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[demosthenes]

God this is looks so good.

 

[Fiery Phoenix]

I wouldn't say they're outdated but I do think we're at a point where they don't fit every game and should be a game by game basis. I think the bosses in HR worked well as encounters with villains but as boss fights themselves, they did not. I love boss fights when they fit the game and work well.

Good point.

 

[tuxfool]

This is literally the worst outcome for how they could have handled the ending to the first game.

Given that they didn't really like the ending for that game, it makes sense that they would consider dropping it.

 

[tuxfool]

Seriously?

Damn...what a cop out. Who the hell is writing this?

The same person that did the phenomenal writing in HR, Mary DeMarle.

 

[Nightengale]

As long as it leads to a better overall story, I don't care about them decanonising the endings of Human Revolution.

 

[jett]

Eidos noted fans who played stealthily enjoyed the game more so spent several years iterating on gunplay

wat

What kind of conclusion is that? Maybe you should've further focused on the best aspect of the game.

 

[YankeeDonB]

Will I still need to eat a granola bar before I do literally anything in this one?

Ha, I dug HR, but that was my one big complaint. So many cool augments, such limited power.

 

[DOWN]

wat

What kind of conclusion is that? Maybe you should've further focused on the best aspect of the game.

It's not much of a choice scenario if you just plain loathe playing the alternative to a stealth play through.

 

[demosthenes]

As long as it leads to a better overall story, I don't care about them decanonising the endings of Human Revolution.

This is where I'm at.

 

[Lingitiz]

I'm sure Square Enix had something to say about that.

Jensen is a widely recognized iconic character these days, starting from scratch and establishing a new audience again is probably the last thing SE wanted.

Money talks, just be happy you are getting a sequel in 2016 to DeusEx.

I'm sure there's no way they accounted for Jensen becoming as big as he has. The whole "I never asked for this" meme blew up and they'd handicap themselves a lot by not bringing him back.

 

[RoboPlato]

wat

What kind of conclusion is that? Maybe you should've further focused on the best aspect of the game.

It means they completely reworked the weaker aspect since the series is about player choice and flexibility. I'm sure they're still going to build on the stealth, they just had less work to do on that front.

 

[Gamezone]

Wow...it actually happening and won't be f2p online only like the new Sleeping Dogs.

Everyone better buy this game now.

The news about a Sleeping Dogs was met with huge backlash. This would have been worse.

 

[EastOfEden]

-Females are also now part of the regular enemies in the game

Finally! Deus Ex: Invisible War was one of the most progressive shooters

Spoiler

/*insert other genres in here*

in terms of gender equality, male or female player character, powerful, important allies and villains of both genders and almost completely equal numbers of (aside from the male-only clones) regular enemies. It was disappointing when DE:HR reverted back to male-only enemies.

 

[Vibranium]

Oh wow, female enemies again, eh? I missed reading that in the OP, that's great, glad to see that come back!

 

[Femmeworth]

Most of it sounds good, but:



This is literally the worst outcome for how they could have handled the ending to the first game.

Yeah, total cop out. Yet at the same time I thought the ending was rather poor, so I'm okay with things getting retconned.

The same person that did the phenomenal writing in HR, Mary DeMarle.

I don't know about that.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

I'm sure there's no way they accounted for Jensen becoming as big as he has. The whole "I never asked for this" meme blew up and they'd handicap themselves a lot by not bringing him back.

I wish the they'd have thought the same for Wei Shen Mother Fucker...

But, gotta admit, of the two, both Deus Ex being SP rather than SD or bringing back Jensen before Wei were much more important. A lot more legacy and popularity to consider. Both would have been preferred but one was inevitably going to go F2P MP, better SD than DX.

 

[RyoonZ]

Listed as single-player, no mention of multiplayer

All I need to know

 

[Bornstellar]

A few shots from the mag: (let me know if these aren't allowed)



This is the new pilot:

This looks like the main antagonist:

That aint Malik.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

I really hope Malik is in this one too.

 

[Druz]

Finally! Deus Ex: Invisible War was one of the most progressive shooters

Spoiler

/*insert other genres in here*

in terms of gender equality, male or female player character, powerful, important allies and villains of both genders and almost completely equal numbers of (aside from the male-only clones) regular enemies. It was disappointing when DE:HR reverted back to male-only enemies.

Posts like this are so ridiculous. I'm outraged that there aren't equal representations of hermaphridites and transexuals. Hopefully ubi rights this wild injustice with the squeakquel.

 

[Jotamide]

Fuck that loser, give me Malik or give me death.

 

[Surface of Me]

Glad to see the gunplay is being heavily worked on, I loved HR, but shit was the combat garbage.

 

[The Lone Courier]

Are energy bars back?

 

[EastOfEden]

Posts like this are so ridiculous. I'm outraged that there aren't equal representations of hermaphridites and transexuals. Hopefully ubi rights this wild injustice with the squeakquel.

Where did you get the outrage from? I was simply disappointed that they didn't have something good that was in the previous game.

 

[RandomExpletive]

Oh god what if you can import your save from DXHR and get Malik as your pilot

pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

 

[Oublieux]

wat

What kind of conclusion is that? Maybe you should've further focused on the best aspect of the game.

I think this is more regarding the fact that Deus Ex: HR rewarded players more for playing the stealth route than the aggressive route.

 

[j0hnny_385]

Day Uno baby! Can't wait for this.
Loved DE:HR.

Hardest difficulty
All stealth
No alarms
No kills

Will do the same in this one. Perfection.

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

I just hope takedowns don't use energy. I don't think I used any other skills on a stealth run because I was always saving energy for takedowns. Such a stupidly dull mechanic.

 

[Red Hood]

I absolutely LOVED DX:HR, it's my favourite game of last generation and Mankind Divided may very well surpass it if it keeps the good things and improve a few things I didn't particularly like. I've played the original Deus Ex only AFTER I played DX:HR and even though I preferred HR (first love of the series), I still think it's not perfect:

- The "energy bar" for take-downs was dumb.
- Perhaps a little too hand-holding compared to DX1, even when disabling Object Highlights, Objective Locators and Cover/Takedown Prompts.
- It didn't seem to have a lot of those choice and consequences like the original (or at least not without a lot of impact, besides the

Spoiler

"upgrade" chip

).
- Compared to the rest of its brilliance, DX:HR had rather sub-par facial animations (the original too, so it's probably "just Deus Ex-ish").
- Vanilla boss fights were absolutely shit-tier in comparison.

Though when all is said and done, I still prefer HR to the original, but if DX:MD is going to look at DX1 and HR for inspiration and improve their respective flaws, I might very well have my game of the generation here.

What would you like to see changed?

 

[Johan Liebert]

Awesome. HR was pretty damn amazing.

 

[Squire]

I hope they're successful in making it fully playable as a straight up shooter. I tried to go through HR that way and it very quickly began to seem less than feasible.

 

[Red Hood]

I hope they're successful in making it fully playable as a straight up shooter. I tried to go through HR that way and it very quickly began to seem less than feasible.

According to David Anfossi (the director) they're going to fleshen out the shooter aspect more, since he thought "a lot of people liked the stealth bits whereas the shooting aspect wasn't as well received" or something along those lines. I'll get back to you with the source.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I expected a brand new game in the Deus Ex universe (not HR2), but I'm still very excited.

 

[Marvel]

Still haven't completed HR, I should get on that.

Also Jensen imo had one of the best character designs in a gen.

 

[EGM1966]

I hope they're successful in making it fully playable as a straight up shooter. I tried to go through HR that way and it very quickly began to seem less than feasible.

How so? I played a straight up shooting run and had no issues. Mechanics for shooting were solid enough. Not up there with the best but certainly solid.

Also very glad to see another DX. Wasn't sure about Jensen being carried over but I warmed to him and his "never asked for this" ways so I'm okay with it.

I do wish developers would think through having conflicting multiple endings though. Original DX had the same problem. If you think there's any chance of a sequel if sales are good then pls don't do it devs. At kind of stuff only works with one and done stories and characters.

 

[CecilRousso]

I want these things fixed/improved:

*More expensive augments or just more of them. You shouldn't be able to max all of them in one playthrough.
*Choices in the missions should be actual choices, not just that you can continue if you fail.
*Enemies should be able to handle that you hide in the ventilation ducts.

Other then that, I just want more of it.

 

[TyrantGuardian]

Ugh, did they learn nothing from Invisible War's canon garbage?

 

[ZoltanXerxes]

Very excited! It's nice to see this franchise keep going since it's one of my favorites of all time. I'm not going to watch any previews, I want to go into this game blind.

 

[Red Hood]

Ugh, did they learn nothing from Invisible War's canon garbage?

Honestly, I think only

Spoiler

Hugh Darrow

's ending will be canon, everything that has been shared about

Spoiler

the events in Panchaea and the public's fear and anger towards transhumanism

proves that. They're probably only saying they're mixing the endings to avoid a backlash from people who chose the other endings, but by saying they're mix the endings (like Invisible War) it will ironically have a reversed effect.

 

[BBboy20]

How so? I played a straight up shooting run and had no issues. Mechanics for shooting were solid enough. Not up there with the best but certainly solid.

Also very glad to see another DX. Wasn't sure about Jensen being carried over but I warmed to him and his "never asked for this" ways so I'm okay with it.

I do wish developers would think through having conflicting multiple endings though. Original DX had the same problem. If you think there's any chance of a sequel if sales are good then pls don't do it devs. At kind of stuff only works with one and done stories and characters.

Going by the tagline, it would seem multiple choice is a bad idea if they're that big and getting closer to DX1.

 

[Ushojax]

I'm sure Malik will feature in a story DLC. I would bet my house on it.

 

[Locke Lamora]

I love cyberpunk and I love Deus Ex ever since the first game back in 2000, so this reveal is a great news for me. DXHR was a very good revival of the series but pleaaaase change the melee system. Pressing a button and watching a mini-cutscene was unsatisfying after a while.

 

[Hystzen]

So Prichard probably runs juggernaut hacker group I loved the banter with him and Jensen

 

[xtradi]

I love cyberpunk and I love Deus Ex ever since the first game back in 2000, so this reveal is a great news for me. DXHR was a very good revival of the series but pleaaaase change the melee system. Pressing a button and watching a mini-cutscene was unsatisfying after a while.

The melee is great in DXHR if you use stealth to creep up to the enemy then press the button and watch the fireworks hehehe.

 

[El Topo]

DXKH was a bit disappointing. Good (but not great) game, but very different from the original Deus Ex. Oh well, I'll take a sequel.

 

[Scully Scully Scoo]

the more i look back to when i played deus hr the more frustrations i remember. the stealth felt so tedious and the gun play was garbage. they should make the sequel more like dishonoured, have fast recharging abilities to make the player feel more powerful.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

I hope Jensen has a sik cyborg dog or something.

 

[Red Hood]

the more i look back to when i played deus hr the more frustrations i remember. the stealth felt so tedious and the gun play was garbage. they should make the sequel more like dishonoured, have fast recharging abilities to make the player feel more powerful.

I can understand not liking DX:HR's gunplay (I didn't love it either, but luckily I don't play Deus Ex games as shooters), but what was wrong about the stealth? It just... worked. Never felt bad to me. Stealth usually is "tedious" and slow, but I kinda think that's the point of stealth. Hiding, observing and lots of waiting.

Dishonored makes it feel a lot fresher and faster though, but that's primarily due to the magic involved. I can't see DX:MK have a cyberpunk equivalent.

 

[cslesce]

voila youtube trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeHARnYRnuE

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Game Informer Coverage Trailer

HYPE SWITCHED ON

 

[Noisepurge]

voila youtube trailer

you're a day late, but yes, hype has been at maximum since that got revealed!