Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - One Year Later
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2017
- Releasing amidst controversy in 2016, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was, ironically, a very divisive installment in a largely beloved series. One year after launch, the time was right to revisit this title, and examine it's merits and flaws thoroughly.
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If you want to know "Why Prague" you should follow more of the European news or /r/Europe more closely. in Prague, you got already some high-tech companies, biotech companies, finance and some hard-core EU-project doubting, easter-eu fascist elements, all packaged in in a city full of alleyways and claustrophobic buildings. Yup, my man, Prague is dysfunctional, if not cyberpunk.
Well spoken. Prague is often considered dirty by those who have never been there because it's eastern europe, which was hit hard by both ww2 and the cold war.
Building decay, poor political stability, a population seeminly unable or willing to fight for anything to completion hence its challenges in the last 70 years, civil wars, and it never has ever really been on the world stage. That's just the last 100 years.
Still though, he's right about there being so many better choices for a European location. Why couldn't they have the same dystopian type of environment in Germany, Italy or even Russia. Those places can be just as cyberpunk considering Deus Ex is in a sci-fi environment.
I loved seeing the European, glass + wood archutecture, mixed in with the cyberpunk theme. We've seen high tech cyberpunk and this was a nice blend imo.
Well for me it's the lighting and the design of the city that just doesn't make it feel cyberpunk.
I have visited Prague just after the fall of the Berlin Wall with my parents and I was amazed! It is such a wonderful city. Together with Rome and London, my favorite city in Europe.
I'm replaying this game. And it's blowing my mind this time. I have barely touched the story and I'm almost 20 hours in. I've explored so much, it's crazy how big this game is. There is so much care put in all of the details. The environment tells a complex story that is all tied together. It's incredible and easy to miss if you don't look for it. It just went way over my head the first time and it did for almost everybody. The reviews for this game were shit. People didn't even try to scratch the surface and as a result declared it mediocre. Fuck those idiots.
Yes I am relpaying it too after 2 years. I like the stealth and Exploration gameplay most, I love the Upgrades and that you ca't have every Single Upgrade but find your style. I wish their would be more levels like the Bank, focusing on gameplay and Exploration. I am also happy with Prague, Also that it is so small but more filled than a normal open world game. I am happy for the sequel already
Imo MD is not a bad game whatsoever but it's definitely not the best Deus Ex game, and imo is a small step-down fro HR. HR not only had a more coherent and appealing aesthetic ( aesthetic not graphics, it's obvious even at a glance that MD is far more visually stunning than HR ) but a better story ( I played the director's cut, not the base game and THEN the missing link DLC with a huge hiatus in between. ), more player choice in how you could tackle levels, more 'all of the above' type choices ( Don't search this up until you finish HR if you like Deus Ex, basically this choice is named after an achievement you get where you are told that you only have 2 choices, but as the name implies, sleuthing around will reveal a much more pleasing choice that was never even hinted at. ), the characters were more fleshed out ( All the 'antagonists' in HR, if you had the CASIE Aug or atleast gave a shit about dialogue challenges, felt human, as they say the best villains are the ones that let you understand and even force you to empathize by showing you their method to madness, unlike the huge brute that goes I LIKE KILL KILL GOOD PEW PEW PEW . ). All in all, there are 2 lists for people interested in Deus Ex, one that ranks the games best to worst and the other that ranks the game with a new player in mind. I'll just put the latter in as the comment section is full of people that REALLY want to get into the DX universe:
1: Human Revolution
Because it is definitely a game meant to ease newer players into the universe and gameplay loop and methods of completing mission. Also canonically, the game is the first. NO I DO NOT CONSIDER THE FALL A DEUS EX GAME.
2:Mankind Divided
Good game, but not an amazing DX game. However it's here so that you can wrap up Jensen's storyline. Much more polish in terms of looks and certain gameplay features, but as I've already said, it's lost some things that made HR great.
3:Deus Ex
The first game in the series and definitely the best when it comes to story and player choices. Now the reason why people SHOULD play this last if they are new to the franchise is simply because... alot has aged like milk. It is absolutely fine to me but I am a person that grew up with games like the first Quake so I am adept at adapting to the older looks and feels of older games. However to the new players the game will look like shit, gameplay will also be shit and finally the AI would stick a gun through it's asshole instead of trying to take you down. Pros are definitely the player choices and story, but also the main protagonist... he may not have Jensen's voice, but he is definitely hardcore. But there is hope Bratan. There are 2 mods for this game. There is GMDX and Deus Ex Revision Mod. The former is what old time players will prefer, as it really fixes alot of the gameplay issues and AI. However for people that are concerned with Graphics, GMDX does alot but not as much as Revision. Sadly Where GMDX excels, Revision falters badly. It does not make the game worse than the original, but simply put, Revision is just a beautiful paintjob on honda civic without tires, whereas GMDX is a Chevrolet but a really basic white as it's paint.
We don't talk about The Fall and Invisible Wars about here... How can we ? know one can simply speak of what does not simply exist.
This game is sure not perfect but it definitely is my favorite game of this generation, it is so underrated. Its atmosphere was so captivating and its secondary missions were so amazing and well written. This game really touched my gamer heart because this is what I would love to see happening more often in games, to have complex and detailed handcrafted open-ended maps with a great level design and awesome environmental narration (especially Prague which may be my favorite map ever across all games) instead of repetitive and boring huge open-worlds that most of big studios are doing these days. Sadly not only Square Enix didn't let enough time to the developers to complete and polish the game, but they fucked up its marketing campaign with the microtransactions thing and by showing stupid action trailers that didn't show what the game really was about.
This game is for me the true definition of maturity in videogames, this should be the main way to help a lot of videogames to really get more mature: through putting depth in gameplay. I'm not criticizing The Last Of Us 2 from a quality point of view, you have the right to like it. But in my opinion games like this with a casual bland gameplay don't help the videogame industry to get more mature, it only helps it to get closer to the movie industry, which is a bad thing and a huge waste of potential.
Other than that I was already familiar with Deus Ex before playing the game so I directly played it the right way, like an immersive-sim game. And I was so sad and annoyed to see all these negative reviews and all these empty forums for such a great game because that meant that we wouldn't see this kind of game and the immersive sim genre being back before a long time. And unfortunately time proved me right because Square Enix putted away Deus Ex in a drawer and forced Eidos Montréal to work on the Avengers game, which turned out to be a disaster. But even if Deus Ex comes back someday, I wonder if it will still be as good because a lot of the original creators of Human Revolution and Mankind Divided have left the Eidos Montréal studio these last years, which makes me even more sad...
im with ya bud. its so much bigger if u really explore and get immersed. amazing game. my favorite
Deus ex deserved better then to be put on hold mankind divided was a solid game but cooperate greed and bullshit fucked it up.
gaming forever hope that tought them its not accepted
gaming forever dont u mean "Corprate" not "Co-operate"
gaming forever Let's engage in jolly cooperate greed.
Ironic given the overall theme of Deus Ex.
With Deus Ex, Thief and Hitman, I really thought Square would be taking these franchises to greatness (again). What ended up happening, was that they pushed for cheap and simple designs for console players, and shoved in all manner of micro payments and obvious content cutting to sell less game with same money. Now each of these once magnificent game series has effectively crashed and burned.
Considering the scale of this overarching fuck up, one can only wonder at the idiocy. They could have simply put the correct amount of time and effort, find the right people with the motivation for the title in question. And use the licenses to produce games that both sell well, and strengthen the franchise for the future. They threw all that away, and rather tried to force feed us some DLC.
I guess even Human Revolution just didn't sell enough. All the critical praise in the world doesn't keep the investors happy. So Square saw a forced profit margin increase as the only way forward, and managed to destroy 3 of some of the most legendary single player franchises PC ever had.
Prague?! Prague! Of course, what we need is another game set in one of the overused locations, right...
It was sarcasm buddy..
Prague was chosen because it's the capital of the cyber activism I think, all the east of Europe have a deep underground activism.
That's how I interpret it
Luc Delarue prague is also a city in which modern and medival architecture go hand in hand, which goes in line with the fusion of augmented and non augmented
This game is greatly underrated.
A lot of people love Deus Ex, Square Enix just scared off 550% of the fanbase with the augment your pre-order edition, and the microtransactions in the singleplayer, if that never happened and the game was twice as longer the game would have sold 10 million copies.
i think it's overrated. i found HR director's cut to be superior in every possible way. MD never pulled me in or hooked me the way HR did from start to finish.
@@genericwhitemale7028 It's a single player game. I never even noticed the augmented editions or microtransactions. Buy the base edition and play. Same with Dead Space 3. Base edition and not a penny more.
Well I do buy DLC. Does that count?
@@Jack_80 it's no where near overrated
@@cj3670 maybe it's just me but i best human revolution several times and never seem to get tired of it. after beating mankind divided once i never had the urge to play it again. it just didn't have that atmosphere that pulled me in the way hr does.
The game is excellent but the story is less immersive and interesting than in Human Revolution IMHO.
Being a huge fan of human revolution, this game met my expectations and more.
Same here I was happy with it :).
I wanted to be happy with it. I wanted Sarif, Prichard and Megan (I mean we spent the whole of HR trying to save her, where's my thank you?).
i feel like i'm the only one who found it extremely disappointing compared to human revolution director's cut.
@@Jack_80 But looking back, now that Cyberpunk had totally failed its promise, I didn't know how good we had it back when Mankind Divided was released, truly a game that outdid Cyberpunk 2077 on every levels. I would be happy if we ever got the second half of Mankind Divided that we never got.
If we're talking cities, Prague is a massive upgrade from fucking Detroit.
Mankind Divided was the GOTY for 2016. Severely underrated by both professional critics and fans. Give it a chance if you liked HR, it is much improved.
Χρήστος Κώτσαρης Did you play Dishonored 2? I would rank that a little higher i have to say.
Yes i did play Dishonored 2, and no it is not better than Mankind Divided. Everything in MD is better, from graphics to music to story to gameplay. Of course Bethesda has more money to bribe people and more fanboys to hype things so i am not surprised people think D2 was better. Actually, even the original Dishonored was nothing special. A true 7-8 game that got a 91 metascore because Bethesda is Bethesda.
@@KotsarisGR i play this game for the story... which by human revolution standards was disappointing :/
@@anshumanSrivastavaHere_I_COME i thought everything about mankind divided was disappointing compared to human revolution director's cut. the story, gameplay, and atmosphere of HR kept me hooked from start to finish in every one of my several playthroughs of it. i almost had to force myself to get through mankind divided once and never had the urge to play it again once i did.
"They want to quell augmentation and I don't really understand why"
...It's literally the exact same as in the other games. They're trying to consolidate power. Make sure that only people on the gov't/corporation side have these augmentations so that when they inevitably sieze power, the populace will be helpless to even fight back. Isn't it obvious?
And in the original game(set a couple decades after this), everywhere that isn't some top-secret gov't facility or big-name corporation like VersaLife is pretty much a slum living off old pre-millennial tech. It's not just about the augs-- that was only one part of it.
Back in 2016 DXMD put the Aug in August.
Mankind divided in a nutshell
(My opinion)
Gamplay: 10/10
Soundtrack: 7/10
Graphics: 9/10
Main Story: 5/10
Side quests: 10/10
Ending: dogshit/10
Nah, main story is dogshit+/10 as well. As the whole story is about you getting rid of a simple side character useless pawn. I mean HR had more story from begining to the first boss.
Al Malone 👍☺
Sey Moore I agree the whole story felt like ACT 1 to a bigger game hell even when the new game+ option came up I was saying to myself "that's weird why would you hand out new game+ halfway through the game?" and when the credits rolled I nearly fell out of my chair in anger and frustration
Al Malone me too..i thought that after the "Boss fight" a new Hub is avalible and the second half of the game started😥..looks like we will never see the true ending😭
Lol its sorta a tradition to have a completely shite ending to deus ex, the original, invisible war n human revolution all have dogs hit endings..
Prague is a very well design city in this game.
Loved Mankind divided, hope Cyberpunk 2077 succes encourages square enix to make another Jensen game.
Looking back at how Cyberpunk did......I really wished this comment could've aged well.
Love this game. The story, characters, gameplay and setting. Hopefully we see a sequel as mankind divided definitely ended abruptly
havent completed the original Deus Ex ...kids these days
Graphics are terrible and gameplay is clunky. Who wants to play an graphically outdated game today.
@@gamingjunkie707 the same happens with Legacy Of Kain, its a great game saga in terms of soundtrack, atmosphere, and lore, but jesus christ the gameplay is outdated beyond recognition
@@gamingjunkie707 IMO still a great game.
Because really, it's a product of its time. The rifle used to be the turn of the tide for war before it became ubiquitous, and now, with tactical rifles, it's obsolete. If you're playing the original DE you're really only in it for the story and choices and level design, which really isn't challenged until now.
I loved everything about this game and I was just as satisfied with this as I was with Human Revolution. The game being set in Prague to me I found interesting and to make sense. The way they show how technology is overtaking this old medieval city and how those two elements contrast I found to be really great. While it’s only one hub world it’s vastly more dense and layered then the ones we got in Human Revolution. The atmosphere as well to me was amazing in all 3 phases Prague goes through. Night time Prague was my favorite point in the game and gave me the same feelings I got with the Human Revolution despite its more realistic lighting and less Gold and Black palette. While the story is cut short I was overall satisfied with what we got and I do hope we see get to see the continuation.
I think that the first deus ex is closer to the present than any of the sequels. Also, when you think about conspiracies in the first game, they start to make sense and you can apply them to the real world. Beat the first mission and listen to the first bad guy and think about it.
Especially when you talk to Paul and that French lady (forget her name) that talks about the EU too. They both point out things that are happening right now.
a lot of movies and games resemble what is happening in reality, most people are just too thoroughly indoctrinated to realize it. even most people who believe they are awake don't even realize politics is all nothing but an elaborate act and all politicians are working together to keep us ignorant and under control. all these people believing trump is working against all the corrupt politicians, it's all an act to get people who know the govt is corrupt as hell to trust trump and view him as a savior while off camera they all get together and laugh at all the idiots that fall for it. ok that's the end of my little rant.
What are you even talking about. Apart from the game's shortness, Mankind Divided improves on HR on almost every level.
I don't understand what the fuck are people talking about? What shortness? Human Revolution I explored everything (rushed late game a little bit, didn't hack every computer) and I got 16 hours on steam. Mankind Divided I'm in Prague at night clocking in at 37 hours????
but in my opinion character models doen't look that good compared to Human Revolution (in a certain way)... it's even worse if you turn off tesselation on PC
But it was only to be expected as this was Eidos Montréal's first game on a new game engine (the DAWN engine) something similar happened with Assasin's Creed 3 when ubisoft transitioned from their Anvil engine (which was only a souped up Scimitar engine) to their AnvilNext engine. All character models compared to the previous games looked god awful and uncanny to say the least. Jensen on the other hand doesn't look the same as it used to be, feels like Eidos redesigned jensen a bit.
Agreed. The gameplay in this game is incredible. One small area can have close to 50 ways to complete it. It almost makes Dishonored look linear by comparison.
@@Jarmundx have you seen CGI trailers of Human revolution? MD Jensen looks exactly from that trailer, which is better than Jensen's model in HR.
I bought this game a few months ago, and was incredible, especially on PC. Loved it, and will be playing the DLC when i get the chance. Great video. I really hope Deus Ex comes back.
So far I’ve spent around 15 hours on the game, which includes completing every side quest and exploring fully, playing non lethal stealth unless forced into combat but I’ve only just reached golem city. I feel like if you don’t rush through the game you are getting a sizeable amount of content worth especially since I picked up the game and season pass on steam sale for £7
They went for a Marvel Avengers game and today I read something about Square enix losing 63M USD. Wow
The micro-transactions aren't even bad. It's not like it's pay to win or you need to buy it to win. Hell they don't even push the micro-transactions, I didn't even know you could buy Praxis Kits until I watched a review.
The dlc is mostly bullshit though. Most of them should have been in the main game.
The real genius of MD is the repeated playthroughs. Im playing it again for the 15th time and I'm still finding side stories, conversation options and heaps of details i completely missed. Still haven't tried all the augments yet or found all weapons.
i was so bored i could barely force myself to finish this game once. i beat human revolution director's cut 5 or 6 times and never get tired of it but MD never pulled me in and hooked me the way HR does every time i play it.
While in terms of scope/size. HR felt much bigger considering you get to explore much larger areas, especially when compared to MD. However, MD for me ups the game by having each building (nearly) have something meaningful. MD is much more packed than HR and made exploration much more necessary to see the picture. While HR was more mission focused and bad guy chasing. MD side missions felt much more personal and intimate. Furthermore it felt there were more interwoven into the environment and mood of the situation. HR felt like drinking cold Americano, a long thirst quelching experiences, while MD more like several espressos, a punch where ever you go. To me in MD side missions felt like the the main story you have to solve to understand the main story a bit more. Like finding the shop owner in Golem city if you didn't help him as well as the underground theater actress. While HR felt much more fulfilling in terms of story, MD left me with more yearning for next installment.
Yea, this video was why I subbed to your channel and started watching all your other videos. Really well done and well thought review/analysis and I can never tire of your cartoon. I hope you make more of these..
sad that we never see Jensen v Page, rip deus ex. I am not going to even go into how they could have tied the jensen era into the original with a monumentally cool plot twist that would make you re think a nearly 20 yr old game. But alas, rip deus ex
Fully agree. The game had so much potential and Jensen really feels part of the DE universe. If they delved deeper into three or four plot points this game could be genius. They literally have the Jensen - Icarus link up for grabs...
I'm American so I don't know all the local European details etc, but we were taught Prague has a lot of historical significance because its geographic location is a natural meeting place for the Eastern and Western powers to meet together and meet the Asian/Mid-Eastern powers halfway. Because of that, there has been a very long history of various meetings between leaders around the world, peace summits, treaty and pact signings, and other foundational diplomatic events have taken place in Prague dating back to the Crusades era and all the way up to the Nuclear Summit that the non-proliferation countries attend
That frame rate gave me aids
This is what happens when you fuck a girl with diseases. Fuck sake man use a condom or a bulletproof helmet before playing.
Or watching.
William Shockley was recorded at 30 wtf did you expect?
Upgrade your toaster.
William Shockley The game has Denuvo, which tanks frame rates.
You get a lot more info into why Marchenko is doing what he is doing if you find his Killswitch at the end
Prague....oh dear. Pls travel more.
I downloaded the feud ex soundtrack on my iPod and listen it to it as I walk around the city. Even the sound track “augments” the total atmosphere when I listen to it as I explore my city at day and night.
Dude I loved Pritchard in the last game. He was like your brother that you would push around and get into Petty arguments with xD
For any fans of the newer Deus Ex games looking to get into the original, I HIGHLY recommend the GMDX mod. It's an overhaul of the game that enhances gameplay fluidity, graphical fidelity, and overall polish while staying true to the game's original vision. You'll fined vastly retooled AI, subtle environmental detail, rebalanced skills and augmentations, reworked weapon behavior, new mechanics, expanded difficulty modes and options, brand new effects, and bugfixing. It's an extremely solid package, preserving what made Deus Ex so great while updating the game for new and old players alike.
Anyway, I appreciate to see some more discussion about Mankind Divided, so thanks for the video. I'll be sad if the franchise ends here, since there was a lot to like about the last two games, and as you said the design principles underlying Deus Ex are sorely needed in our homogenized, linear, cinematic setpiece-driven game industry.
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I love your side quips, Fringy.
I got the collectors edition this year for $50
I remember playing this on 360, this game had such good graphics at the time. If you've played the last gen version you'll enjoy and understand mankind divided
Mankind Divided has too much sunlight and exactly why Prague. Cyberpunk (2077) always has too much sunlight.
Mankind divided is epic. Hope we get another Deus Ex game! 😊
he didnt know.....deus ex is cancelled(so they wont make another game until 2029,ik weird)
Call me crazy but I like this game more than human revolution. Something about the level design just seemed more fleshed out and some areas were hard to wrap my head around at 1st like the bank, but when you got all the angles down it was super satisfying.
One of the best if not the best game I've played in so far as being immersive and the richness the story, i really enjoyed the pace and character development, and loved the art and ambient style not to mention the music which i listen to often while im working. i was a bit disappointed that they announced that they will be shelving the franchise for a while.
Fringy, did you play the original game yet ?
I would love to hear your thoughts on it. Cheers !
Man 6+ months later and i still can't get over the frog thing with no pupils
I miss hengsha
Excellent review, I couldn't have agreed more. I very much enjoyed both games and was very disappointed that we may never get the 3rd part of this game.
Some of the character flaws I was hoping to get more information in the next game and reserved judgement until then.
I'm going to miss this franchise. Why does Square Enix have to fuck everything up? They're like the EA of Japan now.
I've played every Deus Ex game except for invisible war and it is one of the most criminally underrated franchises. Sure MD was not as good as HR but I really enjoyed the interface and weapon changes as well as side missions, it's still a damn good game. This series is really important to play imo because its storylines and threats are so real to life and something that could easily happen in the next couple decades. Tech companies ruling over the masses and blurring the line between what is human and when do we go too far is plausible.
The audio was wonderful, but I was having many computer issues with the game
I want to get a new stealth game but only have time to play one. Would you recommend this or MGS V, or should I buy Dishonored 2 ? Which has the most enjoyable gameplay ? Story is not that important as I hear it is fine in all of those
For reference, I never was a fan of the earlier MGS games but I heard 5 is completely different in gameplay and tone. I loved the early Splinter Cell games and thought Dishonored 1 was amazing. Human Revolution felt clunky by comparison but was fairly enjoyable overall, although the takedown moves were distracting as they were non interactive cutscenes, also there was little variation in them.
Fringy, have you played Prey? if you like this game i think you might like it
Finally a new upload
I really liked Mankind Divided. Actually want to play it again because I just rushed through it.
They definatly missed the mark with the Augmentation system (unable to activate Augs) but your right they got the music right especially using music of the original which brought back nostalgia from the Hong Kong area. Bring back something on the lines of the original plus keep Unatco on the scene.
You get access to all your augs halfway through the game. Plus, you can simply deactivate the useless augs that you would never use anyways in the beginning in exchange for the more useful experimental augs.
Oh yea a 30 minute video, let's do this
2:23 I'm from the future, and I have some bad news....
how?
23:40
I got all the augs in the first run. (no dlc)
maybe you didn't did all the quests after all.
Excellent analysis here.
23:01 No, it doesn't have to be an experimental augment. It can be a normal aug.
You just convinced me to buy this game a desision i was sitting on since the game came out
riden1234567 Enjoy it! Imo the best level Design in an Immersive Sim to date, on par with Dishonored 2.
@@bazzy5644 4 years later, I do not regret my decision. I'm reinstalling it along with human revolution right now.
They explain why it’s in Prague throughout the game.
"18 to 20 hours is about as long a playthough as you can expect"
Ehem, my first blind playthough is clocked in at 63 hours on steam lmfao. But I did so many berserk killing spree's just for fun and exploring that may have been it. Also about 5 of those hours fucking have to be loading times.
Would be essential to know how it performs after all the patches that might have been released after the game came out.
I also really wish they had kept the black and golden colour tone from Human Revolution. It made the game look distinct.
Good vlog for sure. I have nothing to do with the Czech Republic personally; but without a huge explanations about geopolitical landscaping, you'd be surprised. You've probably heard about Dubai and Shanghai? -- you should go see them, both are designed to be expanded vertically. Kyoto in Japan to expand into the ocean and even Tokyo is being extensively upgraded. With Tokyo already being Earth's most modular city.
Gameplay and side quests are what made mankind divided a great game for me. Main story was meh, tbh. I never did the dlc, and the system rift thing was a fun arcade mode thing, but I'm not really into arcade modes.
6:39 when valve can count past 3 they go a bit overkill
but Valve can't count to 3.....the concept of 3 eludes Valve, it eluded Street Fighter for years and now they're counting like champs lolz SF4, SSF4, SS4 Ultimate, SFV okay so not exactly like champs....
now if we can just teach Mortal Kombat the koncept of C....aww frack now they got me doing it lolz
darthXreven Capcom and champs don't go in the same sentence. More like Capcom and chimps lol. After seeing how barebones SFV is, I wish they would've stopped counting at 4.
Elias Toufexis (Ee-ly-is Two-fex-is) is a Greek name, not French.
Mistaken because Elias Toufexis himself is french, easy mistake
I am skeptical that CyberPunk CDprojekt can top the gameplay of Deus Ex .. Witcher had great huge content but game mechanics was fairly average .. Deus Ex cyber game mechanics is excellent
If (present day) Devs of Deus Ex had the freedom that CDprojekt does with the release deadlines / behind the scenes stuff... I’d be skeptical also.
I somehow see Keanu Reeves playing Adam Jensen in a Deus Ex movie. He is the Cyber Neo with his Trenchcoat, Sunglasses.
Could you do a full deep dive of Human Revolutions?
I really loved this game, it got me into the series. I ended up getting Human Revolution and loving it, hope to play the original sometime soon.
Situation with Miller and Dalara was directly opposite for me in the first walkthough. :D I had some doubts about Miller being a good guy, but Dalara seemed too curious about Adam for an ordinary Psychiatrist. A funny difference. XD
Oh no. Was Otar shot at 26:50?
did u know the voice actor of adam jensen did voice acting for a character in the game "i am alive"
actually if you really look up the technological advancements Prague is doing right now it would be safe to say that in 20 years they would a very advanced city in the future. Soon (like Scotland) it will be the new silicon valley.
I would gladly pick it up on PC during a sale, but i'm skeptical due to the many reports of the game still running like arse even on above average hardware.
Phazon Storm You'll be fine. Everyone thinks their midrange cards should be maxing out the game when that's just not the case, if you tweak the options a bit you'll be fine.
It would've been cool to go to Tokyo for a mission. Imagine vibrant large holographic ads everywhere and an advanced futuristic infrastructure as opposed to the stone and brick roads of Prague lol
13:28:him saying criminal past
me:I thought it was system rift
Lets just say this... I hope you're ready for the insanity that is the end game of Deus Ex 2000, It is probably one of the craziest ends to a game I've ever played through...
Uccidere damm can't remember game is sooo long, not like nowadays...
There is actually only one instance of forced combat in the game, and that is the boss fight with Machenko and even that can be skipped if you have his kill switch. When your in the Garm facility DO NOT contact Miller, he will get in touch with his superiors who are Illuminati and it will trigger an alarm part way through the mission no matter what.
Also for anyone going for the Foxiest of Hounds achievement (No Alarms set off) DO NOT complete the side mission involving Eliza Cassan's AI, when she helps you avoid the police after the curfew and blows up a squad car it will always trigger an Alarm which will void that achievement, regardless if you yourself alert any of the police. There maybe a way to avoid this taking an alternative route to the Red Light District but I never stumbled upon it.
The same thing happens when you convince that female police officer take care of the guy trying to scam people into buying fake ID's an alarm will trigger when they have there little firefight and even if your not involved it will void the achievement.
This is the most diverse FPS stealth game in terms of gameplay. Real-time weapon modding. Various combat augs you can use to suit your playstyle. Insane amount of diverse mission paths. This game is better than HR in every way except for its story. It's not a bad story. It's just not as engaging as HR, and that's due to the fact that the ending is cut short as this was intended to be part of a trilogy. A trilogy that may never be finished. In terms of stealth gameplay, it's the best in the series.
First playthough took me 40 hours, but maybe I'm just slow
Deus ex mankind divided one year later one year later
That was exactly my reaction, I beat marchancho and was like thats not it.. what..
Well, the Illuminati did have a killswitch for Marchenko after all.
Great review Fringy. Never played a deus ex game before, but this looks cool.
The only thing i did not enjoy about this game was the ending. A bit anti-climactic because of it’s set-up for a sequel. But the rest of the game is a damn near-perfect Deus Ex game, and it sucks as a fan that the franchise has been shelved. It feels like HR was an idea to build on what Deus Ex started, and was a learning experience for the team, MD was like a “okay, we listened to the criticism, and here’s some development on what was good” and the sequel to this would be the best in the franchise, especially as it would segue into the original, story-wise.
Hopefully we will one day see a conclusion to Jensen’s arc...
I got this game for free in January. It was for Playstation plus members & I'm really enjoying it! I was always thinking of playing it but wasn't exactly sure I wanted to spend money. But it is a really good game I wouldn't have regretted it if I bought it!!
Although I wish they would change a few things but hey, no games perfect.
Easily one of my favourite games released last year.
Ive played the game for a couple hours and I'm pretty sure they've said prauge is just were Jensen is stationed, I may be wrong but I thought that was swhy youre there
i recently played this for the first time, and while it's not as good as human revolution somehow (i think it's some of the levels and the enemy AI in regards to stealth) i still really really liked it. a lot.
LEYKIS 101 !!!!
Don't fuck with Prague, or you'll get chardashed. . . xD
Great review man I agree on almost all points.
Only thing I would disagree with you on somewhat is the setting, I think it was a pretty cool and bold idea having it set in some eastern european shithole as opposed to just some kind of generic metropolois. They barely get explored in cyberpunk and It was interesting seeing what that type place would be like.
Really like this review. I miss Deus Ex man. Came here cause I thought of the series due to thd Cyberpunk hype lately. I really think there are 2 reasons this game failed and you named them both:
1. The preorder and mtx bullshit
2. The length of the game / comtent
I personally played the game and I think the fact that it was at least 3 times smaller/shorter than Human Revolution really killed it for me. Otherwise I really liked it.
PRETTY GOOD GAME IT'S LIKE IF YOU MIX FALLOUT AND MGS IN A WAY
5:08 - If all cyberpunk games will be set in a gritty rainy metropolis, it will become very boring very quickly + is exploring the rest of the world and not just Detroit\LA ( your typical cyberpunk cities) is such a bad thing? MD really expanded the world and lore of Deus Ex, i loved how all the sick technology blended in with Prague' architecture and you actually get to roam around Prague at night, this is were the game becomes "The Third Man" of cyberpunk. In other words a very original turn for a cyberpunk genre
I like to make a silent takedown.
'I'll take the GEP gun'
It's free now on ps plus
This is my favorite gaming related channel, sucks you don't get paid enough to upload more often
I absolutely adore this game, but the optimisation on PC is ass.
UCanBeMyBigBoss With a 970 i only ever had problems in cutscenes. Dunno what you're talking about. And even the steam reviews mirror my sentment. Dishinored 2 was far worse on release. Still wary of the DLC after the shit they pulled with that on release.
Hans Peter
Well then you clearly didn't play the game at release because i could barely hold a locked 60fps at high settings with a GTX1060. Maybe the performance is better now but at release it was garbage. From what i've heard about DX:MD dlc's they're meant to be really good.