Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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  1. toddzy
    Dec 31, 2016
    8
    Key: 1 = Poor, 3 = Average, 5 = Great

    Graphics 5
    Audio 4
    Characters 2
    Story 3
    Controls 5
    Intuitiveness 5
    Artificial Intelligence 2
    Physics 4

    A nice walk down memory lane re Deus Ex HR. One bug but was nothing intolerable. Good fun.
  2. Klewer
    Apr 15, 2020
    8
    A great game for fans of Human Revolution. Lets you customise how you can play and can approach combat different each time and gives you alternatives to lethal combat. Tech side of things is fun, if a little repetitive in the mini games. Slightly abrupt ending but worth a play.
  3. giskarduk
    Aug 28, 2016
    8
    I would have given this game a 10, something I very rarely do, but forcing me to watch 20 minutes of scrolling end credits destroyed the mood, so its getting an 8.

    First up, Value for money. It definitely fails my £1 per hour of gameplay = true value of the game, test. The game costs £40 but is only 25 hours long. However, fans of this kind of game will definitely play it more than    I would have given this game a 10, something I very rarely do, but forcing me to watch 20 minutes of scrolling end credits destroyed the mood, so its getting an 8.

    First up, Value for money.

    It definitely fails my £1 per hour of gameplay = true value of the game, test. The game costs £40 but is only 25 hours long. However, fans of this kind of game will definitely play it more than once so for them it would be good value for money.

    Plot

    The plot for this game clearly takes place some time before Deus Ex 1 and references many NPCs that later appear in the Original game.

    Unlike normal presequels this is rather well done and builds up the backstory for the original leaving you wanting to load up Deus Ex 1 right after finishing Mankind Divided.... but that 20 minute credit list spoils that moment.

    Unlike Human Envolution, this game does take the original DX1 plot alot further than just argumentations. I could ignore Dx Invisible War (which is a farce) and even DX Human Evolution and just play Mankind Divided and then Deus Ex 1 and not feel like I missed anything vital.

    However i recommend ignoring Deus Ex Invisible war, it really is a terrible game and starting with Human Evolution, then Mankind Divided and finally at this point... Deus Ex 1...

    I suspect there will be another game made to fit between Mankind Divided and DX1, it feels like it but I am hoping for a DX1 remake at some point now they have perfected the gameplay and level designs.

    The DX1 camparision.

    All previous Deus Ex sequels failed to meet Deus Ex 1s standards in some way. DX Invisible war was just farce and I like to pretend it simply does not exist. DX Human Evolution got the core game play right and improved on it, but the levels let it down.

    Because of that, DX fans had gotten used to Deus Ex sequels not living up to the original.

    So what made the original so great ?

    Well, lots of choice, gun ho, none lethal, hacker... you could choose how you played the game, though it nearly always ended as a gun fight in the end. Lots of great levels too, my personal favourite was Hong Kong in the original and I still recommned players play the original even today.

    How does Deus Ex Mankind divided compare to that classic ?

    Honestly... it completely blows it away in every single area.

    Seriousy, this game beats the original Deus EX 1 hands down.

    Its levels are better, the characters are better, the choices work all the way through the game and not just in the first half of the game. There are very real consiquences for the choices you make so you cannot have your cake and eat it, you have to choose a path thats constantly changing and giving you more options on how to proceed.

    I for example took the none lethal approach but at times I just had to load up my shot gun and go gun ho because some levels, whilst possible to complete as a none lethal player, where far easier to complete with a shot gun in my hand.

    Others where easy to complete in a none lethal manner, so using weapons made it harder to win.

    In the end a combination of skills proved best, though the game fully supported all the choices I chose and was very well balanced.

    I played though the game on what appeared to be a fairly normal difficulty and had no real problems once I realised most boss fights had the solution to the boss on the level with the boss. You just have to go and search.

    I especially liked the last boss fight which I finished with a sneaky hack.... so do not think you have to Go Ho it.... you dont.... go searching.... you will be surprised :)

    The Original Deus Ex did not do this in the last half of the game, it was a pure shooter by then.

    Even ammo vs enemies matters, some enemies cannot easily be tranquilised, others needed emp ammo to stun them to give you a chance to destroy them with conventional ammo without being shot dead your self. The none lethal take down does not work all the time either and some enemies need multiple tranqs to drop.

    Then we have Breach, a game that is included in Mankind Divided. You can find Breach levels through out the Mankind Divided game and unlock more of Breach at Mankind Divided's main menu. Breach is separate from Mankind Divided but part of it, rather complicated to explain and I may have gotten the details wrong here but this is called going the extra mile and counts as one of several extra miles the devs went in this game. You can also find triangles that you scan with your phone to unlock things in the phone game, not something that interests me but still cool. Also the DLCs tha    … Expand
  4. jumpmanexe
    Sep 13, 2016
    8
    Mankind Divided is excellent but felt disappointing and left a bad aftertaste.
    Instead of delivering an enjoyable ride with a dynamic and rich story, the game focused on promoting it's unpublished sequels by stalling the main quest with filler and cliff hangers.
    For a game with a universe that has a magnitude that rivals the one of Half-Life, to deliver a the same amount of story of Doom    Mankind Divided is excellent but felt disappointing and left a bad aftertaste.
    Instead of delivering an enjoyable ride with a dynamic and rich story, the game focused on promoting it's unpublished sequels by stalling the main quest with filler and cliff hangers.
    For a game with a universe that has a magnitude that rivals the one of Half-Life, to deliver a the same amount of story of Doom 2016, left me feeling robed of the main reason I bought the game.
    As for every other aspect of the game it's excellence incarnated, but very hard to enjoy.    … Expand
  5. Whippyice
    Aug 25, 2016
    8
    Really enjoying DeusEx, the story is compelling and side missions are like an excellent side dish to a well rounded meal, a little disappointing by the fact that the UI was not properly redesigned for mouse and keyboard but its functional,

    Usually i would mark a game down for having micro transactions in it but it wasn't until i come on to write this that i realized there even was any    Really enjoying DeusEx, the story is compelling and side missions are like an excellent side dish to a well rounded meal, a little disappointing by the fact that the UI was not properly redesigned for mouse and keyboard but its functional,

    Usually i would mark a game down for having micro transactions in it but it wasn't until i come on to write this that i realized there even was any so i can't mark it down if i honestly didn't notice they where even a option

    Bit of a fizzle at the end but when you look at the game as a complete product its fantastic,
    I ASKED FOR THIS    … Expand
  6. PEnchan707
    Oct 24, 2017
    8
    It's got good gameplay mechanics and it's replayable by virtue of the different play styles on offer but, based on what I consider a Deus Ex game to be, it fails to meet its potential due to a severe lack of locations.

    My playtime was 39 hours but over 32 of these was in one place; Prague. Imagine if the original DX was almost entirely in Hell's Kitchen? Then there's 2 hours or so    It's got good gameplay mechanics and it's replayable by virtue of the different play styles on offer but, based on what I consider a Deus Ex game to be, it fails to meet its potential due to a severe lack of locations.

    My playtime was 39 hours but over 32 of these was in one place; Prague. Imagine if the original DX was almost entirely in Hell's Kitchen?

    Then there's 2 hours or so in Golem city, which admittedly is beautifully designed with a huge attention to detail. However, the rest of those 5 hours are made up of a miniscule 3 main missions outside of Prague and Golem City. In fact, one of them is the tutorial level.

    If you take a list of the main missions and places to see in the original DX and compare them to Mankind Divided, it's absolutely laughable. There's very little sense of adventure here.

    The game designates missions by M for main and S for side. M17 is the last main mission but don't let the number 17 fool you, MANY of those so-called main missions are simply things like, 'Go back to HQ and see Jim', or 'Go back to your apartment and speak to Alex'.

    There are a lot of side missions, and they're good as side missions go, but they're a poor substitute and in the end you'll spend 30+ hours in Prague, dealing with petty criminals, a variety of odd balls and people down on their luck or you'll be acting like some kind of cat burglar while you collect items and XP. Great if it were in ADDITION to a large variety of main missions but as the core meat of the game I was very disappointed. It's hardly globe trotting, secret facility infiltrating, super-agent stuff.

    Buy this game for the fun of the gameplay but don't expect anything like the original version in terms of an epic story and questline. I'm giving it an 8 but if I was solely comparing it to the original as a fully featured DX game, it'd have to be closer to a 6. In the words of the great JC himself, 'What a shame'.    … Expand
  7. Tomle1202
    Jun 16, 2018
    8
    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has the same magic that makes previous games work wonderfully, although in a number of ways, it leaves the player wanting for something more polished.
  8. DeciusFrecentis
    Nov 13, 2016
    8
    This game offers deep, rich, challenging gameplay, but with a steep learning curve and clunky interface, it the game is pretty much over by the time you get the hang of it. Prague is beautiful, with a rich atmosphere (marred by Prague's inexplicable native Black population) but having only one city hub is a disappointment. The world is immersive, and manages to feel a good deal lessThis game offers deep, rich, challenging gameplay, but with a steep learning curve and clunky interface, it the game is pretty much over by the time you get the hang of it. Prague is beautiful, with a rich atmosphere (marred by Prague's inexplicable native Black population) but having only one city hub is a disappointment. The world is immersive, and manages to feel a good deal less corny that Human Revolution, even as it takes place in the same universe. I just wish the Deus Ex series would get rid of all those silly vent shafts.… Expand
  9. strigoi1958
    Oct 11, 2016
    8
    I do not compare games even sequels but...As great as DEMD is... I played DEHR before and I keep remembering how good that was. Ignore idiots who complain that games are bad because of graphics or FPS they're not interested in games just looks and numbers. This game is very good, the story and gameplay are great. Microtransactions are the death of games, If I pay for a game I want all ofI do not compare games even sequels but...As great as DEMD is... I played DEHR before and I keep remembering how good that was. Ignore idiots who complain that games are bad because of graphics or FPS they're not interested in games just looks and numbers. This game is very good, the story and gameplay are great. Microtransactions are the death of games, If I pay for a game I want all of it not most of it. It did not stop me enjoying the game but it loses half a point from me. 8.5/ 10 down to 8/ 10… Expand
  10. gloriouspotato
    Nov 17, 2016
    8
    If you're someone who enjoyed Deus Ex: HR and does not give a damn about microtransactions, then chances are that you'll enjoy Mankind Divided as well. Personally, I'd give a slight edge to Human Revolution, but on the whole, I found this sequel to be a satisfying experience. Where Human Revolution's story was more dramatic and epic in its tone, I think Mankind Divided is more subdued inIf you're someone who enjoyed Deus Ex: HR and does not give a damn about microtransactions, then chances are that you'll enjoy Mankind Divided as well. Personally, I'd give a slight edge to Human Revolution, but on the whole, I found this sequel to be a satisfying experience. Where Human Revolution's story was more dramatic and epic in its tone, I think Mankind Divided is more subdued in its setting. The Prague city hub is a showcase of excellent art design and worldbuilding, supplemented by some great ambience by composer McCann. While the main story may have felt somewhat short, the side missions were quite well done and easily made up the bulk of the content. At times, they kind of reminded me of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines with all the investigative elements and detective work.

    Gameplay wise, it feels quite similar to its predecessor. While lethal combat options are available, it's obvious that stealth is the intended way to go for almost all in-game scenarios. You do get access to some new augs and weapon mods, but these don't make much difference to the gameplay formula.

    I already alluded to before that the story felt a bit short and didn't really progress the overarching plot all that much, so I think that's something that could've been done better. In addition, there are some low-res textures here and there, and the technical performance on PC is somewhat underwhelming given the visual fidelity. The game doesn't look bad per se, but it definitely doesn't blow you away with its graphics. The game also suffers from some backtracking, especially in the late game.    … Expand
  11. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 8, 2016
    8
    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
    A loss of Magic
    Mankind Divided is a first person shooter slash stealth game that takes place 2 years after human revolution… If you haven’t played that game there is a recap video, but honestly human revolution is the much better game, so I’d recommend playing it first either way Very early in the game there’s a terrorist bombing.. You spend the rest of the    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
    A loss of Magic
    Mankind Divided is a first person shooter slash stealth game that takes place 2 years after human revolution…
    If you haven’t played that game there is a recap video, but honestly human revolution is the much better game, so I’d recommend playing it first either way
    Very early in the game there’s a terrorist bombing.. You spend the rest of the game trying to get to the bottom of this and prevent future terror attacks…
    To bring peace to the division of augs and naturals
    this bombing though messes with your gear...
    You go get it fixed and it’s discovered that you’ve had more cool gadgets under the hood that you didn’t know about…
    These new added abilities are awesome, but they come at a price...
    Too many active will cause over heating, so you have to pick and choose... activate 1 and deactivate another... and much like every other ability and upgrade in the game you have to spend praxis points which are awarded by leveling up in game or by straight up buying…
    The microtransactions are buried, but there for those that want to max Jensen out early on…
    This is still Deus Ex… theres 17 main story missions and 12 side missions…
    The main story alone takes about 8 hours to complete… And while I personally found the story here much more intriguing than human revolution… The gameplay overall is miles worse...
    There is absolutely no depth here that made human revolution such a magic experience...
    The world here isn’t alive…
    Dialog choices seem to hold no weight, and the worst offense of all is that all sense of freedom from the past game has been removed…
    I’m a very aggressive player... and while yes, you can definitely play this game like a first person shooter…
    The game is almost designed completely against you…
    This time around instead of levels being designed for drop of a dime change of plan like getting detected.. It clearly wants you to try your hardest to sneak around…
    This is apparent with how quickly your energy drains when you use a perk…
    Your awesome new armor, or going invisible, lasts for a good half a second before your energy runs out... and theres hardly any biocells laying around or crafting parts to make one on the fly.. Making the system feel nearly useless for anything other than take downs…
    The game wants you crawling through vents instead of using all of the cool toys…
    There are also so many road blocks here that didn’t exist at all in the past game…
    In human revolution you could beat the entire game with only level 1 hacking as the game kept the hacking of story related doors simple…
    Here, they force you to pour your upgrades into hacking with level 2 and 3 locked doors after locked doors…
    Almost in a way encouraging those micro transactions for more skill points to pour there if you’ve ignored it, or to pour them into skills that actually compliment your playstyle…
    There’s also really no cool open areas…
    The game from start to finish feels like you’re walking around hotels… going from room to room…
    There is no attention to detail here…
    At least not up to the standard other deus ex games have created…
    This feels almost like ubisoft annual spin off title than a proper sequel…
    The story kept me going, and this is still a good game if you ignore the fact it’s supposed to be a deus ex game…
    Deus ex, isn’t hacking and augmented abilities…
    It’s a deep and detailed world… which is completely lacking…
    A surprise and welcomed addition this time around is a very cool breach mode which acts as a puzzle platformer, where you work with a hacking group to collect data…
    You run around using the same skills you do in the main game and also unlocks new skills and weapons as you progress through each increasingly tougher level…
    Definitely some brain teasers here and I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would…
    It’s almost a bonus game in itself
    All in All Mankind Divided is a decent game fans will play and at least mildly enjoy either way... It just doesn’t live up to its series standard and not something I could recommend for anyone that isn’t already a fan…
    I give Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  12. yronnen
    Oct 14, 2016
    8
    Fun action/stealth game: you can either go brutal and blow everyone up, or go stealth with zero killings. You choose. Many side missions, and hidden locations for loot. Graphics were a bit of an issue early on (GTX 1070, 32GB, i7, 1080p resolution grind to a crawl in some scenes), but no issues after the latest patches.

    One mark goes down to the story: the story is not really engaging -    Fun action/stealth game: you can either go brutal and blow everyone up, or go stealth with zero killings. You choose. Many side missions, and hidden locations for loot. Graphics were a bit of an issue early on (GTX 1070, 32GB, i7, 1080p resolution grind to a crawl in some scenes), but no issues after the latest patches.

    One mark goes down to the story: the story is not really engaging - it happens two years after the events depicted in the previous Deus EX, and I find it a little boring. In these type of games you can always dump the story and go to a sandbox mode (e.g. Hitman), but if you go with a story, it has to be compelling.

    Another mark goes down to the micro-transaction store: FAIL. Please don't enforce this type of things on a full priced AAA title. The only reason I dropped one mark (instead of four...) is that there's no need to buy anything from the store to complete the game in a natural way, and the developer doesn't shove the storefront in your face. It's there in the pause page, but not bugging you.    … Expand
  13. Deadheadbill
    Aug 26, 2016
    8
    Game is amazing. Atmosphere and location is well done. You can stealth or go guns blazing as you desire, however since this is a Deus Ex game you will get more satisfaction from a stealth approach imo. Also, the side missions remind me of Witcher 3 in that they are very fun and almost as interesting as the main quests.

    Game is a solid 8.5 to 9 but I am giving it a 10 simply due to the    Game is amazing. Atmosphere and location is well done. You can stealth or go guns blazing as you desire, however since this is a Deus Ex game you will get more satisfaction from a stealth approach imo. Also, the side missions remind me of Witcher 3 in that they are very fun and almost as interesting as the main quests.

    Game is a solid 8.5 to 9 but I am giving it a 10 simply due to the whiny little biatches who don't even own the game giving it 0's due to microtransactions which affect the excellence of the title in no way.    … Expand
  14. coconner
    Sep 4, 2016
    8
    There is alot of rubbish being said about this game. As a big fan of the franchise, completing the first when it came out in 2000, i tried to wait out for a sale but finally gave in to buy Mankind Divided. So far, I am not in any way disappointed.

    I've not completed the game but want to give a preliminary review. The good - Graphics are a generational leap above the previous game,    There is alot of rubbish being said about this game. As a big fan of the franchise, completing the first when it came out in 2000, i tried to wait out for a sale but finally gave in to buy Mankind Divided. So far, I am not in any way disappointed.

    I've not completed the game but want to give a preliminary review.

    The good -

    Graphics are a generational leap above the previous game, don't listen to anyone who will tell you otherwise. The graphics are superb and with an RX 480 I can pretty much max everything with a very smooth frame rate. The benchmarks you see in youtube are generally hub areas where not much action happens, so a lower FPS is more tolerable. In actual gameplay areas I rarely see FPS drop under 60.

    There is so much detail in the world that sometimes you want to take 10 minutes just to go over 1 small room with a fine tooth comb, making sure not to miss anything.

    Sound and music is great

    There is an insane amount to explore, considerably more than the last game. You will be spending alot of time on side quests which -are- interesting, which is a rare thing.

    All of the game systems are fleshed out. Hacking has been improved and is somewhat challenging and rewarding. Gun fighting is much better. The cover system is decent. The AUG system offers more depth and there is an array of interesting abilities.

    The PC port is technically good with no stability issues, no crashes so far. Some people say they have problems with a floaty mouse, i've had no such problems. There doesn't seem to be any acceleration either. Running on a 2500k, 8gb of 1600mhz ram and an RX 480.

    The bad -

    Microtransactions are distasteful, although totally irrelevant. They are there exclusively for rich kids who may be willing to spend real money to buy credits if they can't quite afford something ingame. You can completely ignore the microtransactions with no effect on your experience.

    DLC - say no more

    The PC port, while technically good (doesn't crash, good frame rate, many graphics options), is flawed. Hacking for example is a little clumsy and takes some getting used to.

    The game no way deserves a 6/10. You can take with a piece of salt alot of the reviews here, i suspect a number of people are just mad because there is no pirate copy available. If you like the previous Deus Ex games, it is more of the same here with better graphics, more fleshed out game systems and world. The central story may be a little weaker but the side quests do alot to make up for it.    … Expand
  15. inkblowout
    Oct 22, 2016
    8
    Don't let the negative reviews fool you, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an amazing game with a great story, interesting characters and excellent gameplay, only ruined by the shady practices of Square Enix with microtransactions and season passes. Once you get past the shady practices, you'll find that the game is basically "Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2.0".

    Like I've stated the story is    Don't let the negative reviews fool you, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an amazing game with a great story, interesting characters and excellent gameplay, only ruined by the shady practices of Square Enix with microtransactions and season passes. Once you get past the shady practices, you'll find that the game is basically "Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2.0".

    Like I've stated the story is amazing, it's pretty much everything you'd expect in a Deus ex game which is great for the fans. Sometimes the story does get overwhelming but you catch on eventually, also the story is well thought out, showing characters from previous games (like Morgan Everett which you only see in the first game.) the deus ex universe is coming full circle which is what fans would love to see. But the big difference to the story that it's different. Instead of focusing on the Illuminati primary. It really focuses on Task force 29 and Jensen which isn't a bad thing. But for some people they'll like more Illuminati content. The choices you make in this game is nothing I've ever seen before, before you just play pacfist/non-lethal for the best story outcome but now Mankind Divided is strictly focusing how both actions poses rewards/risks which makes the user think how to approach the situation for the best outcome. Also character interaction is great as well. Every single character you speak to, whether it's a NPC on the street or an interactable NPC... they have each different things to say which makes it really feel like you, yourself is interaction with real people. Also gameplay is like Human Revolution but they've fixed the aiming which was a confusing problem at the last game. Also you have your old augments so you can enjoy the augments from DE: HR. But in Mankind Divided you have a few new awesome augs which you can choose from as well. And they have a interesting way to make augment stacking not too powerful so it's a fair game in the end. The ending does seem a big cut out... but because we know that the deus ex universe isn't over, they will probably finish the story with a DLC and with another Deus Ex game so we can expect another game to come out in the next couple of years. Remember, there is still 19 years of Deus Ex lore until we reach Deus Ex 1 so a cliffhanger ending isn't surprising to me at least, but it'll be nice to have some closure.

    But the biggest concerns is 2 things, one is the performance issue which occurs in this game, MSAA is broken, with 50% less performance with MSAA you might as well turn it off until Nixxes patches MSAA to be operational in the future. Also in general the game is demanding, I was lucky to run this game on high settings & triple buffering with a 55 fps avg with a r9 280x in prague which is nice. But I feel like the Dawn engine isn't really optimized because of the fact the game engine is new. And the final problem is the marketing practicing that Enix decided to pull off. Microtransactions for a single player game, that's a really dumb idea to do, I don't personally care for microtransactions because I never buy them, but the good thing about the microtransactions isn't "in your face" so you DON'T have to buy them. I feel like it would have been more acceptable to add microtransactions in the "Breach mode" NOT the single player campaign. Also the season pass is really lacking too, unless if Eidos or Square Enix annouces more content for the season pass... then it feels like a waste of money. If the season pass was 15$... then it would be acceptable for 2 standalone dlcs and a couple of single player "one time usables".

    All in all, get this game if you are a Deus Ex fan, chances are if you hate the idea of microtransactions and protesting about it, you will still like the game because it's basically the prefect successor to Human Revolution. If you are expecting a Human revolution clone... then this is the game for you 100%.    … Expand
  16. VmsCritic
    May 27, 2020
    8
    Amazing scenarios when compared to Human Revolution, as you visit Prague, Switzerland and other countries, making each part of the game entirely different and unique. The narrative and conflict between human and augmented humans are inherited from the previous game and we see the world as it would be, with terrorists, politics, corporations and media each one playing its own part accordingAmazing scenarios when compared to Human Revolution, as you visit Prague, Switzerland and other countries, making each part of the game entirely different and unique. The narrative and conflict between human and augmented humans are inherited from the previous game and we see the world as it would be, with terrorists, politics, corporations and media each one playing its own part according to their interest. Despite the history scope being less bolder than the previous game, this game is still a very interesting continuation of Human Revolution. i'd say theres plenty of space to making a definitive and bolder 3rd game for Adam Jensen… Expand
  17. Ryde
    Sep 5, 2016
    8
    Very nice game!
    But with minuses...
    - PC optimization not good
    - micro transactions
    - 1 time only bonuses from pre buy + day 1 DLC
    - story not so interesting and I think too short
    And of course fu**ing! Denuvo, most stupid **** of 21 century that eating PC resources...
  18. ComandanteCobra
    Nov 27, 2018
    8
    Inferior than Deus Ex: Human revolution but still enjoyable if you can find it on sales.
    Atmosphere is great you'll really feel the oppression and prejudice of "Naturals" versus Augmented people during story progression.
    Gameplay has been simplified (in a console-way so to speak) and this give less satisfaction in concluding a mission compared to the first one. That for me is the main    Inferior than Deus Ex: Human revolution but still enjoyable if you can find it on sales.
    Atmosphere is great you'll really feel the oppression and prejudice of "Naturals" versus Augmented people during story progression.
    Gameplay has been simplified (in a console-way so to speak) and this give less satisfaction in concluding a mission compared to the first one. That for me is the main problem. For example in every room you need to access to ....you will find a way to enter using hacking and stealth and move-heavy-objects augmentation and every other options...always...so it feel repetitive and seems that it doesn't really matter the way you choose to improve your character.
    Combat also has been simplified and there is almost no mini bosses fights.
    I hope for a third game with the quality of the first one and a continuation in this great saga.    … Expand
  19. Hitjhon
    Sep 11, 2017
    8
    Bueno aquí tenemos otro gran juego con microtransacciones que al parecer nos va tocar acostumbrarnos. El juego es muy bueno y tiene rejugabiidad y lo único que me decepciona son las microtransacciones en este tipo de juegos porque no tienen sentido. Es difícil el tema de las microtransacciones por lo que simplemente se las puede ignorar y listo, pero me pregunto si las añaden porque noBueno aquí tenemos otro gran juego con microtransacciones que al parecer nos va tocar acostumbrarnos. El juego es muy bueno y tiene rejugabiidad y lo único que me decepciona son las microtransacciones en este tipo de juegos porque no tienen sentido. Es difícil el tema de las microtransacciones por lo que simplemente se las puede ignorar y listo, pero me pregunto si las añaden porque no ofrecen contenido adicional gratuito? En el caso de Halo 5 y Gears of War 4 en parte ayudan a que los nuevos mapas sean gratuitos, y para este caso porque no puede ser así para contenido adicional de la historia. Desde mi punto de vista es la única forma en que las microtransacciones puedan tener un espacio en la industria.… Expand
  20. hyoismywaifu
    Dec 3, 2016
    8
    Straight white male protagonist - 10/10

    It's 2016 and games with straight white males as protagonists are a dying breed, so we have to cherish them.
  21. Shatter77
    Aug 26, 2016
    8
    It took me 35 hours to finish Mankind Divided. While it is true that the main story leaves much to be desired and there are few areas compared to earlier games, all in all there's quite a bit of game to discover. As is currently fashionable in fiction, mystery is strewn about liberally but rarely resolved. Unresolved mystery is not a substitute for real story in my opinion.

    A few words    It took me 35 hours to finish Mankind Divided. While it is true that the main story leaves much to be desired and there are few areas compared to earlier games, all in all there's quite a bit of game to discover. As is currently fashionable in fiction, mystery is strewn about liberally but rarely resolved. Unresolved mystery is not a substitute for real story in my opinion.

    A few words about the port. As with the previous game the interface is barely functional with keyboard and mouse. Mouse hover is not understood, only mouse-in because only that directly maps to selecting things with a controller. Drag and drop doesn't work, it's click to drag and click again to drop. *Sigh*. Default FoV is simply -wrong- for a typical PC setup. It should not be 60-something degrees, but at least 80-something. Is it really too much to ask that you set defaults appropriate to the platform Eidos? I ran into a game-breaking bug too (travelling to Mission 14), apparently i'm not the only one that got this. Reloading an earlier save and skipping side missions worked, but man...

    Despite all these negatives, this franchise still presses all my buttons. It's still well worth playing.    … Expand
  22. Sh0danV3
    Jun 30, 2019
    8
    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - an honest review

    First of all let me say I'm one of those who didn't have technical issues on my PC and I'm a huge cyberpunk fan (DeusEx, SystemShock 2 are some of my all time favs). Tha being said I absolutely loved Human Revolution, it was a huge step towards right direction. Naturally I expected that MD will improve upon that and those I pre-ordered.    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - an honest review

    First of all let me say I'm one of those who didn't have technical issues on my PC and I'm a huge cyberpunk fan (DeusEx, SystemShock 2 are some of my all time favs).

    Tha being said I absolutely loved Human Revolution, it was a huge step towards right direction. Naturally I expected that MD will improve upon that and those I pre-ordered.

    THE GOOD:
    - better action gameplay (if you choose to play it like that)
    - Side Quests (some are much better than the main plot)
    - improved graphics if you ignore animations
    - soundtrack
    - improved hacking
    - new augs are really cool
    - dialogs are more fluid

    CONS:
    - even tho there are many hidden rooms that you can sneak into, main hub just feels a bit of console oriented and claustrophobic
    - that being said, there is only ONE main hub in the game which makes this game feel kind of like Dragon Age 2 compared to Dragon Age: Origins
    - very unstable frame rate (even on high end PC-s)
    - FOV is a bit to small even on max settings
    - weird mouse acceleration
    - stealth is not as fluid as before
    - STORY and MAIN QUESTS fall rather short if not disappointing

    Overall it is a nicely done SF/CyberPunk world with fun gameplay, some nice quests and great soundtrack. It is also a game that creates much less of an atmosphere compared to HR or DX1, story is really weak, animations and lip sync are bad, there are a lot of technical issues at the moment and the game lacks variety of the world around you (even tho main hub changes a bit over time).

    It's solid, very good game, but it just doesn't deliver after much better Human Revolution. Fair 8/10    … Expand
  23. GraniteDevil
    Aug 28, 2016
    8
    I just completed a Pacifist playthrough on Xbox One, beginning NG+ shortly.

    Believe this: the game is good. The plot can be difficult to follow, yes. There are hanging/unresolved subplots, yes. The stealth and non-lethal gameplay is fantastic, yes. There is ALWAYS a non-lethal, non-combat approach, yes. Is it shorter than I hoped it would be, yes. It is possible to complete the    I just completed a Pacifist playthrough on Xbox One, beginning NG+ shortly.

    Believe this: the game is good. The plot can be difficult to follow, yes. There are hanging/unresolved subplots, yes. The stealth and non-lethal gameplay is fantastic, yes. There is ALWAYS a non-lethal, non-combat approach, yes. Is it shorter than I hoped it would be, yes. It is possible to complete the game without killing ANYBODY (even the final boss can be taken down non-lethally), yes. There are microtransactions, yes, but guess what? YOU DO NOT NEED THEM. Forget about microtransactions in this game.

    If you like the last Deus Ex, if you like stealth gameplay, if you like convoluted and difficult to follow plotlines, if you like any of that even just a little then you'll like this game.    … Expand
  24. Pinkpansylove
    Nov 11, 2020
    8
    A solid follow-up to Human Revolution. The game design and world are as strong as ever however the story becomes even weaker than the previous game. In my opinion this game would have been a lot better if it featured a new protagonist rather than stripping jensen of his augs but I think the character was too iconic at this point.
  25. Yan_
    Apr 20, 2018
    8
    Combat is refined to its best point in any entry of the saga. Unfortunately, story falls way too short. It feels as if we only got half a game because just when it's getting as interesting as Human Revolution, it ends! Regardless, it;s pretty fun to play and the side quests are huge and sometimes more interesting than the main story. Music is beautiful, environments are extremely wellCombat is refined to its best point in any entry of the saga. Unfortunately, story falls way too short. It feels as if we only got half a game because just when it's getting as interesting as Human Revolution, it ends! Regardless, it;s pretty fun to play and the side quests are huge and sometimes more interesting than the main story. Music is beautiful, environments are extremely well designed, and most of Adam's new augs are welcome additions. If the story wasn't so bad, it would be a 10/10.… Expand
  26. NightGeisha
    Dec 9, 2018
    8
    You want to be an "augmented" secret agent?
    Play stealthy and non-lethal or go strongly and destroy everything in your past?
    Its your call... you can do what you want. Honestly to me Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was a fantastic game, a fantastic continuation of its predecessor, despite so many other negative opinions. Graphically its fantastic, and the game mechanics are very easy to    You want to be an "augmented" secret agent?
    Play stealthy and non-lethal or go strongly and destroy everything in your past?

    Its your call... you can do what you want. Honestly to me Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was a fantastic game, a fantastic continuation of its predecessor, despite so many other negative opinions.

    Graphically its fantastic, and the game mechanics are very easy to learn and master. Its full of fantastic details and the history its very nice and interesting.

    My only complain is the story being too short, I don't know if they were saving stuff to a DLC or something else, like every game company now is doing... But I believe the history could have been much better or in this case much larger if they want.    … Expand
  27. SilverOrlov
    Oct 4, 2019
    8
    The first game was must-have. At its time, it became a hit with an incredibly interesting plot, the atmosphere of cyberpunk, and with a game-play, where it was possible to play the game in different ways depending on the character’s upgrades. This game has its own interesting story with conflict between humans with and without implants... but... this game in no more then extended demo ofThe first game was must-have. At its time, it became a hit with an incredibly interesting plot, the atmosphere of cyberpunk, and with a game-play, where it was possible to play the game in different ways depending on the character’s upgrades. This game has its own interesting story with conflict between humans with and without implants... but... this game in no more then extended demo of the first part: Too short. Prohibitively short.… Expand
  28. GoodMorningAss
    Jul 29, 2020
    8
    This game must be played slowly ... with passion, merging into the atmosphere of the game and the plot.
    If you only quickly run through the story missions, this game will leave you feeling incomplete, understated, as if you did not notice something important.

    Give this game a chance to reveal itself, and it will add to you, be sure.
  29. Kadirov
    Jan 4, 2021
    8
    The game felt like it ended abruptly in the middle of the plotline. Despite that the game is longer than DXHR - it felt much shorter due to lack of content.
    Level design is a one big wow - it looks like sci-fi arts, very atmospheric, made very carefully with a great attention to details. As said previously, the game doesn't feel complete, so despite technical advances over DXHR and    The game felt like it ended abruptly in the middle of the plotline. Despite that the game is longer than DXHR - it felt much shorter due to lack of content.
    Level design is a one big wow - it looks like sci-fi arts, very atmospheric, made very carefully with a great attention to details. As said previously, the game doesn't feel complete, so despite technical advances over DXHR and offering more gameplay abilities, it has problems with plot, so for me this experIence was a little bit worse than the previous game in the series.    … Expand
  30. Geralt123
    Apr 12, 2021
    8
    I don't understand the negative reviews here. Pretty solid agent game. I did not play the previous game, though. I liked the game and believe me, it is not bad at all, especially for 5 Euros! The amount of fun you get for this money is insane!

    Story: 8/10 Quests: 8/10 Music: 6/10 Graphics: 9/10 Gameplay: 9/10 Overall I enjoyed this a lot. Gameplay was very satisfying and I like    I don't understand the negative reviews here. Pretty solid agent game. I did not play the previous game, though. I liked the game and believe me, it is not bad at all, especially for 5 Euros! The amount of fun you get for this money is insane!

    Story: 8/10
    Quests: 8/10
    Music: 6/10
    Graphics: 9/10
    Gameplay: 9/10

    Overall I enjoyed this a lot. Gameplay was very satisfying and I like the dark and serious atmosphere. The city of Prague is beautifully desigend and you can actually enter many of the buildings.    … Expand
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#43 Best PC Game of 2016
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 56 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 56
  3. Negative: 0 out of 56
  1. BaziCenter
    Feb 10, 2017
    90
    Mankind Divided rewards exploration and respects your choices throughout its hefty campaign. The city of Prague is absolutely amazing with great details and visuals. The gameplay is also exactly what you expect from a Deus Ex game.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 7, 2016
    80
    There is almost nothing you can complain about regarding the Mankind Divided gameplay. To achieve a greater score new Deus Ex lacks a better story and the possibility to "turn off" Czech language. [Issue#267]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Oct 14, 2016
    70
    Despite the "Can't stop the progress" tagline, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is pretty much a rehash of the previous game.
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