Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Eidos Montreal / August 22, 2011 / Rated Mature

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Released

2011

Publisher

Square Enix

Time to beat

~17 hrs

Community

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is the third entry in the franchise and takes part as a prequel to the original Deus Ex. To save his life, Adam Jensen, a former SWAT officer must fill his body with augmentations. Humanity has battled any threat to it and now live in a cyberpunk world of future. When a new form of augmentations must be revealed, Sarif Industries is attacked by the group called the Tyrants. When Adam tries to save the facility, group leader Namir heavily wounds Jensen and kills Megan Reed. David Sarif saves Adam's life, and he places augmentations in his body making him a supernatural human being, Jensen must investigate the problem of extremists in the modern world.

One of the key features of the game is a flexible storyline. Based on your actions, the game will actually react to it by hiding some subplots or changing the main plot a little depending on your subject choices. The gameplay on its own is a stealth shooter with a big using implemented use of augmentations and experience system in order to level up your abilities.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is an action role-playing game developed by Eidos-Montréal and published by Square Enix. The game is a prequel to the original Deus Ex (2000) and the third installment in the Deus Ex series. The gameplay combines first-person shooter, stealth, and role-playing elements. It features exploration and combat in environments connected to multiple city-based hubs, in addition to quests that grant experience and allow customization of the main character's abilities with items called Praxis Kits. Set in the year 2027, players control Adam Jensen, a security officer for Sarif Industries, a company which develops controversial artificial organs dubbed "augmentations". After an attack on Sarif, Jensen undergoes extensive augmentation and investigates the shadowy organization behind the attack. The story explores themes of transhumanism and the growing power of megacorporations and their impact on social class. It also uses the series' cyberpunk setting and conspiracy theory motif.