For Deus Ex's 23rd Anniversary, its most chaotic mod is literally flipping the script with a new mirror mode
It's been 23 years since Ion Storm released Deus Ex, to this day one of the best immersive sims, RPGs, or heck, videogames period. To celebrate, modder Die4Ever has dropped version 2.5 of the Deus Ex Randomizer, which introduces a new mirror mode as well as an easy-to-use installer.
The Deus Ex Randomizer already offers a lot more than its name might imply. In addition to shuffling codes, items, and enemies, it offers full compatibility with most of the mods in our guide to having the best Deus Ex experience on modern PCs. Revision, GMDX, and Lay D Denton are all good to go, with only the Community Update lacking full support at this time.
The Randomizer mod offers everything from light-touch randomized changes to codes and item placements, up to maximum-chaos meme runs like its «Serious Sam» mode, which has ten times the enemies of a typical Deus Ex run but also bonus player health and damage resistance to compensate. I'm also quite fond of its challenge modes like «Ninja JC,» which restricts you to using throwing knives, swords, grenades, and pepper spray, but also gives you a combined speed boost/optical camo augmentation to really get you in the covert warrior mood.
The Randomizer mod also includes Dark Souls-style death markers and contributions to Die4Ever's player activity-reporting Mastodon profile with its opt-in online functionality, and the mod's now easier to install than ever thanks to a .exe which detects the other mods (if any) you have installed and adjusts accordingly. You can start a new randomized seed of the game from the main menu, or always just opt for the original experience with Die4Ever's quality of life changes, bug fixes, and challenge constraints.
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