Deus Ex will be played by myself eventually, after I pay off some of my bills

just beat it today!!! excellent game...now I need to play the other 2

Yeah, the game is fantastic with some very nice ideas, but there's still room for improvement. Adding in the stuff you mentioned before, but also little things like using food/drink dispensers, usable water coolers, animals (seriously where'd the lil' cats and the charging guard dogs go?) and usable light switches (which goes hand in hand with the stealth system). None of these really effect the core gameplay but together they add an extra level of immersion.

The boss fights and the final level also felt a bit rough round the edges and could have done with a bit more time and thought.

The boss battles would have been fine if they didn't feel like they were straight out of "generic FPS X". Had they had multiple paths, larger rooms and given you the ability to defeat them in a range of ways then it would have worked. As it was, that only really happened at the end.

In the original, the "boss" battles were handled fairly well. The Anna Navarre arc where you could fight in multiple locations, or choose not to fight at all was very well done. I also liked that there was more communication with the people you were eventually forced to kill. In this one, the bosses just felt forced.

I agree the bosses should have talked more and have a killswitch. Though I didn't really find them that difficult.

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The last stage I do agree, I liked it, and I liked the layout, as my favorite levels are the vertical ones because I can jump, and icarus landing system people. And logically it made sense (plot spoiler which I won't say here). But it's a bit anticlimactic when people shoot you the whole game, and the last just has crazy people And turrets.  But, that PEPS minority report like gun. Is actually useful here because this is the only stage where they mob up... I'll have to remember to take more ammo next time I play it. 

But the last boss battle was easily the best imo. Because you could hack quickly or find the passwords earlier in the level. Smash through walls. Hack Quickly. or just blow her up.

It wasn't the difficulty that I disliked about the bosses but the fact that they felt forced and generic. I read the acompanying book a while back but if I hadn't, I'd have no clue who they were. Gameplay-wise ,if they were handled more like the last fight, I think it'd work a lot better.

I dunno, I just remember hearing reviews saying they were really hard. I didn't upgrade my skin armour the whole game, and I beat them quickly.

I had a thought not related to anything you said. next time i get to the last stage, I'm going to make sure I take the minority report gun with ammo (PEPS) because making them fly around is much more fun, than feeling like a mass murderer.

Are the books any good?

It's definately worth reading if you're a fan of Deus Ex (so yes!). Gives a nice parallel story to HR whilst linking with the original. Also, has a young Gunther Hermann!

I've decided to give it a week break before I start another playthrough so I don't get into habits. About to start now!