Another classic is returning, with Deus Ex Remastered getting announced for release on February 5th 2026 that aims to be the "definitive edition".
It's another from Aspyr Media who were responsible for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered, STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter, STAR WARS: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles, STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection, Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered and others.
Check out the brief announcement teaser below:
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From the press release:
- EXPERIENCE A WORLD ON THE BRINK: Explore real-world locations in a thrilling cyberpunk tale of conspiracy and intrigue, including post-crash New York, the neon alleys of Hong Kong, shadowy Parisian strongholds, the clandestine Area 51 and more.
- PLAY YOUR WAY: Customize your character to fit your playstyle. Every challenge has more than one solution – breach locked systems, hack firewalls, cloak and vanish, deploy raw firepower and more. Your choices ensure no two playthroughs are ever the same.
- NEW! VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS: Explore expansive environments with improved lighting, dynamic shadows, water physics, particle effects, and fully updated textures that breathe new life into our dystopian future.
- NEW! REBUILT CHARACTER MODELS: Immerse yourself in Deus Ex’s rich character development systems like never before, with brand-new character models featuring smoother lip-sync animations and ragdoll physics.
- NEW! QUALITY-OF-LIFE ENHANCEMENTS: Autosaves, faster loading, achievement tracking, and cloud saves on supported platforms.
- NEW! CONTROLLER SUPPORT: Experience a new control scheme optimized from the ground up for modern controllers, designed for fluid weapon management and streamlined navigation.
- NEW! MULTI-SCREEN SUPPORT: Enjoy 4K-ready UI with ultrawide and multi-monitor display support.
The reception so far doesn't exactly seem too positive, the YouTube comments are filled with complaints about how it looks. Same with the Steam forum, although that's not surprising, the Steam forums are often a mess on a lot of games. You're probably going to be unimpressed with me at this point, but I actually haven't played the original. I know, I know - there's still so many classics I haven't found the time for. Big fan of the modern games though, shame we won't see a proper conclusion.
Worth noting that the original Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition is currently less than £1 on Steam until September 29th. And, if you pair it up with the Deus Ex: Revision mod, you're already getting a pretty good looking and much loved community remaster.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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TheRiddick a day ago
Not a very impressive remaster when you look closer at it.
Keep in mind its $35USD for this.
They have maybe updated it to 2005 era graphics, at most, it really is confusing why they didn't do a proper remaster like what we have seen recently with System Shock etc...
I suspect this is a company looking for some quick cash and really doesn't care about Deus Ex at all.
A talented mod team could probably spin something up much better in UE5. Maybe we will see that someday.
Last edited by TheRiddick on 26 Sep 2025 at 10:17 am UTC
Keep in mind its $35USD for this.
They have maybe updated it to 2005 era graphics, at most, it really is confusing why they didn't do a proper remaster like what we have seen recently with System Shock etc...
I suspect this is a company looking for some quick cash and really doesn't care about Deus Ex at all.
A talented mod team could probably spin something up much better in UE5. Maybe we will see that someday.
Last edited by TheRiddick on 26 Sep 2025 at 10:17 am UTC
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To me, this demonstrates why I don't use HD texture packs on old games. Some higher res textures, some models with increased poly count, but nothing in the world was changed to match. Now everything just looks out of place. You can't just slap high res textures on the environment and then leave it as the same large flat boring surfaces and expect people to go "oh, what a nice upgrade". Art style is what matters, graphics are secondary. It seems that memo has been lost somewhere.
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walther von stolzing a day ago
proper remaster like what we have seen recently with System Shock etc
Are you sure you're not talking about the re*make*? Because there's a full on remake of SS, and *also* a remaster, both by Nightdive. The remaster mainly updates the UI scheme of the original SS, because that original was flight simulator levels of complicated.
The remake of SS is, well, a complete Unreal 4 remake from scratch; because the original SS is a sprite based game that ran on the Ultima Underworld engine -- which came out before Doom, by the way.
This DX *remaster* doesn't claim to be anything other than a *remaster*; so it makes no sense to compare to the SS *remake*. The $35 price point might be a little steep, but that's another story.
I'm now beginning to suspect that people lamenting the fact that Nightdive isn't doing this don't know the difference between the SS remake & the remaster.
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R Daneel Olivaw a day ago
I'm in the "I have no love for nightdive" boat myself. I'm glad they're not doing this. I'm sad they're doing the SS2 one but oh well, I will just write it off. I backed their ss1 remake / remaster / whatever and it was a DISASTER. Took like a decade too long (how on earth did they keep the lights on during all that time?), and even when it was finally released was FULL of bugs / core engine issues. Stuff like not having the ability to remap mouse buttons (what?) and even worse: severe scaling issues with widescreen monitors. They hadn't implemented scaling properly so stuff was just getting stretched out super wide/fat instead of scaling properly. Major issue. After that disaster of a game release I just completely ignore anything they ever do now, and hope/wish they'd just shut down and let other more competent teams take their place.
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CyborgZeta a day ago
Looks awful. Pass.
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