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6 unusual facts about Deus Ex


Arizona Bay

The computer game Deus Ex, set in the mid-21st century, features a reference to an earthquake destroying Los Angeles in 2030 and creating Arizona Bay.

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Second reviewer Dan Hsu said, "This is a truly great, immersive experience only hampered by poor enemy A.I," and third reviewer Bryan Intihar concluded: "If you can look past its technical hiccups, Invisible War shouldn't disappoint".

Deus Ex: Invisible War characters

Alternatively, he also claims in a radio interview to be avenging the persecution of the original Knights Templars by Philip the Fair.

At the showdown on Liberty Island, Tong brings a small detachment of robots to aid JC against the Templar and Illuminati armies.

In the game's finale at Liberty Island, Saman is the only leader who actively pursues and attempts to kill Alex if the player ends up opposing his faction.

Wan Chai District

The computer game Deus Ex features Wan Chai Market as the main district in the Hong Kong chapters of the game.


Age of Wonders

The music files within Age of Wonders are in Impulse Tracker (.IT) format and were composed by Michiel van den Bos, who has also composed for other notable titles such as Deus Ex and the Unreal series of games.

Age of Wonders III

The soundtrack is being composed by Michiel van den Bos, a Dutch musician and disc jockey whose work includes Unreal, Age of Wonders, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, and the Overlord series.

Organizations in Deus Ex: Invisible War

As described within Invisible War, The Order was formed by its current leader, a secretive personality known only to the church's members as "Her Holiness", after the Collapse brought on by JC Denton at the end of the first Deus Ex.

The WTO is one of the most prominent organizations working to rebuild civilization following the Great Collapse brought on by the actions of JC Denton at the end of the first Deus Ex.

Strickland v. Sony

Just before leaving the case, Thompson filed a motion with the court, quoting noted designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Thief) as being critical of Rockstar's actions, taken from a speech Spector gave at the Montreal International Game Summit.

Windows 8.1

It was also found that changes to screen resolution handling on 8.1 resulted in mouse input lag in certain video games that do not use the DirectInput API's—particularly first-person shooter games, including Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Hitman: Absolution, and Metro 2033.


see also

ABC Warriors

The first members of the Shadow Warriors to be revealed are Bootleg, a robotic bounty hunter; Dog-Tag, a charming yet ruthless 'pirate' of the trans-Martian highways; The Rev, a minister in the sinister robot religion of the Church of Judas, which Blackblood now follows; and Deus Ex Machina, an artificial intelligence – long thought mythical – capable of taking control of other machines and turning them to its will.

Deus ex machina

Comic book writer Matt Fraction was criticized for employing Franklin Richards' massive but ill-defined powers as deus ex machina in the 2011 comic book Fear Itself #5.