1996 · Silmarils · Adventure · First-person shooter

Deus

Deus is a survival Simulation Game, and the sequel to Robinson's Requiem. The player again assumes the role of Robinson's Requiem protagonist Officer Trepliev, who has become a bounty hunter for the Alien World Exploration department. The player's goal is to save a scientific research station from a group of terrorists called the New Crusaders. Like Robinson's Requiem, the game features complex health monitoring and surgery systems; however, the game now contains an optional "action mode", which removes these systems.

Released: 31 December 1996
Platforms: MS-DOS Windows
Genres: Adventure First-person shooter Simulation Survival
Developers: Silmarils
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Science fiction Survival
Country: France
Age ratings: ESRB T
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish (Spain)
Composers: Fabrice Hautecloque

About

Deus is a 1997 survival simulation game developed by Silmarils and published by ReadySoft. It is the sequel to Robinson's Requiem.

Keywords

cooking
swimming
bow and arrow

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Like Robinson's Requiem, the game features complex health monitoring and surgery systems; however, the game now contains an optional "action mode", which removes these systems.

Story

The player again assumes the role of Robinson's Requiem protagonist Officer Trepliev, who has become a bounty hunter for the Alien World Exploration department and has to save a scientific research station from a group of terrorists called the New Crusaders.

Reception

Deus' critical reception was mixed. Computer Gaming World found the realism of the simulation mode to be overwhelming, and described the game's action mode as "dull". PC Gamer US's Scott Wolf said that the game's "[i]rritations [...] outweigh any enjoyment you might find".

PC Gamer UK offered a dissenting opinion; despite calling the initial learning curve "alpine", the reviewer wrote, "After a while [...] Deus suddenly starts being fun. You begin to get the hang of the interface, and start to get into the plot".