How’s that for an absurd acronym? I’ve been planning this one for a while, but couldn’t come up with a cool enough string of capital letters. I’ve settled on this one, though, so here it comes: Episode I of Sorry For Not Reviewing Everything I Play. This is where I do micro-reviews of all the games I’ve been sifting through in the last month but haven’t ever felt inspired enough to do full reviews of. Everything will basically boil down to this: Love, Hate, or Meh?

Since this is the first episode, I may reach back a little further than just one month. I feel like I’ve been cheating our readership pretty hard, especially during our December hiatus. My plan is to have a new episode up the second Monday of every month from here on out, but we’ll see what happens. I hope you all enjoy this! This time, I’ll be commenting on Borderlands, Assassin’s Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Darksiders, and Mass Effect 2.

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Deus Ex – PC/Mac/Playstation 2, 2000/2002

Developed by Ion Storm Inc.

Published by Eidos Interactive

Story – 10.0/10.0

Gameplay – 9.5/10.0

Design – 9.5/10.0

Control – 10.0/10.0

Sound – 8.5/10.0

Fun Factor – 9.0/10.0

Overall – 10.0/10.0

Have you ever finished a game wondering if you’ll ever play anything better? No? Get a copy of Deus Ex. This is a game that rests comfortably on the same lofty echelon as Starcraft, Metroid Prime, Half-Life, and the like. You can not enjoy games like that. But you have to respect their quality. Deus Ex is a testament to storytelling through video games. Read on, and I’ll tell you why.

I’ll be reviewing (surprise!) the PC version.

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