History VideoGame / DeusExNihilum

* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Mad Ingram", although to be fair, it is only his codename.

* GameMod

* GovernmentConspiracy: Like in the first game, it's revealed that [[spoiler:UNATCO and the United Nations are really a front for Majestic-12]]. The game also seems to set up that Chinese Government is involved in one of these, [[spoiler:but it's really just the XVA Corporation who did the bombing]].

* [[spoiler:FalseFlagOperation]]: What the terrorist attack in Shenzhen turns out to be, [[spoiler:by the XVA Corporation so that they could lure Mad Ingram out to Hong Kong after learning that Majestic 12 was planning a false flag op to [[VideoGame/DeusEx blow up the Statue of Liberty]]. However, this is a subversion because the building they blew up was controlled by the Chinese government, which by this time has been corrupted by [=MJ12=].]]
* [[spoiler:FakeMemories]]: Turns out that [[spoiler:Ingram]] has these.
* FemmeFatale: Lien Takara.

** [[spoiler: Illuminati Ending: Launch nuclear rockets from Dynamene Station and destroy key [=MJ12=] locations and kill Alexia, allowing the Illuminati to take over.]]
** [[spoiler: [=MJ12=] Ending: Kill Alexia, have your kill switch removed, and merge the Dynamene Station's AI with the [=MJ12=] networks, and join them as a high ranking member.]]
** [[spoiler: XVA Ending: After breaking into the Selected Individuals Unit, launch rockets at both [=M12=] and Illuminati locations, allowing XVA to take over the world. ]]
** [[spoiler: Sacrifice Ending: After breaking into the Selected Individuals Unit, rebel against all three factions and destroy Dynamene Station, preventing anyone from using its resources. This ending leads into the original game or a resemblance of it.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: In the [=MJ12=] ending]] is is implied there was some between [[spoiler: Lana and Ingram, or at least on Ingram's end.]]

** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:[[Characters/DeusEx Bob Page]] on the [=MJ12=] side, who has a role of OffScreenVillainy this time around.]]

''Deus Ex: Nihilum'' is a [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum/ 2013 total conversion mod]] for ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. Set in an AlternateUniverse of ''Deus Ex'' in the year 2049, it follows the first nano-augmented UNATCO agent Mad Ingram as he heads to Hong Kong in order to solve the mystery of a terrorist attack committed in Shenzhen, and stumbles upon a [[{{TheConspiracy}} conspiracy]] in the process. It won the [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum/features/mod-of-the-year-2013-editor-choice 2013 Single Player Mod of the Year award]] and is generally considered to be one of the best ''Deus Ex'' mods, up there with ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod''.

** Although, this game is actually less of a conspiracy thriller, [[spoiler:especially once it delves into being a war between two shadow factions, [[AncientConspiracy Majestic-12]] and [[MegaCorp XVA]], rather than being about someone trying to go up against a NewWorldOrder-type conspiracy and put an end to it, like in the original.]]

* ShoutOut: There are a number.
** The Chef in Kowloon has a hunch that keeping some Ambrosia around will be beneficial in the [[{{Foreshadowing}} near]] [[VideoGame/DeusEx future]].
** The Forichi Nightclub is done in a black and gold "[[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution retro-2020s]]" style.
** Jin, owner of a Kowloon weapon shop, uses audio tapes in his augmented voice box when he is bored. Some of the phrases are from the original game, such as "A bomb!" and one of Anne Navarre's comments about JC wearing his [[SunglassesAtNight sunshades at night]].
** A password to a computer is [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Tenagra"]].

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: in the [=MJ12=] ending]] is is implied there was some between [[spoiler: Lana and Ingram, or at least on Ingram's end.]]

* BadBadActing: Not done intentionally, but by watching just the first few minutes of the game, you can understand why the voice acting was the most criticized part of the mod.

* OffScreenVillainy: [[spoiler:Bob Page and Walton Simons, who are the heads of Majestic 12. Another of their lead operatives, Number One, serves as part of the game's BigBadEnsemble.]]

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: Both UNATCO and the MPS.

* TheCameo: In the introduction, [[VideoGame/DeusEx Joseph Manderley, Gunther Hermann, and Anne Navarre]] can all be seen briefly on Liberty Island before Ingram's helicopter takes off.

* ''{{Prequel}}'': Sort of, since this is an alternate continuity to the original game. However, [[spoiler: the Sacrifice ending cutscene ends with Bob Page and Walton Simons giving the speech from the ''Deus Ex'' intro, heavily suggesting the original game will come from this.]]

** [[spoiler: XVA Ending ]]
** [[spoiler: Sacrifice Ending]]

** [[spoiler: Illuminati Ending: Launch nuclear rockets from Dynamene Station and destroy key MJ12 locations and kill Alexia, allowing the Illuminati to take over.]]
** [[spoiler: MJ12 Ending: Kill Alexia, have your kill switch removed, and merge the Dynamene Station's AI with the MJ12 networks, and join them as a high ranking member.]]

* AlternateUniverse: The game is set in an alternate timeline of the ''Deus Ex'' universe. While most things are the same, the most notable difference is that Mad Ingram, not Paul Denton, becomes the first nano-augmented UNATCO agent.

''Deus Ex: Nihilum'' is a [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum/ 2013 total conversion mod]] for ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. Set in an AlternateUniverse of ''Deus Ex'' in the year 2049, it follows the first nano-augmented UNATCO agent Mad Ingram as he heads to Hong Kong in order to solve the mystery of a terrorist attack committed in Shenzhen, and stumbles upon a [[{{TheConspiracy}} conspiracy]] in the process. It won the [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/nihilum/features/mod-of-the-year-2013-editor-choice 2013 Single Player Mod of the Year award]] and is generally considered to be one of the best ''DeusEx'' mods, up there with ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod''.

* TheCameo: In the introduction, [[{{VideoGame/DeusEx}} Joseph Manderley, Gunther Hermann, and Anne Navarre]] can all be seen briefly on Liberty Island before Ingram's helicopter takes off.

** Jin, owner of a Kowloon weapon shop, uses audio tapes in his augmented voice box when he is board. Some of the phrases are from the original game, such as "A bomb!" and one of Anne Navarre's comments about JC wearing his [[SunglassesAtNight sunshades at night]].

* CyberPunk: Just like the original ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* CyberPunkIsTechno: The Forichi Club of Kowloon, just like the Lucky Money in the original game, plays techno music in the style of "retro-2020s", just like its architecture. The whole club is an homage to the aesthetic of ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''.

* MegaCorp: Page Industries, which owns [=VersaLife=]. Yumashev Industries could count for this, but it's appears to be only focused on manufacturing and is [[spoiler:really just a pawn in XVA Corporation's plan to obtain [=MJ12=] nanotech. XVA Corporation plays this trope straight.]]