Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Review | Almost A Classic

[@Itama22]

From someone living in Europe I simply love the cyberpunk prague setting. It's from my perspective the most realistic visualization of the cyberpunk I've seen so far. Feels like it could look the same here where I live in 20-30 years, when I look out of the window.

[@akcjaxd7863]

It's refreshing when location is set in any other city than American one, no matter if it's Europe or Asia. Shame that CD Project a Polish studio didn't chose any European city or Asian city for their cyberpunk game. Night City is cool, but cyberpunkish Tokyo for example would open whole new posibilities, mix of old traditional architecture with cyberpunk vibe.

[@AgentLemmon]

@@akcjaxd7863 The cyberpunk game and lore was already there since it was a board game for years. So it would be weird if the setting was changed.

[@menalgharbwalsharq648]

You nailed it. I was wondering what was that feeling I had, it was like my city bit more tech. When you see an american city, they' ve built from scratch and it's only " new" , but here, we built around all those middle age/Renaissance/ pre industrial structures. It's really well done

[@namechecksout6300]

This game looks more of a cyberpunk 2077 than cyberpunk 2077.

[@andreiiiksavvv6054]

And less buggy

[@johnyoung8745]

Paid $5 for it back in August and am playing it now since the cyberpunk hype got me in the mood and so far I’m really enjoying Deus ex md. I was playing dishonored 2 but got a little bored with it. Deus ex I think is a better immersive sim and I like the hub side quests and exploring

[@BullzOfSteel]

@@johnyoung8745 i see the deluxe version for like 7 bucks. Think ill get it

[@stefciok]

Cyberpunk runs better on my PC than Mankind divided tho. Got a beast rig but no matter the settings i use game still runs like shit and crashes on loading levels. Havent found a fix.

[@arx3516]

Cyberpunk was supposed to be an open world, almost sandbox rpg, quite different from a story driven game like Mankind divided.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

Almost a classic? This game is easily in the top 5 best immersive sims ever made. Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay has nothing on this game.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

'Classics' needs a FULL story!

[@user-zw9ez7wj8r]

@@dallesamllhals9161 ikr, fuck squares with their avengers

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@Oblivious Maximus Oooh :-O 10 You say! Do tell?

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@Oblivious Maximus YOU DID IT! ..more than 10! ...and all/most.. are FINE titles. ;-) BUT! What about Kingdom Come: Deliverance? And YES! As a blonde ♂ dane = i'm okay with playing as: Henry from Skalitz! WILD in 2021..I know :-O PS. I really don't like 'Clear Sky' SOC FTW though!

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@Oblivious Maximus .."more than anything"? I'm sorry! Oh, well i'll live with your picks. Fine they are :-)

[@chipkipperly3904]

I’d play this over Cyberpunk anyday

[@TRASHBOAT9001]

SESH

[@blususpect]

Any day

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Even Saturday?

[@Rufinoman]

Me too. Since buying Cyberpunk on release I've probably put in about six hours play, but with this game, I can't get enough of it.

[@ssplif5415]

Cyberpunk clears

[@Choteron3]

I hope that the succes of Cyberpunk incentivate Square Enix to do another Deus EX. I love Jensen and their games

[@BoulderPunch]

They REALLY need to wrap up the series consider how this one ends. Plus...I know it's not the final footage but...what I've seen of Cyberpunk gameplay doesn't look overly impressive.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

The success of Cyberpunk and the failure of Avengers.

[@carlisle6831]

Homie avengers probably killed off all hope to complete the saga 😭😂 we lost dues ex for the f-big avengers

[@chrinaldi]

This has not aged quite well... But still, the failure of Cyberpunk 2077 perhaps may give an incentive for Deus Ex to pick up the pace.

[@MaggotAddict21]

@@chrinaldi Cyberpunk didn't fail. It's selling incredibly well and I'm having alot of fun.

[@AnonEMus-cp2mn]

Overall, the problem with MD was the rushed ending. HR had the established objective (finding the scientists) and uncover the conspiracy. But in doing so, every element from the major cutscenes to the most inconspicuous of e-mails culminates in an unexpected outcome. MD begins with an established objective, (stop the bombings) and ends with that same objective. Everything hinted in MD was shelved for the next game. MD will make a great transitional game to the sequel, but we won't see the fruits of that labor until several more years down the road if we are lucky.

[@BoulderPunch]

I'm hoping that Cyberpunk will show Square that there's an audience for these kind of games. Instead, the studio is stuck working on Marvel...

[@901Cardinal]

Human Revolution and Mankind Divided are two games whose narrative really still resonate with me philosophically and even politically. The way it depicts its future and the elements almost emulates current events. Aside from conspiracies in the games’s stories it hits hard playing these games again especially in 2020.

[@BoulderPunch]

Go watch the intro cutscene for Deus Ex and see how bizarre it is considering what has happened this year.

[@901Cardinal]

Boulder Punch Oh for sure, I remember it. Really haunting if you ask me.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

I'd say the conspiracies are not too far from reality. When you think about it why would governments of the world go to these lengths for a virus with such a low death rate and that kills far less people a year than cigarettes or alcohol. Shutting down businesses, causing people to lose their livelihoods, commit suicide, causing mental health, crashing the economy so even those they saved from covid have no jobs to come back to. The restrictions were disproportionate to the problem. What they really want are the effects, listed previously, of their restrictions. They want to control people even more with vaccine passports and want to inject people with a vaccine that has not had enough time to be tested and which will probably have some nasty side effects (birth defects in your children, auto-immuned deseases, etc.) and who knows what they have put in these vaccines. These things now mess with your DNA. They want to pass laws giving more powers to the police, restricting our freedom and want to be able to lock us at home, deny us work, cancelling elections, deny our right to protest. Also putting people on ventilators, which many doctors have said cause deaths making it hard to breath. Anyone who spends a little bit of time thinking can see that there is something dodgy going on behind the scenes. I am not talking about little green men but about those in power wanting to control our lives even more through laws restricting our freedom and using technology: apps, cameras, etc.

[@mantea3481]

@@ifstatementifstatement2704 I personally think the vaccine is an effect and good counter, tho it is suspicious that some countries developed the vaccine quite fast, mainly Israel considering they just so happened to be testing on a thing so similar to the vaccine.

[@Poet482]

@@mantea3481 Very interesting how you "personally" think it's effect and good, despite the solid evidence to the contrary: Such as a whole lotta children getting heart attacks, the fact that children are getting a vaccine for this virus *at all,* the clear manipulation of news to make it sound like a good idea (from career liers with an ample history of pure self-interest), etc. Don't be fooled, to put it simply. I got to live through that scene from Human Revolution, and that is quite a thing to see. "Have you been to a LIMB clinic lately?"

[@slykill07]

Who's here after seeing cyberpunk 2077? Lmfao, just bought this instead

[@BoulderPunch]

I see that you're a man of culture.

[@AlexisHernandez-sx3zd]

I can't denied it. 😅

[@R3DHULK]

Dude same

[@deniskasperovich8251]

Cyberpunk is amazing tho, if you like Deus ex, you will love Cyberpunk, especially if you role-play as a Corpo/netrunner!

[@ElGaby323]

@@deniskasperovich8251 it's broken for many.

[@cl0ckw0rx79]

When I was a young kid my step dad at the time had the original deus ex, I must have been about 5 or 6 and I couldn't believe the freedom in the game, only just got back into this it's a game that just slipped my mind, I must say mankind divided is one of the best games I've played in years

[@chrisiverson5648]

super lit 🔥👍🏾🍷

[@807D14M0ND5]

Try Prey from Arkane studios.

[@sinanuluc5143]

The soundtrack in this game is incredible. I'd say it's even too good for this game. Not that I have anything against the game, but that music man it gives me chills.

[@NateNeverAskedForThis]

Especially Adam's Apartment.

[@TheFos88]

Omg same here dude. It's incredible. It's nails this amalgamation of a strange dystopia. It's foreboding but enjoyable, eerie but cool.

[@min-q7404]

Would you say it’s better than HR’s? Love HR’s soundtrack

[@sinanuluc5143]

@@min-q7404 Haven't played that or listened to the soundtrack.

[@maltsutty]

@@sinanuluc5143 you played the 4th game in the series that heavily relies on story ?? Either way give it a try it’s amazing

[@digiduke2979]

Oh man, I was full lethal in the first playthrough after save Malik in HR.

[@olzhas1one755]

The graphics in this game are top class. While it is okay in terms of the technicality, the art direction is probably the best I've seen in a modern game. Every single level feels as if they took their concept art, and put it right into the game engine. No matter where you look you always find some pleasing or picturesque environment that's just begging to be screenshotted without the UI. You seem to be playing on low settings, and it really doesn't do the the visuals justice, unfortunately.

[@mando1741]

You should've used the CASIE augment too. That provides some options that are normally not available, unlike the previous game.

[@robertforster8984]

I didn’t like HR. Mankind Divided’s level design is leagues above HR’s.

[@nostur4984]

Loved the game. I loved the fact that the stealth actually worked and was viable now. None of the previous games allowed you to sneak past everything as efficiently as in Mankind Divided. I sneaked around everything and halfway through the game, it felt kinda odd because it felt like there was an absence of combat. Not really. It's just that the previous games made me used to "Sneak till it works, then shoot" so I never considered shooting. It's good that Mankind Divided actually gives you the option to both sneak and fight now.

[@qinn1996]

I never played Mankind Divided but I feel like I would really miss the ember color filter Human Revolution had. From an artistic point of view, HR was just beautiful. Especially the futuristic interior design had me in awe. Combined with the insanely good, soothing electronic soundtrack and the warm colors it created a very satisfying, goosbump inducing whole and I dare to say that I cannot remember any other game making me feel so satisfied by the whole package as Human Revolution made me. Mankind Divided however does rather look like any generic game and from what I've seen in your vid lacks the charme HR had. I learned from the comment section that you haven't touched HR since 2011 and I can only highly recommend that you revisit it and take every thing in.

[@aeroga2383]

The gold filter in HR was supposed to represent the golden age before everything went to shit. MD takes place after that

[@wynngwynn]

I put off playing MD because I thought I couldn't like it as much but I actually ended up liking it more (the level design was SO GOOD. I got lost in Prague and Golem so many times in a good way. Not really lost but lost in finding the best little areas to explore). It's different but in a good way but it still feels like Deus Ex all the way. The characters are all really interesting too, reading all the emails and all the side characters are really great. People might feel mixed about the main story but the side stories are 100 percent...worth the experience alone. Seriously reading the emails and following stories was just so immersive.

[@AgentLemmon]

I sincerely hope you played it by now. It's a very underrated game, and if you love HR, then you will like this

[@qinn1996]

@@AgentLemmon I will definitely check it out some day

[@csmlouis]

Definitely go for the Director's cut version of HR. It just stitch the Missing Link DLC into the main game itself. Could not remember if the progression from HR:ML carries towards the remainder of the game.

[@gunswinger3110]

I replayed DXHR and DXMD after finishing 2077. It felt super refreshing playing proper cyberpunk themed games after the gutted disaster that 2077 was. HR was great start to finish, MD was also good but a lot shorter than expected as if some parts were taken out for a sequel. MD did heavily reward you for exploring and actually paying attention to stuff in the environment, which is something that was sorely missing in 2077. Shame that Cyberpunk had such a beautiful big city but almost every in it was just set dressing. I can't tell you how many times I've hacked into someone's computer in 2077 expecting an email hinting at some sort of side quest that you have to find yourself, but never getting it because there wasn't any.

[@danielkutej4204]

As a born and raised Praguester, I absolutely loved the setting even if the translations in the environment were sometimes pretty distracting for me and the amount of russian heard in the game instead of our language kinda pissed me off😄. Love your reviews man, keep it up!

[@Tomerey_]

I couldn't agree more with the statement about the sidequests, I think they the best the series have ever seen and the amount of detail and choice that was put into this game overall is really underappreciated. I really hope SE gives them a chance to wrap up Adam's story and also bridge the gap to Deus Ex 1.

[@BoulderPunch]

I'm still hoping that the success of Cyberpunk and the failure of marvel avengers shows SE that publishing another Deus Ex to wrap up Adam's story is best.

[@Tomerey_]

@@BoulderPunch I really hope so, that Avengers game just seemed to come and go. Fingers crossed for any sort of news in 2021 or 22

[@joshuapatrick682]

“Anytime fly-girl” is one of the best lines in a video game man…

[@russianamerican7397]

After playing Cyberpunk 2077 after awhile, I was looking at my character in the mirror in the game and realized I made Deus Ex Main protagonist. Face design from late game to clothing. So I wind up here. Something from my teen years rubbed off on me. Despite all the shit Cyberpunk got i still enjoy it. But one thing really hit me like train. When Deus Ex was ready for release, it got post pines for 9 months bc developers played and didn't like the story outcome and delayed game for a year. And this days they push out games like, fuck the story, I mean I can't even walk my character A to B on first install without falling though invisible floor or crashing to desktop. 20 years and game industry went from ART is goal, to Money is goal. 2020 is a sad year. I am afraid it's just gonna get worse.

[@gas-station-sushi]

Eyeing this game now after Cyberpunk 2077. Don't get me wrong I liked the aesthetic and how beautiful the environment was but... Deus Ex is Deus Ex, and 2077 definitely did not live to the Cyberpunk name, such a shame

[@BoulderPunch]

To quote JC Denton...What a shame.

[@lanceelopezz223]

@@BoulderPunch W

[@cornnflake1267]

lol hiiii

[@fabiogoulart1987]

I repeat: Deux Ex. Mankind Divided it is very underrated and undervalued and is simply a work of art. Gameplay, narrative, almost everything that is there has a weight of value. And he is an adult in a rare way to see himself in games. Cyberpunk 2077 will be a kind of Mankind Divided elevated to tenth power.

[@amko6358]

update: Cyberpunk is bland

[@fabiogoulart1987]

Update: Cyberpunk 2077 is good, but it still doesn't come close to the glamor and potential that Mankind Divided has.

[@tosin2655]

tis comment didnt age well xD

[@fabiogoulart1987]

@@tosin2655 haha. I Like Cyberpunk but, yeah.

[@ramiyohay7286]

The game improved almost everything from HR. To me, it felt short story wise

[@SidheKnight]

I do miss the characters and the aesthetics of HR. That gold filter was gold (pun intended). Although it looks better at nighttime. Malik and Pritchard are sorely missed. Sarif too, but we got Jim Miller who's also pretty cool.

[@renangeek47]

Both Human Revolution and Mankind Divided are instant classics to me. Finished them several times doing a completely diferent gameplay on each. The replay value is INSANELY good. Square just nailed. I hope for a third installment to close a trilogy.

[@frincefrancis3044]

Not Square Enix. Eidos Montreal made the game.

[@sevach]

Characters from the first game getting forgotten. how about Megan fricking Reed, that shit was left wide open in Human Revolution and... nothing.

[@puroktahzeeb9355]

i really enjoyed the game, I think it was pretty great, the only real flaw in gameplay to me is that the story FEELS very short. I think the actual length is fine, I had 30 hours when I was complete with the game, and I think I had an equal amount of time on side missions and exploration as I did on story. Thats a fine amount of time for the story, but the fact that there is only one boss and other things make the game feel much shorter. Luckily we have an amazing hub world to explore. My favorite part of the game was the curfew. It was like your second visit to hengsha in human rev but even better and more tense

[@MatthewCampbell765]

I'd say a good way to summarize the big issue with the game's narrative: Its predecessor, DEHR, had a problem with its narrative being very focused on one single political issue (namely, Augmentation), with pretty much everything going back to that debate. However, it managed to salvage itself pretty well because Augmentations are a versatile issue that can be a stand-in for various real world positions. Better yet, it doesn't easily correlate to a left-right divide. By contrast, the problem with DEMD is that not only does everything come back to the Aug issue, the aug issue is usually a stand-in for a single political issue: Racism. Racism is also a tricky topic to cover in part because, well, it's a black and white issue (no pun intended). It isn't like the issue of authority where most people want something between anarchy and tyranny. Racism is *evil*, end of. While you do sometimes need to remind everyone that it's a problem, what you usually have to do instead is ask questions like how decent people might still hold racial biases without knowing it, how people teach themselves to ignore racial biases, and how extremist hate groups recruit people.

[@liamstewart2287]

I agree on minimaps. The only reason I left mine on when playing was so that I would have a proper feedback system. Here's hoping Deus Ex 5 (whenever it comes out) brings back the audio based feedback system of the first two games.

[@esotericmissionary]

Exactly! And people wonder why I love Invisible War as much as I do. This game tried like that game, just like Human Revolution was like the first Deus Ex. But, yeah, that Dark Engine philosophy is still where it's at.

[@chevy-is-a-good-boy]

It's an awesome experience that deserved a better ending. Mankind Divided, Human Revolution & Fallout 4 are pretty much the only games I continually go back to.

[@BoulderPunch]

I'm still hoping that Square Enix will look at how well Cyberpunk does and realize there's still life in this series and give Eidos Montreal another go at it.

[@rosameltrozo5889]

Fallout 4 is trash though

[@terrencekelly1256]

@@rosameltrozo5889 I love that game but its a bit easy

[@1738-l1j]

@@terrencekelly1256 its okay gameplay wise but story is just pure trash

[@terrencekelly1256]

@@1738-l1j yes I did notice how quickly I finished the main quest then I was like....meh what do I do now ?

[@Knifegash]

They changed Sarif's voice because the original voice actor got too loud about how close he got. Real world conspiracy shit.

[@shyrory]

One of my favorite games ever

[@BoulderPunch]

Still hoping to have a conclusion one day to the series.

[@ricardo7oo]

Started playing Mankind Divided again since 2016. And damn this game was ahead of it's time, and i enjoyed much more playing it now.

[@Ghostie.]

Randomly found you today, super excited to binge watch your content while I game on the other screen.

[@BoulderPunch]

Happy to be of service!

[@MaciejRC]

Thought I'm the only that have some disorder that whilst playing, has to have YT or something going on the other screen, lol (people tell me I have problems apparently and some sort of focus disorder).

[@banzaiboy1597]

Chikane has a cool set of emails you can find hinting at him being a doubled agent or duplicitous at least.

[@BucklingSwashes]

Been considering revisiting this! Like Prey 2017, I had never actually completed it, as other things came out around the same time that pulled me away from it. I just restarted Prey and have really fallen in love with it. Maybe the past few years have just reminded me that I really love and miss this genre.

[@BoulderPunch]

I picked up Prey recently, will make my way to it eventually!

[@DBPCINC]

I felt like where this game shined the most was that it was much more Deus Ex 1 feeling (can't say why exactly), but lacked in story as well as it feeling a little too easy with more overpowered augmentations than the previous game (seriously, the most powerful thing in HR was the Typhoon but PEPs in MD blows it right out the water).

[@roughrider5722]

I refused to unlock any of the new Augs in my first playthrough. Then went to play a New Game+ on "I never asked for this" mode and unlocked the new toys. Like you said, they really make things a lookout easier. And if you finished the game and did the Koller side quest, you can have all the Augs active, including the new ones, unlocked without getting overclocked, right after you visit Koller for the first time on your new playthrough. But since I usually play Ghost for 1st playthrough (so many guns and mods and I've only used the bloody stun gun) and Chuck Norris with guns mode on the second one, on highest difficulty, two shots and you're dead, I think it balanced the odds.

[@bigwavesun]

@@roughrider5722 On my 3rd play through I found it fun just to not do Koller's sidequest. When the challenge is gone, it breaks the immersive sim thing of coming up with creative ways to get past obstacles. I actually prefer the original Human Revolution to the Director's Cut for the same reason and also because The Missing Link is a chore and adds nothing to the story other than some setup for Mankind Divided, that is ultimately pointless. New game plus is fun until you realize there's no challenge and no way to creatively engage with the systems. What I also found challenging after many playthroughs is going for lethal playthroughs and minimal hacking playthroughs. It really forces you to play with all the play styles and more use of your items. It reminded me of the original DX where if you didn't sink points into computers, stealth, and lockpicks, you had to play a lot more methodically.

[@807D14M0ND5]

I think most imsims ask you to practise restraint when it comes to powering up your character. It's almost always possible to become OP early on. I don't know if this is true but I feel like they trust the player to choose immersion.

[@thomasforbin2920]

@@bigwavesun que

[@Vanessinha91Pucca]

I agree, HR is more of a classic due to the game as a whole. MD could be the classic modern Deus Ex if it wasn't so rushed and gutted plus a better story.

[@trini_staple]

My main issue was the ignorance of the player's personal choice. In Mass Effect for example, you get to carry over saves from the previous game which included your personal decisions so if you killed someone in Mass Effect 2, when you play 3, that person is dead, if you spared them, they are alive. Human Revolution gave you 4 options at the end of the game but you don't get to follow up on that in MD.

[@BoulderPunch]

It usually tends to be an awkward situation when you carry over choices from games with multiple endings. I felt KOTOR2 was one of the few ones that did so well.

[@trini_staple]

@@BoulderPunch I'm looking at the smudboy analysis you referenced and he seems to think along the same lines. It negates the choices we all made as individual players, did you choose to destroy the station? did you choose to blame humanity first/front? it doesn't matter which of the 4 choices you made, because there is no import. This is one of the reasons that I rate Mass Effect so highly. When I import my saves from 2 into 3, it feels satisfying that the game respected my individual choices.

[@robrick9361]

@@trini_staple That's a problem with Mankind Divided for sure but the actual gameplay was greatly improved. Unlike Mass Effect were the gameplay got dumber and more restrictive with each game and the story also got worse with each game. First game's story is still the most interesting, the reapers should have remained enigmatic Lovecraftian monsters.

[@Zee-b7y]

I didn't ask for the piss filter but I wanted the piss filter

[@glopsnopper3806]

Just copped this on the PSN store for £4. I liked human revolution so I hope i'll have as much fun with this.

[@kyburn6195]

Sad knowing Deus Ex died from Avengers failure.

[@DagothDaddy]

They very easily could have made all endings cannon. Have Jensen release the information but still the fear that Augs can be hacked leads to wide spread discrimination. The ending where you let everything explode makes adam seem incredibly pessimistic and resentful of humanity

[@BoulderPunch]

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[@BoulderPunch]

@@Patrician Thanks!

[@Ikcatcher]

Mankind Divided honestly didn’t deserve all the hate it got back on release. Some people said it was way less of an immersive sim than Human Revolution but that was just flat out wrong

[@darkstarXSI]

I wish I would have played this before, I just took the time to beat it yesterday finally after 2 weeks of playing it, I have to say this game was probably the best immersive game I've played to date, too bad sales didn't help it and square Enix tossed this game to the dormant IP graveyard , hopefully we will see more of Jensen in the future

[@TheCmurley131]

My 2nd fav Deus Ex after the original. Proud to say I got the Plat trophy and all DLCs. In regards to immersion, going for a zero kill/ghost run on the hardest difficulty where your file is deleted if you die (no restarts) really offers the stakes that has you fully 100% invested every step. I noted 2 flaws though: (1) cloaking is insanely OP, and (2) Too few areas in the game, it needed at least 1 other unique location type versus reusing the same hub so much. All just my opinions, of course!

[@BoulderPunch]

I do plan on replaying Human Revolution this year for the first time in years, but I do as of now think MD is the better title.

[@Sizifus]

Man, I wish Eidos Montreal and Deus Ex would be bought by someone like VALVe. Eidos Montreal has put so much care into this series and it all have been squashed because Square Enix, like most of the publishers, only look at their bottom line. VALVe is still one of the few companies that care for the product they make (well, mostly, we don't talk about Artifact here). And though Dawn engine looks fantastic, imagine Deus Ex on Source 2 engine. I mean Prague had very similar feel to HL:Alyx C17 rendition. One could dream...

[@NicheGames]

A good game but it was hurt by poor marketing choices (ex: Augment your preorder, useless microtransactions) and this led to infuriating rumors (story cut in half to make a a trilogy... which we may never see since all this hurted the game's sales). That said and despite all this, the game is still worth it, especially the secondary missions are amazing as well as the DLC "A Criminal Past" which is fantastic.

[@BoulderPunch]

Square Enix just utterly baffles me from a publisher standpoint.

[@Mm-vr9mt]

@@BoulderPunch Publishers have more money than sense it's genuine madness.

[@shreki314]

Their both actually on Sale in Steam

[@leeweesquee]

Shame they cancelled the franchise

[@Torgo1969]

A worthy sequel to a worthy sequel, but IMHO you missed a chance to praise the "Cat Lady Neighbor" side quest which is the best side quest I have ever pursued in any game.

[@lotus1219]

last i play is human revolution and that game is damn epic! not to mention one of the best soundtrack in any game. ultimately among my most memorable game of the decade.

[@ehrtdaz7186]

it does everything human revolution does, but better, yet many people prefer the first one and why is that? because of the main plot? really? pretty dumb reason, when you consider how much level design, augmentations, controls and mechanics were improved in mankind divided.

[@rosameltrozo5889]

It's such a shame we only got half a game, it's a great half (in everything except the plot) but still.

[@BoulderPunch]

JC: What a shame.

[@SiliconSlyWolf]

Saving Malak non-lethal is at least theoretically possible. The worst part is disabling the mech without it blowing up on the guards. Do that, and especially with use of jump, running, and cloak mods and a bunch of protein bars, you can definitely non-lethal take down all the guards. I usually draw the line at not caring when saving Malak, unless I'm going for a stealth achievement or such. Because at that point, they're very directly threatening her life, and there's a lot of them. And even then, I usually still use non-lethal take downs for the exp and easier, quicker use of them, it's just that bot blowing up on someone even with an EMP grenade.

[@AintPopular]

A worthy franchise for whoever reading

[@Prettorian]

Although Mankind Divided is so much better than Human Revolution in almost every point, I have to agree it lacks in the overall story department and as a whole the characters are not that intriguing, I absolutely love the inclusion of Delara Auzenne and Adam himself is much more likeable this time. His physical design is a huge step-up and I prefer the way he behaves in this game. None of these things matter that much though, the important thing in an immersive sim is the gameplay and absolutely everything is better in Mankind Divided compared to Human Revolution. Same goes for Dishonored 2, I have finished that game at least 6 times already and I had to force myself to revisit the first Dishonored a second time.

[@csmlouis]

The last of the prequel trilogy was sacrificed to make a non canon Marvel's Avengers. What a shame. What a rotten way to die.

[@hongquiao]

Thank you! I thought I was the only one who noticed Sariff's new, much higher pitched voice. Same thing happened with Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell Blacklist. You can't always get the same voice actors to come back, I get it, especially if it's for a cameo... But for Christ's sake, at least get someone who's voice has a similar pitch. I actually thought the guy who voiced the Outsider in Dishonored 2 did a pretty good job. I was surprised to find out it wasn't the same person.

[@BoulderPunch]

I thought the switch in Sariff was fairly well known? The VA they got did a good job, but still can't compare to the original.

[@hongquiao]

@@BoulderPunch Yeah sure. Nothing against the new voice actor. It's not him or his talent I'm criticising, it's whoever chose him, when he obviously sounds nothing like the previous guy... Like, couldn't they at least have deepened his voice in post? I guess it all comes down to the fact that Sariff's role is significantly reduced and was therefore not deemed worth the effort.

[@josephmchugh4040]

I had a lot of the same thoughts when I played. I also didn't like the changes to the weapons and combat much. The addition of ammo types seemed unnecessary and the weapon upgrades weren't as well done. The revolver in Human Revolution was more scifi looking and the laser sights were less awkward looking too. And although I liked how the tranquilizer rifle and the stun gun had magazines, they both looked silly.

[@mancman-bu4kz]

Just bought this for £3 on xbox. Never played a deus game before... Can you play and complete it without upgrading and then upgrade for a 2nd run through? I want play aggressive first time through. Upgrade all can then stealth a second run through

[@minunat9]

Hey man, what is the background name song that starts at 10:40 ? Thanks!

[@st.paddymad7085]

Mankind Divided was my 1st Deus Ex game I played back round January 2018 coz I got it for free with PS Plus on PS4 round that time. I thought it was really good and it inspired me to get the OG Deus Ex on Steam.

[@NewOrderOfAlexandria]

Deus ex MD in my opinion was a lot better than HR in a lot of ways, the ending changes based on your choices throughout the story, rather than giving us 3 different endings to pick from. I do miss how HR was set in Detroit and China rather than one city, but by the end of MD Prague feels like one big and more realised city that feels bigger than both areas. I only wish Golem city wasn't so linear and more open like Prague was, also we only go there one time in the game.

[@furjaden8553]

Exactly, 16 different variations based on your choices & skill as a player. 1. Marchenko's Fate 2. Bombings 3. Delegates 4. Miller's Fate

[@NewOrderOfAlexandria]

@@furjaden8553 and the critics who said the game has an abrupt/unsatisfying ending have no idea what they're talking about for example Angry Joe obviously only played through the game once and didn't realize how important his choices were, it's a game that gets better on repeat playthroughs

[@furjaden8553]

@@NewOrderOfAlexandria & the best part is that it doesn't guide you toward the best ending, you have make those choices as a player & work for it, which is definitly what Deus Ex should be.

[@Helrykk]

hey! does game got option to invert X and Y axis for camera? and how much FPS I will get on PS5?

[@jackj.pelletier1666]

When I first tried DEHR, I chose the Give Me Deus Ex difficulty for a non-lethal playthrough, and when I reached the elevator in one burst of upgraded sprinting and invisibility, I heard Malik dying. I reloaded my save immediately and spent half an hour attempting to save her without killing any of the soldiers. By the time I saved Malik, dumpsters were flying around, my stun gun ran empty, my energy was depleted, and the reward for the effort was flying around dropping fools with dead-on accuracy. TL;DR You can save Malik in Human Revolution without dropping a non-lethal playstyle, but it will take dedication haha

[@Torgo1969]

Did you just hear her dying or were you shown her dying as you rode the elevator?

[@jackj.pelletier1666]

@@Torgo1969 I reached the door, interacted with it, and it gave me a point-of-no-return prompt asking if I was ready to leave, and then I heard her say goodbye and blow up LOL

[@majstorringo]

Bro, is this game worth my time, now it's on sale at the PS store at a very low price of 4,5$, I haven't played the previous part and I have no idea what it's about, I've heard that there's an explanation for what happened in the first part no need to play it?

[@ThejokerNSorrow99]

It worth getting b. When I finally got an Xbox one 2 years ago, that was one of the 1st game I got at gamestop (got it cheap since it old) I played the 1st game for the 360 which is worth getting too. You can play loud and gunning or stealth and kill or knock out. 👍

[@DaDaDo661]

How did you get Prague in the daytime? What level is that?

[@BigOlRub]

In my opinion, Mankind Divided only lacked in story progression or maybe lore progression. It didn't add much into the Deus Ex lore, most of the chess pieces from HR only barely moved. The whole plot feels more like the openning sequence of what could have been a perfect deus ex game. Unlike in HR or the original where you are able to uncover the major plot and even influence its progression, in MD you only end up solving a minor plot. The only major development in MD is helle/eliza going rogue, and Brown surviving to build the augment city. The terrorists are just a minor subject, more like what you'd expect as a consequential side quest in other good games. Talos Rucker would have been a great character, but they killed him too early, they could have expanded on his faction, maybe even hinting that they would eventually be among the first anti-illuminati groups to exist. Instead his ideals died with him, and his faction just gets taken over by the bad guy. By the end of MD nothing much changed, the story telling is top notch but the story itself still felt like a filler episode.

[@kingcurmudgeon8685]

The fact that this game is actually getting more love as the years go by says a lot about it. When it first came out it has very mixed reviews. It was a fantastic game

[@Bee-N64]

Is there something wrong with the closed captions for this video? It's like they're very off time with the video for me

[@srslywhathappened]

Hey man. Really enjoy your content. I've watched like 5 videos today. Keep up the good work!

[@CriticalShot1]

Almost? Mankind Divided stands toe to toe with the original deus ex and as one of the best city made rpgs made in the last decade. The sheer amount of detail and attention given is unrivaled. It truly disgusting how major gaming sites and channels completely ignored Mankind Divided when released. And shame on all of you who bought COD over it.

[@hejduken]

I gave this game 2 playthroughs, never done that before with a game and it got me so interested i actually read some forums for even more lore, god i want an ending to this intriguing story. Lets pray for avengers to flop and a deus ex reboot

[@BoulderPunch]

I'm hoping that Cyberpunk 2077 is giving Square the idea that there's plenty of gas left in the tank in Deus Ex.

[@joshuapatrick682]

Immersive sim? Is that what we’re calling RPGs now? Is that why I don’t play video games anymore? Because no one makes the kind that I enjoy?

[@CoffeeForAll]

I liked MD for the most parts. It’s visually interesting and does manage to present a believably police state.. at least from a distance. Take for example one of the early side quests in which there’s a fake police checkpoint. You can get the actual police to deal with it, but after they do so, instead of then setting up a crime scene or even just securing the weapons that are now laying on the ground and maybe getting the bodies taken care of.. the three cops just walk off. There’s also how Adam can just hack every device he encounters without anyone caring unless the hack fail, and barely anyone will care if you enter their apartments or steal stuff from them, even if they are currently there to see you do it. How often are we stopped to get checked for our credentials? Twice or something? I’m not asking for realism.. but the devs should probably have relied more on drones constantly scanning people (and Adam) and then have a rare moment or two where there is some database issue or something.

[@ronin7590]

Now people realise what a gem this game is. Look at cyberpunk 2077, a game that was hyped but delivered shit

[@dallesamllhals9161]

= Why Hub world > Open world. If good/Great storytelling!

[@dsaints2344]

Also... just like thief, I also hold to great standard the original Splinter cell series (until conviction), when it comes to stealth games

[@anwmus]

This game was monstrously under-rated. Very good game!

[@BoulderPunch]

Square Enix as a publisher really messed around with them.

[@807D14M0ND5]

@@BoulderPunch Augment your pre-order babyyy

[@0SnakeDoctor]

The biggest problem with Mankind Divided is that it feels like a game that was cut in half to sell a sequel later on down the line. So jarring was the final 'boss fight' that when I won on my first playthrough and the game ended, I sat looking at the screen in stunned amazement for the length it took the credits to roll. Perhaps now, years later, I would be able to see the clues leading up to a final boss fight, but in 2016 I had no idea that the game was approaching the climax. While Marchenko seemed to be the overall 'bad guy', the final boss fight was way too easy even on the hardest difficulty and I thought for sure at the time that it was just gonna be the first round of a number of encounters with him going forward. While the sequel betters the original in many areas, Human Revolution had a longer and IMO better campaign all around.

[@gtafans93]

I love Deus Ex mankind divided and By the gods I want a sequel, but with everyone going crazy saying it's better than say Cyberpunk I gotta Chime in, cyberpunk while buggy still has an open world that is stunning in design but takes what Deus ex does and solidify's it in an open world Makeup. Cyberpunk is also more adult, Strong characters and fantastic side quests. Not to say mankind devided is bad, no it was my 2016 GOTY I played way to much of it back in the day, but it wasnt perfect............... Great DLC though. But very sequel bait. Which I want. Sequel When?

[@tonysoprano4587]

They made the Icarus landing a joke in MK. In HR, you needed it to reach a couple of hidden areas but in this game, all it was useful for was not falling to your death.

[@rileycarlson3714]

2:39 An Avengers game "which I'm sure will be fine". That aged well.

[@generous-o5g]

Do you trust Jason Schreiers leak about the new Deus Ex game?

[@Chinnnnuz]

How did you change your coat? My dlc wont work? Great vid btw. 👍 games amazing seriously.

[@timehunter9467]

One big thing I liked about this was the non lethal option for the bosses too. I got the pacifist achievement, gas mine was the best for the big guy, but playing it on the “I never asked for this” was tough. I had to restart a few times, forgot I didn’t have the icarus landing aug.

[@jameswolf3302]

i finished it recently and i absolutely loved the game, the freedom of aproach was almost overwhelming, playing it stealth pacifist was very fun, but i was disapointed at how short the game was, and at how the final boss was just a glorified normal enemy. Stealth pacifist in this game is too easy. I felt disapointed, the game is SOO GOOD, I WANTED MORE OF IT. In an ideal future, we would get a Deus Ex game with the freedom of aproach and general gameplay of Mankind divided, plus the amazing worldbuilding and side content, with the same lenght and Human Revolution, or even slightly a bigger lenght

[@slikone1000]

THIS SHOULD BE A TV SERIES.

[@crkrcksteady]

This is legit one of my top 5 games of all time, along with Dishonored 1 & 2. I remember seeing something saying the devs weren't COMPLETELY done with Deus Ex so hopefully we'll see something this next generation, though it'll probably be something akin to a reboot considering this came out in 2016 and unless they've been keeping it under wraps, we probably wont see another game until 2022 at very absolute least.

[@BoulderPunch]

Well seeing how poorly their Games as a service Avengers title has gone (for fucks sake square enix), and with cyberpunk 2077 going to sell well, that might give Square some insight into "hey, we should finish this adam jensen storyline". Square is such a puzzling company from a publisher standpoint.

[@William-Sunderland]

Game is great, also wanted to point out that other than vents, hacking is the most op thing in the game for stealth, when you have all upgrades you can pretty much access wherever you want, very easily, and also disable or put in your side security stuff. Where is the third part Eidos?

[@RaVeN1K]

I think a big problem is the fact that you are like... a double agent? like a triple agent? Its hard bounding with characters when you know you're basically just spying on them while working for/with them. Human Revolution had you on one side and then blurred the lines between them, but Mankind Divided starts you off as a double agent right of the bat, can't rly bound with characters that way.

[@rufuzmitchell1767]

Wish they'd remaster or remake Human Revolution. I sure miss Hengsha!

[@BoulderPunch]

I just want a continuation and conclusion to the Adam Jensen story.

[@PotatoJonson]

On sale for $4.50 Edit: 4 months later and I am debating buying it again for my Series S (60fps boost) Is that just gluttony?

[@BoulderPunch]

Worth every penny.

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

The Avengers game was not "fine"

[@FortWorthRaised]

The internet hated this game when it released. I actually finished Mankind Divided in one weekend because I was glued to the story and gameplay

[@reviathan3524]

One of the reasons that I like this game, and I know it's not important to others, just personally, is that I can relate with Adam a bit. Plus his date of birth is same as mine. Day, month and year.

[@BlackDaw1]

Even tho most of the critisism was on point, the game is still a beautiful masterpiece. I would build a custom PC to run the next installment on max settings.

[@AllProblemo]

I really hope they finish this story. Just finished my second playthrough, no kills at all. Love this story from the first one and md. I want to see whst happens with Janus and all. I want the third game

[@datakenzington7342]

Tbf, this was the Cyberpunk we needed. And going on a tangent with these games, there should be editions of games where it's an almost demake of it. An example an Xbox Series version would be called the Universal Upgraded Version, having many enhancements and other things, but the Xbox one version would be the Digital Demaker Version, offering unique things and possibly a separate campaign. I'd want it to be unique and not just another port. Also, PC would have the Duo Deluxe version, including a "throttle mode" which would just limit the fps and graphics as a joke.