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Deus
Ex: Human Revolution
is the prequel to
the famous game that
was originally
released in 2000
with a ton of rave
reviews. Human
revolution is
brilliant in a ton
of ways and
pedestrian in a few.
Regardless, it’s a
ton of fun to play
through and I’d
recommend it to any
avid gamer. Would I
recommend it to the
casual gamer? That
I’m not seeing.
Deus
Ex: Human Revolution
looks and sounds
great. There are
even areas where it
plays great. But
some weird control
choices hinder it a
bit.
We’ve seen this guy
before, but we never
saw him as a pure
human. Adam Jensen
runs security for
Sarif Industries. He
works directly under
the company’s big
boss David Sarif and
he works alongside
Megan Reed, an
ex-love interest.
Sarif Industries is
a cutting edge
company that’s
leading the way in
prosthetic science
and even forced
human evolution. The
company is science
at its peak.
Countering that
science are purists
who think that it’s
wrong to speed up
human evolution and
turns human into
human machines. On
the eve of David
Sarif, Megan Reed,
and the rest of the
company getting
ready for a huge
presentation in
Washington D.C.,
someone attacks the
Sarif facility kills
Reed and all of her
team and leaves
Jensen for dead.
David Sarif and the
other doctors at the
company save
Jensen’s life… by
enhancing him and
putting enhanced
parts in him. After
that Jensen keeps
working for Sarif as
security but he
quickly uncovers a
huge conspiracy and
he goes on a global
trek to discover who
and what’s behind
everything.
Deus
Ex: Human Revolution
is not a first
person shooter. It
looks like it a bit,
but it’s not. It’s a
stealth/spy game.
You can get through
the game killing as
many guards and
enemies as you want
but it’s actually
easier if you don’t
and better for your
upgrades and the
like if you don’t
too. Sneaking and
stealthing around is
pretty fun and easy,
and there’s always a
couple of different
routes to get things
done. And for doing
that sneaking and
stealthing….
Everything is
correct. The AI is
decent, the cover
system works really
well, and the
controls and things
of that nature of
doing a sneak attack
lethal or non-lethal
work great too. It’s
when things go wrong
and you have to do
some combat that
Deus
Ex: Human Revolution
struggles.
Combat in
Deus
Ex: Human Revolution
isn’t that fun. The
control system is
incredibly weird and
instead of being
right/left trigger
based, you’re
supposed to aim/get
into aiming mode by
pressing down on the
right control stick.
This takes some time
to get used to.
That’s not the only
thing that’s a
little weird with
the control scheme
for Deus Ex though,
the action button
instead of being ‘a’
or ‘b’ like
a lot
of games is ‘x’ and
as weird as it is to
say… that’s a bit
off and it takes
some time to get
used to that.
I
loved the stealth
and sneaking aspect
of Deus Ex, the
combat isn’t great
but after a level or
two you’ll get the
hang of it and start
doing what you need
to do. I even like
the constant
detective work where
you find passwords,
information, and
more to uncover more
and more about the
conspiracy as you go
along with it. The
game is flat out
gorgeous with
graphics and the
score is remarkable
too. What I hate
about games like
this… is it might
get a bit too
advanced for itself.
The hacking concept
is ridiculous… It’s
not even fun and
really is it
necessary? It’s just
a bit much for this
game.
Deus
Ex: Human Revolution
is a deep concept
game. The graphics
and audio are both
stellar and the
gameplay is great.
I’m not a huge fan
of all of the
aspects of that
gameplay but that
doesn’t mean that
other people out
there won’t be. It’s
a vast game that
will take hours and
hours to defeat and
for fans of the
original Deus Ex,
they did a great job
in honoring the
original and moving
what’s hopefully
more titles forward.
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