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Deus Ex Clan Wars Morphs Into Snowblind

Posted by simoniker on from the lost-in-the-rush dept.

Thanks to Edge Magazine for confirmation, in its July issue, that the Eidos console FPS Snowblind, shown at E3, "was originally designed to be a spin-off from [Deus Ex], but has since gone its own way." The IGN PS2 product page for Snowblind also backs up this little-reported fact, following previous Slashdot Games news discussing the cyberpunk-influenced PS2/Xbox title, then called Deus Ex: Clan Wars. Additionally, the IGN PS2 E3 preview mentions "Crystal Dynamics looked to Warren Spector and Ion Storm for inspiration and advice on this game", further confirming info on the "Winter 2004"-due title whose E3-dated preview at 1UP explains: "The city environment was dark, neon-lit and vaguely Deus Ex-like, but the feel of the action was closer to something like Call of Duty."

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  1. Interesting. by LordPixie · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A shame they didn't do this with Deus Ex II: The Invisible War. That game would have been much less criticized had it not carried the stigma of being a DE game.

    Of course, if it didn't say Deus Ex in the title, it probably would have sold even worse. But at least we could still respect the franchise. Maybe even respect Ion Storm too !


    --LordPixie

  2. something wrong with me? by The+Other+White+Boy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    so i picked up deus ex invisible war for pc because it was $19. yes it was unplayable until i put the patch on, i can see people's beef with that. but this game is really not bad. i mean its by no means a masterpiece, but i'm greatly enjoying playing through it.

    yeah, unified ammo is stupid. so is having a 'health bar.' but on the other hand, the voice acting isn't complete crap, which no matter what anyone's ruby lenses tell them, the original's voices were terrible (still love the game though).

    i think you're right that people were hard on it just because of it carrying the Deus Ex name, but i dont think its really that bad, so much as its just different, and apparently that bothers people. my $0.02 i guess.

    whoa that was kinda offtopic eh?

    1. Re:something wrong with me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I haven't picked up DX2 yet (where did you find it for $19?) but having played the demo, I agree with your comments.

      Incidentally, if you liked the original DX, check out the Redsun2020 mod. This is a multimap mod that seriously kicks ass. I downloaded it a few weeks ago and have been amazed at the quality. Great music by Steve Foxon too, who did the music for the Zodiac series of mods.