Deus Ex Takes On Cassandra Project

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the release of The Cassandra Project: Episode 1, an adult-content replete single-player mod for Deus Ex that's been in development for over 2 years. According to pre-release info, the mod contains "..25,000 words or so of dialogue, 95% new player skins.. five newly-modelled and animated weapons, new music, voiced elements, assorted new decorated models including everything from a ZX Spectrum to a frying pan... and a car that thinks it's a Jerry Springer extra." There's a hands-on preview at the Deus Ex Machina site, and a look at a sample screenshot from the mod, barely released before the Deus Ex sequel, indicates good use of zebra-skin clothing and a copy of Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.

Comments

This could be the first full DX mod ever

[PeteyG]

This could be the first and only Deus Ex mod that is ever released. The DX mod community has consisted largely of two or three people slapping together some concept art (some new guns, a few rooms in a map) with a heavily graphical website and calling themselves a mod in progress.

Perhaps now that all those have died off, and the real dedication and talent has conglomerated a bit, we will see some real quality mods before Deus Ex: Invisible War comes out.

I'm looking forward to the rest of Casandra, as well as Red Sun 2020

Re:This could be the first full DX mod ever

[n.wegner]

Hotel Carone is a finished mod which features more than one map, a few cutscenes, and also a plot that complements the original game.

http://www.carone1.de/HotelCarone/

Re:This could be the first full DX mod ever

[BremXJones]

Ah - the ever popular bitchiness in the DX community.

Hotel Carone is a fine choice for people who wish to extend their Deus Ex experience, and I heartily recommend people try it if they want to do that.

However, the bitchiness must be briefly countered: The first episode of Cassandra features three maps and a couple of cutscenes. One of those maps is a denser play experience than anything in DX, if you're of a suitably pretentious bent. It's also the only released DX mod which features such extensive amounts of additional content - from weapons, to skins, to script it's got more than anything else that's available. A tad depressing, I know, but true nevertheless.

Cheers for the Slashdot guys for posting this. Hopefully some people will enjoy what the team's managed to create so far.

KG

Xbox Version

[Anonymous Coward]

Will there be any Xbox mods. I wonder how mods for an xbox game would work. You would probably have to go through the game developers and everything, microsoft def. won't allow home brewed code to run on their piece of hardware.

Re:Xbox Version

[Anonymous Coward]

yeah, the game developers will fuck you in the ass in turn and then give you your mods

Re:Xbox Version

[CrisDias]

That's the price for a console game. I feel that pain everytime I play my XBox version of Morrowind... no mods at all. :(

Re:Xbox Version

[danro]

What use would the original developers be to a mod maker?
I bet Microsoft doesn't give them the ability to sign random code without Microsofts approval.
Thus, you would ultimately be dealing with Microsoft anyways, only through a third party.

Sweet

[gmhowell]

I was planning on reinstalling DeusEx anyway, in anticipation of the sequel this fall. Now I get twice the mileage.

Three times the mileage if the adult content is any good.

Re:Sweet

[Rares Marian]

Hate to break it to you, but I'm getting the feeling adult content refers to the use of one's brain cells and going through drama, or something like that.

The whole idea of adult content in video games is ludicrous. They're generated images. They can be as gorgeus or butt ugly as the designer wants. Wankery^2. No. Wankery^wankery.

Re:Sweet

[BremXJones]

"Hate to break it to you, but I'm getting the feeling adult content refers to the use of one's brain cells and going through drama, or something like that." Yeah. I'm afraid you're right. Oh - that and the nob gags and gratuitous, juvenile politics. KG

Re:Sweet

[Rares Marian]

Well then I will put on my DMCAproof undies and hack something that'll make Deus-EX run on Linux on the Pegasos PPC board.

Re:Sweet

[damiam]

MacOnLinux + Virtual PC should do the trick. It'll be slow as fuck, but so would anything else.

Re:Sweet

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, that sounds like porn to me. The only reason sex and video games dont seem to mix is the complete lack of quality in any that are made.. kind of like games + franchise liscence.

death to pop-ups

[Anonymous Coward]

Be careful on what links you click. I clicked the picture of the WRX and got into an infinite pop-up loop.

Impressive...

[Knacklappen]

I must admit that I am incredibly impressed by that piece of work. Not only that they did a fantastic job with the additional objects and textures (48K Spectrum anyone? Or the Duke Nukem 3D game box in Stuarts office?)... no, the atmosphere is as dense as in the original Deus Ex but with more humour (the Duke Nukem reference in PC Gamers... LOL) and they even managed to surpass the original (non-disposable lock-picks etc). GREAT WORK!! I am really looking forward fo the next episodes. Come on... WORK HARDER AND RELEASE IT ASAP! :)