Those who were around when the originalDeus Exreleased will no doubt have an appreciation for this pretty innovative RPG. While we’re still not 100% sure whether anew game is in developmentor not, there’s something interesting happening with the OG.
As spotted byPCGamer, a modder is taking the 2000Deus Extitle and putting it through an Unreal Engine 5 filter. That is to say, the quarter of a century old game is being given a bit of a boost, and it’s all possible thanks to a toolkit called DXU24.
The software is a fan-made project that aims to convert older releases (in this case, games that run on Unreal Engine 1) into ones that run through UE5. The above video shows how far things have come, with the modder expecting to implement VR intoDeus Exas well.
A sort of new lease on life
It should be pointed out that this is not an unofficial remake or remaster of the game. TheDXU24 Patreon pagedescribes the toolkit thus:
The general idea is the original game is booted as it normally would be, and through my software, communicates with another running instance of Unreal Engine 5. Through this communication link the games state, assets, everything, is communicated to Unreal Engine 5 and reinterpreted as a modern game asset, all at runtime.
So it’ll still be the originalDeus Ex, but with some modern features, such as advanced lighting and upscaled AI. The fact that it’s being filtered (I know it’s more complicated than that) through Unreal Engine 5 is what makes this special.
The developer says they expect the software to work on any game that was built on UE1. Here’s arecent videoof it rendering a fly-through ofUnreal Gold. It may even run other classics, such asUnreal Tournamentor possiblyThief.
As for when DXU24 will be out, the creator is anticipating a mid-2024 release. The project has been in development for some time now, so they’re hoping to launch it as soon as they can.
