Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Every room, building, shop, corridor, computer, and vault holds its own secret, its own story. The developers went all in to craft an immersive environment that truly feels alive. Even the NPCs respond to your playstyle, reinforcing the sense that the world is vibrant and real.

The game starts in the most awesome way, with the option of having a 12 minutes video to get you up the speed with the story. Your character has a ton of abilities so you can approach a situation in more than one way, cool! The levels are also designed so that you have multiple options, also cool. But unfortunately, how everything is put together results in having some very easy to surpass obstacles. Even if you play without killing anybody, this game is really easy. It also has micro-transactions, which means achievements are worthless, because you can buy your way in an even easier game. And with any game with micro-transactions I’m going to strongly suspect that it has a higher grind than necessary to encourage these purchases. This type of game is exactly my jam, so I was very surprised that I didn’t really like it. Clearly some talented people worked on it (it has some beautiful graphics), but there were enough bad parts to keep me from really enjoying it. The story is exaggerated, the level design was bad (nonsensical layout, lack of assets, etc.), and there was a lack of real consequences for your actions. This game has been out for more than a year but it’s still buggy and has an obvious lack of polish. Rating: Please add to your disappointment with only $4.99! Recommendation: I never would've expected not to recommend it, but here we are. http://pixelloot.com

Great graphics and good sound. Story and setting outlandish, very weird, implausible. Level design is a catastrophy. I lost the desire to play two hours in.

- - May ##th, 2023 I just finished the main game and I love it. I didn't try the DLCs/expansions yet, but I don't see how could them change my opinion on this game. I came to this game expecting to like it less than DE:HR, given the reviews from other players. My is my build or maybe is my play-style (faces of the same coin, I know) but enjoyed DE:MD more than DE:HR. I play immersive-sims as stealth games, killing as little as I can (not on principle but for convenience) and exploring every nook and cranny before a quest take you there. Is true in this game you do lose the feel globetrotting. You do travel, not to cities, but to building/military-complex. Other than that, you only have Prague. And Prague great, is an interesting city with a lot to explore. I didn't felt the game is short in account of having only one city, I didn't felt is short at all. My graphic card clocked 98 hours for this game. One may do the argument in addition to the city of Prague there is a settlement, but you can also make the argument calling it a settlement is a stretch. The story is on the same level with previous entries of the game. May be is a tad less gritty than DE:HR. I specially enjoy how, as the story develop, is more in your face with the topic: mainstream journalism is just propaganda. This is a matter of taste and opinions, you may very well not be like it at all. PS: the augment to convert items into scraps for crafting is a God send.

Unlike the Steam version GOG only has the Windows version. Steam has Linux and Mac builds too, so they do exist. Disappointing as I now have a game I can't play.