ZODIAC is a set of six single player missions for Deus Ex. As Paul Denton, the augmented brother of JC Denton, you will: * Discover why the President is risking a nuclear confrontation. * Break into CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia to uncover some of the world's best kept secrets. * Solve the mystery of dozens of missing UNATCO troops. * Use all-new weapons and meet new characters. * Travel to new locations including: CIA Headquarters Buenos Aires Page Biotech Holloman Air Force Base And more! * Full custom soundtrack by Steve Foxon ("Orak")
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This mod is a great mod, though it does lack of certain things like voice acting, non forced fights as some enemies are hardly avoidable, and well those talking aliens for some reason.
It kind of fit deus ex continuity and in an other way not really.
It's been praised and yeah it's a great mod and one of the firsts big ones to introduce new weapons, some newish enemies, but the greatest part was the creativity related to the level design.
This is where the mod truly shines, most of the traps differed from the original game and for the better.
Interactivity is great even if some areas lack of detail or are mostly corridors, the AI is a bit problematic as in some areas the AI doesn't react very well and it doesn't have space to maneuver.
I love the mod nonetheless, it actually provides more medkits to be reliable upon them which the original game didn't do very well
The more abundant presence of certain munition types makes some loadouts more relevant, the assault rifle is still a bad weapon, but the abundance of grenades makes it quite useful.
The choices are a bit lacking, but since its a Deus Ex prequel with Paul Denton, I think it's a bit logical to not have many.
Some areas are every expensive and propose truly great maps to explore.
The mendatory C4 ing isn't great but well it makes sense in an other hand. The laser rifle is fun to use although not well compatible with shifter as you don't gain XP by killing aliens for some reason.
Still in the exploration area this mod delivers, there is secret walls in addition to the classic ventilation shafts.
If there is one complaint I have to make is that some non return areas are a bit misplaced and sometimes some switches who should be obvious are a bit too well hidden. also the pictures supposed to serve as a plan are a bit confusing.
Still my complaints are truly minor because the mod is near as good as deus ex, it's fun to play and the high score proves that it still holds up today