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i just had to make this topic to say:
for those of you who have played DXIW, how AMAZING is the storyline in the end?
like
for the first hour, hour and a half, the storyline is sorta basic and boring, but all of a sudden there is a full on BLAST of nostalgia and memories related to the original DX plot, which we all agree, was a masterpiece
therefore, there is no reason to insult the IW plot
for those of you who have not played it, this is a SPOILER!!!!
lmao
well, it starts when you meet Tracer Tong in the nine worlds tavern in Trier, and he tells you that JC was the worlds only ever fully just and able leader
then, the biggest shock for me, was when i found out that Her Holiness was Nicolette du Clare, and that the Order and WTO were both offspring of the Illuminati
it was annoying for me that you found out that Chad Dumier was leader of the WTO enclaves so early on, and it pissed me off to find that Chad was preaching against JCDenton, when JC had saved his ass and the rest of the Silhouette in the paris Catacombes
anyway, yeh, another thing you get told is that High Agur Lin-Mey Chen is in fact the daughter of Maggie Chow and Max Chen. Maggie Chow was an ex-filmstar who became a VersaLife official and enemy of Tracer Tong, and Max Chen was the leader of the Red Arrow triads in Hong Kong.
well as i was saying, Nicolette, what a shock.
it kinda got ruined tho, for me, cos i was talking to Moshy a while back, when he got it for the XBox, and he said, "OMG her holiness! she is in the first DX!"
and i said, "who is she? maggie chow? nicolette duclare?"
and he said "erm....no?"
lmao
so i had my hunches
well, i loved it when Nicolette was brought back into it, because it re-introduced the role of the Illuminati, an aspect of the Deus Ex plot which i thoroughly loved
Nicolette and Chad want to carry on Beth DuClare and Morgan Everettes work, but achieve what the likes of Lucius DeBeers failed to do.
Only this time they are using different methods.
Everettes mentality was to rule the world in secret, like the Illuminati had done years before. However, Chad and Nicolette plan to do things differently. The Illuminati aim to rule the world through both financial prosperity, and spiritual guidance, so Chad and Nicolette have smartly integrated both of these aspects into two seperate corporations:
WTO (World Trade Organisation) - led by Chad Dumier, is a rich and influential international corporation that is gradually gaining wealth and prosperity through both helping stabilise society and attracting public support
The Order - the somewhat contemporary, but at the same time traditional Religious apporach to life. this seems far fetched for the mid 21st century social life, with biomodifications at the top, and plagues at the bottom of society.
led by a faceless woman known only as Her Holiness, the Order captures the spirits of its followers, and spreads words of spiritual freedom to help protect one's self from the maelstorm of violence and industrial prosperity around them, brought about by the WTO, and other industries like SSC, and Panzerwerks (in Trier).
well, naturally this makes the Order and the WTO sworn enemies.
and they are... or so they seem to be.
however, this proves to be a diversion from the truth (something which the Illuminati are experts at doing)
the WTO and the Order, despite the fighting, intend to hold a sumit in Trier in order to make a public announcement that both corporations are no longer fighting, but allies.
it is merely a public affair.
however, it goes wrong when the Templars, a fanatical Anti-Biomod cult, capture her Holiness (Nicolette duClare) and hold her in custody in the Black Gate of Trier
now this is when the physical nostalgia kicks in - the Black Gate is designed to remind Ex DX players of le Cathedrale de Payens, in Paris.
however, notice Warren Spector's genius here (by that i mean whoever actualy wrote the plot)
if you remmber correctly, the Cathedrale de Payens was occupied with MJ-12, and they were oppressing the Templars
this time around, it is the Templar Paladins who are oppressing the ApolstCorp Scientists, who are the sons of VersaLife and MJ-12
in effect, the tides have turned!
for better/worse?
well, worse for AlexD, since he is "Up to my eyeballs in biomods!"
tbh, i think that subtle turn is abseloutly great, and ingenious storywriting
anyway, what i am building up to is, *you guessed it*, JC's Sanctuary in the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antartica
*btw, this is impossible cos the shackleton ice shelf melts for 6months of the year, and that is why the explorer Shackleton never reached the south poll, lol, but or the story's sake... leave it at that*
anyway, when in JC's sanctuary, you experience the most AMAZING peices of cinematography and sound ever
the eerie sounds of crying greasles and karkians, and of course, how would we miss the cries of Greys - JC's sworn followers
in the distance
surrounded by the colours of the Helios AI, you walk through the complex base, at the same time Visiting an array of JC Denton's memories - including:
Jock's Hong Kong apartment,
JC's UNATCO office,
Juan Lebedev's Boeing,
and of course,
Area51 Level4, the place where JC himself was created *you actually go into the room with the 4 creating tubes*
and that is where you neturalise your old friend Billie Adams, who has been working against you and the Illuminati with the Templars
the thing that makes this for me is not only seeing these memorable locations recreated in the excellent graphcis and texture in DXIW, but actually hearing recreations of the original Music, including Opponent Withing - the UNATCO return music in DX, and the LaGuardia airbase music in DX
great stuff
another Excellent touch was upon reading some of the books in both JC's apartment and Juan's Boeing, i found 2 different Chapters of the novel by Andrew Hammond's novel, Jacob's Shadow:
See here for my short analysis: http://www.freewebs.com/momclansite/Deu ... shadow.htm
i will long remember the philosophical discussion that AlexDenton has with his clone source, JCDenton
it mirrors the conversation JC had, two decades before, with an AI construct called Morhpeus, which was in the Basement of Morgan Everette's manse
it is about the justification and morality of there being a single AI construct watching over and to an extent controlling the world, like the Echelon Intellect, aka Daedalus and Icarus (and then of coruse, Helios)
there is the issue of the freedom of human kind, meaning that watching over other humans is an infringement of their rights, etc
however, the argument that both Morpheus and now JC put forward, is the idea of a god
having a single intellect like Helios would, to and extent, fullfill mankinds longing for a God:
"if there were no God, it would me necessary for man to invent him"
in a sense, humans are physically construction a God, int he form of both human and AI
JC and Helios
with both the ability to Feel, understand and create like a human, but also the ability to watch, understand actions, and know like an AI, this All Seeing God like being will be able to fully understand the thoughts and needs of any other human being in a single glance, and can equalise society by helping those who are unfortunate, and making everyone equal
much like the God we believe in
JCs method of achieving equality is to breed a new race
a new kind of being
the Augmented body....like his own
originally developed as a tool of war, the Augmented body was one of VersaLife's most amasing achievements, as it made us one step closer to the Ninth Man - the perfect being
JC, instead of abolishing BioMods, like the Templars want, in order to preserve the purity of human DNA, wants to exploit the advantages of augmentations and grant humans equality on both a physical and intellectual basis
from then on, he can make sure that all humans are equal and perfect, and abolish war and hate, and have everyone in the world following his path of intellectual understanding and love for one another
JC wants utopia
*now, can you say that DX:IW was a let-down?
hell no
Invisible war is a masterpiece, like DeusEx
it is a sheer Masterpiece