Reviews - dbithead

Shifter is a very well written mod both in planning and execution. It has kept Deus Ex relevant and modern looking since 2007.

From the outset you see new higher res textures and models of objects like cans, canisters, and loot-able garbage cans. Need some Zyme?

You may or may not like the new principle characters' models, I find Anna's and Gunther's a little too different from stock, but you will notice a large increase in character fidelity, enough to make reverting a model pointless.

A couple of quests have been fixed so that you can go ahead and do your thing without fear of having uncompleted quests. That is good for those of us who obsess over such things.

A little later on you will start to see restored content cut from the production release. This content melds perfectly with the game whether from the Shifter developer's efforts, Ion Storm's excellent work or both.

Some basic exploits are disabled, like lock picking, inventory mismanagement and xp gain to remove temptation for those of us who must exploit a loophole.

Shifter to Deus Ex stock looks a bit like HL1 Source to HL1 but it improves far more than just the background textures. The water is not Source engine level though, maybe that will be added in a future release.