Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director’s Cut

When I knew the game was coming to GOG I instantly purchased it. This game is one of the best games I've ever played. The freedom the games gives you to do an objective, the things you can do in a game that is not open world, but it gives you more freedom to most modern open world games, you can hack computers, be stealthy, use brute force, or being non lethal to enemies, you can upgrade things that gives you access to hard to reach places. It is really satisfying when you do things and it just works, because the game gave you the freedom to do it. I gotta say the worst part in the game are bosses, they are pretty linear, and doesn't gives you much strategy other than shooting, which is not the best combat for a FPS or an RPG game, but the game is totally worth it.

SludgeSlave's review is absolutely correct. I played the original game when it was first released, and it was a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the DC has too many changes (such as color shift, lighting, bloom, and more), and the original was superior. If you've only played the DC, you haven't had the real DX:HR experience. Please GOG, please bring the original version of this game. I will buy it again because it's just that good.

Deus Ex HR is a wonderful game. Not quite as good as the original, with some annoying Xbox 360 era aspects, but still a great game that lives up to its pedigree. Unfortunately like with Doom 3 GOG are only providing a lesser version of it here, making the DRM free archive aspect of it rather pointless. You'll always want to figure out how to play the "real" version. These deficiencies include: - Removal of gold filter without changing the design or textures to compensate. - Lessening the bloom without changing the design to compensate. - Removal of graphical effects to run on WiiU across all versions, like car reflections. - Addition of a silenced sniper rifle, which makes the crossbow pointless. - Addition of hacking devices, enough to make level 4 and 5 hacking upgrades pointless. - Poorly designed pre-order bonus mission that hinders act 3 pacing forced upon you. - Missing Link expansion designed as a standalone experience poorly integrated into act 3. - DLC money and upgrade points make you overpowered the whole game. Deus Ex HR is one of my favorite games of the 2010s. I would love a DRM free version of it to backup and own forever. Unfortunately GOG prevent this, as I will always want to play the original version available only on Steam. Please GOG, provide the original version as an extra.

For me it is impossible to talk about this game objectively simply because I love it so much. To start with I never was a fan of the original Deus Ex. Then I got Mankind Divided on PS4 and not really catched me either, and only after finishing that game I got this one. Human Revolution is a bit more strict and open at the same time compared to the other games from the series. It's story is straight and the decisions more heavily affect the moment rather than the future. Personally I found it very balanced optionwise. Easy to switch the general gameplay from stealth to action and then back to stealth giving so many options to complete the missions. It is partially RPG but I found it so relaxing how much the game not try to enforce that element on the player and only limiting the options how can you solve something. I don't want to talk ages about its story, music, characters because those contents are over the top. The setting is so memorable with the main character being one of the best game protagonists I ever seen. The cyberpunk theme here is more about the moral of changing the nature rather than a technical heavy concept. The game sometimes even let you tell what you feel about this question yourself. Maybe I'm obsessed but this is the first time I actually feel like augmented when playing, getting that real cyberpunk feeling I haven't felt since those 80's and 90's movies as child. Not super human, not just stronger, but right at the edge of "now, this is something". Perfect concept. Human Revolution feel like a combination of the classic Deus Ex and Mankind Divided despite Mankind Divided is the newer title. Without doubt it worth a try, I bought it again on PC and I'm not used to do things like that. This is my third time replaying this game and still feel as fresh as for the first time.

The original Deus Ex might just be my favorite game of all time, but I recognize it has aged poorly. People who didn't play it in its time might be turned off by its graphics, its AI or its clunky interface. But Human Revolution is in a sweet spot that allows me to recommend it to everyone. Graphically, still looks mostly fantastic due to its focus on art style rather than photorealism (the one negative being the cutscenes, which are prerendered at what even back at launch was too low resolution). The AI has been improved quite a bit (though it's still a bit easy to exploit once you become familiar with how it works) and the interface is much better. The gameplay, thankfully, remains just as good, if not better than the original. Like in the first game, you are an augmented human, with abilities beyond normal men that allow you to perform amazing feats. These abilities are unlocked and upgraded with experience points, and while it's not possible to unlock them all in one playthrough, you can easily play to your strengths. Freedom is at the order of the day. You can choose the stealth route, making your way by hiding, hacking and controlling from the shadows, which nets you more experience to unlock more abilities or you can play this like a FPS, mowing down enemies and using force to infiltrate, which nets you more ammo. You get less experience in this path, but since there are less abilities focused on gunplay, this is not a problem. Missions can also be completed in different ways. Regardless of your chosen way to play, you can find different ways to infiltrate or reach your goal. You can use force, stealth or even dialogue. And while at launch boss fights were a sore spot, since they forced gunplay on you, they've long since been patched and now you have more options to deal with them. There's a couple of DLCs included here, and they have been woven into the story, somewhat successfully. Trust me: it's a game you'll replay many times, like the original.