The year is 2029, and mechanically augmented humans have now been deemed outcasts, living a life of complete and total segregation from the rest of society.
Now an experienced covert operative, Adam Jensen is forced to operate in a world that has grown to despise his kind. Armed with a new...
The year is 2029, and mechanically augmented humans have now been deemed outcasts, living a life of complete and total segregation from the rest of society.
Now an experienced covert operative, Adam Jensen is forced to operate in a world that has grown to despise his kind. Armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations, he must choose the right approach, along with who to trust, in order to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
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Honestly I'm not sure if this or Prey is the most impressive imsim. The world is more restricted but also more believeable. The enemies are a bit more diverse but less complex. The bosses are the same arbitrary nonsense from the first game where some mechanics don't work and others instakill them. The loot is about as pointless and carrying each gun individually to the shop (otherwise it gets turned to bullets which have way less value) is tedious.
But the secrets and exploration is a notch above I'd say especially because it's a real world.
But w/e there's only around 6 games like this in total in the world so don't think for a second you won't enjoy it.
With almost all issues fixed and fleshed out, it's almost as good as DXHR in both gameplay and atmosphere. System reqs are too high, if not crazy even for today's standards, considering that the graphics wasn't that much improved and the game mechanics basically remained unchanged since the previous game. The most disappointing point is, of course, the ending, but it was like that in DXHR as well, right? Microtransactions... well, noone cares.
Released a few years after Human Revolution, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided improves it in many regards, and makes for a great experience overall.
The gameplay is similar to HR for the most part. Alas, the XP system still tends to reward stealthy, hacking-based and non-lethal playstyles above anything else, but there are still quite a few welcome changes. They’re usually small details, like the slightly improved cover system, but they make both stealth and combat a lot more enjoyable. The new augs are also very cool.
The level design is more complex and allows for more emergent gameplay: there are often plenty of different ways to infiltrate a given place and take out hostiles, and unlike HR, it usually takes more than a quick glance around a room to locate its secrets. Gameplay-wise, I definitely think this game is close to the original game in the way it expects you to think out of the box and try out different approaches to get to your objectives.
I have mixed feelings on the story due to it having seemingly lower stakes than its predecessors: this time around you don’t really get to travel much or save the world, the anti-segregation subtext is pretty on-the-nose, and some plot threads remain unanswered. It’s clearly saving the cool stuff for a (yet-unreleased) sequel, and the ending of the game may leave you wanting for more. Still, the story is solid in itself, the conversations are superb, and DE:MD has IMO the best characters in the whole franchise – all in all, it’s a well-written game.
The environments and character models look consistently gorgeous and are insanely detailed and varied. The aesthetic is more grounded and less high-tech this time around, which really gives MD a unique mood. However, the game may suffer from uneven performance and crashes on occasion - issues which really should have been patched out by now.
Overall, it’s a great game and by far the best entry in the Deus Ex franchise since the first. Pick it up without second thoughts.
a great sequel to human revolution with similar gameplay, but much nicer graphics and some nice new augs. The story finishes with some loose ends, indicating that a third game was planned at some point; it's a shame that didn't happen so far.
It felt like an apperitif, this game did not had the love of Human revolution, but compared to modern trash still ok, feels incomplete. Sucks they never did the 3rd game.
