Imagine The Dark Knight (spoilers) rolling its credits after Batman rescues Harvey Dent from The Joker – that’s basically where Mankind Divided decides to bring down the curtain. The game essentially ends halfway through the second act. The story continues to build in a clumsy fashion right up until the end, which is so abrupt that I hurled a barrage of swears at the screen. Others make bizarre moral choices which feel completely unjustified, primarily because their morals and motivations aren’t adequately explored. Characters are introduced then fall by the wayside, only to return at the crux of the story as a crucial figure with very little justification. Unfortunately, beyond the first chapter, what started as a slow and considered development of an intriguing story becomes a clumsy and hurried sprint to an unnatural finish.Īfter you head out of Prague, and into the other locations in Mankind Divided, everything feels hurried. Coupled with Deus Ex’s constantly-grey morality, knowing that you hold in your hands these people’s futures, interactions, especially ones where you use Adam’s social tools to try and get a read on their emotions, are incredibly engaging. It helps that each person you speak to delivers dialogue in such a passionate fashion that you want to engage in their stories. I wish quest-givers were more obvious to find, as I’m having fun in everything I do. When they jump from SM03 to SM07, I’m left with a disappointment, wondering how I missed missions 4-6. However, unless you run up to every person, taking names, side missions can fall by the wayside despite every intention to see them all.Įach side mission in the game is numbered: SM01, SM02 and so on. Side missions are only discovered by speaking to people, ones with tasks to give differentiated by actually having a name – the rest are defined as “citizen” or by another synonym. Related: Deus Ex: mankind Divided Beginner’s guide My only complaint is that Prague is, at times, too immersive for its own good. I’m discovering how well thought out and structured the entire hub world is, working my way from story to story, playing detective and making incredibly grey moral choices. With supplementary stories as detailed and enjoyable as the main campaign, my opening run through Prague and Golem was exhilarating. My opening hours are spent exploring every side mission I can find. The mechanical apartheid – where augmented humans have become a subclass of civilisation, bringing a society already tense after ‘The Incident’ to the brink of civil war – seeps into every interaction. In my preview, I talked about how well Mankind Divided presented its key themes within the opening chapter. However, despite moments of brilliance, Mankind Divided fails to live up to its opening promise. After playing the opening chapter at preview I was frothing at the mouth with anticipation, excited by all the themes it presented and the plot it could deliver. Available on PS4, Xbox One and PC (version tested)ĭeus Ex: Mankind Divided had the potential to be one of 2016’s greats, to stand out from an already packed crowd and be amazing.
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