Some have complained that Prague alone makes the game less visually and culturally broad, but I love the world design. I lost hours breaking into various non story-critical buildings in search of loot or just gossip in the emails sections of hacked computers. The hub city of Prague is an excellent piece of level design, packed with environmental storytelling and while still large clearly more focused on density. There's a slightly reduced focus this time: where Human Revolution had two city hubs and then various mission-specific zones, Mankind Divided sticks to one hub but significantly changes it over the course of the game as the political situation escalates. With that said, the game's world is incredibly well built. You remain locked to his point of view though, and Adam is powerful and has a status most do not. In some areas of the game - in particular a mission string set in an aug ghetto - there's excellent work done to show how bad things are beyond Adam's perspective. What happened to aug oppression? Some NPCs might refuse to talk to you until you put the gun away. Adam, an aug, happily jogs around with a gun out and nobody says a thing. Players never get a chance to feel the injustice, and so they never really feel it. Things happen around Jensen or in his eyeline, but never to him. There's no real consequence felt on the player's side. But Adam is a super-special dude with papers from Interpol, so he isn't really impacted - he and the player just have to deal with a slightly irate cop for 30 seconds. If you get on the human part of the Prague metro (which functionally is fast travel) on the other end a cop will harass you for using it. There's some lovely touches throughout the game to drive home these ideas, but perhaps Adam isn't the right character to explore them. Many of you will have seen the kerfuffle over the use of the slogan 'Aug Lives Matter' in some official artwork or the phrase 'Mechanical Apartheid' used in marketing - the game isn't quite as heavy-handed as this, but still struggles to do anything of import with its frankly fascinating themes. It seems like the game wants to make a statement but struggles to figure out exactly what it is it's trying to say other than that, obviously, racism is bad. Ultimately this is one of the places the story stumbles. Pro-augmented movements have sprung up, and even in his own military police department Adam is alone in being augmented and because of it seems distrusted by his colleagues. You walk through Prague and signs of this are everywhere: train carriages are divided into aug and human carriages, and the augmented are often homeless and being harassed by police. It's hard to fault that - the previous game was one of my favourites of the last generation.'ĭespite Adam's best efforts, the events of the previous game saw augmented people do some pretty terrible stuff against their will that in turn left them demonized as second-class citizens. 'Eidos Montreal clearly thought Human Revolution worked out for them and so they've stuck with that formula. In Mankind Divided he's working out of Prague for an arm of Interpol, though all isn't well in Prague or indeed the world at large. He's good with computers and can hack with the best of them, but is also an ex-cop with a deep sense of justice and a nose for digging into conspiracies and other bad situations. This basically means he has hugely complex metal arms and legs and the like, but also lots of other upgrades that significantly improve his abilities.Īdam has all the skills one might expect for a protagonist in a dystopian sci-fi romp. During the opening of the previous game Adam was 'augmented' after being seriously wounded. The game once again puts you into the role of Adam Jensen in the not-so far flung future of 2029. It's hard to fault that - the previous game was one of my favourites of the last generation. Eidos Montreal clearly thought Human Revolution worked out for them and so they've stuck with that formula. I always think it's something of a cop-out to say 'fans of the genre will enjoy.' or 'if you liked this other game.' but it's rarely more true or appropriate than it is here. how much do you like Deus Ex: Human Revolution? Mankind Divided is more of that - better in most ways and not quite as good in a few others. It's a rare game that allows you to be truly succinct about what you want to say, but Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is one of them. Often when writing a review of a game it's difficult to wrap up concisely. Adam Jensen's return is bloody good stuff - I just wish it were a more complete story.

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