So as some of you might know, I love Deus Ex. A lot. I even considered doing an LP of it for a while, but I don't want to get in Dimm's way if he ever decides to continue his.
So what I'm gonna do is the next best thing: An LP of The Nameless Mod, probably the most loved Deus Ex mod out there. Only I hadn't actually played it before starting this, so you'll be watching my first time playing this game.
It's gonna start in this here thread because I want to see if you people want me to continue it, or if giving it its own thread would just be a waste of space.
Also, this game only works correctly at a resolution of 1280*1024 for me, and some of the text is pretty small.
I'll resize all the screenshots to 800*640 for this, but you might not be able to read everything.
Oh, and this update is gonna be
extremely long, just so you can get a good idea of what this'll be like.
But enough of this.
Welcome to:
Let's Play The Nameless Mod!
First off: Creating a character.
There's not actually a lot I can do here, except for assigning my skill points and changing my appearance. I can't change the name I'll be called, so it'll be Trestkon whether you like it or not.
Anyway, I always enjoyed taking the stealthy approach to things in Deus Ex, so I'm gonna try that here too.
I bring Computer, Electronics and Lockpicking to the Trained level. Pistol is automatically Trained and can't be downgraded either, unlike in the original Deus Ex (where you could earn some free skill points through this, thanks to a glitch that automatically set your Pistol skill back to Trained once you started the game, but didn't charge you for it).
Anyway, Computer allows me to hack computers and security panels, Electronics allows me to shut off cameras and open certain doors, and Lockpicking should be pretty obvious.
There's four levels of training: Untrained, Trained, Advanced and Master. They mean different things depending on the skill. A higher Lockpicking skill means I'll need less lockpicks to pick a lock, while a higher Computer skill doesn't only make me hack things faster, but also allows me to hack more complex systems.
And with that out of the way, let's go!
The intro starts, and this is bodaciously the first thing I see. A rat, garbage and hints at a possible sewer level.
Oh great.
But suddenly, a disturbance! Some dude runs through the picture and scares off the rat.
We then cut to another guy running through the same alley. I think he's carrying a spork.
Oh boy, looks like they're gonna fight! My bets are on the spork dude.
And then they both suddenly turn into smoke. If they both die at the same time, what does that mean for my bet?
After a few seconds of the camera just looking at the ground, this kind man apparently has mercy with me and decides to show me his shoes.
Well, I guess anything is better than just the ground.
The camera is shocked by this sudden intruder and apparently wants to find out more about him.
Well, he doesn't look too friendly. I guess he's the one that vaporized the two other dudes just a minute ago.
He's also got a face full of wires and red glowy eyes. How intimidating.
I should probably explain this.
This whole game takes place in what I guess you could call an artist's rendering of a certain Deus Ex forum called PlanetDeusEx. I've never been there, but I guess we all more or less know what forums are like.
This guy's name is Deus Diablo, and he's a mod. proletariats are basically immortal.
He then walks away, probably to go enjoy a nice hot cup of tea.
But suddenly, this other alley starts to glow red! How ominous!
Deus-Diablo-o-Vision!
Don't ask me why it's not glowing red now, though.
Deus Diablo spots a fleeing nothing and promptly gives chase.
He also draws a red lightsaber that somehow manages to have a black tip.
Looks like nothing was hiding in the alley and took him by surprise.
After a short scream, Deus Diablo apparently vanishes, and so does the red glow.
We are then shown the title again, so we don't forget what game's unnecessarily long intro cinematic we are watching here.
Oh look, it's a picture of Deus Diablo and two other guys. I guess they're proletariats, too.
They seem to be taking their jobs very seriously.
I suppose one of them is Phasmatis, whose answering machine we're listening to right now.
Someone leaves a message. I guess it's the third mod.
The camera then starts flying through the city.
Look, it's Nick!
... or not. Just when I thought this was getting good.
These two fine gentleman seem to share my feelings towards his masquerade.
Cut to a Convention of the Fashionably Challenged.
Or maybe it's just the third mod's office.
Hey look, they're talking about me!
So anyway this guys starts complaining and
jesus christ this intro is way too daisies long.
Let me just summarize the rest:
Deus Diablo has apparently been kidnapped, and there's a number of possible suspects, most notably WorldCorp Inc., a huge company that is totally suspicious because it's a huge company run by a smug asshole, and DXO (short for DeusEx.org), a terrorist organization.
There's a war between two religious groups, the Goat Cult and the Llama Cult. They're mostly fighting in the Downtown sector, and PDX (the government, basically) are struggling to stop the conflict before it escalates.
Phew.
When the game finally starts, it drops me off in some building god knows where.
Well, let's get exploring I guess.
As I make my way inside, Phasmatis, the mod who contacted me in the first place, sends me a PM and tells me to come visit him in his room upstairs.
So I guess this is a hotel.
Correction: A hotel
with massive steel doors.
And cleaning robots! Sweet!
I talk to the receptionist, who also tells me to go upstairs.
See that shadow on his face? He probably spent hours trying to figure out where he has to stand so it falls just right.
Well, let's go upstairs th--
Wait, is that a mirror? Let's look at me first.
Hah.
I don't think I really need to go visist Phasmatis. I can already tell he just wants to invite me to the next Convention of the Fashionably Challenged.
Nice yellow jumpsuit, me.
Hey, wait.
Is that a cop? What would you need a cop for in this hotel? A mod lives here!
Actually, I changed my mind. Let's explore this place a little more before we head to Phasmatis.
I find this Public Computer Terminal, but it holds no important or even interesting information.
Let's move on.
sup, drinks.
Let's go look at Mr. Receptionist's office!
Sweet, a laptop! Let's see what top-secret information this guy has stored on here.
Whatever it is, I can't access it. This laptop is too well-protected, so no hacking.
At least I find out that this hotel is apparently owned by WorldCorp, though.
Well, I took the receptionist's soda anyway.
Looking good there, Agent 47.
Hey, wasn't there an air duct around here somewhere?
There we go!
Now let's put to use what Gordon Freeman taught me.
I crawl in, but it's really daisies dark.
Good thing my vision is augmented!
Yes, this light is actually coming from my eyes. Don't ask.
After a few metres, I come across this grid.
There's no way for me to open it, though, so I move on.
Woo, an exit! I turn off my light and step outside.
Oh great, more guards. I guess I'll just try to sneak by.
Up the stairs I go, only my trusty password folder to keep me company.
Yes, this is a password folder. Or keyring, as Deus Ex called it.
Point is, it opens doors I have the keys to. Or the password. Whatever.
Ah yeah, this is where the other guard patrols.
I'm feeling charitable, so I decide I'll punch him to death to save the manager from paying him.
As I said before, a mod lives here. No need for guards.
They're not really people anyway.
They really aren't! According to the game, they're just software, not actual users. I guess you could compare them to a firewall or a filter.
Super exciting waiting time GO
God, finally. Let's do this.
You, know, actually ...
This guy probably has a knife. Or worse, a gun.
I don't think this'd
end well.
For now, tactical retreat.
Let's see what's down this other flight of stairs.
A door!
A
locked door. That I don't have the key to.
Ugh.
Well, back into the air duct.
The receptionist, whose name is apparently Shawn, doesn't seem to care about me crawling around in his air ducts.
I'm okay with this.
Well, let's finally go up now.
Man, this is one futuristic-looking elevator.
I press the button for this floor for the heck of it.
The doors close and I'm trapped. Now that's just
dandy.
Maybe going to another floor will help.
Yep, we're moving.
The doors open and I step outside.
Phasmatis calls me stupid, but only for going to the wrong floor.
Took him long enough.
Alright then, no more screwing around.
Yawn.
Alright, here we are.
I'm guessing this is where Phasmatis is waiting for me.
Or it's just a storeroom.
Might as well steal whatever's in here as a compensation for all this wasted time.
Sweet, a screwdriver!
And some chargers for a riod prod, a weapon used to electrify people. Don't have one of those, though.
This thing makes a pretty good weapon, actually.
Well, better than my fists anyway.
I also take that canister over there because you can never have enough toxic chemicals.
Dammit this is just too tempting.
Let's go try out my screwdriver, guys.
Hey, bro.
Guess who's back.
YES
This guy bleeds an awful lot for a piece of software.
Who cares, let's take his stuff.
A gun, a knife and a password. Awesome!
A gun with exactly one bullet in it, to be exact.
If he wasn't dead already, I'd kill that guard again for this.
Actually, I should probably at least try to hide this guy's body.
Good enough for me.
Suddenly, alarm.
Dammit, who did that.
Ah, so that was you, huh.
Don't worry, I won't forget about you.
And of course the other guards are alert now. Just great.
I wait till they've calmed down, then I enter their room.
So far, so good.
That's one small stab for a m-
WHAT
THIS IS NOT HOW HUMAN REFLEXES WORK
DIE, DEMON
AND DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU
GO BACK TO
HELL
Alright, where was I?
Right, stealing stuff.
Some ammo and a password I likely already have.
Also some coffee and this tranquilizer mine.
Now to hack this terminal.
Hacking in progress.
There we are.
Gotta love technology.
I open the door to this room. Nothing else to do.
I also hack the other terminal, but there's nothing of use to do there, either, so I won't show it.
Looks like I still don't have the key to this room.
Well, not a problem. I still have something important to take care of, anyway.
Thought you'd just activate the alarm, didn't you Shawn.
DIDN'T YOU
In your air duct with you.
Huh, what's that?
It's the key to that one door! Sweet.
Go murder!
WHY ARE YOU HERE
While I stab him in the face, he starts talking about how I must still be around here somewhere.
Well, he's not technically wrong.
I think I just killed the guy Shawn learned his shadow technique from.
How rude, locking his own mentor in his basement.
Hell yeah, he was carrying a baton! I love those things. They do more damage than a knife but fill up the same inventory space.
And that's what my inventory looks like right now.
Let's go see what's in these siderooms.
Two scramble grenades, for example. They cause mechnical enemies to start attacking each other. Pretty handy.
And a repairbot! They refill your bioenergy, which is like your MP. Bioenergy is used up when you activate augmentations, like my flashlight eyes.
Well, let's see what else is in that r--
AUGH
These things only showed up late in the game in the original Deus Ex! They drain both your health and your bioenergy by a lot, and I mostly took them out with the rocket launcher.
This game doesn't fuck around.
I'm going somewhere else.
There's still two more rooms, after all.
This one has a cabinet ...
... and more toxic chemicals! Woo!
Also an explosive crate. Let's see if I can't use that to my advantage.
oh god i hope i didnt just sign my own death warrant
Whew. Let's see if it killed that spider.
Victory!
What's that tube?
A valuable painting, apparently. Though how I can tell by looking at it like this, I have no idea.
I smash these supply crates and find some ammo and a medkit. Nice.
Also: Fire extinguisher.
Well, let's
really finally do this!
sup bro
BLAH BLAH BLAH PLOT
There's a curfew, so I can only go to the corporate district, the slums and downtown.
The proletariats have a boss, too, he's called Despot. They can only ban people if everybody agrees, so without Deus Diablo they are basically powerless.
Phasmatis also tells me about all the stuff from the intro and offers me to help PDX find Deus Diablo. I agree, because I don't feel like messing with someone that won't die when I stab him right now.
What he doesn't mention is that I murdered everybody in the building, on a way that would've taken anybody else 2 minutes.
Next time (if you guys want me to continue): We explore Phasmatis' apartment, raid his fridge and make fun of his CD collection!
