Story Continuation

[WSimons]

From which of the 3 endings of the first Deus Ex does Invisible War continue?

[NoNicknameForMe]

Even if i knew i wouldn't tell you.

[sean74]

NoNicknameForMe = troll


I haven't seen anything talking about which of the endings their continuing from yet either.. Is this being kept secret for some reason? or have I just not read the right article yet?

[WSimons]

I'm thinking it will be the dark age ending. That would make sense to me. Because how else would "...the world is just beginning to recover from catastrophic depression." make sense?

[sean74]

ah yeah, that makes sense. I'm hoping that's the ending they're using for the movie too. I'd prefer the grim feeling of that one to the "lawnmower man"ish one or the "joining the dark side" one.

[NoNicknameForMe]

Originally posted by sean74
NoNicknameForMe = troll

Why thank you, sean74.

[WSimons]

Wow people are so nice here!

[sean74]

Originally posted by sean74
NoNicknameForMe = troll

It was in response to this:

Originally posted by NoNicknameForMe
Even if i knew i wouldn't tell you.

I'm sure there are legitimate reasons for not wanting to tell someone if you did know, maybe it would be a spoiler, or maybe they're intentionally keeping it secret to keep their options open, but without listing some kind of reason your post comes off as trollish.



And,
You're welcome.

[Leo]

Could someone tell me where Alex D comes from, if the world is so damaged, does someone know this ... like, even better technology is used, someone poverful enough made Alex as a pet project, supersoldier for security in the big chaos?

[sean74]

You know how JC and Paul are test-tube babies? Alex is one too. And it sounds like the nano-augs are far more common 15 years in the future.. people are selling black-market augs in DX:IW that do some cool stuff. Heard something about a drone that saps life or power or something from your victims.. sounds gruesome and cool


(update: fixed some speling erors )

[WSimons]

Alex is a test-tube baby? Cool! How do you know?

[TheDerf]

Dude, play the end of the game again.

Theres a part where you see a few chambers where the babies are grown. In front of each chamber, there is a datapad... if it's called a datapad. One of the datapads say Alex Denton. Another one says John Travolta.

[WSimons]

Oh yeah I know that part. But the only empty tube is the one that says JC Denton.

[Sparhawk]

good question, dunno where the game starts... maybe it's time they have an chat session so we can fire some questions at Eidos

and of course ppl are nice in here...we all love dx hehe

[WSimons]

Speaking of endings, what was you guys' favorite ending of the first game?

[sean74]

My favorite ending is the grim one. Where JC destroys area 51 and sends the world back into a technological stone-age

That's also the one I hope they choose to base the movie on.

Deus Ex the movie: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0365118

[TheDerf]

The Tracer Tong ending is my favorite too. After that one, I did the Illuminati one. Then, I did the Helios one. I'd hate to think that JC is some kind of god.

That IMDB page says that Deus Ex is coming out in 2004. I read somewhere that SpiderMan is coming out 2004. I also read that Deus Ex was being directed by the same crew that did SpiderMan. Multitasking is down with me.

*EDIT* Laura Ziskin is producing 3 movies that will come out the same year. 2004. She works hard for the money. Jeez, and she also did some of my favorite movies.

[bk2000]

i think the most likely nding that this game comes from is if you kill page and jion the illuminati. i mean, i keep hearing about a new group in the game called the "knights templar" which if you didn't know is an older name for the iluminati. the group they came out of actually. it can't be the "new dark age" ending. how will they justify all the new nanotechnology if all the computers don't work anymore? oh well, that's my 2 cents worth anyway.

p.s. it would definitely be interesting if they use the "helios" ending...

[TheDerf]

The computers work... Theres just no communication going on. Ever. Ion Storm could easily work with the Illuminati ending. One thing I'm wondering about that ending and its relation to DX2 is what happens if I killed Lucius DeBeers? (I hope I spelled that right.) If you don't know who I'm talking about, play the part right before Area 51 again, look around more carefully.

[sean74]

Fifteen years following the events depicted in the multi-award winning Deus Ex, the world is just beginning to recover from catastrophic depression.

That's a quote from www.deusex.com about DX:IW, it sounds like they're using the New Dark Age ending to build the sequel off of.


The Helios ending sounds too much like the lawnmower man to me.. I don't think it would get a great response from movie-goers.

[bk2000]

well, that could be interpreted any of the three wasys. i mean things were pretty bad in the first DX; the world had pretty much nowhere to go but up if you know what i mean.

[DarkForge]

I preferred the 'stone-age' ending. For me, it just came across as more exciting and dramatic. Of course, if the world really went back to the stone-age, why are there still computers and electronic devices present in the sequel? Ah who knows?

Btw, about the whole 'test tube' thing in Area 51: yes JC's was empty, and Alex's was filled. (Was there a tube for Paul as well, or am I just imagining that one?)

What I really want to know is - if following the 'stone-age' ending, how did Alex's tube manage to survive when the entire place exploded/demolished?

[sean74]

Originally posted by DarkForge
What I really want to know is - if following the 'stone-age' ending, how did Alex's tube manage to survive when the entire place exploded/demolished?

Good point. I guess they didn't go with the "New Stone Age" ending, or they've got some serious explaining to do

[jackliu239]

I think by 90% chance the ending could be base on the illuminati ending. The title of the game is called Invisible War, and in the first game for many times Everett said about rule the world with an "invisible hand". So the way illuminati operates is based on indirect contact, which they keeps their secarty, and if conlflict broke out with illuminati the war will not be fought in the public's knowledge(WWI, WWII). But the war will still be important but it will be fought in invisible "Invisible War"

Also the illuminati ending's is take place where the game started.

The illuminati ending is the longest, most careful designed.

If in the DX:IW there could be many faction that trys to shape the world to their own desire, it could only mean that the gobal network in A51 survived. Since in the orginal game if Page control A51 he has everything, the same goes for illuminati.

If you played Tong's ending, I remember he will say, the net is going.... going.....JC is you survives came find us..... We will once again live in villages..... So if A51 is destoryed than humanity will be sepreated and live in small villages with their own small governmnets because we cannot contact each other, and there won't be any 1 group who can control the world. But in DX:IW there are many faction trying to control the world.

Also someone pointed out Alex Denton is in a camber in A51, I remember the camber is not far away from the reactor. So if A51 is gone so will be DX:IW's mean character.


I have more theory why the merge with Helo's ending won't work. But since I have typed all this so I'm tired now, but if you guys wants to hear about please let me know.

[TheDerf]

I also have a theory.

Methinks that Ion Storm will drop certain hints throughout DX2 to lead you to the conclusion that the first game ended a certain way. Like if you were talking to JC and he blurted something out on accident that sounded like it was Helios talking, or if you see people putting up telephone lines everywhere in response to a 15 year cut in communication. Etc. Etc. So in my theory, the end of Deus Ex will be revealed at the end of Deus Ex 2.

Wouldn't that be spiffy?