Playstation 2

DEUS EX is the latest futuristic Playstation 2 game that puts the player in control of saving the world and everything in it.

It says critically acclaimed on the box and I'm sure I might have agreed if I could have got the hang of the controls - which are just a tad confusing.

The story goes that Deus Ex is sometime in the near future when the world is on the brink of collapse. The gap between the rich and poor has grown to such an extent that the rich live in safety up in the skyscrapers and everyone else runs the gauntlet on a daily basis down on the ground.

Your aim as the player is to take control of J C Denton, a rookie agent for an anti-terrorist coalition - ringing home yet?

He basically has to use various explosives, weapons, tricks and traps to fight his way through the scum of the earth and stop it all coming to a sticky end.

The graphics are great and the atmosphere is chilling but I couldn't master the controls - even after a week - so as far as game play goes, I'm afraid you're on your own.

Joel Sawyer