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Re:Deus Ex by giobox on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:54PM (#50395787)
If you love Deus Ex, I think the Dishonored games carried the flag for this kind of game too. Harvey Smith, lead designer on Deus Ex, was heavily involved in making them and while the setting is completely different (magic, steampunk-ish), the “feel” of the games owes a huge amount to Deus Ex.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Smith_(game_designer)

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishonored_(series)

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Re:Deus Ex by izacus on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:25PM (#50396233)
Agreed, the Dishonored series was great as well.
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Re:Deus Ex by jasomill on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:11PM (#50397752)
Also the System Shock and BioShock series.
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Re:Deus Ex by giobox on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:13PM (#50397781)
Agreed on the System Shock, and of course if we are talking about Looking Glass games you have to mention the Thief influence.

Bioshock has never been in the same category for me, because it is very focused on run and gun combat, for this reason I’ve never felt it worked as an “immersive sim”. The levels aren’t nearly as open plan either. It’s still great in its own right of course.

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