Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

lots of bugs and crashes. movement is slow and sluggish

a severely disappointing final entry, especially in regards to story and level design. feels like an uninspired deus ex counterfeit

This is a solid FPS but could be a lot better. As it is, it's buggy, has limited save slots, the graphics are at times desaturated and harsh, and the menus are overly complex. The hacking mini-games are annoying and were done better in various James Bond 007 releases. The story is preachy with cut scenes being longer and more serious than any game needs. But the concept is original and the controls are as good as they get. If DEMD were optimized and emphasized fun over drama, it'd be a perfect FPS. Until recently, the Far Cry series got it exactly right and this title should have done the same.

One of the things I loved about DE:HR is that you traveled to so many locals from the US to China and the experience felt new each time. DE:MD however you are stuck in one small city. You cannot go very far. It is not large and expansive like Cyberpunk 2077. It is small areas generally. It just feels claustrophobic. If you are going to do small areas, you really need many locations in modern games. The original Deus Ex knew the above. This one does not.

I liked the first game and got this on sale. It's a bit outdated at this point I understand but I constantly have run into bugs and visual errors that continually take away from the experience. Normally I try not to let those things interfere into a review of the game but in this case its been so jarring that I can't really give it more than an average rating.