PRELUDE

Deus Ex: Human Revolution had plenty of fauts, but it did something amazing - it was a true AAA sequel to a game so unfriendly to mass market as the orginal Deus Ex. And it was both a great game and a big hit.

One of the big draws of the original Deus Ex was its story. Human Revolution ♥♥♥♥♥♥ that up real badly, but after the beggining and before the end of the game the story was quite interesting, despite not being a thought provoking masterpiece like the original (although the dialog was well voiced this time). The second draw of the original was its inumerous possibilities of tackling situations leading to absurdly great stealth enconters, and Human Revolution kept that to a length no one could expect out of a 2011 game. Being a fifth as good as the original Deus Ex in that regard would already make you a good game, and both Human Revolution and Mankind Divided are a solid 5/6 as good as the original.


GAMEPLAY


And Mankind Divided is about as good as Human Revolution in every aspect. Gameplay is amazingly varied, quest structure is absurdly great, the game is an absolte joy to play. The only problem I have with the gameplay is that if you do all sidequest you'll level up too quickly and the game just allows you to have everything. I think they should change it so you can't get certain augs if you already have other, somewhat like the original game, but you can still have fun while being OP. And unlocking new augs is still great and opens your possibilities even more, you feel really good with yourself when you use that brand new unloc to tackle a situation in game. You can even go shooting everyone in lower difficulties, and I hear the gunplay is good, so not being able to stealth is not an excuse to not play this.


STORY


Okay, there is one big way in which this game is worse than HR, the story is complete and utter ♥♥♥♥ througout. They try to make augs into oppressed people, akin to pre-civil rights era blacks in the Souther US. The whole deal about augmentations is that they can privilege the rich, the 180 done here just doesn't work. Despite the events of the last game, augs would never be put in a position of being completely oppresed in 2 years because they're wealthy powerful and educaded people, the kind of people that just wouldn't allow other to put them in such a position no matter how outnumberes they were, so you'd expect anti-aug terrorists who want to purify humanity and fight the power, not augs being treat like second class citizens. And the events make it seem impossible that augs would be thriving 30 years in the future, which is the story these prequels should lead to. My advice, just forget the story, the game can still be good without it and you'll save many braincells.


TECHNICAL STUFF


The base game clocks in at over 30 hours and you even have free extra missions, so it's not really short at all (like some people said when it came out), and the ending fits just right. The graphics are nice and it runs okay, it really shouldn't have gottent so much ♥♥♥♥ when it came out.


CONCLUSION

This would be worth full price as it is, if not a must buy. With a 75% discount, it's a compleate bargain. Just buy it.