Deus Ex: Human Revolution

The only reason this short but to the point review took a while for me personally because I wanted to "have Deus Ex". That means that I agreed on beating hard mode and boy does it live up to its name, being much more difficult than the original game.

A very well developed prequel to the original, Human Revolution is delightful in the sense that it carries over mature themes like the original, and improves on it by being more graphic, intellectual and making more sense. Implementing better graphics, inserting a new communication manipulation system as well as a well thought out hacking mini game and being more difficult than the first game creates a new entry for the franchise that can easily stand on both feet by it's own.

The 3 reasons why this gets a slightly lower score than it's future sequel is that first of all, the original is a longer game. Secondly, the soundtrack is superior there as well, and finally, the boss fights in this game are uninspiring, wrongfully designed and painfully annoying. The ones in the original were quite obnoxious and even odd for boss battle standards, but they aren’t as bad as the ones in here.

We have seen augmentations before, but perhaps not as polished or balanced as the ones in here. Everytime you would obtain enough experience points, or collect a praxis, you would be able to upgrade one of your inner systems by the use of augmentations. Pretty much all of the upgrades are useful by their own, but do know what kind of playstyle you will be going. If you are going all rambo on the enemies, do not consider to use your scarce upgrades into hacking skills.

Once again does the game end with you choosing for a faction or a “truth” to enter the world. The voice acting and dialogue by the way were marvelous to read and the music was impressive and fitting. The multipath system is still intact, which is good. A minor concern is that the A.I. isn’t the most intelligent, but other than that, Human Revolution will most likely surprise you with its content and eye for details.

If you are looking for a first person shooter with way more to offer than just killing everything on sight, Human Revolution would be a good start, with it's interesting storyline about ethics, prosthetics, conspiracy theories and the evolution of man and machine.

Rating: 8.4