Fairly disappointing but still a decent sequel.
This time you play as a different character several years after the first game. You play as Alex D, who can be male or female as you are given the choice at the start of the game and what colour skin they are. The game plays a lot different to the first one. This time your main enemies area religious group called the Order Seekers.
The actual gameplay is a lot more simple than the first game, while there are lots of weapons and items to pick up and use, there are less upgrades. However, you do have these things called biomods where you can upgrade weaknesses' like say, you can make yourself stronger against biohazards, you can make yourself silent when you move etc. The game now has universal ammo so all your weapons use the same ammo which is good for some, annoying for others. It's quite clear they made this game more simple because of the Xbox's controls.
The graphics can be great depending on how powerful your PC is. In order to run the game well on higher settings your gonna have to surpass the recommended settings by a fair bit. On my old PC specs which was a 2.6GHz processor, GeForce FX5500 card and 512MB RAM I could only run it well at 800x600 resolution and mostly medium, some high video settings even though this passed the recommended specs. Now I run the game maxed out with 3.4GHz processor, GeForce 7300GT and 1GB RAM. If you have specs similar, slightly lower or higher than these you'll be fine running the game on highest. The environments are generally dark indoors or urban areas with good textures spiced up with some excellent dynamic lighting effects. There's also a decent physics engine so everything moves around if touched, knocked etc.
The sound is good too. There's some decent voice-acting here. The effects and everything are fine too. The game is pretty long for all the main missions but remember, you can do it all at your own pace. There are lots of side missions too.
If the first Deus Ex hadnt been released this would've got a higher mark. But still, this is a great game that recommend to anyone who likes FPS/RPG games or any Xbox gamer.
Pros:
+Good FPS/RPG elements
+Decent voice acting
+Great graphics and lighting
+Lots to do
Cons:
-Universal ammo- really annoying
-Doesnt feel anywhere as good as the original
-No multiplayer