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Review - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution tells the story of a futuristic world struggling to come to terms with new mechanical body augmentations becoming freely available in society. Humans are beginning to pay for enhancements in strength, intelligence and an era of Cyborg-humans is quickly becoming the norm. You play as head of Serif security Adam Jensen, who has augmentations forced upon him after life threatening injuries during an attack on Serif. It is up to Adam to discover who attacked Serif, their reasoning, while at the same time unraveling a plethora of intriguing side missions and quests that will lead you to a number of different endings, all satisfying in their own unique way.
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| You can go on the offensive in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. |
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| An engaging story develops throughout. |
For a very open-ended adventure, Human Revolution does a fantastic job ensuring you know pretty much exactly what you have to do at any given time. A handy pocket secretary keeps logs of all the information you come across throughout your exploration and then arranges it into levels of importance. Main quests come up as yellow icons in the world, while optional side quests are blue. It’s really your choice whether you want to help a fellow colleague get out of a drug scandal he’s caught up in, or break into someone’s home to clear a friend’s name – the world gives you these choices and it’s up to your conscience to decide what course of action is the most appropriate. You can even choose to do such missions for a reward, or for free because you’re a nice guy, it all depends on how the story, objective and even the character moves you. Of course the bulk of the main quests you must carry out, but even these have key moments where the story might diverge as characters change loyalties or meet an untimely demise.
To accomplish these quests you will find that you have two options, the stealth approach, or the lethal approach. This is emphasized early on in the first mission where you get to choose between a machine gun, stun gun and a tranquilizer rifle. The stealth approach is certainly the more engaging way to tackle Human Revolution because it makes the game harder. Adam has the ability to knock out enemies using various takedowns, which are limited and can only be used when your battery gauge is replenished (otherwise the game would be too easy). This, accompanied by your stun weapons and stealth augmentations, all make trying to get around enemy complexes without being seen a whole load of fun. It even has a Metal Gear Solid vibe about it once you activate augmentations that show you enemies’ field of vision, the amount of time they will be on alert and then there’s more abilities that let you see enemies through walls or highlight certain foes to keep track of them easier. All of this versatility provides a much more engaging experience than picking up a machine gun and just gunning down room after room of enemies. The latter method is by no means an easy one either; enemies come at you in large groups and without a lot of health and armour upgrades you will find yourself dying almost instantly. So perhaps the best choice is to find a code for a side-door, jump over a fence or push debris out of the way to get to your goal rather than getting involved in a firefight.
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| Adam is cool, but could have used a little bit more personality. |
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| Characters are certainly engaging in this adventure. |
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is not the best shooting game, it’s not the best role-play game, nor is it the best stealth game, but it intertwines them all to a very good standard and it is this consistency that makes the third installment in the series well worth your money. There’s plenty on offer here, a multitude of ways to accomplish your goals and the game screams for you to replay to find all the endings. Deus Ex: Human Revolution brings you into a fascinating sci-fi world, which is full of intrigue and mystery and is an absolute must for gamers looking to become engrossed in a new adventure.
8.0 | Gameplay |
Stealth gameplay is definitely the more entertaining and exciting way to play Human Revolution, but going gun-crazy can have it’s fun moments too. Lots of different ways to accomplish your tasks ensures your choices matter, but once you opt for a particular path e.g. hacker; you will find that you’ll have no choice but to use those skills.
8.5 | Presentation |
A beautiful artistic design creates a stunning cyberpunk world and great narrative engrosses you. The game does have a dull colour palette at times and character models could have been a little better.
9.5 | Replay Value |
You will definitely play Human Revolution at least twice, once using stealth and then with weapons. However, once you get engrossed in the story, the lure of alternate endings should have you back for more.
9.0 | Final Thoughts |
Deus Ex: Human Revolution does justice to an iconic franchise; it brings together some excellent styles of gameplay and intertwines them to form an engaging, exciting and intense adventure that you simply must go on.
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