Thank you, now let's just appreciate both games for what they are, great games........yet ME2 is superior overall lolKeredsBlazelol ME 2's story is mediocre compared to ME 1 & DX:HR. yes it has great voice actings, presentations, characters, but the MAIN storyline is tedious, cliche and predictable, the story falls very, very short of ME1. (not to mention for the streamlined rpg elements, linear-combats and more waifu-simulation/fan service) Back to the topic: as for the story, theme and universe, it was a matter of taste and preferences, ME is based on mainstream sci-fi universe & popular hollywood movies such as Star Wars, LoTR, Harry Potter. Deus Ex is based on cult-classic movies such as Metropolis or Blade Runner (Which arguably made the game less appealing). IMO Both ME & DX:HR's story aren't that great compared to the original Deus Ex. besides, which one do you prefer? a story based on saving humanity from the badguys with 'happily ever after' ending or a philosophical & thought provoking story which has 'gray' and 'blur' endings? as for characters, hell, all of Deus Ex games are based on a LONE-ADVENTURER RPG/Shooter just like The Witcher or BioShock. so that's why the characters aren't that engaging & involving compared to BioWare or Squaresoft RPGs which are more focused on squad-based RPGs like ME, Baldur's Gate, DA:O, Final Fantasy. unlike in BioWare games, the only playable character in Deus Ex games are Adam Jensen, JC Denton, Alex Denton. no squad/party members, no Tali, Garrus, Miranda, Ashley, Kaidan, Leliana, Alistair, Aeris, Rikku, Snow, Hope, etc.. which each of those characters has their own backstory and bring some additions to the story of the game.
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Deus Ex is a great game, but it doesn't come close to ME2 as a total package. You can argue that Deus Ex's gameplay is just as good, but most of the other elements of the game are inferior to ME2 including story, visuals, and characters.KeredsBlazeI thought ME2's story sucked, and too predictable. half of the game was spent by recruiting your team members and loyalty missions the best thing from ME series are in the presentations, not the story, this is what BioWare good at: the way they told you a story in terms of characters, voice actings, presentations, animations, ME is a lot better. personally, i liked Deus Ex:HR's main-storyline more, it's a lot more unique, dark, philosophic, less-cliche "saving humanity from threats and remembered as a hero", IMO, the problem is that the story does not appeal to casual audience who loves "happily ever after" ending more and what i liked from Deus Ex:HR is it brings back the classic-style of western-RPG which gives you the diversity of choices.
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