On paper, the game doesn’t look very long-especially for an RPG. Indeed, a player so inclined might spend three hours doing nothing but raiding apartments and reading emails, with not a shot fired. The player has an exceptional amount of control over how quickly or slowly the game moves exploration, patience, and combat roles all serve to influence the speed of the game. These moments are powerful, partially as a function of their rarity, and feel right in the argumentative climate of Deus Ex, where the fundamental conflict is the augmentation debate raging in the background.ĭeus Ex also distinguishes itself with a unique pace-so far as a set pace exists, anyways. These conversations feel genuine, rather than scripted, as choosing particular responses can dramatically change the flow and tone of an argument an option that sounds good could press the wrong button and cause an opponent to completely shut you out, or alternatively, could turn that same person to your cause. This is felt most viscerally when the story crescendos there are several crux moments where the player is involved in arguments with NPC’s and must aim to persuade the individual in question. That fidelity informs Revolution down to its core, and makes it successful. This game doesn’t feel like a caricature the ideas and conflicts feel true to life, and so does the argument the game hinges on. At the heart of Human Revolution is the augmentation debate, and within it are shades of modern day quandaries, reflections of the everyday arguments of politics, science, and religion.Ĭare has been taken here to craft a genuine, believable world. William Gibson has said that all great science fiction isn’t really about the future, it’s about the present-and that’s part of the strength of Deus Ex. I spend most of my days waiting for games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution to come along games that do science fiction well, and authentically.
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