'Just What I've Always Wanted… the Original Deus Ex but Weirder Looking' — Fans React to Deus Ex Remastered Debut Trailer

Aspyr unveiled Deus Ex Remastered astatine this week's State of Play, debuting a caller teaser trailer showcasing however the 25-year-old masterpice has been updated with quality models with amended lip-sync animations and ragdoll physics.

But portion fans were delighted to spot the classical crippled getting a facelift, including reimagined lighting, dynamic shadows, h2o physics, particle effects, and caller textures, the refreshed visuals aren't impressing everyone.

"Upgraded visuals from 2000 to 2005," said 1 commenter connected the YouTube trailer. Another added: "There are FREE mods disposable close present that marque the archetypal crippled look amended than this, portion being much faithful."

"The magnitude I wanted this until I saw screenshots... ohio my deity that is rough. Loses the charm of the archetypal but besides inactive looks atrocious and dated," suggested different idiosyncratic connected Bluesky, portion idiosyncratic other said: "Just what I’ve ever wanted… the archetypal Deus Ex but weirder looking."

Many fans are pointing retired however "blocky" the visuals look, suggesting it looks "not cohesive and unfinished." In fact, I struggled to find comments from fans pleased with the visuals astatine each beyond this pragmatic player: "I don't attraction however it looks, I'm hyped."

"Visually it looks truly bad. The highly simplistic, blocky level plan clashes with high(er) prime textures and models similar a 'realistic' 512x512 Minecraft texture pack," suggested 1 fan. "The lighting isn't large either. Very hard lights and shadows, tons of crushed blacks successful the screenshots. Maybe immoderate signifier of ambient occlusion would help, but I don't deliberation the levels were designed with immoderate signifier of realistic lighting successful mind.

"I can't ideate this being worthy the money, unless bully controller enactment is simply a must. An unofficial remaster already exists successful the signifier of Deus Ex Revision with vanilla maps and soundtrack."

Aspyr's caller credits see Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, Knights of the Old Republic 2, and Tomb Raider IV-VI.

And portion it makes consciousness that Embracer, proprietor of the Deus Ex franchise, Eidos Montreal, and Aspyr, would prime 1 of its ain studios to grip the remaster of a crippled it besides owns, immoderate had hoped Nightdive Studios, the institution down the well-received remasters of Doom 64, Quake, System Shock, and Turok, would instrumentality connected Deus Ex eventually. Indeed, Nightdive unit had expressed their tendency to remaster Deus Ex 1 day. Alas, it wasn't to be, starring Samuel Villarreal, pb motor developer astatine Nightdive Studios, to tweet:

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Deus Ex Remastered is acceptable to merchandise connected February 5, 2026, oregon PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series. Last year, Embracer cancelled a caller Deus Ex crippled from Eidos Montreal, leaving the aboriginal of the bid successful limbo.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.