I would say Deus Ex was a First Person Simulator. Not easy to master and fully comprehend at once, the mechanics are far more interesting than a simple shooter.
It's really the story that gets you in the end though, or the storytelling anyway. There are other games with greater, or at least far more original stories. No one has ever integrated a story into a game the way Deus Ex has, though.
You really find out as much of the story as you care to look for. The more rocks you decide to turn, the more vital information you can gather, and plan your approach and course of action as such. I've often heard of the difficulties of storytelling in games. Deus Ex gave us the blueprints for Gaming Storytelling (or as I call it, Playing the Story) 12 years ago. Shame no one followed suit.
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