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  Deus Ex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also, Warren Spector, executive producer for Deus Ex, has stated the name was a dig at the typical video game plot, which tends to be laden with "deus ex machina" artifices and other poor script writing techniques.
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition, as well as containing all current game updates and a Software development kit, includes a separate soundtrack CD and a page from a fictional newspaper entitled The Midnight Sun recounting recent events in the game's world.
A sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War, was released in the United States on December 3, 2003, and then in Europe in early 2004 for both the PC and the Xbox.
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 Deus Ex: Invisible War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the sequel to Deus Ex (2000).
This is possibly due to the removal of some items from the original Deus Ex, such as computers that allow the player to read email, as well as less character development.
Similar to the original Deus Ex, gameplay consists of a mix of exploring city environments and conversing with the inhabitants, and infiltrating facilities patrolled by hostile guards.
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 Deus Ex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Its name is derived from the Latin expression deus ex machina, meaning "a person or event that provides a sudden and unexpected solution to a story", or literally, "god from the machine".
Deus Ex's plot drew together several current conspiracy theories into a narrative with characters having a deeper development than those of most FPS games.
One of Deus Ex's central issues is nanotechnology: the main character JC Denton serves under the flag of UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist COalition) as an agent augmented by symbiotic microscopic computers called nanites.
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 Deus Ex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Deus Ex, from the Latin expression deus ex machina, is a computer game, released in 2000 by Ion Storm Inc. and distributed by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers as well as the PlayStation 2 game console (under the title Deus Ex - The Conspiracy).
One of Deus Ex's central issues is nanotechnology – the character, JC Denton, serves under the flag of UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist COalition) as an agent augmented by symbiotic microscopic computers called nanites.
A sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War, was released in the United States on December 3, 2003.
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 Deus Ex
Deus Ex Deus Ex This has got to be by far the best game this year (2000), what more is there to say.
With Deus Ex as an example of the strengths of this methodology, it’d be a brave person to mumble sourly at the inevitable march of history.
Deus Ex is one of the few games that succeeds in making you more than you are.
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 cars - Knights Templar
The headquarters of the Templars in Tomar, Portugal, in the Convento de Cristo.
The mythos of the Knights Templar as keepers and defenders of the Holy Grail is a central plot point in both Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum (1988).
The Templars are mentioned in Ion Storm's Deus Ex and are (slightly altered) at the center of Deus Ex 2.
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 Planet DeusEx Forums
The Templar Knights used to be heavy into the occult where it was apparent that the Templar knights of DX2 use seeming christian terminology.
The Newer Templar Knights are fighting for hte purity of the Temple which is the human body.
The Templar Knights from DX2 follow a different philosphy and are ignorant that it was the Knights Templar that layed down the foundation for the Bilderberg Group.
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 Cheats Wire - Array - Deus Ex
Deus Ex is a classic for many reasons, but this latter point is as prophetic and well-executed as any warnings handed down to us from Orwell.
Deus Ex launches from here into its prolongation of winding, protracted, expansive gameplay, a springboard into theretofore uncharted realms of the interactive medium; a living and breathing gaming universe that mirrors our own in so many ways, so compelling and immersing that the experience can become ingrained in your very psyche.
Deus Ex was released by developer Ion Storm in the summer of 2000 for PC and later ported to the PlayStation 2 under the revised title of Deus Ex: The Conspiracy.
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 RPGDot - the fastest news from other worlds
Deus Ex received many awards when it was released in 2000 with its blend of first-person action, multiple solutions, RPG elements and a dark dystopian future world.
Unlike Deus Ex, Biomod canisters are universal and can be used in any slot (although Black Market canisters can’t be used in a standard slot and vice versa) and don’t require a Medibot to install.
What takes more getting used to is the replacement of Deus Ex’s drag and drop inventory with a total of twelve slots (including the six visible on the HUD for the toolbelt) where a flamethrower occupies a single slot just like a multitool.
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 XGP Gaming - Gaming & Entertainment - Knights Templar seek papal apology for 700 years of persecution
The Knights Templar order was formed in 1118 at the end of the First Crusade to protect Christian pilgrims en route to the Holy Land.
Some of the Templars fled to Scotland, where they are reputed to have helped Robert the Bruce defeat the English at Bannockburn, and under his protection many of their rituals survived.
There were signs last year that the relationship between the Templars and the Vatican was improving when, in a church behind the Colosseum, a Catholic priest presided over the first Knights Templar ceremony in Rome for 522 years.
www.xgpgaming.com /forums/printthread.php?t=9739   (808 words)

  
 The Invisible War (Part I) quiz -- free game
The W.T.O., The Knights Exemplar, and The Unified Church.
Lumion Samon's Knights Templar (and Templar Paladins) were the direct descendants of the legendary Knights Templar.
The ammunition in "Deus Ex: Invisible War" works for every weapon because in 2055, all firearms were standardized to a uniform 10mm caliber.
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This is the timeline of Deus Ex, The date of the game is firmly grounded at 2052 although some say otherwise.
The Templar Knights adopted the austere, monastic Rule of St. Benedict, along with the white garments of the Cistercians - adding to them the characteristic red cross that symbolized their willingness to spill their own blood in the defense of the One True Faith.
The reason that Alex’s clone’s data is untrustworthy is that he was 5 at the time of Deus Ex, the data on the clone tube says that he is to be said to have been born (that’s a mouthful) in 2033.
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 GameSpy.com - Article
Devoted to the eradication of human biotechnology, the Templars believe themselves to be the devout, modern incarnation of the ancient Knights Templar -- a brotherhood of knights formed after the Crusades.
These knights made a solemn agreement to aid one another in clearing the highways to Jerusalem, protecting Christian pilgrims through the passes and defiles of the mountains to the Holy City.
The extent of their agenda and membership is not yet known, but many have heard the Templars' criticism of biomodification.
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 Deus Ex - Invision Power Services
For example, Deus Ex is one of the few games where you're not a perfect marksman.
Deus Ex is my favourite single player game of all time, and Halo is my favourite multiplayer game.
Deus Ex 2 takes more horsepower in a computer to run, but I actually think Deus Ex has the superior visual presentation.
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 www.Gamer-Girl.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Deus Ex 2 takes place 20 years after the end of its predecessor.
The Knights Templar have also become a rather public secret society, and now devote themselves to 'cleansing' those with impure souls (i.e.
Deus Ex (1) was also famous for having ENORMOUS 'levels', spanning across wide distances.
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 Deus Ex Eggs/References. - Page 4 - TTLG Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Having read what little information there is on the Knights Templar (at the cathedral) I can deduce that, since the Knights Templar invented modern banking (from their amalgamated wealth of gold) and later became the Illuminati who were later betrayed by Bob Page (who in turn leads the Majestic 12).
The Knights Templar was the older organisation which founded banking and so on before being forced underground by the inquisition in 1299.
Deus Ex could reasonably be assumed to take place sometime in the near future.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/The Knights Templar (Deus Ex)
In the video game Deus Ex: Invisible War, The Knights Templar are a fictional modern branch of the ancient order of The Knights Templar.
These Knights Templar believe themselves to be modern incarnations of the original Knights Templar.
Their lack of biomodification makes non-armoured Templar Paladins (the name used by their ancient ancestors) easier to kill, but the Armoured Paladins are very difficult and only succeptable to EMP.
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 IGN: PlayStation 2 Review
Deus Ex is a game of mystery, story, and freedom set in a world in which every conspiracy theory is true.
Deus Ex never succumbs to the common game syndrome in which an obvious solution is not allowed because it was either too hard to program or the designer wanted you to do something else.
What all this means is that Deus Ex has the greatest, most fully realized gameplay ever in a first person game, shooter or otherwise.
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 DEUS EX 2: INVISIBLE WAR GAME REVIEW
Games are reflections of their societies and thus Deus Ex 2 also offers us an interesting look into our own culture.
The original, Deus Ex, was Game Of The Year in 2002.
Deus Ex: Invisible War requires a hefty computer running at least Windows 98 SE with a P4 1.3 Ghz or AMD Athlon equivalent and 256 MB of RAM.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition for Windows at Epinions.com
That said, Deus Ex siezes a player firmly by the hair (I'll let you decide what hair) and drags him/her into the role of J.C. Denton, a futuristic UN counter-terrorist agent who happens to be a cyborg in a world of international terrorism, worldwide plague, and covert plots for world domination from every corner.
Deus Ex breaks new ground in the world of computer gaming by combining elements of roleplaying games and first-person shooters into an addictive and replayable mix that will satisfy gamers preferring either genre.
Deus Ex will take you all over the world: the United States, Hong Kong, a few European locations, remote ocean bases, the list goes on.
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 Deus Ex: Invisible War for PC Reviews - PC Deus Ex: Invisible War Reviews
Deus Ex's gameplay features and story elements, as well as the expansiveness of the game's environments and the scope of its setting, add up to a satisfying and unusual experience.
Deus Ex: Invisible War can be highly rewarding, as long as you're willing to look past some problems along the way.
From a technical standpoint, Deus Ex shows its age and the limitations of the PS2.
www.gamespot.com /pc/rpg/deusexinvisiblewar/player_review.html?id=268191   (1622 words)

  
 The Adrenaline Vault Review of Deus Ex: Invisible War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
One of the things I found tiresome was the replacement of Deus Ex's intuitive drag-and-drop system of inventory control with a bank of slots that you can only rearrange by juxtaposing two items at a time.
In Deus Ex, augmentation wasn't the only way you could customize your character; there were also the skill points, which could increase your ability with weapons, improve your stealth and allow you to perform additional athletic feats.
In Deus Ex, the combat theme was a bit heavy-handed, but you knew it was there; in Invisible War, there's a veritable abyss in its place.
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 VHJ: Van’s Gaming Corner Debut: Deus Ex
In Deus Ex you are JC Denton, a fresh academy graduate for an international anti-terrorist organization named UNATCO.
The greatest part of Deus Ex’s gameplay is that your main character of JC Denton becomes whatever you wish him to be.
Deus Ex offers a brilliant alternative to the standard FPS shooter and has some of the most incredible open-ended scenarios I’ve ever seen.
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 Adventure Forums - What imagination!
Broken Sword 1 and Gabriel Knight 3 were good Templar games, but those seem to be the only exceptions.
The only Templar game I would like to play right now is one with more historically correct Templars, where you go around protecting pilgrims in Israel and things like that.
Deus Ex is also a Templar game (even if they changed their name to Illuminati).
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 Game Revolution PC Review Page - Game Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
From the Illuminati to the Knights Templar to even the Rosicrucians, the world of Deus Ex is a place about which Robert Anton Wilson has written.
In Deus Ex, cause and effect is king.
In System Shock you were made to feel as a confused, manipulated, terrified human, but in Deus Ex you are an impassive machine.
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 The Invisible War (Part I) - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
The order of Knights Templar was surpressed (in real life) both religiously and politically, and in terms of the "Deus Ex" reality, you learn in the first game that the Illuminati eradicated what was left of their organization, keeping only the Templar banks (which they---the Illuminati---later used to found the gold-standard economic system).
Player's are first introduced to Chad in "Deus Ex" where he is the leader of the French revolutionary group "Silhouette." Dumier later admits to this in "Deus Ex: Invisible War" when he explains his transformation from penniless trouble-maker to filthy-rich world leader.
In "Deus Ex 2" its looks just like any other sword, but originally it was an actual metal blade that had a nanite-coating for added damage.
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 Deus Ex
Deus Ex combines so many of the elements found in other action-adventure titles that it's almost like getting several games for the price of one.
Deus Ex's real achievement is that players are free to complete missions as they see fit.
The individual components of Deus Ex--like the targeting system, inventory controls, and enemy viewing radiuses--are a little clunky when viewed individually, but they converge into an overall game that is much greater than the sum of its parts.
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 Deus Ex Characters and Symbols   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Deus Ex is a First person Shooter/RPG game from Eidos and ION Storm.
The Deus Ex could also be a generic reference to nanotech enhanced people.
Given the variety of possible meanings, I can only conclude that Deus Ex is a well chosen title, being a reference to numerous characters, their desires, ambitions and accomplishments.
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 Frustration!!!!! help!!!! Templar Knights armor!!!! - Eidos Forums
I just finished talking to JC about his master plans and i'm trying to return to Tent04 to hear samon's little sales pitch, but there's like at least 5 templar knights, and without concussion grenades or mines, i have to now learn how to exploit the weak spot.
So, I had her (it happened to be "her") kill two somewhat distant Illuminati and then had her leisurely step directly behind a single Templar, at the gate to the yard of the building with the Aquinas computer.
The power armored Templars are without a doubt the single most-hated enemy in the game for me. I would rather deal with a milbot or the illuminati elite troopers by far than the armored templars.
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