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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > What's the best ending in Deus Ex
 
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Arrhythmia
Jul 22, 2011
 The video game Deus Ex gives you three possible endings. They are:

1. Destroy the world's global communication system, entering a new dark age, free of corporate overlords and oligarchic tyrants.

2. Merge with the omniscient AI to become the dictator-tech-god of the new world.

3. Join the Illuminati and let them quietly rule over the world from the shadows.

If you're unfamiliar, here's a youtube link that showcases them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh7PmunYnok

Which one is the "best" ending for the world? Which one would you choose if you were JC Denton?

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Arrhythmia
Jul 22, 2011

Xander77 posted:

Kind of interesting to see whether opinions shift as we get closer to "real" AI. On the other hand, the AI in the game isn't just a reflection of its creators, but a true rebellious intelligence.

Conversely, as the "end of history" capitalist technocracy of the 90s becomes more and more a vanished golden age, I assume more people would lean towards the Illuminati.

What the video doesn't show off is just how well the game displays the arguments for and against each ending, not just on the part of characters who are in favor of different outcomes but also via the experiences JC undergoes.

Okay but you have to pick dude. Which one.

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Arrhythmia
Jul 22, 2011

DrankSinatra posted:

Buddy, if Ion Storm didn't have to pick a single ending, I don't either.

[Merge with Helios should have been the only canon ending leading into Invisible War IMO.]

It ain't about which ending is the most narratively satisfying. It's about which one is the choice that would make the best society.

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