The three different ending the player must decide has to be one of the most complex and challenging decision ethical choices in video games. There are no good or bad endings unlike in other games; they’re each based upon the ideologies the player believes would best serve humanity. I chose the Helios ending, which ending did you choose?

I chose the secret dance ending:

I chose the secret dance ending:

All of em because you only decide right near the end, but I think the Dark Age one was my 'proper' choice. Find us!

All of em because you only decide right near the end, but I think the Dark Age one was my 'proper' choice. Find us!

All of em because you only decide right near the end, but I think the Dark Age one was my 'proper' choice. Find us!

 
I played it recently and a friend of mine mentioned the different endings so i saved just after having destroyed three of the blue things and just before unplugging helios 
 
if i had to choose one, which i did for this poll, i would go with the illuminati but it was a hard decision, hence seeing all three endings 
 
i did struggle with the decision, it was great not to have the usual "good / bad / indifferent" endings laid out, there were good and bad points about each ending making the decision difficult 
  
really enjoyed this game, can't wait to play it again

 I played it recently and a friend of mine mentioned the different endings so i saved just after having destroyed three of the blue things and just before unplugging helios  if i had to choose one, which i did for this poll, i would go with the illuminati but it was a hard decision, hence seeing all three endings  i did struggle with the decision, it was great not to have the usual "good / bad / indifferent" endings laid out, there were good and bad points about each ending making the decision difficult   really enjoyed this game, can't wait to play it again

Dark age for me.  
 
I freaking love this game, I remember playing a certain scenario many times trying a different strategy each time.  That was the brilliance of the game.  
 
Ok, I'm going to reinstall it now. 

Dark age ending was the most satisfying to me.  To hell with that "boxes within boxes" crap!

The best ending: Helios. The Illuminati ending would, like the quote associated mentions, turn the world into Hell and would make the people continue suffering or maybe suffer even more for you. The Dark Age Ending is also quite stupid as humanity essentially devolves and we're resigned to live like people several decades ago before electricity was even invented. Boring. 
 
The Helios ending, in contrast, combines the most honest and justice driven individual (at least the way I first played it) with a flawless A.I. who amplifies the personality of its host and can rectify the world's problems. This god would actually fix the perilous world of Deus Ex and I deem it the best of the 3 possible endings.

When I finished this game for the first time recently,  I chose the Illuminati Ending. Partially because that's the one I agreed with most, but mostly because I didn't feel like backtracking all the way back to Helios or the reactor. Regardless, I still think the story of Deus Ex is rote conspiracy nonsense that isn't told especially well, but I do think the endings were handled decently enough in that you had to choose between the least of three evils.

^ burn him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

When I finished this game for the first time recently,  I chose the Illuminati Ending. Partially because that's the one I agreed with most, but mostly because I didn't feel like backtracking all the way back to Helios or the reactor. Regardless, I still think the story of Deus Ex is rote conspiracy nonsense that isn't told especially well, but I do think the endings were handled decently enough in that you had to choose between the least of three evils.

I always chose the Helios ending. How could I not transform into a total badass?

@greenygrey: Maybe one of the better written parts of that game, yes, but I remember similar conversations in Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4, which I kind of enjoyed more because of how totally insane everything had become at that point. The problem with the story of Deus Ex is that it plays itself entirely straight and thinks that it's more serious than it actually is, when in fact the presence of such conspiracy theories automatically makes it far sillier. Regardless of any "deep" philosophizing, it's not an effectively told story because of the limited perspective and uninteresting characters.  In any case, I'm not here to clog up this topic with a lengthy multi-post debate on the merits of Deus Ex's story. It's a good game and one worthy of praise, but the story is not worthy of praise. Also: Oh my god JC! A Bomb! 

I figure that the technology to create "God" would still be in existence in the Illuminati ending, and would only be delayed a few hundred years by the Dark Age ending. And if someone will inevitably have that power, it might as well be someone who isn't a total bastard like Bob Page.

Helios all the way. It seems only fitting to become a god at the end of a game called Deus Ex.