Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Bill Taggart's Ending (HD)

Bill Taggart's ending from Deus Ex: Human Revolution in 1080p HD.

Links to the 3 other endings and credit roll (with easter egg):
Self Destruct Ending: • Deus Ex: Human Revolut...
David Sarif's Ending: • Deus Ex: Human Revolut...
Hugh Darrow's Ending: • Deus Ex: Human Revolut...
Ending Credits: • Deus Ex: Human Revolut...
The Deus Ex Franchise, and Human Revolution are all owned by Edios Montreal and Square Enix. No Copyright infringement is intended.
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[@shaun7389]

"Absolute Freedom Is No Better Than Chaos" I love that line.

[@HowDyaYouLikeMeNow]

SF Chapman A good line, but absolute control is just as dangerous, as the events of Deus Ex prove. I chose to side with Darrow. He made the most sense. He saw what was coming, he went to monstrous lengths to prove it, but in the end, he was right.

[@DrMrPersonGuy]

SF Chapman I liked how Taggart put it a bit more, "Absolute freedom is no different from absolute chaos"

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

@@HowDyaYouLikeMeNow The choise isn't implied to be between absolute control and absolute freedom, but between absolute freedom and some limited constraints on freedom.

[@HowDyaYouLikeMeNow]

@@cyberneticbutterfly8506 The choice should have been the truth. Darrow was the truth. He knew exactly what each of the factions were enacting. He knew the only way to change it was to likely die showing them how bad it could become. It didn't work, because Adam buried the truth by thinking we'd all just fix it in the end. This lead to the events of Deus Ex, wherein Majestic-12 has usurped and destroyed the rational members of the Illuminati. Humans are stupid. We do dumb shit. We elect maniacs like Trump, Duterte and Putin and we expect these blowhard, selfish, rich kids and warlords to fix the fucking situation? Jesus... C'mon.

[@jacek107ify]

this is actually not true.... there is always some order and law. Because people need belong to group. It is essential to our life like water or air. There is always some order. The problem is that law is always form of brainwashing. Its always based on force of authority and fear. Even the most moral law contains it. Like every brainwashing it makes people mindless and blindly obedient to authority that holds it. When people are under influence of authority they can accept even the most idiotic or horrid law, without question. Law is always brainwashing. Freedom is more important than law, because without it you can never think and question. Without freedom there are no choices or thinking, because your mind is simply not capable of it.

[@NorbertLinuxLord]

''If they're as wise as Taggart says'' *picture of tony blair* love it

[@MrIshaans]

"How bad will their leadership be?"... They then created the grey death

[@egyptianspaceodin1373]

MJ12 created the gray death, not the illuminati.

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

Egyptian Space Odin yeah, either way Bob Page already had the upper hand.

[@MankindDiary]

Egyptian Space Odin MJ12 has been created by former Illuminati members with more radical approach.

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

***** Which is why destroying his base and walking out like he's not even worth punching is soooo satisfying

[@macklinbutcher3145]

@@egyptianspaceodin1373 The Illuminati created the prototype virus.

[@FearAnUlaidh]

If I didn't experience the game and realise that Taggart was lying, I might have thought that this was the best ending.

[@carbon1442]

Hubert Humphrey why is this ending a lie? Ive not played deus ex in a long time

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

@@carbon1442 Taggart was an illuminati guy in the storyline of the game. In the real wolrd it'd be a pretty good ending since in the real world there is no "they" so the moral point made was decent. Except for the part about moving in the shadows maybe.

[@solidus1995]

@@cyberneticbutterfly8506 shadows are natural

[@cargon28]

​@@cyberneticbutterfly8506How do you know that? You might prove their existence easily but not the other way around

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

​@@cargon28 This is a case of "Russell's teapot": "A teapot is in orbit between earth and mars." This can also not be disproven. But do we bother thinking about it? If you are to give an *even amount* of attention to every claim with zero evidence you'll not be done until eternity's end. So why are you giving your particular issue attention and thought? PS: Should we give extra attention to claims where the consequences for if it was true are important? That can't work, cause I could come up with any number of evidence less claims that would be earth shattering if true. In fact an infinite amount. The only reasonable standard is then to give the equal, close to zero, consideration for all evidence less claims. Or properly articulate the reason we think we have. Which is usually an evidence claim.

[@gubbin909]

"How bad will their leadership be?" *Tony Blair appears* xD

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

Conspiracy theorists have him among the illuminati which is the game plot of the identity of the people behind Taggard.

[@DukeoftheAges]

This game has the perfect set up to be a movie, if only someone would do it right.

[@ironwolg]

I don't think that's a good idea lol at least not a human revolution movie. that can only end in disaster, nobody would be able to do it justice. a separate movie on a different part of the deus ex timeline however would be awesome

[@DwightKoh93]

Perry Davis But it would've been better than the new 'Robocop' remake though. While watching that one, I couldn't help but think, "why does this seem so familiar?".

[@scotttaylor3275]

Haha! I love the part where he says "How bad will there leadership be?" and then a pic of Tony Blair appears........Well two illegal wars is pretty bad Adam!

[@nofapmgtow9346]

Illuminati confirmed.

[@togamain4137]

Pierre yea

[@dipper5236]

This game has more literary merit than the anything my high school could give.

[@Harshalcv11]

Such a strong message from this game. We've reached a point where games are so cinematic that Games >> Movies

[@TheKVProductions]

i thought this was the only practical ending. You can't destroy human augmentation entirely, but at the same time can't trust corporations with it. You should actually use it for people who need it. Damn I love this game. The ending, whichever one you took, was beautiful.

[@Gregtami]

Simple slide show with narration has become one of the best endings in video game history. Congratulation Eidos Montreal...you just made history.

[@oka2893]

i dont give a damn who created all the endings,four of them are an AMAZING endings.good job eidos

[@TuhRoll]

Take off those nostalgia-glasses and watch again. This game is, in fact, amazing. This is undebatable.

[@asd87906]

Absolute freedom is not better than chaos

[@UnsilentedStorms]

I thought that the idea was Taggart's Ending was the Illuminati, since he says 'I just hope they'll stand by what they say', then it zooms out of the eye and those dudes shut the door. I figured that it was a subtle hint that choosing that ending was the ruse that puts the world into the hands of them.

[@Greil9]

Even if I would have liked to see more of how everything played out afterwards, I have to say these endings were all so frigin good, all of them having some good in them yet showing the darker side too.

[@DieKao]

@MintyHippo30 The point is, it's not about what ending is "the right one". It's about what ending YOU choose. It's about that moment after Eliza explains everything and you stand there having to make that choice. That is the beauty of Deus Ex HR's ending. The clips lend themselves very well to debate about what to do with technology etc. But it really is all about the choice at the end and the build up to it. At least for me, that's why it has such an impact.

[@TheDelovayaKolbasa]

@EffectiveKill i also spent A LOT of time well, when talked to sarif, you use the elevator on that floor to go up then come back outside, where was this large ventilation u jumped in go up the stairs to reach the highest level and open the map there will the place u came from, u can reach it from ur position but u need the other direction)

[@MajorShepard]

@bojo0noja do you mean 'The missing link" one? (Spolier) I thought that was based during the parts when he disappered for 3 days when he got into that container to get to where Megan was being kept?

[@tengomarco75]

@MajorShepard I doubt they would. Invsible war setting was really messed up because of it. Taggerts ending seems like it's canon because in Dx1 it is regulated.

[@fanaticbogey]

This was the choice of fools. Oh, I totally believe in a government of by and for we the people! And I completely and utterly believe in their benevolence, wisdom, and that they ALWAYS have our best interests at heart in every piece of legislation and every line of regulation written.

[@MajorShepard]

@dhx84 I don't think the kill switch was implemented yet. I think that is what they were discussing at the beginning of the game, they didn't seem to have the correct bio frequence or imprint. This would make sense as Mechanical augmentations had just started to become mainstream and militirisation of it had just started, the typhoon aug, invisibility and the machinegun augs are all we see so this might mean that they are still developing more for the army and special forces to use in combat.

[@nagual1992]

@AnimalNitrateInMind Maybe it was meant as a counter example of "look how things get when we're not involved". That's why I love montages, you get to dissect them and find out hidden meanings. :D

[@ProductioDestruction]

Find the server room then there should be a weak wall you can punch through to find him. There is also a door nearby as well.

[@xlHawkeyelx]

@MajorShepard Well actually the newer augmentations are "nano-augs" Which are painless, and leave pretty much no evidence of said augmentation. The thing is that despite the fact they are a vast improvement over these "mechanical augs", you need to have a specific genetic code for the augmentations to work.

[@egyptianspaceodin1373]

Taggart is right, but I don't think we should hamper progress. Sarif and Taggart's endings combined make the Helios ending, which is the absolute best ending. Even if you count DX2, the Helios/JC path is the BEST. "if there was no god then there would be the need to invent him" or something to that effect.

[@Arkains10]

Very good endings i just wish that the video in the endings where more different than the others.

[@makingitwork2]

Handing over the keys of society to the Illimunati, whom Taggart pretty much said is just a name people throw money at, is the "Perfect" ending?

[@SempiternalScientist]

Not necessarily. You presume that augmentations would usher in an egalitarian society when in fact they were only distributed to those who could afford them, and thus, augmentations which aided either intellect or strength would actually ossify pre-existing social structures and fortify the positions of the elites. Jensen was the exception, and even when you think about it, he was a mercenary in the employ of Sarif's corporation anyway, it was by great effort that he broke free.

[@AugerMartel]

@TheOgley Thank you.

[@ECiriachi]

Why is the Pope's picture blurred?

[@UnggoyWarrior]

what is the official ending? the sacraficing one right? when he blows up the facility

[@ironwolg]

I think this is the canon ending. think about it, from what i can gather in the original, augmentations are still very prevalent. granted i'm not very far in the game, but augmentations don't seem to be rejected and the illuminati seems to be very much in power. the darrow ending i think we can rule out as not being canon, with sarif's ending, it's entirely possible. augmentations being pushed further than ever. the self destruct ending, i don't like it so i'm biased but i don't think it's the canon one. it just seems a little out of character for adam to just kill everybody in the building. i guess that one depends on your play style though, i spared several people though, so it looks like it's either sarif's or taggart's ending that is the canon one. as far as the next step in the franchise? i think they'll be better off leaving it a mystery as to what happened to Mr. Jensen.

[@YellowMage]

Well, as far as _Mankind Divided_ goes, none of the endings are wholly canon. Instead, elements of all four are used to create the world of 2029. Mainly the destruction of Panchaea.

[@MajorShepard]

@xlHawkeyelx yeah thats why they kept (spoilers) cloning the same guy, JC Denton, Paul Denton in the first game. But maybe the game is insinuating that Adam is the original, meaning he was the guy the Illuminati cloned (or Bob page can't remember). I mean he was experimented on as a baby to except mechanical augmentations with ease and have no rejection to them. It is mentioned in the game that his genes are what is allowing Nano-augs to begin to exist because of that.

[@EffectiveKill]

where is this guy i have not been able to find him

[@Tarik360]

@AnimalNitrateInMind I don't know much about Tony, but why was it a bad example?

[@Avi60533]

@AnimalNitrateInMind I think they were being sarcastic, afterall towards the ending they show corporations and government going hand in hand, ie. being corrupt.

[@mightyshockwave]

@MajorShepard Good point, but I feel that the Darrow ending is canon, because it scares everyone away from augmentation technology, which is why you don't see civilians with them in the original.

[@GarretsShadow]

This is probably the ending that leads into Deus Ex 1, seeing as only certain government or military personnel seem have augmentations in that game (except the lady behind the bar in hells kitchen...but she was ex-unatco)

[@MajorShepard]

I actually think that this is the true ending as no one has weapons in their augments, or ones that vastly improve a person capabilities, in the 1st game openly, except the military. And people only have replacement limb augments, from what I could tell in the first game anyway. But they might go with a Deus ex 2 thing, where they combine all the endings into one.

[@Nightwisher87]

thumbs up if you quick saved before pressing the buttons so you can view each ending in game!

[@advancedlamb]

@rjbonacolta I can't say much about Deus Ex 1, I'm sure it was amazing, but these endings were very well thoughtout and very interesting, they made people actually think about their decisions for a long hard time, at least it did to me. You can make a picture slideshow in 20 minutes, but you'd never be able to make such an intelligent speech or use such intelligent reasoning (even this video has intelligent reasoning) in 20 minutes, it would take much longer.

[@TheMushrumable]

Could someone explain what this ending means, what it shows? Because I've just beaten this game and I didn't have this choice and now I don't understand this ending?

[@StefanDabija]

This game is awesome because there is no bad/good ending. I personally agree with all of them. And this endings show us that the eprfection is impossible. You can't create a perfect society. An utopia.

[@jonathanwalsh8102]

I honestly couldn't decide between this and Darrow's. Both were poetically good, IMO.

[@fleckZ007]

@RadimirWackytov I agree!

[@germwarfare]

Why is it that people think the Illuminati are satanic?

[@TheQuantumSeven]

This is the only DE HR ending that leaves you with the feeling of "did I do the right thing?" In Darrow's ending, you see your results, augmentations are abandoned. In Sarif's ending, you see the results as well, we abandon all old sense of morality for a new one, and augmentation technology steams ahead towards singularity. Here though, you let a bunch of shadowmen and politicians take over, and hope they do the right thing. The convention scene was pretty cool though XD.

[@arkraven123]

@Lolzer626 Remember, don't talk to crazy people. You only fuel there craziness more.

[@Krackerjax]

@TheMushrumable it shows THIS. this is the ending

[@HeavenDoorKnocker]

The white beard man looks really like the Architect in Matrix.

[@RockefellersPersonalAccountant]

@sithmastur Deus Ex 1? Bob Page?

[@Sleexb]

I like how in the end, old white men walks into a brightly lit room, closes the door behind them, and leaves you in the dark. Just like the real life.

[@MintyHippo30]

@DieKao It depends what you mean by "good" Morally good implies the self-sacrifice ending. What was your point? Obviously Square Enix is going to regard one of these as cannon or cheese the endings like they usually do.

[@RevolverRez]

Even if I hadn't played the first game I'd consider this as the bad end. A shadow government is a terrible choice for humanity because they answer to nobody.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

well put

[@killerguythefox]

@tengomarco75 It's possible but what about sarif and all those i know this is made LONG LONG after the first one and can be impossible to change in the first one but you would think atleast any of the endings connect to the first game sarifs ending just leaves augmentation open to research and use and what not possibly breeding alot of shit that isnt in the first game, The endings feel kinda unconnected to the first game i cant seem to find any canon ending really

[@MaskofPoesy]

Absolute freedom is better than chaos.

[@Camdude90]

It didn't really have to do with the graphics, but it was linking this game to the first

[@GarretsShadow]

I'm starting to think you're right actually. Suicide ending also explains how Page and Everett could salvage the technology from Panchea for the Echelon project. They might not have been able to do that if it hadn't been destroyed and Darrow still owned it

[@computeraidedyami]

@AnimalNitrateInMind At the moment jensen said that it had nothing to do with the image of tony blair, unless you wanted to be.

[@kytim89]

Could someone explain what each of the endings represent?

[@Acevern]

Every ending was right in its own way. It's kinda complex to explain every ending in detail, but i liked Taggart's and Darrow's ending the most

[@makingitwork2]

1. Deus Ex's Engine was intentionally shitty so they could even get as much as they did in. 2. Deus Ex was Warren Spector's pet project where he literally could go wild. 3. There is simply not enough space on the disc or hours in the day to make a game as deep as Deus Ex one with current technology. Within reasonable budgets and times I mean. Eidos wanted to make the endings more involving, but time and money caught up with them.

[@Tarik360]

@AnimalNitrateInMind How did he ruin it?

[@MajorShepard]

@bojo0noja ah but the Illuminati (spoilers) is broken up thanks to Bob page so it doesn't really matter if this was the true ending.

[@Khenfu_Cake]

@advancedlamb Well, maybe you should consider playing Deus Ex 1 now:)

[@MrHonorful]

@EffectiveKill same

[@Krackerjax]

@Postaldewd 4 endings

[@JCDenton112788]

@adamigo50 You know what...yeah.those endings explains and makes us realize things but..i think Deus EX explains more than that.

[@ProductioDestruction]

Links to other endings and credits in the video description

[@AnimalNitrateInMind]

'If there as wise as Taggart says, how bad will their leadership be?' *Shows picture of Tony Blair* Bad example Eidos. Bad example.

[@Ghost572]

I'm not sure why i chose this ending when i first played it, I guess i was taken in by the fact there should be rules on augments, or maybe i'm just a sucka. Personaly though in that situation the augments should only be there to help people not to turn them into stronger machines than a normal human since it creates a power rift between normal people. This game really rocked though and got me thinking, I'm playing it again the chances are if I were to do it i'd just blow the dam up.

[@Philweasel]

Taggart I mean.

[@TheQuantumSeven]

By the way, if you look at the events of the original Deus Ex and DE Invisible War, the "destroy" ending where you destroy Panchaea and let humanity come up with its own answers is actually most likely the canon ending.

[@AustinBlack28]

then how did Mankind Divided spawn?

[@TJbrena]

Knowing that this game was a prequel prevented me from picking that ending. Sure, the player can imagine the other games as having a slightly different background based on their choices in DX:HR, but I couldn't choose this ending because I KNEW that it would be consenting to the horrors of the Gray Death.

[@Tikii95]

I did the Sarif's ending.

[@johnwoodbridge4028]

I'm not afraid of freedom, I'm afraid of the chaos that erupts when individuals have nothing but their morality to constrain them... Absolute freedom is no better than chaos" Great quote, it almost sounds like something Edmund Burke or a similarly "liberal" conservative would have said.

[@FrostbyteIsTaken]

Thumbs up if you didn't find Taggart and came here to watch the ending.

[@GarretsShadow]

But if Jensen commited sucide, how come no civilians have augmentations in DX1 like they do in HR?

[@Avantime]

Never trust a politician.

[@KazyaKurosawa]

Listen parts 0:33 to 1:05. Jensen is clearly refering to how he tried not to kill so this is good non-lethal ending. If you would have ran trough this game guns blazing killing everyone he would have said something along the lines that "It's clear from my actions that this kind of power shouldn't be given to anyone." And then there is ending in the middle too if you sneaked some and killed some. With four buttons that comes to 12 endings in total. Here: watch?v=vHvTI9l5Xj0

[@Alphaomegus]

powerfull images in all the endings

[@Vogel-]

@UnrealPhantoka999 Lol yeah.

[@RoderickMCox]

I went for taggart's solution

[@redlightning0001]

@advancedlamb In Deus Ex 1 the endings were, a Second Dark Age, Giving Power back to the illumanati as ruler in the shadows and finally, merging with Ai as next step in evolution aswell a becoming a benovelent dictator (I chose) The ending choices were fantastic when you though about them and to achieve them was hard. Yet the ending scenes weren't that great. HR did a better job I did the exact same thing you did, I had to choose for humanity or not choose at all, took a long time

[@YungBeezer]

@tomkasto Destroy All Humans?

[@testsubjectzz]

howcome 00:37 faces blurred

[@rycullen441]

All endings can be canon because sraif could have made nano augs. Darrow or taggert could be canon because there no mechanical augs. Let humanity deisde could be canon in many ways

[@rjbonacolta]

Seriously I could have done these endings in twenty minuets with abobe. Deus Ex one in 2000 put more effort into its endings than Edios did in 2011. Oh yeah it was also twice as long.

[@Lolzer626]

@arkraven123 well said ^^

[@HowDyaYouLikeMeNow]

The suicide ending leads into Deus Ex. Jenson should have sided with Darrow. It was extreme, but it proved undeniably how easily the masses could be manipulated with augmentations. The possibilities were endless, but so were the twisted and corrupt applications that lead into Deus Ex.

[@CyrusRogan]

Taggard was such a fearful caveman, a bunch of corrupt politicians would take over the world and history would repeat itself again and again. At least augs would have brought individual power to the ecuation

[@fozzybearFTW]

I chose Darrow's ending. You spend the whole game uncovering the truth, so there's no point in keeping it from the world. Did anyone else see the surprise at the end? It seemed to have kinda bad graphics so was it like the prologue for the original Deus Ex or something?

[@slimak]

essage.... because perfection, is not something that can be achieved...... but if anybody could ever get really really close to that... it was guys doidg thatgame..... and they were really reallly close

[@ZatackTheGreat]

@SashaSexyfur But too much freedom can end p only hurting others, people killing, stealing, etc. There needs to be some regulations.

[@XzaroX]

Well too bad it doesn't work out that well. This ending is probably the most canonical one, which in turn leads to a lot of suffering and death later on. It's very good that he says "If they're as wise as Taggart says, how bad will their leadership be? I just hope they stand by what they say." because their leadership turns out to be crap. They won't even be able to control their organisation's branches, one of which (MJ-12) later takes over, thus starting original Deus Ex. /watch?v=zKGHL646PlU

[@70mavgr]

@BossPanzer QFT !

[@iaretehwin]

[@RockefellersPersonalAccountant]

In the end who cares about Illuminati? -MAJESTIC 12- IS WHERE IT'S AT BITCHESSS!

[@TheQuantumSeven]

lol Ben Bernanke. Nuff said