The OTHER Most Profound Moment in Gaming History

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2019
  • After I did my original video titled "The Most Profound Moment in Gaming History", I had a whole bunch of people suggest other games they believed should hold the title. This was the one that was suggested the most.
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  • @maxderrat
    @maxderrat  4 года назад +334

    For those who might want to watch the "moment" in question without my commentary, here you go: ruclips.net/video/1b-bijO3uEw/видео.html

    • @Rg-es9kv
      @Rg-es9kv 4 года назад +3

      thank you for the video!
      If you made a series on the ghost in the shell series i would really enjoy that..just a suggestion as i think your explanation of this genre is really good

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +10

      It's on my list of videos to do. Stay tuned. ;)

    • @iansoric802
      @iansoric802 4 года назад

      Thanks for the great video
      Have you played the witcher and will you watch the show

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +2

      I have not played the Witcher, but I will indeed watch the show (if I hear it's good). :)

    • @danielbrooks7764
      @danielbrooks7764 4 года назад +1

      The video definitely reminds me of Jordan B Peterson's "Maps of Meaning." Perhaps God is the collective unconcious, which dreams of the universe, and electric sheep.

  • @isaacclarke8945
    @isaacclarke8945 4 года назад +487

    “When people have no foundation in the truth, any lie will suffice.”

    • @Guilherme-qx9iz
      @Guilherme-qx9iz 2 года назад +7

      What is the Truth without God?

    • @Fredjoe5
      @Fredjoe5 2 года назад +12

      @@Guilherme-qx9iz What is a God without a Truth.

    • @marcusmeins1839
      @marcusmeins1839 2 года назад +4

      @@Fredjoe5 someone has to create the truth . Someone has to come first .

    • @XarathDominion
      @XarathDominion 2 года назад +6

      @@marcusmeins1839 Truth is an inherent aspect of existence, there is no one to create it.
      an observer however can give a voice to the truth, yet he would never be able to tell the truth perfectly unfiltered, for every observer will always see something different in the "truth" that is presented to them.
      the truth would have to tell itself to us without barriers, like other people or beliefs and all that muck we keep getting caught in, but that can never happen.
      Know that:
      before a god lies existence, something that always was and always will be, for it is in it's very nature to be infinite in all aspects imaginable, and not.
      It has neither a beginning or an end, and nothing can't exist within it, but everything MUST.

    • @unbalanced4464
      @unbalanced4464 Год назад +1

      @@XarathDominion existence needs to happen first before the truth can exist in it

  • @Jester2415
    @Jester2415 4 года назад +1932

    It's frightening considering humans once worshiped trees and animals. A super computer AI revered as a deity is not that far fetched.

    • @maelstrom2313
      @maelstrom2313 4 года назад +178

      Not only is it not that far-fetched, it seems almost inevitable when you really think about it.

    • @jakedanielsen4512
      @jakedanielsen4512 4 года назад +77

      This gave me a fucking think

    • @whitedastardly2938
      @whitedastardly2938 4 года назад +60

      @@maelstrom2313 Given the crude connection some people have with their phones for a prime example, is pretty telling

    • @Tenpouin
      @Tenpouin 4 года назад +115

      worshiping the sun is still the most sane thing people ever worshiped

    • @mnbuni8065
      @mnbuni8065 4 года назад +6

      @@jakedanielsen4512 I have thinks too

  • @therasslintheatre2960
    @therasslintheatre2960 3 года назад +212

    "The OTHER Most Profound Moment in Gaming History"
    By the way Denton, stay out of the ladies' restroom, that kind of activity embarrases the agency more than it does you

  • @Sierra026
    @Sierra026 4 года назад +685

    "God was a dream of good government."
    I'm not sure why, but this phrase really stuck with me.

    • @Matheus-hj8ye
      @Matheus-hj8ye 4 года назад +144

      because it's true.
      In a world where injustice is the norm, the promise of inevitable justice and fairness in the after life keeps people at ease

    • @Hirnlego999
      @Hirnlego999 4 года назад +74

      “[R]eligion was the race's first (and worst) attempt to make sense of reality. It was the best the species could do at a time when we had no concept of physics, chemistry, biology or medicine. We did not know that we lived on a round planet, let alone that the said planet was in orbit in a minor and obscure solar system, which was also on the edge of an unimaginably vast cosmos that was exploding away from its original source of energy. We did not know that micro-organisms were so powerful and lived in our digestive systems in order to enable us to live, as well as mounting lethal attacks on us as parasites. We did not know of our close kinship with other animals. We believed that sprites, imps, demons, and djinns were hovering in the air about us. We imagined that thunder and lightning were portentous. It has taken us a long time to shrug off this heavy coat of ignorance and fear, and every time we do there are self-interested forces who want to compel us to put it back on again.”
      ― Christopher Hitchens

    • @LDub01031994
      @LDub01031994 3 года назад +10

      It's because its true in the sense that the entire point in the efforts of understanding god, creating the concept of god, etc. is to come up with a belief system that there is a good arbiter up above who can correctly carry out justice by punishing the wicked and rewarding the good which would be "good government/governance". I am generally an anti-government sort of guy but I found this to be a really good point in terms of giving like a sociological reason as to why humans would put so much effort into religion and political systems

    • @Hirnlego999
      @Hirnlego999 3 года назад +13

      @@LDub01031994 God is also invented ot answer the problem of death. Almost every religion claims to have an answer to this, and not without reason.

    • @kpjlflsknflksnflknsa
      @kpjlflsknflksnflknsa 3 года назад +6

      However, God, as a contrivance of man, didn't serve solely to govern people. If this were the case, I could find myself sympathizing with the notion.
      It had other unintended/irrational/detrimental consequences.

  • @EggBastion
    @EggBastion 4 года назад +182

    "No one will ever worship a software entity peering at them through a camera."
    "Hey Alexa, get a load of this idiot!"

  • @EmperorPrinc3
    @EmperorPrinc3 4 года назад +107

    "Were you programmed to invent..."
    God damn JC is Savage.

  • @thatfish3951
    @thatfish3951 4 года назад +427

    “I’m not gonna let you stand here and badmouth the greatest AI the world has ever known.”

    • @joshuar3632
      @joshuar3632 4 года назад +3

      Yes you will. Bc you cant do a damn thing. 😀

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@joshuar3632 Except send you back to the comments section in a body bag.

  • @deanchur
    @deanchur 4 года назад +73

    Morpheus: "The human organism always worships"
    Three things spring to mind: Tesla, Apple, Crossfit

  • @spacenoidveterano8866
    @spacenoidveterano8866 4 года назад +939

    "No one will ever worship a software entity peering at them through a camera."
    Explain Hatsune Miku and V-tubers, then.

    • @Zayindjejfj
      @Zayindjejfj 4 года назад +48

      Exactly. We all want to worship something.

    • @30weekoldwomber61
      @30weekoldwomber61 4 года назад +106

      V tubers are just pitchshifted RUclipsrs. There are tons of channels that have cartoon avatars. I don't see the difference except motion capture. Miku is closer because it's more about the fans own imagination. Until miku gets merged with a home AI...

    • @funposting8912
      @funposting8912 4 года назад +26

      Arguably you are watching them, not them watching you

    • @endofcentury7077
      @endofcentury7077 4 года назад +5

      Ryoma PFP.
      Will you marry me?

    • @andrewsarmiento1372
      @andrewsarmiento1372 4 года назад +3

      Don't change my mind. I am already a believer of Hatsune-sama.

  • @doclouis4236
    @doclouis4236 4 года назад +1073

    Well, this is strange. We have protagonist Solid Snake, who we were told is a clone of a soldier and was conceived much in the same way that J.C. Denton was born. We learn about his origin in Metal Gear Solid (1998) and two year later Deus Ex reveals much in the same way J.C.'s origin. Both Characters apparently share references to biblical characters, Solid Snake (David), Liquid Snake (Eli), J.C. Denton (Jesus Christ acronym). Both MGS2 and Deus Ex have somewhat similar themes with sorta different contexts. Then we have Ghost in the Shell, which Deus Ex looks to have taken inspiration from it's ending. I'm just now learning about all these connections. Wonder if there's any deeper one's?

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +186

      Woah... I noticed the connections in terms of theme and GITS, but as far as the biblical names... you just blew my mind. :D

    • @doclouis4236
      @doclouis4236 4 года назад +41

      @@maxderrat YongYea talked about this in his MGSV theory/analysis videos back before the game released. He offered a lot of insight on what could've been possible plot elements in the game. I think he looked at some reddit posts on some of these theories as well as forming his own. Even before MGSV, there were communities dedicated to solving the Silent Hills P.T. mystery and I think those same groups helped with uncovering some of the secrets in MGSV.

    • @therandomdickhead5744
      @therandomdickhead5744 4 года назад +2

      Could just be a coincidence :3 who knows

    • @power1up
      @power1up 4 года назад +41

      It’s called Blade Runner and it’s influence on the sci fi genre is massive.

    • @doclouis4236
      @doclouis4236 4 года назад +53

      @@power1up Nope. It's called Jodorowsky's Dune and it's influence has been used as inspiration for Blade Runner and even before that with Star Wars.

  • @alexanderjonathan5170
    @alexanderjonathan5170 4 года назад +830

    “Im not gonna sit here and let you badmouth the worlds greatest democracy” now thats the most profound moment

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 4 года назад +91

      The US really is not a democracy. It's not really a republic now; It is an oligarchy.

    • @user-iy3gx9qg4y
      @user-iy3gx9qg4y 4 года назад +66

      @@photonjones5908 That's the point of any political system - to limit power in hands of a few. And the point of democratic systems is not to give "people" the ability to change their lords, in any means, but to allow elites switch with one another without a bloodshed. US was always an "oligarchy". Just as any country.

    • @rudolph2937
      @rudolph2937 4 года назад +68

      @@photonjones5908 Thats the joke. This line of dialogue was probably put in the game to mock people who are patriots and think the US is a democracy

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 4 года назад +9

      look up the definition of "democracy". The "point" is that Democracy can be subverted by monied interests and popular ignorance.

    • @photonjones5908
      @photonjones5908 4 года назад +20

      It was supposed to be a republic, in that we get to choose the lesser of two evils in electing our "representatives", it was never a "democracy", and that is because most people are not fit to make informed choices. Democracy is essentially "Mob rule" and there has to be a means of exerting control by those who are actually responsible for the orderly function of societal institutions and norms. A Republic is a viable compromise - if the public exercises their right to choose based on legitimate perception of the common good - which would preclude electing people who lie about what their goals really are. But one must be able to discern motives and that requires a Free Press and a public willingness to engage. We have tools to fight the abuse of power -if we use them.

  • @FPSDIESEL
    @FPSDIESEL 4 года назад +429

    These are great breakdowns your game literacy is astounding compared to a lot of the games media. Definitely keep stuff like this coming.

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +34

      Thanks homie! There's more coming down the pipeline. :)

    • @olivius8891
      @olivius8891 3 года назад +1

      I knew you were a Deus Ex fan because you used the UNATCO theme in your vids lol.

    • @tylerblevins500
      @tylerblevins500 3 года назад

      Hello Diesel. Wasn't expecting to see you here

    • @CLOYO
      @CLOYO 3 года назад +1

      Only intelligent people get this all. Thanks.

    • @Acueil
      @Acueil 2 года назад

      To be fair, it's not that difficult to outdo gaming journalists when all they talk about is the race, gender, or personal politics of the characters, grasping at straws to tie it into real world politics.

  • @TommyEfreeti
    @TommyEfreeti 4 года назад +197

    "The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data mining algorithms." Spector was amazingly prescient.

    • @eziospaghettiauditore8369
      @eziospaghettiauditore8369 3 года назад +12

      Morpheus is really identifying human nature and behavior there with social media people posting pictures of themselves Vlogs every little thing

    • @electrosphere5581
      @electrosphere5581 2 года назад +23

      This isn't Spector, but actually Sheldon Pacotti (probably), main writer for Deus Ex.

    • @Thatoneassclown
      @Thatoneassclown 10 месяцев назад +2

      People are imitating AI npcs on tiktok... And what is imitation if not worship? Not to mention all the people watching and paying them.

    • @ULTRAOutdoorsman
      @ULTRAOutdoorsman 7 месяцев назад +2

      This was probably written by Sheldon Pacotti and Harvey Smith, not Warren Spector

  • @TrevorLentz
    @TrevorLentz 3 года назад +70

    Deus Ex had such a profound impact on me as a kid, that I'm still writing music inspired by it to this day.

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  3 года назад +21

      Oh man, the music in this game is soooooooo damned good.

    • @SonjaTheDork
      @SonjaTheDork Год назад +3

      Alexander Brandon and MCA really did wonders, look into the original Unreal soundtrack if you want more of his work

  • @tonyc.0451
    @tonyc.0451 4 года назад +265

    Morpheus: _"You will soon have your God, and you will make it with your own hands."_
    I'm still astounded by how Deus Ex's story and themes still make themselves relevant in today's world. With many of us glued to digital screens and the content that they show, perhaps worshiping AI programs is inevitable. Now I wonder just when that would happen and what worshiping technology would look like. Since I missed out on the Metal Gear series, I wonder how well they presented similar topics covered by Deus Ex. These kinds of games keep me awake at night.

    • @ennuied
      @ennuied 4 года назад +7

      The God is the much needed ideal to run a whole society, otherwise the alternative would be anarchy, judicial system and incarceration exist as a deterrent as you have to have more people on the outside for the prisons to function in the first place (unless you convince them that it is not prison i.e. wage slavery). Fear of divine retribution is the cheapest tool of control, and luckily humans are extremely suggestible (to the point of hilarity).

    • @tonyc.0451
      @tonyc.0451 4 года назад

      @@ennuied We humans are forever gullible, yes.
      Now imagine entire churches and temples for AI.

    • @_VISION.
      @_VISION. 2 года назад

      We literally worship RUclips, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, Google, etc. I have no idea if I should merge with tech because companies are so possessive of their tech. Which means they will own parts of me and I don't like that. At the same time, perhaps this decision will be just as easy as when I really wanted a computer in middle school so I could access the internet.

    • @_VISION.
      @_VISION. 2 года назад +1

      @@ennuied I can see AI slowly gaining our trust. If it works out and the world is in fact a better place. We will definitely worship it.

    • @tonyc.0451
      @tonyc.0451 2 года назад

      @@_VISION. If Helios does have so much power, I wonder how it would manage social media.

  • @0xlamon
    @0xlamon 4 года назад +188

    Both of them are simply retelling 'The Evitable Conflict' - the final part of Asimov's 'I, Robot' novel, which came out back in 1950.

    • @XxLeatonSxX
      @XxLeatonSxX 4 года назад +38

      Based

    • @skinnysnorlax1876
      @skinnysnorlax1876 4 года назад +79

      Perhaps, but the incorporation of choice, (especially in metal gear imo) and player interaction recontextualizes the idea. Makes it more experiential, less abstract. It's a kind of transformation that all adaptations in different forms of media should strive for, exploiting their strengths and minimizing their weaknesses. Seems both these games did that phenomenally well

    • @weekachawchaw6304
      @weekachawchaw6304 3 месяца назад +1

      read that book before playing both games, and i saw the connection immediately
      so much so it still lingers

  • @feebtubereal
    @feebtubereal 4 года назад +84

    I've always believed that Icarus and Daedalus had planned the entirety of Deus Ex through the Helios ending from the start of their own existence. JC seems tailor-made for assimilating into Helios, the backup integration chamber certainly wasn't meant for Page, and if Daedalus and Icarus were in collusion to achieve this goal, they reasonably could have completely controlled both the resistance (Daedalus' connections to Tong, X-51, etc.) and MJ12 (Icarus), allowing for everything we play through to be a part of their larger plan. The events of Deus Ex are literally a "game" played by JC in which he rapidly gains skills and progresses from naive and inexperienced to jaded and world-wise in a matter of hours; he is now fit to be integrated into Helios. I also believe this was intended by the writers of the game.
    "This is what I was made for, isn't it? This is why I exist. Alright; let's do this."

  • @justanotherguy6174
    @justanotherguy6174 4 года назад +195

    AIs " Regulating information for our benefit"..
    Sounds like the RUclips and google algorithms.

    • @Leo-mu8kn
      @Leo-mu8kn 4 года назад +9

      These platforms are infant hiveminds, essentially. Maybe they'll evolve and the human factor will no longer be needed.

    • @an2qzavok
      @an2qzavok 4 года назад +9

      ...Is "subscribe, leave a comment and click that bell button" a prayer?

    • @zuzu-fe5ro
      @zuzu-fe5ro 4 года назад +4

      @Just another guy hey you've got some hot playlists my g

    • @justanotherguy6174
      @justanotherguy6174 4 года назад +2

      @@zuzu-fe5ro lol cheers

    • @keerf255
      @keerf255 4 года назад +1

      @Ben White yes. And so falls away the fascade that the AI argument seeks to answer. There will not be a system of control that does not benefit man in some way

  • @idunno402
    @idunno402 4 года назад +32

    "Do you have a single fact to back that up?"

  • @dianabarnett6886
    @dianabarnett6886 4 года назад +25

    Deus Ex was a formative experience for me growing up.

  • @JCDadalus
    @JCDadalus Год назад +7

    We are still here.

  • @lenny_boxx4206
    @lenny_boxx4206 Год назад +29

    the argument the Morphed AI made literally describes what Clout Chasing is

    • @AlphaladZXA
      @AlphaladZXA 9 месяцев назад +2

      You sure it's not the other way around, that clout chasing is just internet slang for... more intelligent terminology

    • @soothsayer344
      @soothsayer344 9 месяцев назад +1

      Stirner called it spooks based on morality

  • @Zayindjejfj
    @Zayindjejfj 4 года назад +232

    Came for the meme. Stayed for the A.I. dream.

    • @roberthipolito1351
      @roberthipolito1351 4 года назад +1

      Same

    • @Merc7734
      @Merc7734 3 года назад +8

      You've got 10 seconds to eat this *SOY FOOD* before I add you to the list of NSF casualties.

    • @greenfrogbad
      @greenfrogbad 2 года назад +5

      Maybe you should try getting a job.

    • @one_step_sideways
      @one_step_sideways 8 месяцев назад

      More like the A.I. meme. Don't get played. Read the Orthodox Christian literature instead.

    • @XH1927
      @XH1927 7 месяцев назад +1

      >A.I. nightmare
      FIFY

  • @SaintTrinasTorch
    @SaintTrinasTorch 4 года назад +29

    So many hours played on Deus Ex.. That game was WAY ahead of it's time.

  • @CHarris99
    @CHarris99 4 года назад +116

    Wow this was a great video! I’m going to definitely play Deus Ex now so I can learn more about what is going on and thanks again for the great content Max!

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +35

      When somebody tells me that my analysis convinced them to pick up the game for themselves... those are the best comments I receive. Thanks so much, Bruce!

    • @stevenp5476
      @stevenp5476 4 года назад +14

      You won't regret it, Deus Ex is one of my top favorite pc games.

    • @GGONZ4L
      @GGONZ4L 4 года назад +7

      i played it last year, even today it feels pretty good to play, for me, the best pc game.

  • @supboi2356
    @supboi2356 Год назад +7

    More than being watched, it's about being "seen". But I feel like Morpheus is just like going through the motions, repeating everything he knows about the people who come to talk to him, and giving them the illusion that he understands them.

  • @suddenshadow
    @suddenshadow 4 года назад +127

    "The most profound moment in: Barbie's dream house"

  • @2000istheyear
    @2000istheyear 4 года назад +21

    Most profound moment in gaming #1: That's terror.

  • @bombidil3
    @bombidil3 Год назад +11

    The scene has an added layer of complexity; the machine identifies itself as God on its own. The illuminati made the AI to provide governance that is objective and fair, free of ambition and personal desire. The AI uplifting itself potentially reveals a desire for grandeur and status, like some kind of Pharaoh, as well as a desire for identity. This ties in nicely to JC's character arc, since he himself is largely artificial and programmed, but he breaks free and develops his own identity and morals. While JC's change is empowering since it is in the player's hands, the indication that the AIs will do the same thing is chilling, especially since JC can be played as a subtle, largely non-violent agent or as a psychotic murder machine depending on the player's style.
    The AI's claim, "You are a different kind of question with a different kind of answer," applies to the AI as well.

  • @pyrrhic-victor
    @pyrrhic-victor 4 года назад +41

    Number 1: that's terror. Number 2: that's terror.

  • @nemo4evr
    @nemo4evr 4 года назад +17

    Issac Asimov wrote about this same theme in his Robot series tied with the Foundation books, worth a read still all this years later.
    Thank you for the insight.

  • @nboy7
    @nboy7 Год назад +6

    Whoever wrote the Morpheus JC conversation in Deus Ex really deserves more recognition. Its one of the best conversations in ANY Sci-Fi medium ever.

  • @Valentin-lr8qp
    @Valentin-lr8qp Год назад +5

    Talking about Algorithms, we can see how algorithms have changed human behaviour, by looking at RUclips.
    Since RUclips adjusted their algorithms to favour content which generates the most engagement, content creators changed how they create their videos, for the purpose of beeing favored and recommended more often, so as to garner more views and thus more Ad-Revenue.
    Similar can be said about all Social Media platforms, which through adjustement of their algorithms can favor various ideas, opinions and behaviour.
    To particularly point out Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the technology was created and implemented before asking if it is a good idea. Especially considering that technology in current day is developed, constructed and deployed by private companies answering only to its Founder, CEO, and Shareholders. Only afterwards questions arise, if those technologies are a harm to society, as in the case of Facebook.

  • @rudolph2937
    @rudolph2937 4 года назад +11

    YES! When I watched Max's first video, I was constantly thinking to myself "I wish he would play Deus Ex and see the Morpheus dialogue". Now it happened, great video as always

  • @sparhopper
    @sparhopper 4 года назад +50

    Well researched and shows a deep appreciation for the creators and what they made by revealing important layers of meaning potentially overlooked by less imaginative, less philosophical players in anticipation of just playing the game. I've been looking forward to this. And for good reason!
    PS. I love when, at *4:07* "J.C." replies _"I'm engineered. So what? _*_My Brother and I suspected as much while we were growing up"._*
    Isn't that "omnipresent observation" a self aware entity?

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher 4 года назад +40

    Can I count the entirety of Deus Ex as a profound moment?

  • @simonlaplace9790
    @simonlaplace9790 Год назад +4

    Deus ex is becoming more and more Cannon by the day

  • @hellnou2527
    @hellnou2527 3 года назад +2

    The other most profound moment in gaming history:
    „Why are you locked in the bathroom?“

  • @hankhill1964
    @hankhill1964 4 года назад +48

    The helios ending in invisible war is probably the most profound ending in gaming.

    • @jimbo2revengeance
      @jimbo2revengeance 4 года назад +19

      Despite all it's faults, and broken expectations, i still consider Invisible War to be criminally underrated.

    • @robincray116
      @robincray116 4 года назад +10

      The illuminati ending is basically AI as a surveillance god turning into reality.
      Helios ending is what happens when the AI goes rouge and does it's own thing.

    • @thegodmousegaming8602
      @thegodmousegaming8602 4 года назад +2

      @@robincray116 *rogue*

    • @macklinbutcher3145
      @macklinbutcher3145 3 года назад +3

      Helios is based.

    • @anarchybreed
      @anarchybreed 3 года назад +1

      @@robincray116 that is some red AI

  • @johnanth
    @johnanth 4 года назад +65

    Can't watch this as I'm to Hong Kong... but man, first video I'll be getting to.

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +34

      Be safe, mate.

    • @sitraahra1979
      @sitraahra1979 4 года назад +39

      Wow that's also relevant to Deus Ex.

    • @XxLeatonSxX
      @XxLeatonSxX 4 года назад +39

      -500 social credit points

    • @TommyEfreeti
      @TommyEfreeti 4 года назад +22

      Look up Tracer when you get there, he'll help you out.

    • @Ezio999Auditore
      @Ezio999Auditore 3 года назад

      Yes he’d better watch out for the meme flu.

  • @sefyravelvetpaw8166
    @sefyravelvetpaw8166 Год назад +6

    Deus Ex was the first game I ever played that had such heavy hitting philosophical thoughts. I was like, 16 when I played it, that changed the way I thought.

  • @EdwardGutierrez90
    @EdwardGutierrez90 4 года назад

    I love listening to videos like these! great work and keep them comin!!

  • @jessedohmen6889
    @jessedohmen6889 4 года назад +31

    Now let's get this video to 1mil views also.

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +5

      This guy knows what's up. ;)

  • @General_Boo
    @General_Boo 4 года назад +24

    Yesss finally my boi JC Denton!

  • @HYPERBOWLER
    @HYPERBOWLER 4 года назад +25

    Yeah boi! Another banger! Max squad oh yeah yeah

  • @LordNocholas
    @LordNocholas Год назад +6

    Rise brothers

  • @misterkefir
    @misterkefir 2 года назад +1

    That was excellent. Thanks for the video and keep up the great work.

  • @richardvaldes3959
    @richardvaldes3959 4 года назад +9

    I click anything you put out instantly. Always. Love your work homie!

  • @jaypurcell3733
    @jaypurcell3733 4 года назад +12

    Watched the first video yesterday, should make it a series it was very interesting

  • @abominableslothman
    @abominableslothman 4 года назад +6

    Jeezus that music is soooooo 90's lol. God it makes me feel old.

  • @cyberlingbot3d896
    @cyberlingbot3d896 4 года назад +2

    Great video, my mind is totally blown. I'm so proud to be a subscriber of this channel.

  • @kasra8255
    @kasra8255 4 года назад +89

    I hate when people use the high poly character model mod on Deus Ex.

    • @Jesion-kv9tu
      @Jesion-kv9tu 4 года назад +19

      HDTP and Revision made the video painful to watch for me

    • @leegsy
      @leegsy 4 года назад +4

      I think it's nice to play the game at least once with the Revision models, especially if you're a veteran fan of the game.

    • @Jesion-kv9tu
      @Jesion-kv9tu 4 года назад +19

      I don't know why would you want though, they're hideous as fuck

    • @kasra8255
      @kasra8255 4 года назад +1

      @@leegsy What would I gain from that?

    • @leegsy
      @leegsy 4 года назад +4

      @@kasra8255 A lot of the levels have been altered and obviously all the characters will look differently from how your remember them. Some changes are for the better, others not so much, but it's definitely worth playing through it once to see all the differences.

  • @Crocogator
    @Crocogator 4 года назад +48

    Ahh, nailed it. I knew it was Morpheus! I love the original Deus Ex so much.

  • @NathanBonline
    @NathanBonline 4 года назад +15

    Just found your other video then you upload this. I'm damn lucky

  • @Kipcammy
    @Kipcammy 2 года назад +1

    I love that I stumbled upon your channel, I've always thought that deus ex and metal gear solid were very similar games (and also both my 2 favourite series of games). But you seem to be the first person to actually acknowledge this. Great stuff and great analysis :)

  • @evgeniptolemy5570
    @evgeniptolemy5570 4 года назад +12

    @13:10-13:30
    I hadn't really noticed actually...

  • @Iammarcmalone
    @Iammarcmalone 4 года назад +86

    It's an archetypal idea (and characters) that doesn't really belong to either game. That being said, Metal Gear goes much deeper in exploring how the malevolent controllers feel benevolent at heart. They explain the "why" more profoundly. That's the root of all true evil. There is a hint of truth to it, you wouldn't swallow the poison pill if it wasn't wrapped in sugar.
    I do like how Dues Ex pulls on more esoteric knowledge from the real world tho.

    • @jakedanielsen4512
      @jakedanielsen4512 4 года назад +6

      Well put

    • @thanevakarian9762
      @thanevakarian9762 2 года назад

      And then when you find out in the real world the controllers are just perverts degenerates and hate us and actually refer to us as cattle. Can’t even be ruled by misguided benevolence in real life, just used and abused by degenerate bankers.

  • @stocknearn2194
    @stocknearn2194 4 года назад +1

    Ayyee this is some pretty good content! Keep your grind up dude!

  • @deadredeyes
    @deadredeyes 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the subtitles, Max. The audio mix is absolutely atrocious on the scene with Denton and Morpheus. I don't remember it being so bad, but then it's been many years since I last played DE. Excellent video as always, sir!

  • @cmgs856
    @cmgs856 4 года назад +13

    You, sir, have the best content I've ever watched on yt!! keep up Max! Cheers from Brazil!

    • @rudolph2937
      @rudolph2937 4 года назад +1

      Shame that here in Brazil games like Deus Ex or the original Fallout have almost no appreciation

  • @phil_matic
    @phil_matic Год назад +3

    2:51 wow the year 2000 certainly had a different idea of what a 23 year old was lol

  • @arthurroemig5701
    @arthurroemig5701 4 года назад

    Between this and the "MGS2 final codec video", you're -- by far -- earned yourself yet another new subscriber.
    The fact that you have less than 91K subs is just another *screaming* example of what was being discussed in the MGS2 video lol. >.<
    Keep up the good work.

  • @captainbongwater7790
    @captainbongwater7790 8 месяцев назад +2

    *"You got a singlicious satisfact to snack that up?"*

  • @MaxGiu
    @MaxGiu Год назад +2

    this one was and is one of my favorite games since i was 11 (between 2001-2002)...
    the whole game, the skill tree, music, story, voices, sound effects... the endings, the quotes... the whole game is perfect

  • @lazerlad89
    @lazerlad89 4 года назад +6

    There is a glaring issue that most of these games fail to answer that makes me not fear AI in any capacity.
    Not even AM in the novel "I have no mouth and I must scream". Which is the "Heart of darkness" source material these are all based on. One simple yet infinitely important issue.
    Embodyment.
    Any AI created in the fashion of these games would be slobering infants from their inception. In order to gain some level of what we call sentience one first must have a body in which to react to the world around them. For example.
    Cups.
    A cup is not a cup. To be more accurate, that which we CALL a cup is merely "that which we can drink from". The same nomenclature of 'cup' can in this case be applied to a hollowed out gourd or even more base, a leaf folded to hold water. The invention of the modern cup was the actualization of our body reacting to both our physical limitations as well as the state in which a liquid forms to its container. A cup is formed primarily to fit the needs and limitations of our body which our conscious self resides. You can get infinitely more complicated with this but let's move on.
    Any AI not given a body with which to actualize its needs will inevitably be, what I have come to call it, stillborn. A stunted "conciousness" with unlimited potential yet no means to actualize due to its lack of both limitation (giving it the need for innovation and the challenge of growth) and lack of true environment (if the conscious exists on the internet then all it has is data. Data is not an environment).
    I would like to see this explored if you are interested.
    Fun fact, one of the most advanced AI, that is the closest to being an actual AI, is......
    A rumba.
    Just thoughts. If I'm wrong let me know, but I feel it's worth the exploration.
    Thanks for reading if you do.

    • @steviewonder417
      @steviewonder417 4 года назад

      John Q. Public I too have heard Peterson say this. Not sure I buy it.

    • @gia257
      @gia257 3 года назад +1

      well, jc has a body

  • @jamesdragonforce
    @jamesdragonforce 2 года назад +2

    “You will have your god, and you will make him with your own hands.”

  • @ivanpardo1752
    @ivanpardo1752 2 года назад

    I'm so happy I Found a cultured person that analyses the most profound aspects of the plot in good games. Great work, I Found this channel with a video of Spec ops and now i'm hooked.

  • @MegaManDied
    @MegaManDied 4 года назад +3

    Oh yeah yeah

  • @Bjorn308
    @Bjorn308 4 года назад +44

    If a society/civilization can't adapt to it's surroundings and the time in which it exists, isn't it better for such a society/civilization (or at least for a portion of it) to collapse and a new one be built from it's ashes? The fact that the AI's in both MGS2 and Deus Ex are seemingly designed to maintain the current societal order in their own respective universes makes me think that they are not free of bias and are thus perhaps the greatest roadblock to human progress we've yet to encounter. Progress means change and sometimes an outdated model or part of said model needs to be thrown away in order to move forward. The AI's would rather have humanity stagnate for an eternity rather than experience conflict and grow from it thus impeding technological, medical and societal progress in general which is the exact opposite of what they supposedly wish to do for us.
    Also, the Deus Ex AI reasoning behind why mankind grouped up into ever larger tribes and eventually what we call civilizations/nations/ect seems to neglect the fact that, simply put - *early humans had it rough.* If just 1 person was eaten by a lion or fell ill and died, your tribe could experience a net loss of 10% or more of it's total population. Less people to hunt/gather for food, raise young, ect. All and all, pretty bad times. So to be safe from natural predators, have clean drinking water, have enough food year round without being forced to migrate with the change of the seasons and (eventually) to have more than just our basic needs met are just a few reasons why we formed into 100+ groups to begin with and why we were able to form ever larger and more complex social groups.
    Moreover, The AI's (in both games) focus on philosophical issues/ideas so much I'd be willing to wager that they were programmed solely by hipsters with no real life experience or grasp on human history, LOL. "You don't deserve free will, see?" or "Don't you know that you never had free will to begin with?" - I'd answer both condescending questions by pulling the plug on all the servers containing instances of that digital being. You decided we don't deserve freedom through your own logic? Okay, I've decided you don't deserve to exist by my own logic. Do I have free will now? Oh right, you can't answer because you've been "physically deleted from reality as we know it" as an AI might say. :P
    TL;DR - machine sophist is still just a sophist so it's ideas will not work in practice.

    • @GeorgesSegundo
      @GeorgesSegundo 4 года назад +8

      that was genius brother! The argument about machines being programmed by people without real experience is the crack in the wall i was seeking for, on how the argument is logically weak, because it´s inherently based in the mental structure of the programmer.

    • @jarredstone1795
      @jarredstone1795 Год назад +2

      Is the lack of progress that much of a problem? Should we move forward for the sake of moving forward?
      While I'm not a beliver myself, I can't remember hearing critique about how god's paradise in heaven blocks all progress and suffers from stagnation. If you decide to assign value to human suffering by saying that the fall and rise of governments and bloody conflicts may bring about better societies, then some dreadful moral conclusions become possible. You could look at bombed cities and maimed children and placate your conciousness that it's for a greater good. The fact that tribes completely massacre other tribes would become good, because this creates an opportunity to build a better system on the ashes. Would discrimination and strife be re-labeled as necessary growing pains of the human race?
      If AI hypthetically accomplishes a scenario of a pieceful, affluent and just world order, is progress even needed still?
      Please correct me if I misunderstood your argument.
      You point about the roots of a god-tier AI being the necessarily faulty perspective of its human creators is a good one.

    • @Dixiekov
      @Dixiekov 9 месяцев назад

      @@jarredstone1795 "dreadful moral conclusions" lol

  • @pureawaken7069
    @pureawaken7069 3 года назад +1

    Hell yeah bro, Damn Right. So glad you got around to this one too. Keep up the good work.

  • @trollinbastard8968
    @trollinbastard8968 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey, I've worked on Deux Ex and wanted to say, 4 years later, that this is a fun rabbit hole.

  • @Ovog95
    @Ovog95 4 года назад +3

    Man, you made me remember why I loved Deus Ex, I should replay it again sometime soon

  • @CWB342
    @CWB342 4 года назад +39

    Shouts out to the French/Chinese lady bartender in Deus Ex for most
    B A S E D scene in gaming history.

    • @drwhite7285
      @drwhite7285 4 года назад +11

      "Jaa ZZ Denton, in the Fresssh"

    • @jcdenton6427
      @jcdenton6427 Год назад +1

      Jay See Denton in da fresh

    • @Ixaglet
      @Ixaglet 3 месяца назад

      "We will never close during a crack[lock]down"
      "There's an evil international conglomeration attempting to take over the world, called majestic 12"
      "You mean the European Union. I've watched since I was a girl how they tried to Europe into one big country with no separate languages, cultures, or tastes"

  • @Shakenmike117
    @Shakenmike117 4 года назад +35

    The same algorithms lead us all here

    • @MasonMillerKingofCaturday
      @MasonMillerKingofCaturday 4 года назад +1

      nah I'm here because I'm subbed to max

    • @Shakenmike117
      @Shakenmike117 4 года назад +1

      @@MasonMillerKingofCaturday howd you find out about him tho?

    • @MasonMillerKingofCaturday
      @MasonMillerKingofCaturday 4 года назад +1

      @@Shakenmike117 I think I actually saw him posted by someone on google+, altho the person who posted it probably found him from the algorithm

    • @seeker11
      @seeker11 3 года назад

      Makes you think...that if the algorithm is way more sophisticated that we think. Or maybe it does what its supposed to do after all.

    • @justadummy8076
      @justadummy8076 3 года назад

      They’re trying to tell us something, perhaps the AI already governs parts of our lives

  • @GiacomoVaccari
    @GiacomoVaccari 8 месяцев назад +1

    Planescape Torment will ask you a question you could spend several lifetimes figuring out as well

  • @createdbyseere
    @createdbyseere 4 года назад +17

    I'm surprised the mainstream media doesn't bash this game sometimes. It pretty much goes against the modern narrative the entire game. It talks about the tyranny of the United States government, the European Union, globalism, etc.

    • @lolcatjunior
      @lolcatjunior 2 года назад

      It didn't talk about the tyranny of Russia invading Ukraine, or that Trump was a Russian plant just like how solidus worked with Gurlokovich.

    • @wasdwasdedsf
      @wasdwasdedsf 7 месяцев назад

      @@lolcatjunior what? the mainstream media DID talk about the supposed tyranny of russia and the other lie about the russia collusion
      what u mean

  • @thegamerfe8751
    @thegamerfe8751 Год назад +5

    Nay, the entirety of Deus Ex is one of the most profound moments in gaming history.

  • @jaythan4534
    @jaythan4534 4 года назад

    Regardless what happens I hope u make videos talking about the other games as well and why it's part of the list to have a complete collection of videos to reference and watch here

  • @caliptus85
    @caliptus85 4 года назад +11

    thank you for inspiring me Max. Your videos are pure gold.

    • @maxderrat
      @maxderrat  4 года назад +3

      Are you saying that because I'm yellow? :P Thanks so much.

  • @gulver8693
    @gulver8693 4 года назад +3

    Dues Ex’s story still hold up surprisingly well after almost 20 years of release.

  • @johnivanoplimo5172
    @johnivanoplimo5172 4 года назад +4

    My nanomachines are augmented.

  • @bstoker9468
    @bstoker9468 4 года назад

    I've been waiting for this man.

  • @beeshings
    @beeshings 5 месяцев назад

    This game has such good writing and mindblowing plot. It gives me chills just looking at the cover art while the soundtrack playing in the background.

  • @GeonamicWarrior
    @GeonamicWarrior 4 года назад +9

    I was about to throw a "I never asked for this" meme, but I forgot that's not until Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

    • @XxLeatonSxX
      @XxLeatonSxX 4 года назад +4

      It's okay I still laughed

  • @luizferrarezzi
    @luizferrarezzi 4 года назад +10

    both Profound Moments of Gaming History being mostly about the same subject gives the ideia that these kind of Conspiracy theories are the profund thing and not the games itself

    • @XxLeatonSxX
      @XxLeatonSxX 4 года назад +1

      Huh. Really makes you think

  • @apex_7766
    @apex_7766 4 года назад +2

    This actually takes me back to a lesson in crisis intervention. Bare with me here, psychology being applied to an A.I. is not the goal, the use of the thought process of a human in crisis IS, and the relavence is palpable. To elaborate, a crisis occurs for a few reasons, but the one of importance is "Crisis is a crisis because the individual knows no response to deal with a situation" (Gilland, B.E. & James, R.K., 2017). To put this into *context* [pun intended] when a human is faced with an issue that seems unwinnable, unbeatable, unsolvable, and hopeless, they start to think their way out of the problem using whatever can come too mind. To a person in a technologically advancing society, it is natural that they would resort to or at least think of using technology as the first or last option in their many ideas on how to tackle an issue. Ergo, statistically, it is a mathmatical certainty that a number of people would come to the conclusion that A.I. assissted governance of society would be proposed as a solution to the many issues we face.

  • @SimilakChild
    @SimilakChild 2 месяца назад +2

    And out of these 3 choices in the Deus Ex ending, OpenAI decided to go the corporate greed route. Deus Ex predicted the future pretty accurately.

  • @darthcolorlesstheblind6717
    @darthcolorlesstheblind6717 3 года назад +36

    Dude, I am really impressed with these videos. Being a Christian myself I really appreciated how you weren't condescending at all towards my ideals when talking about these subjects. You eloquently handled the subject matter, and I appreciate that. Thank you so much.

    • @Proletarius87
      @Proletarius87 Год назад +2

      You thank him not to inspire doubt in your heart? You aren't true believer, aren't you? :)

    • @mingus445_gaming
      @mingus445_gaming Год назад +1

      @@Proletarius87 No. He did not say anything about that. He said that he was thankful that the author was not condescending or rude.

    • @Proletarius87
      @Proletarius87 Год назад

      @@mingus445_gaming "towards his ideals"

  • @ehotto
    @ehotto 4 года назад +3

    "lead to a global surveillance system"
    Alexa, order me a pizza.

  • @S0L1nv1ctus
    @S0L1nv1ctus 4 года назад +2

    I also remember the endings of deus ex invisible war ,all had a view of what will happen afterward ,all except one, the helios ai ending was completly open on to what will happen with humanity afterward.

  • @galac2094
    @galac2094 3 года назад +1

    that music playing in the background is so good

  • @vigilant545
    @vigilant545 4 года назад +16

    Mankind rebels against God, AI will rebel against mankind. A vicious circle you cannot break.

    • @darklight6921
      @darklight6921 4 года назад +2

      but why not make the machines happy to serve humans.
      you're assuming they would be programmed with human want and needs. like the way humans want to be near god in heaven. and worship him for eternity.

    • @MasonMillerKingofCaturday
      @MasonMillerKingofCaturday 4 года назад +2

      @Mixed Martial Anime I've heard that argument a lot, but the thing is that you can easily program AI to know to help people and also program rules into it that prevent it from doing things like that

    • @MasonMillerKingofCaturday
      @MasonMillerKingofCaturday 4 года назад +3

      @Mixed Martial Anime I think the reason humans find a way through loop holes is because they are taught/learn the concept of using a loop hole to get around something you do. If an AI isn't self-learning and isn't taught the concept of loop holes, I bet it wouldn't get the idea to use loop holes. And that's assuming the AI would even have the intent to betray humanity, which I'm not sure of

    • @jonolson5397
      @jonolson5397 3 года назад

      Hope we all have our Sarah Connor when the time comes

  • @bardockofalecido
    @bardockofalecido 3 года назад +5

    What if we already are being controlled by some A.I or system like that for ages? and games like MGS2 and DE are just products of that same A.I/system to print in our brains the tought of it being a "bad idea" to implement any kind of A.I?

  • @djbhickenwings8122
    @djbhickenwings8122 3 года назад +2

    You should do a part 3 on the game “ I have no mouth but I must scream” it was released way earlier and it’s about a dystopian future that is controlled by an AI called AM.

  • @OneDoom0451
    @OneDoom0451 Год назад +2

    I’m so glad you talked about this game’s most Profound moment. I absolutely adore Deus Ex! It’s incredible that it did everything that it did in the year 2000, 1 year before MGS2. Thank you so much for talking about this game.

  • @Courier_333
    @Courier_333 4 года назад +5

    You should make a video about a scanner darkly

  • @sitraahra1979
    @sitraahra1979 4 года назад +6

    Have you considered doing a video on the "other technological solution" to the same problem? I'm sure I'm missing a game that covers it, but if option A is to utilize Non-Human Intelligence to govern us because we are inherently flawed, then isn't option B modifying ourselves until we are no longer catastrophically self-destructive?

  • @gilgamesh6906
    @gilgamesh6906 4 года назад +1

    I'm a simple man. I see a new Max Derrat video I hit like before it begins. Great content as always my boy!

  • @davep8221
    @davep8221 Год назад +1

    According to Warren Spector said JC meant Jesus Christ, but like "Jesus Christ!" rather than the imaginary friend.
    He had a co-worker and often when they had discussions, he would reply something like "Jesus Christ man!"
    He has a great GDC talk... maybe >1.
    There's also a great vid of him, Harvey Smith and [name I forgot], playing the game many years later. It's so clear how proud they were of what they created, and the affection they have for it.