Deus Ex Mankind Divided Review

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)

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Deus Ex Mankind Divided Review (Spoiler Free)
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an action role-playing stealth video game developed by Eidos Montréal and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One in August 2016 and Linux in November 2016. It is the sixth game in the Deus Ex series, and a direct sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Set in a cyberpunk-themed dystopian world in 2029, two years after the events of Human Revolution, Mankind Divided features the return of Adam Jensen from the previous game, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, with new technology and body augmentations.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided received positive reviews from critics. Particular praise was aimed at the art direction, environmental design, the diverse options in gameplay and decision-making, characters and the narrative. Major points of criticism were the short length of the game in comparison to its predecessor as well as the ending of the game, which leaves multiple plot-points either unresolved or ambiguous. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was nominated for the title of Best Role Playing Game at The Game Awards 2016.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is played through a first-person perspective, with a third-person cover system, and combines elements of a first-person shooter, with a role-playing upgrade system and dialogue trees. The game allows the player to tackle situations using combat, hacking, stealth, and social interactions. Features include gun customization, remote hacking, the Icarus dash (short-range silent teleportation), TESLA arcs (up to four non-lethal projectiles), the Titan shield (invincible shell), a radar with map layouts, and a changed energy system (energy is no longer a series of batteries but one bar that slowly refills). Similar to the Director's Cut of Human Revolution, killing is not the only way to win a boss battle, making it possible to complete the game without killing anyone. The XP system has been changed so that the stealth approach doesn't have an XP advantage

Mankind Divided is set in the year 2029, two years after the events of Human Revolution and the "Aug Incident" - an event in which mechanically augmented humans became uncontrollable and lethally violent. Unbeknownst to the public, the affected augmented received implanted technology designed to control them by the shadowy Illuminati, which is abused by a rogue member of the group to discredit augmentations completely The Illuminati successfully conceal the truth behind rumors and disinformation, while the augmented are now outcasts from normal humans in an era of "mechanical apartheid".

he player character is Adam Jensen, an augmented former private security officer now working with a special Interpol unit, Task Force 29, to capture a terrorist group of augmented humans. Jensen also secretly works for the Juggernaut Collective, a hacker group helping him to confront the Illuminati.

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In Dubai, Jensen and Task Force 29 (TF29) infiltrate an abandoned resort to catch a weapon smuggler. The operation goes awry when a group of gold-masked, augmented mercenaries attempt to steal the weapon shipment. Jensen neutralizes the mercenaries, but suspects that there is an ulterior motive for TF29 being sent on the mission.
Jensen returns to Prague and meets with his Juggernaut contact, Alex Vega, who tasks him with planting a listening device in TF29's communication systems to determine the scope of the Illuminati's involvement. They are then caught in the blast of a terrorist bombing. Jensen and Vega survive, but Jensen suffers damage to his augmentations. After receiving repairs, Jensen discovers that his body contains numerous powerful and experimental augmentations of which he was unaware. Confirming with his former boss David Sarif that the augmentations were not part of Jensen's original installations, Jensen contemplates that he was comatose for several months following the destruction of Panchaea.

Jensen goes to TF29's headquarters and spies on a meeting between TF29 commander Jim Miller and his superiors, discovering that the UN leadership intends to blame the Dubai and Prague attacks, and other incidents on the Augmented Rights Coalition (ARC) and its leader Talos Rucker. Miller tasks Jensen with infiltrating Golem City, a ghetto for the augmented, and recovering Rucker. Upon confronting Rucker, he claims that ARC has no interest in killing innocent civilians, and suspects that a traitor in ARC is leading the attacks. Rucker suddenly dies in front of Jensen, forcing him to flee the ghetto. Following Rucker's death, his militant and Illuminati-aligned lieutenant Viktor Marchenko assumes command of ARC.
At TF29, Jensen infiltrates the communication network and learns that TF29 director Joseph Manderley is working with VersaLife CEO Bob Page. They discuss the use of a biological weapon, "Orchid", to murder Rucker, confirming their involvement. Jensen forwards the information to the Juggernaut leader, Janus.

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