Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 236 Ratings

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  1. lurkerr
    Jan 2, 2013
    1
    Keep your money guys. You better spent it on туче Deus Ex rather this .... strange thing. Authors of this nonsense must be ashamed. That was the second and the last time I bought DLC without playing a demo of it first . This is not an DLC but a try to make some money fast using a strong franchise.

    While it is supposed to be really missed 3 days from original    Keep your money guys. You better spent it on туче Deus Ex rather this .... strange thing. Authors of this nonsense must be ashamed. That was the second and the last time I bought DLC without playing a demo of it first . This is not an DLC but a try to make some money fast using a strong franchise.

    While it is supposed to be really missed 3 days from original story, you can not import your existing hero. You have no accustomed powers. You have no explanation, why Jensen shows no wonder being freed from the chains (chair to be precise). Same rooms, same levels for a good amount of time. Worst "ship" of all times. Authors have no idea that any unsecured cargo with even a little wind will became a deadly projectile so there may be no boxes laying around. The longest speeches I have ever saw having place in this DLC and it looks like they exists solely to stretch the game time a bit. Too much of women screams repeating the same things. Not sure if recently raped or beaten women have a bravery to attract their torturers attention... Honestly I doubt it. A lot of holes in the story like "you will have only one use on his eye". Isn't that clearly says that the second return will be through the cold Burke's body? Tons, dozens of weak walls. It's a miracle that ship and the base still exist in one piece, no really they sound like a swiss cheese - hole on the hole. Quest problems: sorry mate, you can't go up this stairs or we will mark current quest as failed one. No really? The damned 1 meter fails all the progress and leave no hope? Daaady pleeeeeaaaase may I open this door without having quest failed? Jensen vis-a-vis uses voice transformer for a first few communications but after that drops out any caution. Who cares about radio interception? Damn, guys, this is all about their (Jensen and do-not-want-to-spoil) lives!!! OMG! They uses the scorched earth tactic!!! They let the gas out. Wait what? Gas? Come on even in our 2012 nor gus, nor explosion hides nothing. Every piece of metal, plastic and tissue may and will tell a long story. Besides that they knows about augmentation that makes immune to gas and Jensen by their own words has a best augs they ever see. And their own soldiers walks without gas masks. Brilliantly.    … Expand
  2. Likeyou
    Nov 1, 2011
    0
    Dont buy this Dlc. Trust me. I am a Customer and they need to earn money, but its over that fast, that it hurts in your wallet. Not enough Deus Ex cant reach the athmosphere of part 1 even part 2.. The immersion they told you about.. Dont exists in the Dlc and merely in the maingame.
    Its just a hit in the face. Design decisions made by the dev forced you to throw away your beloved goods    Dont buy this Dlc. Trust me. I am a Customer and they need to earn money, but its over that fast, that it hurts in your wallet. Not enough Deus Ex cant reach the athmosphere of part 1 even part 2.. The immersion they told you about.. Dont exists in the Dlc and merely in the maingame.
    Its just a hit in the face. Design decisions made by the dev forced you to throw away your beloved goods and yes you can store them, but there are no crates, there are no boxes, or safes you can put it in.
    And you can see it, it looks like a playstation or an Xbox game.. They will deliver 2 markets, but a Pc-Player likes complex games. And Consolegames arent. This no Cyberpunky Rpg this is a mess.

    You gather and like to level, only to make sure that you soon and thats very soon have to throw away something. Or maybe to sell. But even thats senseless cuz the Vendors havent much interesting in stock. That means to sell it makes not much sense..^^
    The whole game feels like gothic 3. They made all the great promises, but that things never made it in game.
    The story.. is like in Dragon Age.. Feels like if the devs wanna do an rpg to kick some.. You know what I mean. But soon you understand, that there is no magic in that. But thats why you liked the older Deus Ex..
    And believe me, the quests are terrible. You have to do hard work to go on in that okay story but its not fun, cuz the gameplay soon let you loose your fun in that. And nothing from that few, you maybe can like from the original Deus Ex you can see in the Dlc.. Its not worth your money. Dont believe that fanboys. Guess they get money to say that.^^    … Expand
  3. malau
    Oct 20, 2011
    1
    Dreary cramped environment, same bland colours, dated graphics, going thru same areas back and forth, Security Scans, stupid AI - just SOME of the reasons to hate this DLC.

    The only way to play this game and find it enjoyable would be to use a trainer that gives you infinite XP points so that you can buy all the upgrades. Because only a masochist would want to play this more than once and    Dreary cramped environment, same bland colours, dated graphics, going thru same areas back and forth, Security Scans, stupid AI - just SOME of the reasons to hate this DLC.

    The only way to play this game and find it enjoyable would be to use a trainer that gives you infinite XP points so that you can buy all the upgrades. Because only a masochist would want to play this more than once and you'll get sick of the route you want to take being blocked by (for example) a heavy cardboard box - you want to waste a precious Praxis point on being able to lift heavy cardboard boxes ? No me neither ! So you are forced to yomp around looking for grills in the wall/floor, the act of doing which usually means you bump into a patrolling AI who instantly sounds the alarms calls all his pals !
    Bugger this !    … Expand
  4. colin_jack
    Dec 15, 2011
    4
    Deus Ex is a great game but this DLC is way too expensive given how small it is (4 hours play) and basically involves wandering around a ship. Needed to be a lot bigger and more interesting to be worth buying.
  5. syrik
    Oct 18, 2011
    0
    $15 DLC....wow. That's more expensive than the original game if you go by playtime. All for a part of the story that appears in the middle of the original campaign, so should have probably been included in the game in the first place. It's not even an addition to the story, it's a part they left out so they could sell it to you later, FOR MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL! Pass on Eidos, forever.

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#96 Best PC Game of 2011
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#73 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Apr 11, 2012
    50
    A disjointed approach to play harms The Missing Link's value to Human Revolution's main story arc.
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  2. CD-Action
    Nov 29, 2011
    80
    The Missing Link complements Adam's story from the Human Revolution and on the other hand adds some new challenges. At times it even surpasses the original. [December 2011, p.97]
  3. PC Games (Russia)
    Nov 23, 2011
    75
    More boring than the core game, but a worthy effort compared to other games' DLCs. [December 2011, p.87]
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