Yes, yes, I know. It's the third game in the series, AND it is a prequel, AND it is done by completely different people. All sure signs of being a horrible piece of crap, right?

Well, get ready to be disappointed in your predictive capabilities. To cut it short, this is Deus Ex. I repeat: THIS IS DEUS EX, the game fully worthy of bearing the same name as the original. If you have played that, it's all you need to know to make a decision: buy it today, take a one-week vacation, and enjoy. If you haven't, then trust my word on that it's an awesome prequel to an awesome game - well worthy of being in the PC Top 10 of All Time - and also do all of the above, but then follow-up by buying the original game and repeat it with that. :)

Very good - if you've seen the trailers on YouTube, then it's all really like that and more; and if you haven't, then you should really do so right now. The story is truly excellent, and so are all the little touches around Alice's "corrupted" Wonderland - look around while you play!

As far as gameplay goes, there is a fair bit of acrobatics in this game, but it's all fairly easy because you can do multi-jumps and float, and even if you fall you respawn nearby; so it's not tedious at all. Fights, though, while initially looking easy, gear up for some pretty tough action rather quickly, and you can't win the bigger ones just by randomly slashing around - need to be somewhat tactical here.

This is like Warlords (1-3) meeting Master of Magic. An excellent classic 4E turn-based strategy.