Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Digital Deluxe Edition

Crashes frequently, even with DirectX 12 disabled.

After being severely disappointed by Cyberpunk 2077 - not because of bugs, mind you, but just because I simply felt the desintegrated, run down, disgusting society depicted in that game did not appeal to me - I saw Mankind divided on sale and though to give it a go. From the immediate beginning I already knew that this would be better in almost every respect. It is a clear example that "more is not always better". The smaller world of Mankind Divided is more polished, the character more interesting, there are many little details, the story is better, the cutscenes are better. Just as in Skyrim, I actually *like* to simply walk around Prague. I still like Skyrim better - who doesn't prefer a norse, magical society to a desintegrated, corporate owned one - but Prague of Mankind Divided, with all its problems, is still more endearing than Night City of CP2077. So, if you are looking for a Cyberpunk game - take Mankind Divided, maybe also the Shadowrun games, Satellite Reign etc. All of them are, in my opinion, better than CP2077. And I think that is because they are smaller and pay more attention to detail.

The gameplay is really good, and challenging. The story a little derivative and has an unsatisfying ending. The real issue are the continuous crashes that bring the score way down.

No DRM, No Sqaure Enix microtransactions. Buy it.

Ran into a problem during the prologue with the stealth-cover tutorial breaking. Went online looking for a solution. Solution not found but the issue was posted 6 years ago on Reddit. Decided if the devs don't have the will to fix tutorial bugs, I don't have the will to try to brute force the tutorial. Uninstalled & refunded.