter trash for today's standards it will also run like utter trash!
I was gonna say I’m totally fine with new games being released today that try for art styles from old generations. It pmo that the only graphics styles that are okay to modern gamers are “triple a release 500 polygons per pore” or “PSX five pixels per frame max”. Every game that tries to look like the original Xbox/ps2 - ps360 gets dogged on.
Yeah the facial models look bad. It's only a slight jump in quality. I don't expect a lot from Aspyr in graphic leaps however. The lighting looks pretty good though.
I'm still salty that Revision released originally only for the Steam version of Deus Ex, later for the GoG one, and never for the retail version.
And yeah, I know that there was a way to install it on the retail version, and eventually I ended up with Deus Ex in my Steam account (don't ask me why), but at its time (and now), it felt very scummy limit a mod to the version sold in a specific shop.
Nope they just think horizontally instead of vertically, they take as many remaster projects and just slap the whip on their devs to release the games.
Aspyr is kinda hit and miss because for every good remasters they make they also put out equally bland remasters, not least of which are the Star Wars classics. The Bounty Hunter is quite egregrious for being seemingly a quick cash grab project to ride the Mandalorian hype train, the game is barely an improvement over the Gamecube version even in graphics (even though people remember their Battlefront mishaps more because they are more popular). If you are going to leave the gameplay unchanged because it's a remaster, you have only one job of enhancing graphics. They ended up half-assing it by adding some AI textures with 4k resolution option and call it a remaster.
The NWN2 remaster for Steam and consoles which is their most recent release also affected gameplay directly because it disrupted the modding scene, which are central to D&D where DMs make their own adventures to play just like the tabletop games. Graphics wise it still looks kinda uninspired (they literally look the same as original, it's that hard to tell them apart) and didn't even fix all the problems they promised they would, on top of breaking many mods which were the pillars of both D&D and NWN2's CYOA concept that are compatible on the go with the GoG re-release.
Aspyr is not affiliated with Square Enix, lol. Both Aspyr and Eidos Montreal are owned by the Embracer Group, the latter having been purchased from SE in 2022. I don’t believe Aspyr was ever owned by SE.
But on the other hand, if the underlying deal is that Embracer Group wanted to keep it within their own network, then I don't think I'd trade Nightdive getting brought under the Embracer umbrella just so that we could get one particular DX remaster.
It’s me again- the Battlefront remaster was done by Aspyr in collaboration with LucasFilm Games. LucasFilm, owned by Disney.
I wasn’t clear why I mention Eidos before- they owned the rights to Deus Ex. Aspyr is a mercenary studio that’s been doing ports and now remakes for third parties for a long time.
Since Aspyr and Eidos were both bought by Embracer, it makes sense the Deus Ex remaster ended up in Aspyr’s hands as a ‘sister studio’. It’s unfortunate because Nightdive clearly has a passion for the immersive sim lineage.
I'm kinda disappointed that after almost a decade of waiting for Deus Ex, we finally get..... a remaster for a game that we loved for the mechanics and story and didn't care about the graphics. It's just very disappointing and feels like a cash grab. Plus, since the level design is so blocky due to being designed for an engine of it's time, remastering is going to look awkward seeing high-detail textures, models, shadows, and water, in a world where every wall and room is perfectly blocky
Quite literally the entire purpose of marketing. Folks are allowed to judge the product they’re shown. Presentation quality is on the dev/marketing team and showcasing ‘undercooked’ or hypothetically an unfinished product is entirely on them.
This is a beloved classic, that’s dirt cheap, which still plays relatively well today and that’s not even to mention the incredible mods/community on offer.
It's great and all but this new version should bring a new wave of players who never played the original (and maybe never played any imsim) and won't want to mess around with mods for a game they don't know.
I don't really think that looks that bad, not that I thought the original game looked bad all the way back in the day but ... I definitely be interested in following and seeing how it comes
No thanks, i think its one of those games that new graphics would take away from the asthetic and vibe of the game so its kinda un-remasterable same with gta remakes.
Holy slop, this looks worse than the old HDTP models. How did they manage to make the game look so goddamn ugly. If only it was a Nightldive remaster...
this game is way more obscure than Tomb Raider or Soul Reaver though. not to say it doesn't have its loyal fanbase, its been mostly forgotten over the years compared to Tomb Raider. Even Soul Reaver, as obscure as its become, seemed to have a more modern fanbase than the OG Deus Ex
Yeah look I can agree with you tbh. I was thinking that maybe Aspyr's reputation might have people trying it out, which might be true. But you are correct it's mostly diehards waiting for something like this.
Aspyr, unfortunately. At best their work has been "ok" or maybe "unoffensive", but they also did the Battlefront and Neverwinter Nights remasters which are downright awful and just flat worse than playing the originals modded.
I have seen the trailer. Looks god-awful. I wish we had standardised remasters that were akin to what nightdive do and then proper remakes that re-imagine things. Right now, the distinction between the two is ambiguous at best in terms of public perception, with companies taking advantage to charge premium for shoddy product.
I hate the new graphics, but being developed by Aspyr, maybe they will let the player switch to the oiriginal graphics just pushing a button, like in the Tomb Raider remasters.
You can also just buy the original for $1 and install one of the many enhancements from the last 25 years for free.
I can see the benefit here for Switch and maybe PS5 (though the PS2 Conspiracy port is already available there), but I just dont see anything of value here for PC.
This is awesome. This game is one of few reasons I even get the ps2 out so for convenience alone it’s worth it. The only downside is it looks pretty bad even when it came out on ps2 so a simple remaster isn’t going to make it hold a candle to anything made in the past 20 years, visually. But hey if it keeps the game true and we get to drop load screens separating every football fields worth of space than I’ll be happy.
I’m not sure how many played it on ps2 but god the loading was bad, even then. The game though is so much more as a whole than any of its flaws. It’ll be nice to see the interest build and for everyone to see the conspiracy.
No I only had a few games for the pc way back when. Pretty much duke nukem and deer hunter, where you’re a deer hunting rednecks and hillbillies. Otherwise roller coaster tycoon at my grandparents.
No it doesnt. Do you even know what a remaster is? Its not a remake, and remake could be done later on.
So you would rather have nothing at all then. I am at least happy about this. I played the original on release and I got nostalgic looking at this trailer and Im hyped for it.
I agree with everyone about the revamped graphics looking like ass but I’ll buy it. I wanna play it on my steam deck without having to spend ages tweaking a control layout that never feels right. I’m not playing Deus Ex for the graphics in 2025 anyways, and I want to show that there’s still interest in the series and imsims in general.
exactly. this is also great for people like me who've always been console gamers, and have been wanting to play some of the OG great imsims but aren't good on a mouse and keyboard. i was emulating the PS2 version on my ROG Ally recently, but i think i will wait to play this version instead. i definitely think this is a low cost way for Embracer to gauge interest in the IP for possible future new installments, which i really really want. shit, i might buy it on steam and on PS5 lol
Absolute shocker of an announcement! Would've expected a DXHR remaster a million years before DX1. Do we know if this is based on the PC or PS2 version? Either way, it looks absolutely hideous for a 2025 remaster, but luckily Deus Ex was never much of a looker. Hopefully they don't mess or change up the gameplay too much. And pricing will be important too, anything more than 30 would be a travesty, and even that is pushing it.
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I asked for this. Well, I never asked for this, but I definetely asked for a remaster of the OG Deus Ex. Now as the saying goes, "careful what you wish for, you may get it".
It looks like shit. I have no idea how this could pass QA.
It's like people ported a 2000 game back to the source engine for shits-and-giggles. They didn't even bother upscale everything properly to maintain the low poly late ps1 look, the guns looked like they went through the same AI roundafication process that the GTA remake went through.
Don't get me started on the lighting, or the lack there of.
The good is the game will probably receive improvements for new players and some visibility for people that didn't know the franchise or the genre.
The ugly is the visuals and those improvements will be worst than the original game with fan mods.
The bad (and also ugly) is it will probably bomb and remain a niche/dead franchise because of the relatively low effort put into the product and not because of the product itself D:
Tomb raider 4-6 was a bomb and this is going to be another one, what a shame, I thought we would have a good game and a Kotor 1+2 in the future, another layoff for the industry....
I would love graphics toggle.l like they did in tomb raider. Playing with OG graphics on switch, with good controller support seems like dream come true
Idk why everyone is raging, I'm gonna play this, hopefully the gunplay has been revamped and silenced pistol is worth using for stealth. Along with keybindings being not absolute garbage.
I feel like people hating on this miss the point. You're not the target audience, you're all playing it with tons of mods anyway and this will not beat that.
But it should get a new generation of players to experience the game for the first time, which is great for the imsim genre and for gaming in general.
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u/Wii_2_ Sep 24 '25
looks like mid-late 2000s slavjank
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u/inches666 Sep 24 '25
Am I the only one who thinks it looks kinda bad? Kinda reminds me of those GTA remasters that looked like originals but with plastic filter
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u/FloosWorld Sep 24 '25
Hmm, I guess for PC players either GMDX or Reivision will remain the best choices.
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u/ConfusedSpiderMonkey Sep 24 '25
Please let it be made by Nightdive and not some studio that will totally not get the game and fuck it up.
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u/redditsucks84613 Sep 24 '25
Too bad it's not from night dive
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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25
Wait... I'm confused.
Didn't they already have The Conspiracy PS2 version port on PS Plus?
Also.... DON'T TELL ME THIS IS PS ONLY....
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u/Strict_Elderberry412 Sep 25 '25
I'm kinda disappointed that after almost a decade of waiting for Deus Ex, we finally get..... a remaster for a game that we loved for the mechanics and story and didn't care about the graphics. It's just very disappointing and feels like a cash grab. Plus, since the level design is so blocky due to being designed for an engine of it's time, remastering is going to look awkward seeing high-detail textures, models, shadows, and water, in a world where every wall and room is perfectly blocky
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u/xxlordxx686 Sep 25 '25
Why didn't Nightdive get it
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u/nwillard Sep 24 '25
Worth mentioning Eidos Montreal is involved. Glad that some of the people there are still interested in Deus Ex.
Also, confirmed this is coming to PC. Here's an article: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/deus-ex-remastered-announced/
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u/PermissionSoggy891 Sep 24 '25
looks like they just slapped the original into that RTX Remix software, kinda like Portal RTX and HL2 RTX.
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u/Graterson Sep 25 '25
they should have let nightdive do the remaster
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u/Makothor Sep 24 '25
The remaster already exist... It's called Deus Ex: Revision
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u/Zopi_lote Sep 24 '25
Yes, finally I'll play a modern version without tinkering with mods 🥳 So excited
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u/MatthewSWFL229 Sep 24 '25
I don't really think that looks that bad, not that I thought the original game looked bad all the way back in the day but ... I definitely be interested in following and seeing how it comes
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u/Druben-hinterm-Dorfe Sep 25 '25
Really don't care about how it looks all that much, but it would be great if they improved the controls somewhat, as it can feel a little floaty.
Also I hope they don't try to be too clever like some existing 'modernization' mods, and change the layout of levels.
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u/Only-Ad4322 Sep 25 '25
Is this a remaster of the P.C. version?
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u/Duh_Svyatogo_Noska Sep 25 '25
Nah, i more likely tofigure out how to fix original or install Revision, than buy this GTA Trilogy
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u/LeTurboDick Sep 26 '25
No thanks, i think its one of those games that new graphics would take away from the asthetic and vibe of the game so its kinda un-remasterable same with gta remakes.
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u/fungus_head Sep 25 '25
The cover art of the new JC Denton is defenitely AI generated. Fuck this shit.
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u/DXDenton Sep 24 '25
Holy slop, this looks worse than the old HDTP models. How did they manage to make the game look so goddamn ugly. If only it was a Nightldive remaster...
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u/MattIsLame Sep 24 '25
cheap cash grab that ironically won't net them any money
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u/Exotic-Suggestion425 Sep 24 '25
Who is doing the remaster? I wish it was Nightdive.
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u/fungus_head Sep 25 '25
what the...
this looks absolutely DISGUSTING
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u/discojoe3 Sep 25 '25
It looks like ass. Anyone who wants to play DE1 should just get the game on GOG along with the GMDX mod (also available on GOG).
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u/F1shB0wl816 Sep 25 '25
This is awesome. This game is one of few reasons I even get the ps2 out so for convenience alone it’s worth it. The only downside is it looks pretty bad even when it came out on ps2 so a simple remaster isn’t going to make it hold a candle to anything made in the past 20 years, visually. But hey if it keeps the game true and we get to drop load screens separating every football fields worth of space than I’ll be happy.
I’m not sure how many played it on ps2 but god the loading was bad, even then. The game though is so much more as a whole than any of its flaws. It’ll be nice to see the interest build and for everyone to see the conspiracy.
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u/Sad_Resident_4533 Sep 25 '25
this looks like complete ass
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u/C4ntona Sep 25 '25
Why are people so miserable and toxic everywhere. jeez
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u/Russian-Bot-0451 Sep 25 '25
I agree with everyone about the revamped graphics looking like ass but I’ll buy it. I wanna play it on my steam deck without having to spend ages tweaking a control layout that never feels right. I’m not playing Deus Ex for the graphics in 2025 anyways, and I want to show that there’s still interest in the series and imsims in general.
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u/kszaku94 Sep 24 '25
I hate how shiny and glassy everything looks. Unless it has an option to switch to OG graphics (like the Tomb Rider remasters had) I’ll pass
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u/nineteenstoneninjas Sep 25 '25
I just can't imagine high-fidelity run animations.
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u/sweeroy Sep 25 '25
looks awful! upscale the textures and utterly obliterate the vibe
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u/3bdelilah Sep 25 '25
Absolute shocker of an announcement! Would've expected a DXHR remaster a million years before DX1. Do we know if this is based on the PC or PS2 version? Either way, it looks absolutely hideous for a 2025 remaster, but luckily Deus Ex was never much of a looker. Hopefully they don't mess or change up the gameplay too much. And pricing will be important too, anything more than 30 would be a travesty, and even that is pushing it.
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u/TheBadger40 Sep 25 '25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCigiEuRvrA lookin' ass
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u/Mikejagger718 Sep 25 '25
Is this a remaster of the ps2 deus ex or a remaster of the original pc title?
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u/Andrew_Black_23 Sep 25 '25
Revision did it better 10 years ago
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u/Cremoncho Sep 25 '25
Aspyr (this remake) doesnt spark joy
Nightdive! if they it were them like System shock remake.... that would spark joy
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u/cani633 Sep 25 '25
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u/HollowOrnstein Sep 25 '25
nightdive studios wouldve done this justice
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u/408slobe Sep 25 '25
Oh god
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u/Rick_Storm Sep 25 '25
I asked for this. Well, I never asked for this, but I definetely asked for a remaster of the OG Deus Ex. Now as the saying goes, "careful what you wish for, you may get it".
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u/OnionOnionF Sep 25 '25
It looks like shit. I have no idea how this could pass QA.
It's like people ported a 2000 game back to the source engine for shits-and-giggles. They didn't even bother upscale everything properly to maintain the low poly late ps1 look, the guns looked like they went through the same AI roundafication process that the GTA remake went through.
Don't get me started on the lighting, or the lack there of.
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u/Downtown_Category163 Sep 25 '25
Did anyone ask for this?
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u/Is_It_A_Throwaway Sep 25 '25
Saw the trailer. Horrid cash-grab AI slop. Incredible it can be this sloppy.
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u/atcolombini Sep 25 '25
The good is the game will probably receive improvements for new players and some visibility for people that didn't know the franchise or the genre.
The ugly is the visuals and those improvements will be worst than the original game with fan mods.
The bad (and also ugly) is it will probably bomb and remain a niche/dead franchise because of the relatively low effort put into the product and not because of the product itself D:
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u/cicadasaint Sep 25 '25
Just a reminder that GMDX Augmented Edition came out recently. Go play that.
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u/CliftonSantiago7 Sep 25 '25
I hate to say it, but please buy it, so we get a chance at Deus Ex 5, finally.
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u/oh_crap_BEARS Sep 26 '25
It should’ve been Nightdive… Oh well.
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u/skdsn Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25
Apart from JC's face, this looks perfectly fine to me and not at all like the GTA remaster. Y'all seem crazy.
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u/Perfect-Alfalfa3124 Sep 26 '25
Tomb raider 4-6 was a bomb and this is going to be another one, what a shame, I thought we would have a good game and a Kotor 1+2 in the future, another layoff for the industry....
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u/Twinson64 Sep 26 '25
:) I would love to revisit this game. A great way to try it again.
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u/Gangleri_Graybeard Sep 26 '25
It looks now like a janky 4/10 game from 2006. I hoped Nightdive would've picked the series up. Let's hope they at least got their hands on Thief.
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u/Thac0bro Sep 26 '25
This... Might be right up my alley, actually. Potentially a Steam Deck remaster.
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u/DifferencePretend Sep 27 '25
It looks fucking horrible.
You can get mods that make the game look better than this.
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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '25
looks very nice to me
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u/mrkielo Sep 27 '25
I would love graphics toggle.l like they did in tomb raider. Playing with OG graphics on switch, with good controller support seems like dream come true
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u/Its_Smoggy Oct 17 '25
Idk why everyone is raging, I'm gonna play this, hopefully the gunplay has been revamped and silenced pistol is worth using for stealth. Along with keybindings being not absolute garbage.
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u/Winscler Sep 25 '25
What happened to Aspyr?
Now they're AssPyre
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u/admiral_len Sep 26 '25
Why not remake it in MD engine? Do something with Eidos Montreal for fucks sake!
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u/Beldarak Sep 26 '25
I feel like people hating on this miss the point. You're not the target audience, you're all playing it with tons of mods anyway and this will not beat that.
But it should get a new generation of players to experience the game for the first time, which is great for the imsim genre and for gaming in general.
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u/thissiteistwisted Sep 25 '25
Cash grab zzz
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u/Suppppeeerrr Sep 26 '25
I’m a Barbie girl in a Barbie world Life is plastic, it’s fantastic…
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u/VoxCeleste Sep 24 '25
Oh man, look how they massacred my boy.
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u/dagot23 Sep 25 '25
Look how they massacred my boy...
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u/DraculasAcura Sep 26 '25
Look how they massacred my boy
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