Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Love It or Hate It

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Love It or Hate It
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[@StratEdgyProductions]

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[@cobraglatiator]

eeyy,i assume the shit you talked about in your last video went well? haven't gotten to the end of this yet if you discuss it there. so uh, congrats, i guess. good to see you're still with us.

[@abelardadebayor5642]

I just was googling if strategy died but no news then u went here

[@xHeigoux]

I've always had the Bell enabled, but didn't get notified of your last few uploads. And you're not the only one...

[@WeOnlyEatSoup]

Strat we are glad to see you producing more content and that you are alive dude!

[@807D14M0ND5]

Done

[@fiel81]

It's so depressing knowing eidos Montreal is stuck making avengers trash when they're completely capable of making the next great deus ex

[@fiel81]

@@Sam-tq5xv i though human revolution was great and mankind divided was decent

[@negx3933]

That’s Crystal Dynamics making Avengers. Eidos Montreal is making Guardians of the galaxy lol

[@ThePsychoRenegade]

Eidos and Arcane are/were the last big stealth studios and now both aren't doing that anymore.

[@midshipend7107]

@@ThePsychoRenegade what about Deathloop?

[@SolidSnake240]

@@Sam-tq5xv Agreed. I really like HR and MD but they just fell short. I'd love for Arkane to get their hands on the Deus Ex license.

[@Wickow]

Happy to see you still kicking dude!

[@theawesomeduo54]

Nice pfp

[@Wickow]

@@theawesomeduo54 yours pretty dope too

[@janstudnicka4737]

This is my favourite game, I'm from Prague and it's... spot on.

[@Milan____]

...except for some of the clearly un-proof-read google translated czech text in textures :D but yeah, I think they did a good job with the overall Prague vibe.

[@elPominator]

Two of my favourite RPGs are set in Prague, this and Vampire the masquerade: redemption. Such a beautiful city, I hope to bring my girlfriend there one day, but she is Polish so she may suddenly sprout a winged helmet and a lance and try conquer the place

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

@@elPominator How about Kingdom Come Deliverance? It's set in Bohemia, long before the place became Czechia.

[@elPominator]

@@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight KCD is brilliant, hadn't even thought of that, not sure I have seen Prague or a Proto-Prague in the game though. Seriously do need to get around to playing more of that, however my current obsession has been the Yazuza series, thanks for reminding me of it, wonder how much better it will look on my XSX as opposed to the basic X1 I had when I got it!

[@tom94271]

@@elPominator There's a high chance we might see medieval Prague in the sequel. Keeping my fingers crossed :)

[@artificialanimated2199]

I don't care what you make, I'll watch it. I'm just glad that you're here with us making it!

[@thisdudegotreal]

Its important to note the reason so many people amputated themselves to get augmented was because of the demand in the only remaining job sectors for construction etc. It was an economic force that made people have to get augmented in order to survive.

[@schreiberyannick8180]

Honestly, I have never been happier to get a KZbin notification. I hope you are doing well.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

Right? I saw this pop up and thought "oh fuck yes thank God " lol

[@notmyhorse1371]

I immediately yelled "he's alive" and clicked. Happy to have you here

[@spehizle]

Yeah I'm not gonna lie, when this popped up in the feed I choked up. I'm happy to hear your voice, man.

[@Rx-Peanut]

OMG HE LIVES, I was so worried for you man. Im glad youre still doing fine.

[@hideakiakio6698]

One of the few things I like about mankind divided is that a lot of the game play mechanics from the original Deus ex that were not in human revolution were added back in also it's art style is closer to the original as well but it's still way to advanced though. Edit: also one of the many things that the original Deus ex did better than the prequels is when you wanted to hide a body Denton would put the body over his shoulder

[@eziospaghettiauditore8369]

Haha yup not just Skyrim grab

[@DJWeapon8]

Dishonored grab body is best grab body, for me. Another thing that bothered me with MD is Icarus Dash. Specifically its upgraded charged version. That augment is so inconsistent in how it tells information and how it handles. Half the time I don't know where I'll end up after the dash. If the icon tells me Adam will climb up a ledge after the dash, half the time Adam just falls. Half the time the dash's distance is reduced and I end up falling and getting saved by Icarus Landing. Meanwhile Dishonored practically perfected first person vision based instant teleportation with Blink back in 2012 4 years before DE: MD.

[@relishcakes4525]

Wait..they are called “vision boards”? I always called them crazy walls…

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

Yup, a good tool untill you start to see connections that do not exiat.

[@anoninunen]

Pepe Silvia?

[@adri.progression]

@@JohnSmith-ox3gy Apophenia (/æpoʊˈfiːniə/) is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things.[1]

[@CaedoGenesis]

I'm glad you're alive man, sounds freakin intense. As for what to do next, your spicy take on Atom RPG if you can tolerate it would be cool!

[@stardogbillionaire]

Bro I sure as hell wasn't expecting you to come back so soon. And then to make a whole Deus Ex review. Hope all is going well.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

It's going well, but I definitely need to rest and catch my breath at some point.

[@grarmachine]

I think the reason melee takes biocell charge is just balance for corner camping; if there's no cell drain you just wait around a "suspicious" corner and clear the whole room as they all line up to investigate one at a time. I remember being bothered by it in both games though.

[@dustinmikulus9157]

This game is so underrated. One of the few games I play to the finish ever single time I play it

[@Cdaddyhudsoc]

I love how the opening of this is very positive. It makes it feel much more objective.(or rather personally subjective but less biased. you get you get what i mean) taking the good with the bad. That's why i like this channel. Great work

[@xXvironXx]

Before I even start watching, glad you're still alive and kickin! Looking forward to watching this one, Eidos Montréal has been the source of both good games, and pain lol

[@Mandalore646]

Holy crap man. I’m so glad to see an update from you. I’m so happy you’re still with us.

[@Empowerless]

Regarding the credits questions: Do Atom RPG!

[@janedoe1787]

Just bought that dope ass “Very warm jaw thing” from your merch shop, thought about changing the color but went for that classic red and black. My first piece of merch from a KZbinr, but you deserve it and I’m sorry I can’t do more! I’m prone to getting sick so I still live the masked life and that looked too hot not to add to my life.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

You rock. Thank you for that. Let me know if you get the wrong color. t-spring hgas been sketch. That's why it took so long to get merch out.

[@janedoe1787]

@@StratEdgyProductions no worries. I’ll let you know but either way I’ll enjoy.

[@Crhris]

33:00 As a drummer, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. We love to use dynamics (soft/medium/loud/anything in between) to create a certain feeling with music. We can also use accents to add flavor. The drum pattern you sung out is a pattern with accents. Ex: DUN dun dun DUN dun dun No accents: dun dun dun dun dun dun It's crazy how making one note slightly louder (or quieter) can add tons of tension or feel to a track.

[@nickstephens7863]

Had myself a FAT sigh of relief when i got this notification. Thanks for all the great videos dude. Looking forward to many more!

[@jaydamalley3398]

When it comes to the Praxis points, the way they explained it, lorewise, is that after you're reset to zero - and discovering that you have all these new augs inside you, Adam's body needs to get used to the augments again. So by doing quests and exploring, Adam's body gets more and more "attuned" to the augs, which then allows him to activate more of his abilities. With the black market augs as the exception, for which you need to have the *calibrator* .

[@spencermorgan2281]

"Mankind divided... love it or hate it" I see what you did.

[@raresmacovei8382]

Aside from the smaller scale of the main story vs Human Revolution, EVERYTHING about Mankind Divided is better than HR. By an order of magnitude.

[@dungeonmaster217]

STRAAAT!! I'm so glad to see updates from you.

[@thepopemichael]

Atom RPG would be fantastic! Mass Effect is overdone and "meh" - How many times can the same things and criticism be said over and over until it's a skip?

[@Deoxys_Used_Mimic]

HE LIIIIIIIIIIIIVES!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@Empowerless]

You can't kill the Messiah!

[@EaGilgamesh]

Yesss!! Can't wait to watch this after work! Thanks big mans for the huge uploads! Really makes my day seeing you post a new one!

[@justinbruce9808]

I think my favorite realization during my first playthrough of Mankind Divided was that being a combat oriented pacifist was viable. The joy of discovering that if I dropped the ball on stealth I wouldn't have to risk botching a no kill run without having to eat a duffelbag sized load of energy bars Glad to see you're still kicking my mans, viewing any of your content is always a joy

[@Calvin_Coolage]

In a way the stun pistol and dart rifle are a little too good, in that they kinda trivializes a non-lethal playthrough. But I love the rare games that let me be both non-lethal and loud.

[@elPominator]

Holy hell I am so glad to have got this notification, I have been swamped with work and only got around to watching your previous video 2 days ago, and needless to say, I was terrified, glad to see you are still kicking!

[@sokumotanaka9271]

Please do the Dishonored games, I'd watch the hell outta that.

[@Juwce_86]

Dishonored games are so wonderful

[@himbourbanist]

omfg yesss new Strat Edgy. Been binging your videos so this is exactly what my spleen wanted

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

the last video was sobering. I recently lost a sibling. I am glad you can continue to enjoy what this strange experience has to offer!

[@adaptivegrub4272]

Played ATOM for about 10 mins and it didnt grab me, maybe getting your opinion on it would make me look a bit deeper?

[@StratEdgyProductions]

I... DId the same thing. Took me about 8 hours to quit though. The writing is... Bad?

[@Serahpin]

Same. Played for a few hours but couldn't get into it and keep going.

[@LasherTimora]

I did three playthroughs of the game, two one after the other (I NEVER do this). I love the game.

[@psychodrummer1567]

Sometimes you need to be in the right "head space" for the game to gel. It took me 2 attempts to get into Witcher 3 and 4 attempts to get into Skyrim, for example.

[@MrZabersuv]

hilarious a half baked deus ex game is still better than most triple a games lol personally one of the best stealth game of all time imo

[@wynngwynn]

the level design wasn't half baked at all. I mean there's literally cleaning marks on the tables and stuff. There's so many places to explore and every computer you can hack has something you can read that will give you some insane stuff. Like there was some that made me cry and they weren't related to quests. Some are seriously heart wrenching. You can even FIND things referenced in many of the emails and stuff or even just see evidence of situations and then see emails later on and be like "oh my god I saw x situation". It's actually pretty good. Just a rando body somewhere or a pad you found in a lockbox. They are all related to something. There was an apartment I broke into after jumping on awnings and it wasn't a quest but there was a timed trap with gas (no quest whatsoever or ANYTHING related to it) and it was JUST for exploring. What other game does that? Got rewarded with some nice things to break down or sell. Nothing like neuropozine or anything but it wasn't a waste of time either since I think there were a few credit chips and some other stuff left around. It wasn't a common place either since I only saw ONE reddit thread mentioning this apartment trap. It wasn't a common place people happened upon.

[@sakalaath]

@@wynngwynn The story is half baked, not the levels.

[@nicoyazawa6890]

Want to start off by saying that I was so fucking happy when I saw this video in my notifications, I was so fucking worried that you kicked the bucket after that last video and I just want to say that I'm glad the surgery panned out, I wish you the best of luck with the future. On a different note though I'd fucking love a video on the Dishonored series my dude.

[@baconaterlover5399]

I absolutely loved playing this game. I can look past flaws if it means I vibe with the world. This game did a really good job at making a great world even though 80% of the game is in the same geographical area. Maybe I just like immersive sim design when it comes to games, or maybe it’s the fact I got the complete edition for $9. Either way I really enjoyed the game, and I wish Eidos wasn’t stuck making avengers games so they could finish off Adams story.

[@sevoftalpha]

So glad to see this video and to hear you're mostly hanging in there. As for the content, I have a soft spot for Dishonored and even in my limited ability to analyze games, I thought there was a lot to say about the 2nd and generally about the series. I'll be happy to watch anyway, whichever you pick in the end.

[@ethanreynolds2951]

So glad to see a video, you been in our thought brother 🙏

[@dividedby1024]

Been sick all week from a severe infection and while I've been sick I've been playing A Criminal Past DLC for Mankind Divided. I just got out of urgent care today and I come home to find a Strat-Edgy on Mankind Divided. Fucking Illuminati.

[@InsomniaticVampire]

Always a good night at work when i get a new video from you. I would love to see you go through Atom rpg. I don't think ive really heard anyone talking about it.

[@fusionfountain]

For all of cyberpunks (many) flaws, something that really positively surprised me was your stats giving you Access to unique interactions like for instance my strength focus character could just rip open field metal doors because he’s so jacked he can just overpower them. That genuinely never fail to make me smile like a total idiot, just being jacked enough to rip open the pressure door got me so hype each time 😂

[@BastardOfUnknownOrigins]

Traveling through vents feels like passing through the wardrobe to Narnia genuinely fantastical.

[@901Cardinal]

I have fond memories of this game. I thought the story was engaging and insightful something many games can’t do. Critics really did drop the ball on it by saying it was “good” this game will be seen as a remarkable accomplishment years down the line. Though DE:HR is still the cream of the crop.

[@lebastion7812]

Nah

[@hsssbjejew764]

it will be forgotten... don't fool yourself

[@ConeTheBoss559]

@@hsssbjejew764 so deep

[@noobingtosurvive]

Can we just appreciate this man puts in content no matter what life throws at him?

[@everlytriplett112]

Super up for Dishonored or Mass Effect. I'd love either of the two!

[@mikitadou]

This is my absolutely favorite Deus Ex. Passed it 14 times since its release and still coming back.

[@wynngwynn]

Yeah people can shit on this game all they want it's my favorite one just because of how much of prague I just explored and crawled through and hung out in.

[@cubine]

Since you asked: When I’m playing drums (including double bass stuff) I don’t notice my heart rate so much, but I do tend to breathe in time with the music. Depending on the tempo I’ll inhale/exhale every 2, 4 or 8 beats. Basically my breathing stays at a normal speed relative to the tempo

[@StratEdgyProductions]

There's a fantastic documentary called: The heart is a drum machine, I think it's on netflix. I watched it years ago. Really good stuff. They had this pair of pianists who we're deaf and kept rhythm through feeling the bass.

[@andrewmorgan9902]

Watching this a second time in 24 hours. It's real good to hear your voice. And this was a real uplifting notification to wake up to

[@acjackson127]

Good to see you okay and I wish you the best as always.

[@relishcakes4525]

First premier I’ve bothered to catch, just wanted to say I hope recovery is going well!

[@TheInsomniaddict]

The argument against Augs being unrealistic, one thing to keep in mind: They're trendy. Most of Human Revolution played with people getting them because they were status symbols. Hong Kong was a good example where prostitutes were being forced to get augs in order to make more money. It was a novelty, and saying "no one would willingly cut off their arms" I think is understating human desires to want to fit in and seem hip or cool or whathaveyou. We already see some crazy shit happening in today's world thanks to similar social pressures. Also most of the augs in Human Revolution were used by the rich or famous. The others that had them were predominantly thugs who worked for companies that built the augs to begin with. Otherwise the most likely candidate for augs would be people that could use them in sales (there was a social aug in the first game that was trying to sell you something, can't remember what) or could use them to work around physical disabilities which likely came out as the cheaper option for insurance companies (eg, Jensen). In Mankind Divided the Incident happened and the reason why most Augs are poor is because no one trusts them any longer. Augments made sense when they could easily pay for them, but as soon as some Augs went crazy and started killing people by the hundreds, well augments no longer seemed to be a desirable asset in business. Or in society. It's one of the most realistic parts of the whole game.

[@artistanthony1007]

I actually would gladly replace my legs with Cyber ones, preferably Digitigrade ones because I walk alot and I really dont like how my legs get sore but I of course would like it to be partly organic so it uses some of my natural legs' strengths or whatever.

[@connorrichard9851]

People often find that shitting on a thing is an easier and enjoyable way to write a critique, and I think that's a little bit of Strat's image, but my favorite parts of his videos is when he's got both positive, useful things to say and individual gripes with examples. The positivity is oddly the best parts of these videos lol and I hope that Strat never feels the need to be extremely sarcastic and cynical for entertainment's sake.

[@TheShittyCook]

Good to see you alive dude. I wish you health

[@anguishedcarpet]

Was not disoriented or thrown out of the ludonarrative once by the little KO cutscenes, that complaint was blown way out of proportion imo lol

[@user-kk8nt3xx5r]

Jesus Christ. I'm a lawyer, and you summed up the firm glamour shots 100% perfectly.

[@smokingone]

This was my favorite game in the series. I really liked how you could bypass locked doors (lockpicking and hacking?) with typhoon, and you could craft multi-tools on demand, so there was really no need for any augmentations to hacking or lockpicking which allowed you to focus on more tactical augs. What I remember enjoying most was taking out entire squads of enemies (5 or more) by using stealth/invisibility with silent running, rushing right into the center of their group then popping off typhoon. The only gun I used the entire game was the pistol and I played on the hardest setting. As for the cutscenes, I loved them because I knew it was an Iframe and if I got to position for the takedown or typhoon it couldn't be stopped. They really improved on HR with this title in my opinion, Adam was much more versatile and had more character development. I wish they would make a part 3......

[@sneaux9009]

Haven't watched the video yet, just wanted to say I'm happy and relieved to see you post another video. I hope you and your family are doing well!

[@docsalty9679]

Really glad to see you still hanging in there

[@grognougnou]

18:10 Yeah, to perform takedowns, energy is needed. But if you play on PC, with mods, you remove the energy cost for theses moves. That said, in the game there are a lots of energy cells and a shortcut to use them, so using takedowns it isn't really a problem.

[@CynicalMartian]

That whole "yay you did it you played the game" bit made me cackle at work when I was supposed to be doing something other than KZbin

[@wynngwynn]

if you don't treat MK-D like a "Get from point A to B" game it is a lot deeper than you'd give it credit for. The level designs are amazing and you can find way more story in all the hackable computers than you'd imagine. There's some side stories that aren't even really quests that you can see part 1, 2 and 3's of or more that take place just through the stuff you read and find evidence of and can put together in your head from the things you find around and names mentioned etc. This game isn't really for the run and gun guy because they will finish the game in idk like 6 hours.

[@thenamelessone3471]

Glad you found the time to make another video!

[@apoletestry3766]

I really should get back to playing the Deus Ex game. Something about it, the lore, game gameplay and how you're able to go about to complete your objective is so open... and versatile. Something like Deus Ex a product of it's time.

[@gimpuccino]

Thankful you're still making content dude, another superb video. When I saw the notification on my phone I nearly choked up. Hope you're doing well

[@adoggred]

1, glad you're ok man, was at work a couple days ago listening to your outer worlds video when I heard about your condition, had me freaking out for the rest of the shift. 2, had me busting up during your body moving segment, can just imagine a master of stealth slinging bodies at mach 5 into a wall in order to prevent them from being seen.

[@Jordan_Frye]

I replayed Dishonored around the end of last summer and I gotta say that story hits different in a big way when you're in the middle of a pandemic. Anyways, I'd enjoy hearing your updated take on the game.

[@squid6884]

So Happy that you are okay!!!!!!! Love ya homie!

[@dreadgrave3379]

I'm very glad to see you still kicking by the way ;0; I missed the new Outer Worlds till a couple days ago so this one coming out "so soon" was a surprise. While I would like to hear if the DLC "fixes" the problems of base game I cannot pass up an opportunity to hear more long form opinions on Dishonored, even as messed up as I believe 2 is I love the series dearly. The only other thing that would excite me is if you looked into Seven: Days Long Gone. It's a kinda jank top-down open-world stealth thing. Personally is scratches so many itches I've had and is just unique enough in it's field that even if it's sitting in the kind of AA or B tier space it's a crime that it isn't on more people's radar.

[@SomeOneOneOne]

One of my favorite games!

[@vitolapinta]

Aayyyeee this channel is gold. It scratches some mental itch for me. Much love.

[@frogtales1368]

Fuck yes, another nostalgia trip. Thanks Strat. Glad to see you're still in action, I hopped on without even looking at the title.

[@PunishedGayMelGibson]

There's tons of magazines for all kinds of careers and job sectors. Plumbers, truck drivers, IT. Mostly targeted towards the people in those fields.

[@robdielemans9189]

Been playing through witcher 3 at the moment and that game does finishing moves without breaking the feeling of control really well.

[@xtremereggae]

Absolutely enjoyed this video - you analyse things most reviewers fail to mention. Makes me want to replay mankind divided, which is my favourite DX title besides the OG. Great work mate!

[@andreasdalhberg5460]

This upload made me do a double take. I'm really happy to see you're back and still with us.

[@sukamadik5983]

10:45 That little segment of the video encapsulates how I feel about that 1000%, thank you for saying it out loud. You are now my spirit animal.

[@aaRept]

I was scouting comments and any sort of activity since the last video. Boy, am I glad to see a new video from you!

[@brandonthomas6602]

I love Mankind Divided a lot, originally came to your channel from watching deus ex reviews, so glad to see this.

[@andycic.544]

Would really love to see a full series dishonored critique some of my favorite games

[@esqueejy]

As a lawyer, I can tell you in all honesty: we think that sh-t is ridiculous too. They try to rope you in by granting you some initiation award that gets your name in a list for "rising stars" in some annual publication or something, BUT then the emails start begging you to "upgrade" your profile and search result prominence. It's annoying, and only very very few actually have a legit vetting process that checks your work and asks judges about your performance.

[@StratEdgyProductions]

See, I figured it was "prey on ego" thing because it seems like such a ridiculous thing to me. It all seems to coincide with the magazines online google rating. I think we had a 6 or a 7 and most of the company's value was based on it.

[@esqueejy]

@@StratEdgyProductions Sure, it's an ego thing of course, but it's primarily preying on your need to get your name in front of potential clients and hype your services. They give you a little accolade and one line in a mag and a search result on their site, but then bug you for money to get more "premium" service like a full page in the mag or premium web space that allows a bio as opposed to just your basic info haha. One could be reductionist and call that just "ego", but it's also a "you only eat what you kill" world out there.

[@Ikcatcher]

I feel like this game gets more hate than it honestly deserves, I genuinely feel like this had more similarities with the original Deus Ex than Human Revolution

[@RatboyW]

Didn't know whether or not we'd be seeing you again, glad you're still around, brother! Would love to see you cover Mass Effect, just finished playing the series for my gf so we'd be down to see your take on them

[@kyonbebop4416]

You are alive! ¡Vamos todavia carajo! Im soo happy to see another of your videos! Thank you.

[@dreadgrave3379]

The Icarus Landing system is what broke me. I just want to land quietly and safely behind someone to resume stealth. *SUPER LONG, LOUD AND DISORIENTING CUTSCENE* -~- Thanks

[@jamesb7994]

Mr. Edgy is back sooner than I could have hoped for

[@ScarletAdorned]

Was glad to see this up; bit behind and finished the Outer Worlds vid the other day, only to frantically check here and twitter to make sure you were still around (may have gotten something in my eyes just a bit... Damn... Eye contaminants). Relatively new follow but happened to stumble on the Vampire and Tormet videos randomly (which was fantastic - lol sorry edit cause I was apparently sleepy and saying nonsense) and been watching others and getting to older ones sporadically since But really enjoy your takes, tangents, style and the whole deal, so I was legitimately happy to see a new vid, happy to hear some major bros helped so much, and excited there's more on the way (hopefully on to the forseeable future) Anyway, for what comes next I am kinda stoked on where you are maybr heading We seem to be in sync a smidge as I semi recently finished another swing at Outer Worlds(after a long wait for a crash causing bug fix that held me up for months on my 'kill almost all' run... Which was pretty underwhelming tbh) while feeling too burnt out and skipping the DLC lol Then am partway through ME Legendary, JUST played through Dishonored 1 for the first time on a ghost/clean hands run, and almost done my much messier high chaos run... Deciding on DLC or going straight on to D2 next and if you get a vid out that may influence that Bonus that I just redownloaded Atom RPG the other day(as part of convincing myself I will actually clear the hundreds of games deep backlog), so would be cool to see a vid before or after if I give that a shot too

[@henrik1743]

I finally got into this game when I wanted to several times but It never stuck to me. Then when I heard the TF29 song in the HQ I just felt this vibe and then the gameplay loop also connected for me, using the stun gun and just pew pewing my way through. I was amazed how good the writing was and the level design and Prague itself. I know czech so it was really fun to listen in to conversations. It's so sad that they didn't get another chance at a Deus ex, when I think this game in many ways is better at being cyberpunk than cyberpunk. There are so many hilarious details if you pay attention as well, like I broke in Prague into a storage facility that belonged to a store, and when I next time spoke to the store owner he hinted he had seen me on the security footage, and I was shocked and thought it was amazing. I have played a shitton of games as well through my life, but mankind divided was a game where I actively didn't rush the main story and went through the side missions as well. Give it a try folks, when you get into Deus Ex finally after fiddeling with the controls and all, it's so worth it.

[@SeruraRenge11]

Well the in-universe reason for Adam's ridiculously over-augmented body and replaced arms even if that doesn't sound like a great idea is because Sarif hacked up his body way more than is necessary in order to turn him into the ultimate weapon. He didn't ask for this after all. Mechanically, the real question is why do lethal takedowns cost as much as nonlethal ones? There's already a drawback to lethal takedowns, they're louder (which NEVER made sense to me because how goddamn loud can his arm blades possibly be?) and you get less xp for killing people. There's no reason that it should cost just as much as the version that has almost no drawbacks aside from having to hide the body.

[@garretwoeller7669]

The gold filter made Human revolution what it was and I loved it because think about Jenson wears golden Shades so of course he has a gold filter on screen I am still pissed we aren't getting the last one but if we do they better make that shit the Cyberpunk we never got

[@jhelmuth]

Lmao! That mention of the requiem for a dream scene but with the group of lawyers cracked my shit up

[@pmorfio8583]

Glad to see you’re still here. Dishonored would be sweet :)

[@Itherael00]

Makes me happy to know you're still going strong dude, love your content and thanks for making it!

[@arrtemfly]

a gep gun is a good choice for close-range combat.

[@TheOilyBean]

Gotta love Strat showing up out of the shadows of youtube with a well made video essay proving my memories of enjoying a game I liked were wrong. Glad to see you again!

[@jimthegrapple6086]

The removal of melee weapons from Deus ex 1 and 2 was one of the biggest mistakes in the series

[@Rebd88]

OMG, so glad you’re back Strat!

[@adrevenue1496]

I love the 10:45 bit, it really seemed like your anger slowly built as you started it. And as you talk it slowly becomes less and less of a joke and more of a vent

[@False97]

Glad to see you post again! Last video was worrying