Deus Ex mod lets you play as a female JC Denton 21 years after the game came out Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Deus Ex mod lets you play as a female JC Denton 21 years after the game came out Good choice. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 9 Oct 2021 29 comments A new Deus Ex mod lets you play as a female JC Denton - 21 years after the game came out. The Lay D Denton Project, created by a group of modders collectively know as Lay D Dev, dds a feature cut early in the development of Ion Storm's influential immersive sim: the ability to select the protagonist's gender. Watch on YouTube The mod is a significant effort. All of JC Denton's 1700 lines of dialogue have been re-recorded by voice actress Karen Rohan, under the vocal direction of Chris Rohan. "The performance strives to faithfully preserve the character of JC," reads the mod description. "Every single line was performed directly after listening to the original Male JC's read. While not blatantly copying every single line, the original performance was used as the primary anchor point for the line reads. Variations were only made after careful consideration. "In addition, we have strived to preserve the more beloved community one-liners as accurately as possible." Elsewhere, all gender pronouns and references have been edited to reflect the female protagonist. "Because of the natural cadence of human speech and the ear's natural sensitivity to abnormalities in speech, this was by far the most challenging effort in the project," the modders said. The modders also added several small additional characters throughout the game who were designed to subtly acknowledge JC's gender using a pronoun. A select few characters were problematic enough that the modders felt they had to be recast. "We just couldn't get the pronouns to work no matter how hard we tried with Harold (the mechanic near the 747) and the OwO secretary during the UNATCO escape," one of the modders who goes by the name Xriborg explained in the comments. "Morpheus was recast simply so we could make him more intelligible. And finally the VersaLife spy in the canal bar had his dialogue reworked because he originally mistakes JC for Paul. Makes sense for Male JC but it was a stretch for the Female JC. Those are the only recasts." And then there's the female JC model, which has been restored (it's also slightly shorter than male Denton). "In addition to the skin, all player sounds such as jumping, running, getting hit, dying, etc. have been re-recorded," the modders said. "The first-person model has been altered to match JC's selected skin tone and tweaked in an effort to look more feminine." The video below, released by the modders alongside the mod itself, showcases the impressive work done to Deus Ex. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store