Posted on: December 29, 2020
NillerNaller
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Not impressed
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a game that offers a surface level replication of everything that made the original good. It looks and feels like Deus Ex until you realize it doesn't have an inch of the depth its predecessor had, neither in terms of story nor gameplay. Everything in Mankind Divided, along with Human Revolution for that matter, is a simplification, a reduction or a poor imitation of what made the first game in the series a classic. You have fewer interesting augmentations (with skills being entirely removed), smaller, less imaginative levels and less thematic depth. The latter is the absolutely worst part of the game. Is there a single conversation, side quest or memo that isn't about human augmentation? Did any of the writers ever stop to consider if this theme was even a good metaphor for real life racial tension (hint: it isn't)? MD has this weird, myopic focus on this one topic to the exclusion of everything else, resulting in a game world that, like its cyborg protagonist, feels totally artificial. If the gameplay made up for it, that would be fine, but it doesn't. Everything is too easy. You level up so fast you get access to most of the powerful skills right away, making the majority of encounters a cake walk. You're never forced to choose between mutually exclusive skills like in the original. You find hidden stashes of items *everywhere*, meaning you're swimming in ammo and money a few hours in. And the level design is so generous in the amount of ways it allows you to traverse it that you never, ever feel stuck or challenged. Can't hack a terminal? Rest assured, there is a weak wall right next to it that you can punch through, a datapad in the next room with the code on it or a conveniently placed vent in the ceiling that you can use instead. I have almost nothing good to say about this game. It looks and sounds pretty good, I guess. Other than that, I find it overhyped and underwhelming.
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