The Rise and Fall of Deus Ex
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
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During the 80s and 90s, most video game genres tended to stay squarely in their lanes. First person shooters like Doom focused exclusively on gunning down monsters. Role-playing games like Ultima epitomized inventories and statistics. And stealth games like Thief prioritized sneaking through the shadows above all else.
Every now and then, an experience like System Shock or Strife would come along, and challenge the medium’s self-imposed rigidness by melding multiple genres together. Yet many would argue that it was only after the release of Deus Ex that the idea of a genre-bending game became truly popular. The brainchild of Warren Spector, Deus Ex allowed players to make their way through a cyberpunk rendition of the year 2052 using a wide variety of different mechanics and playstyles, allowing for an uncountable number of solutions to its life-like quagmires. The experience that it provided was as stupendous in its execution as it was difficult to quantify - so much so, that it would single-handedly usher in the term “Immersive Sim” to describe all prior and future games that would be included in its lineage.
Countless developers would incorporate Deus Ex’s most salient aspects into their craft in the wake of its release, and many would reap the benefits of doing so for years to come. Yet Deus Ex’s own developers would struggle to fully capitalize on their opus’s success, producing only a single, underwhelming sequel in the years that would follow before being scattered to the wind.
A passionate team based in Montreal would eventually take up the series’s mantle, and release a respectful reboot over a decade after the first game’s debut. But in the end - despite following up said reboot with a solid sequel - the team would be forced to focus its efforts elsewhere, and the series would go dormant once more.
This is the rise and fall of Deus Ex.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
2:25 Deus Ex
11:53 Deus Ex: Invisible War
18:20 Deus Ex: Human Revolution
24:29 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
28:10 Outro
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I would love to make another one. Thanks for the support.
Regardless of what ultimately happens, you will ALWAYS be the voice of Deus Ex, Mr. Toufexis!
HOLY SHIT THE MAN HIMSELF
YOU, here!?
I still want a remake of deus ex (1).
(I asked for this)
I can't believe we got a crappy avengers game instead of a Deus Ex game.
Yeah, hope they will take the lesson.. But, will they .. ?
and OUTRIDERS???
Square Enix has Ethics dept which oversee all the idpol stuff in their projects. Which is why Kamala Khan trash and that Outriders disasters came. Also FF7R Tifa censorship. Its sad but Deus Ex is dead. They won't make Adam Jensen as hero ever its against narrative.
I think Square Enix didn't even want to make a "Deus Ex" game. They wanted to make some weird, Akira, Ghost-in-the-Shell anime game.
Let’s make it happen
"Everytime you mentioned Deus Ex on the net, *someone* will reinstall it."
Thanks for covering this great series!
Reinstall? What I want to know is who are all those crazy people who uninstall it.
True
That’s I’m doing that as we speak rn
well said
@@echelon2k8 yeah, you dont have to reinstall, if its never uninstalled, i play it once a year, in autumn, thats the cyberpunk season when i also watch blade runner hehhe
man, human revoluation hit at the right time of my life and was such a fantastic game, I miss this franchise
I loved that game too. Still haven't played Mankind Divided.
@@RenegadeVile you should, it's great and really cheap
Time for a Super Deus ex ? Then you can say You never asked for this :)
@@RenegadeVile play it. Its great gameplay wise. But story is horrible
I can totally relate. That's how i got into this franchise
Every-time some one mentions deus ex my heart cracks that there isn’t a new game, but it also feels happiness that deus ex hasn’t been lost to time.
It sucks because not enough people played the new ones. I played both and love what it brings but perhaps they either didn’t get market well or they didn’t appeal to the mass. I think it’s a very immersive world, immersive story and the combat is not your generic simple FPS. That’s like a solid FPS unique game just this generation loves battle royale games and online shooters now.
@@javierlandaverde4108 it was a unique FPS such as Singularity & Bioshock was imo.
Yeah, just like waren spectors two teams... eidos Montreal had the gameplay... And cdpr has the story.. now if only we can get them in the same room, well that would be a fucking disaster. We all know as it turns out eidos Montreal are about as OCD and functional in a crunch as cdpr turns out is.. I mean look at avengers.. same people, you can't say it was different people for the same publishers the same fucking people... You know minus whoever left.
But yeah, like I appreciate it the story lines in the Deus ex games but I think that was more out of adorability than actual quality.. every character when it when it talked was was like on a soapbox giving a massive dialogue response like the old days when debates were debates... which is I don't know when that was but I heard it happened in high schools... Like you trying to get used to it but it never feels real in any way, people just don't talk like that.. and that's one thing cdpr really gets which is fucking ironic because they're polish, but they fucking get how people talk and I don't really give a shit about any of that tech or the ability to craft Giant open worlds or any of that shit what makes them valuable is they have an understanding of characters and character development that does not exist in but a few handful of games.
. and yeah for the time it was it definitely doesn't age as well but it ages a lot better than it should the original Deus ex.
And now I am really sad because gosh darn it, cyberpunk was so damn close and succeeded and surpassed in some ways to what they were trying to do with the day of sex franchise and it did have better tech it just didn't have you know a coherent management team at all and some other things that turns out are important.. it's actually really simple what happened with cyberpunk is really stupid that that's that simple but it is what it is, well the only thing it's not directly sample is the over management at CD project, that just seems more like greed and you'd say that simple and at the same time, the shit they went through to get that company off the ground and to save the company I don't know I'm just willing to give him a little leeway until proven abjectly false, seems like people are really quick to drop off a cliff and there was definitely issues but then I don't drop anybody off a cliff if I don't have to....
That being said it's a lot easier if I want to, and I look at that talent of that character writing and I go back to like an evolution of what bloodlines started and I just haven't seen that in an RPG other than maybe the machine games ones with Riddick that back when they were starbreeze.. you can actually pick up assault on dark Athena and the original remaster it comes in the same thing you just play it like one game basically it adds all the new combat moves to the first one so it actually and actually it plays better cuz you can stun lock and then get around people and break their necks.... Oddly enough, the only other game I can think of where you can stunlock people and then get around them and break their necks well maybe crisis but differently I guess still cool, but very specifically.. cyberpunk go figure..
Fuck it's almost the same way to do it too except they actually acknowledge that it should exist and they gave it a perk just kind of annoying but probably the best perk in the game...
Regardless I am still so fucking excited for the night dive studio system shock, I have a feeling they're going to be very faithful to the original because that's what they do, the systems they modernized have been good systems and will make it playable as opposed to drivable LOl { yes that joke works fuck you for anybody you said otherwise} at the same time I feel like that's what we're going to get we're going to get a a faithful remake, that will work because system shot was so mind-blowing you to be far behead of its time, I mean shit they've done some some some tweaks to to fix the UI interface and the re-released they did cuz you know you kind of have to LOL but that game still has more advanced gameplay than most shooters.. certainly more than fucking Bioshock did...
Ken you owe me an explanation and I will have satisfaction motherfucker! I'm not mad.. I'm not angry, I might have been angry before but I just want you to know I'm not angry so let's talk about this right? Like there was swat 4, and there was system shock 2 and then there was BioShock...
Wwhha hapennn?
Complete and utter waste of the ip. Sell it off to a company that actually knows what they're doing.
Arkane would have knocked it out of the park.
@@javierlandaverde4108 The 2011 one did FINE!
"The Rise and Fall of Deus Ex."
That was painful to read.
I thought the exact same thing. I can't believe the franchise is gone... such a shame.
@@CombatFXZone isn't it just on a loooong hiatus. It may still happen one day
@@807D14M0ND5 that was the official stance. It’s just hibernating. I hope we’ll see something while I’m still of the mind to enjoy it
@@kayivey83 Every time I remember DE was sacrificed for that crap, it baffles even my disgust.
You are gonna carry that weight.
See you Space Cowboy...
It´s hard to describe the first time playing the original Deus Ex way back when. You just KNEW that it was unlike anything you had seen before. When I realised you can just pick up a chair and hurl at someone my jaw dropped.
I was born after the original game came out. Even though I never truly experienced the era leading up to it, it felt incredible to play. Even now, you can feel the effort put into making that game feel like something new.
Or when you play it the second time and totaly diffrent things start happening because choises matter and you can kill Main Charakters.
Deus ex is too immersive, dont have time to fight iluminati ingame and irl too.
@Newsbender But yea, dont you agree, very immersive game.
Fr
Where do I send my CV for Illuminati? 🥴
@@movement2contact Iluminati are 13 luciferian bloodlines who made a pact with Lucifer.
You can at best be a low tier puppet which they call a minerval, symbolized by an owl.
Which is why there's an owl statue in bohemian grove and an owl on the dollar bill and built into the streets of the US captiol.
@@Xendrius 🤔🤔🤔
Weren't they originally all about science and justice, not some schizo shit..?
The music and cut scene where Adam gets "resurrected" is fucking amazing. Will never forget
Goosebumps. Every. single. time.
Resurrected?! 😑😐
@@AliBazz He kinda did get tore apart like a piece of paper a cat has got a hold of lol.
honestly Human Rev should just be remastered every 10 years
This is by far one of the most awesome intro cutscenes in a game. Loved it back then, and I still do. :-)
The first Deus Ex still ages like fine wine after 21 years. Such a great game.
I started with Human Revolution. Is it worth going back even though the graphics will be awful?
@@mgiebus1869 no-
@@mgiebus1869 abso fucking lutely. The original is still the best one
@@mgiebus1869 I played it fully for the first time somewhere around 2013 while the graphics already were awfull. It is now still one of my favorite games of all time.
Was bored a month ago and randomly booted up the first game. Wound up playing through it in like 3 days lol dated for sure but is still a blast
Mankind Divided was an incredible game. You can feel the craft that went into it. I hope to one day see Adam’s story concluded.
Incredible game with the shittiest story in the series. :(
your wish is granted.
@@weathy4082 correct. It sure is and its about damn time.
@@weathy4082 well since the studio that made Mankind Divided are gone it can either be better or worse. The mistake Mankind Divided made was ending on cliffhanger instead a self contained story.
@@weathy4082 yeah that wasnt a good look. But the original Deus Ex was a much more immersive game than Cyberpunk.
My 1st deus ex game was Human Revolution, but I loved the game so much that I went back and played all the previous entries. Even read all novels and graphic novels .
Remember this game was killed to give room to The Avengers... never forget!
Deus Ex died for this
And The guardians of the Galaxy.
@@trevortrevor4209 At least that game looks surprisingly decent. I don't watch TV or movies, and haven't given a damn about the MCU ever, but it looks very much like they translated Dan Abnett's motley crew of space heroes and their banter pretty much perfectly, judging by the footage. It's not going to be Deus Ex or a new Tomb Raider, but at least it looks worth playing - unlike Avengers.
What Avengers game? Oh, you meant the bootleg luffy reddit queen adventure ft. Avengers stunt double.
@@kyleb1958 Think they're regretting that decision yet? Deus Ex at least made money.
JC DENT0N: *What a shame!*
ADAM JENSEN: *l never asked for this!!*
Yeah, RIP
I haven't played the new games, did they really put that meme into the game? What a shame.
@@terrylyn Not that l remember; although no 1 has suggested that they have done it; not forgetting that the GVMERS vid is regarding to the entire DEUS EX franchise; & not only regarding its latest titles.
The Deus Ex series is still the best Cyberpunk experience. Mankind Divided only failed because of corporate publisher decisions with the pre-orders and IAPs, but it was a solid game.
Deus ex is only one, and only cyberpunk 2077 come close to this.
Hell yeah MD is very solid had many a play through 👌
I wish there was more story in MD. What was there was very good, it was just not enough of it.
The gameplay felt so clunky in Mankind Divided, and it was so poorly optimized that despite having loved the original and especially Human Revolution I couldn't get past the first level. Playing that game felt like a chore, the gun play and cover mechanics were terrible.
@@Victor-kh5rh really? I felt the gameplay in Mankind Divided was by far the best in the series.
I love seeing a new upload…but I love it even more when it’s at least 30 minutes long!!
ikr. this nap is about to whoop ass.
epic meal time still sticking around
Been loving you goofballs since like 2011, would be dope if you could do a reunion of a sort. It was #WhiteBoySummer every Tuesday back in the day with you guys around.
Harley! :D
oh my fucking god! Epic meal time is here?!
"If you let players have combat as an option, it's the only solution they'll choose."
Gamers on their 10th playthrough: "I'll do a brute force run next time... maybe..."
Gotta love gamers and their self-made challenges.
The early Hitman games were very prone to the player just gunning through and calling it a day in fairness. And Metal Gear Solid once the tranq gun was introduced.
I’ve played a brute force run in human revolution, it was a lot of fun, if you’ve beaten the game one million times i suggest you give it a go.
Because their players are 10yo american kids that play from their couch. The main demographic which everyone is trying to pander to, which is why games are getting progressively worse over time
@@512TheWolf512 That's too harsh of a rhetoric there.
One of the greatest gaming franchises had to die for the spectacular failure of Marvel's Avengers.
sad to see great game franchises die because of greed
if anything im glad the aboongers game flopped hard, and the guardians of the galaxy game is definitely going the same route
@@Senor_Gago i'm lowkey kind of praying that guardians of the glaxy game flops hoping they would quit making marvel games because it's getting pretty fucking annoying
Someone needs to take Deus Ex off of Square Enix’s hands. They are clearly too incompetent to do anything with the franchise. I would be down for Arkane taking a stab at it, or perhaps Microsoft buying Eidos and giving them free reign.
Look i know everyone been hating on this marvel avengers game, but the main team that works on it are "Crystal Dynamics" not Eidos Montreal, Eidos only help the development of Avengers
These videos remind me of watching icons on G4!!!
And then they changed the name of that show to a more generic Video Game Makers.
What's G4?
I loved Icons! Great show back in the day.
Same haha. I always wondered if anyone else made that connection
Icons and Nerd Nation where ahead of their time
The whole reboot idea with Adam Jensen blew my mind so much, the music, the locations, the gameplay mechanisms everything was just so damn great. Gosh I wish I can get to see the sequel to Mankind Divided.
Adam's story deserves to be closed at least, and in a way which is connected well enough to the events of the original classic (after all, I think these prequels were meant to flesh out the lore of it).
@@Sextus70 I wouldn't be surprised if they just rebooted the series after Jensen's story is done and changed the lore. The stories of the original games quite simplistic compared to the later ones and majority of current fans of the series have not played them.
playing it for the first time, I am so sad that it's so short and I am already 10 hours in...
its in development...
@@Sextus70 obviously somehow jensen becomes prototype for denton brothers and the rest is history lol.
I liked it when JC Denton prank called a call scam centre. A true hero
" There's word you is a thief " XD
man of the culture i see
I played the first game for the first time earlier this year and it holds up perfectly. So much fun.
Also, Michael McCann is a genius the music for HR and MD are perfection.
Wasn't a fan of the ost for the sequels. DX1 had some bangers though. Stuff that I listen to while I do work.
Oh man I love the soundtracks, absolutely great for writing!
That track from Misha Mansoor in the end credits of MD 😍
The music was such a key element for those games.
Man, I still remember the first time I experienced the vista and the penthouse scene and OST in HR, that was truly something else.
I'm with you on this. The HR and MD OST were absolute perfection.
We definitely need a follow up game to Mankind Divided. Square-Enix did this franchise a huge injustice by not allowing for that to happen.
Your narration, voice, topics, and delivery are next level. I can seriously listen to you talk about the Rise and Fall of a leaf from a tree and be entertained.
Noclip and GVMERS uploading videos about Thief and Deus Ex on the same day!? Best coincidence EVER!
AND by chance, Deus Ex games are now on sale ... lol
bruh I even commented there that I wanted a Deus Ex video LMAO
I’m still waiting for a third game in the Adam Jensen story. Human Revolution is one of my favorite games of all time, it was so fun to go through the game 100% stealth and pacifist
HR is by far the most imersive and one of the best (if not the best) games that i've ever played, simply stellar. Shame they just ditched an amazing franchise to focus on an idiotic Marvel's game that nobody will remember in a timespan of two years or even less.
@@quackgarage9551 DX:HR's atmosphere and music alone is amazing. CP2077 will never reach the amount of cyberpunk DX:HR gives you.
@@llLoWangll Yep, almost forgot about it! The soundtrack is next level, Michael McCann did an outstanding job. Cyberpunk is a joke if compared to Deus EX, it's not even close.
Me too. I at least want Eidos to conclude the Adam Jensen saga. I find Adam's story brilliant and somehow it just resonates with me.
@@llLoWangll Lol i remembered the cdpr shills hyping up cyberscammed 76 said that deus ex would be obsolete by the time that game came out.
MD was such a good game, for the most part at least, and with all the excitement Cyberpunk generated for such a genre, a well-made, new entry into Deus Ex would be a big hit. To not want to continue this franchise would be ludicrous.
Mankind Dividend gameplay was cool. They story was really disappointing. It's like they focused waaaaaay to much on apartheid aspect. The ending felt sooo rush and it feels like there was a 3rd act tht suddenly got cut.
@@ShimaS-0079 I agree in part, but the story is still quite good if you look at what happens in the main storyline. Jensen is ultimately just looking for the people responsible for the ambush in Dubai and the perpetrators of the Prague bombing. Hell, the main bad guy is only using the opportunity presented by the apartheid to further the Illuminati's agenda. It's really a continuation of the theme that was already prevalent in Human Revolution. If the third act hadn't been cut I don't think the apartheid angle would have been an issue.
@@TheBestCommenterEVER yeah you have a point. It really needed a 3rd act. It ended on winter. And what did we get instead was Avengers and I don't know if they did Galaxy of guardian games
@@ShimaS-0079 Yeah, it's depressing. I'm replaying DX:MD right now for the first time in a few years and it still blows my mind how good the level design is and how strongly fleshed out TF29 is. I really hope the success of Eidos Montreal's last two games means that they're finally allowed to return to Deus Ex.
The story of MD was a big disappointment. Felt more like some dlc to HR.
I was 19 years old when Deus Ex 1 came out. It marked me even more than Doom or Half Life, it was the absolute experience at that time and i hope i'll live long enough to see another game of that kind marking the video games' history again, weither it's Deus ex's franchise or a new one.
Ah man, I loved HR and MD so much, I was so hyped after I finished MD only to find out a few weeks later it didn't sell well to Square's liking and that they wouldn't be doing a sequel for a while and here we are 4 years later and still nothing. Such good games (all of them, yes even IW), Adam's story needs to be finished.
MD had some good things, but it was way too short, and its microtransactions were disgusting.
@@channel5980 there were microtransactions?
@@glucosaminecondroitan9135 yeah but they were the most non invasive micro transactions ever ,you could only buy 1 use praxis kits but if you explored the world enough you would get enough praxis any ways
@@nikolaskalampokis5494 I love exploring in that game. It didn't seem like I wasn't earning enough Praxis kits in it.
@@channel5980 Don't forget just before the game came out they had the "Augment your preorder" BS that got heavy backlash, again just before the game released, I remember their CZcams video was downvoted to oblivion. The game got terrible press because of that.
The first Deus Ex is still a masterpiece the mere fact this hasn't been remastered is mind-boggling.
It has been, just not officially
The first Deus Ex being Remade with modern technologies would be a better idea. I would buy it instantly.
@@kishaloyb.7937 I think it would lose a big part of its charm.
"They were once a part of the illuminati but they rebelled"
Not everything needs a remaster. Deus Ex is fine the way it is.
Not many games hold my attention these days but man, Deus Ex and Adam Jensen would get me hyped. Loved Human Revolution and Mankind Divided (despite it's seemingly rushed and abrupt ending). Would love to visit this world again one day!
I don’t know what we should do to keep immersive sims from dying, I personally bought this game three times on three different platforms, same for prey, but it’s clear that the genre has too few fans and costs too much to make.
I think my favourite game series. That trailer they did like a documentary was really awesome
We're living the Deus Ex timeline.
I think they had it slightly easier, putting aside the stupid augment thing being akin to racism and plot contradictions involving that. Jensen was able to go directly after the shadow men and get help doing so, while we live in a world where most are compromised and majority are cowards.
@@blumiu2426 Im not talking about the reboot
The Grey Death and Ambrosia has happened a little earlier in the timeline though.
>stop by for a chip update
@@illyrian44 What reboot?
I played Deus Ex a lot when I was a kid but didn't even understand what it was about. Then when I finally got a good computer in 2018, I decided to play all the games that came out before. Deus Ex Human Revolution was simply amazing. I'd spend nights playing it. Roaming around the city, completing quests, fighting, shooting. The game was something special
Man this is easily becoming my favorite channel on the platform. If an unreal/UT series video ever comes out I would just die.
If there is such a thing, the original Deus Ex is arguably the greatest game of all time. I still play it every couple of years.
I've played and finished several thousand games in my forty years. It was at the time of release, and remains for me, the greatest game ever made.
Every time I think of a top 5 games list, the original DE always comes in first. Everything about it was perfect for its time.
My heart broke when I saw this video thumbnail. If there is a game that I often wish I could reset my memory of so I could experience it all over again, it would be Human Revolution ; it is a beautiful game.
Deus Ex Human Revolution is one of my favorite games.
Great interesting and thought provoking story, gameplay that allowed you to play different ways, amazing world design and music that gives me chills.
There are only few youtube videos ever made that made me thrilled this much!
Thank you for making this video, you have no idea how much appreciative I am right now being a Hardcore Deus Ex Fan !
People throw the word timeless around a lot, but this truly describes the best of the Deus Ex games. People will just keep playing these bad boys as long as no other game comes close to the experience that they offer. Praying for another release, like everybody else.
probably the only game series i could play time and again and never get bored of them
Mainly for the stealth and tactical aspect; especially with the death of the splinter cell franchise, there just isn't that many to fill the void.
Deus Ex is a franchise thatll age well within the next century. This game posessed everything from politics to physics. Sad to see the direction EIDOS went after 2011.
What's wrong with the current Deus Ex games?
@@BlazerK1914 nothing imo they just abandoned it to chase higher selling franchises like Marvels Avengers, which tanked anyway. What a shame
@@BlazerK1914Pretty short game and not the best ending as far as i heard
@@AintPopular eh, the ending was over-hated. Jensen’s goal was to *spoiler*
find the Terrorist that bombed the train station in Prague. He did that.
@@AintPopular That is what felt rushed about it and why many believed they were pushed to wrap up and jump on Marvel.
ah yes the classic ''its a very important franchise for us'' just like Ubi with Splinter Cell
HR was the first deus ex game i ever played. I remember seeing the commercials for it and thought "i need to get this". It was incredible and I still have the original disk for ps3. It was fantastic. Top 5 ive ever played.
So many great IPs are held hostage by studios and companies that become too big and too comfortable to take the risk to use their IPs...
I'm sure there's people at Square Enix who wanna do another Deus Ex game, but they can't... You can't monetize a stealth game.
*Looks at Ubisoft*
Are you sure about that?
@@kman9884 Have you seen XDefiant trailer? It's over. It's just done. From Rainbow Six Vegas and Splinter Cell to THIS. I don't wanna see another game from Ubisoft. Just stop, pls.
@Stealthy Pelican I loved HAWX.
Deus Ex is not a stealth game by definition
Michael Mann's Dues Ex soundtrack is of the greatest of all time.
Michael McCann really understood the franchise.
What the heck is Duex Ex?
Jesus christ you changed your spelling of the game’s name and still got it wrong…
My twin brother literally found the CD randomly when we were children before having internet, after we finished it we lost the CD and wanted to replay it so we learned how to download games and we kept replaying it till present day we're 25 years old and it's still the greatest game ever and our biggest inspiration on a story we're currently developing.
Memories
Roadhouse
Human Revolution was a defining game for me during the 7th generation of gaming. I fell in love with everything about it.
The year is 2021. It's a time of great innovation and technological advancement. It is also a time of chaos and conspiracy.
as usual, one the the truly unsung qualities of this channel is the AMAZING EDITING. constant, relevant, perfectly timed and cut. such great examples in every phrase. great work research and editing team!
Such a great series! From the first demo copy I was play, this has been my favourite game and world to follow! Great Video!! Loved reliving the series here!
I love this channel and the DE series so much. Thank you for another expertly-crafted mini documentary.
Wait... hold up, are you telling me that a game from the 1990s could do what Cyberpunk 2077 couldn't... damn.
You should play the ascent if you haven't. Also does what cyberpunk couldn't
After all these years Deus Ex is still in my top 10.
Rightfully so. It’s such a classic.
Top 3 for me
3 games in my top 10 are Deus Ex games
DEUS EX is my favorite game of all time and I'm sad it has come to the time for a "rise and fall" of this franchise 😭😭😭
No one lives forever. Enjoy while you can. Sadly
big F
To be honest I kind of see Deus Ex's hibernation as a blessing in disguise. While I was depressed at first, it occurred to me that the longer a sequel gestates, the better it might turn out. Time to develop new technology, time to really work out the story, characters, and gameplay, etc. By the time it actually releases it will likely be a current-gen exclusive title, and the new hardware could definitely benefit the game design. Not just the SSD's for near instantaneous loading of assets, but 3D audio and ray traced lighting/reflections as well.
Square enix wont give studios appropriate budgets to make whatchu said a reality, look at mankind devided, its half a game
Human revolution and Mankind divided are still amongst my favourites
I really hope we get a new one one day, which will end the story of Adam Jensen.
Played the first Deus Ex to completion for the first time a couple of years ago. It still holds up really well. It's such an interesting game, and a remarkable achievement in the gaming industry, considering its release date.
The fact the deus ex new game was cut irks me so much... I absolutely LOVE this series, it brings back ALOT of nostalgia of coming home from school and watching my dad play it along with me "helping"
It’s a crime that we didn’t get a 3rd game with Adam!
Man, this video hurts my heart so much because I've fallen deeply in love with this universe to the point that I replayed these games for days!
Still praying that we will get a sequel to Mankind Divided, which left me wanting more
This franchise was put on an indefinite hiatus for Marvels Avengers. Could be a decade or longer before we get another Deus Ex game if we ever do again.
This channel's videos are spot on, I learn so much about games history and get the nostalgia kick too!
Back in the day, my best friend through Xbox 360 actually mailed me his copy of Human Revolution.
It remains my favorite game.
Great game with one of the best soundtracks i heard. I loved the ambient tracks like "The Mole" allot.
Going to cry rn because I miss this franchise. I do hope that one day it will make a great comeback.
Wow I always get excited when content for this channel comes out you guys do some quality work thank you so much
I'm always anticipating your next video, and you've yet do disappoint. Thank you!
Never clicked so fast before.
Me too. Loved the Deus EX series. Quite sad to watch this
Why not?
Trueee
Your videos are amazing, your voice is super professional like a documentary
lovely presentation and deep dive as always! keep up the great work!
This is the first video you've made for months that covers a game I've actually played or am a fan of!
I loved Deus Ex Mankind Divided so much. The smaller stake actually had me more engaged, loved prague as a setting, the little environmental stories and the really good Sidequests. Didn't even find the game short like some did. Sad to see how a new game will not come in a long time if ever. Ahh well atleast Arkane is still there.
sadly it felt unfinished and rushed and was way too short, it didn't feel like a finished, polished product in the same was that human revolution did
Oddly enough, when I played DX:HR I found myself wishing it explored more of the smaller stakes, then when playing DX:MD I wished it explored the greater ones after having set the level of stakes back in HR. On subsequent playthoughs I my perspective changed each time, replaying DX:HR I greatly enjoyed every hint and reference I had missed before, all building into the larger conspiracy; while in MD you can find a lot of people, places, and things going on that sadly won't develop until the intended sequel is ever released.
The mystery murderer sidequest in the third act still was the highlight for me in that game... The narrative of that sidequest along with the dark rainy atmosphere absolutely NAILED what Cyberpunk-noir should be... It pains me there isn't a followup to DXMD already
@@Supadupanerd that sidequest and also the eliza one were amazing
@@kitezzz360 I don't get people saying that Mankind Divided was too short. It took me almost 50 hours to finish the game with all sidequests done, so almost twice longer than Human Revolution. Sure main story was unfinished and rushed but if you finished the game in less than 20 hours then I recommend going back at it because sidequests are the bast part of the game and they'll definitely worth your time.
I am hoping all of the allusions to Jensen being "Icarus" from the theme of Human Revolution's OST being titled such to some of the visual allegories present in that game's trailers to other metaphors later on in Mankind Divided, as well as some of Jensen's augments even being named such (Icarus Landing System..) means that somehow the Jensen titles will tie into the original and he has somehow become the AI Icarus (Helios / Daedalus etc..) from the original game -that was my theory of how the character would 'live on' and be tied to the future original installment starring the Denton Bros. anyway. I guess we will have to wait a few more years to find out.
Please make it happen, Eidos Montreal! You're done focusing on the flub that was Avengers!
They probably wanted for Jensen to become that, or at least the technology would be based on his body (don’t know if alive or dead).
Well, both Human Revolution and Mankind Divided mention humans and machines merging (The Hyron project in HR and the Machine God Ascension in MD). And since Jensen and Eliza are driven toward each others and "becoming the same" (according to Eliza), maybe in the end they may "ascend" together and if that happens, the result may possibly be Icarus. That would be an interesting character's developement : From fully human in HR, Jensen would have became fully machine at the end of the trilogy, at least biologically.
I’m slow af because I never made the connection, but everything you say makes sense and would be absolutely wonderful if Eidos could finish connecting the dots and linking it to OG Deus Ex.
thats bull. obviously jensen becomes the prototype for dentons dna so in the end hes either captured or unwillingly donates the material. he also could be their biological dad. other options are just imagination running wild for no reason.
I check like three times a day for new videos. Amazing work. Amazing work
The quality of this channel is absolutely outstanding!!!
The writing, content, and quality of content makes me feel this is like a big team of people with millions of subs and a shit load of money at their disposal. Not that half a million subs isn't a lot but dude these videos are so good and the content and quality is amazing. Why is this channel not absolutely massive?
have been asking the same for years. I don't understand.
I'm still bitter that one of the best video game series of all time died for some shoddy MCU cash grab
Wait that's the reason we didn't get a third game?
@@Happy_Slappy2_0 Yes. Square Enix put the Deus Ex franchise on a hiatus, so that they could put all resources on a dumpster of a game called Marvel Avengers. Whoever made this decision should compete for the "Stupidest person on planet Earth Award".
@@Happy_Slappy2_0 sadly, yes
I really hate that we will never get another Adam Jensen adventure.
Another quality video guys. I loved this series so much. I watched my dad play the original way back and I loved Human Revolution.
The Deus Ex Series has a special place in my cybernetics heart. The Lore has always captivated me😎
WE LOVE THIS CONTENT ! BIG RESPECT ! This video made me feel so nostalgic, old and HAPPY :) The gaming industry evolved so much i can't even belive that 20 years ago i used to game on a Pentium 1 - with 200MHz, 32MB RAM and 8 MB SiS Video Card ..
First of all, GREAT Video. Deus Ex ties with MGS for my favorite franchise and this video was a great retrospective.
Second, I went looking for Deus Ex videos because I recently started replaying the franchise again. Thankfully this video was one that got recommended to me. Seeing that you cover other franchises that I like I've decided to subscribe. Keep up the good work.
One thing is the music in deus ex will always be phenomenal. Still listen to HR to this day.
That title triggered a massive nostalgia throwback in my brain and now I remember the times Deus Ex HR, Fallout new vegas, mirrors edge, mass effect and Hitman games "wasted" most of my teenage years. Ten years went by and as I'm writing this, I took a moment to reflect on what happend in my life
don't think, simply install your fave Deus Ex and play :))
Deus ex 1 is one of those games, that will never age out. People will always play it. Every time you mention it, someone reinstalls it, and every time someone makes a video on it, someone takes their first dive.
honestly, this is just my opinion but hear me out, i think there are a good few games from 2000-2005 that replicate Deus Ex's feel while aging much better than Deus Ex. if the cyberpunk narrative is your favorite aspect, i will conceed that there isn't really a better cyberpunk immersive sim in that era, but if the RP aspects are your favorite, may i direct you to Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines? Graphically, VTMB is leagues ahead, despite the small level size. Source Engine nowadays is woefully outdated, but its games aged really well, especially in the facial animation department, and since most of VTMB is really good conversation, the best feature of Source is on full display, and the roleplay allowances of each conversation and encounter mean the game holds up well as an RPG. if the stealth of Deus Ex was your favorite aspect, all three original Thief games hold up much better to gameplay scrutiny, while allowing for a vast array of gadgets and tools for player experimentation. I didn't grow up with the original two Deus Ex games so there is also some of that informing my opinion, but imo, Deus Ex 1 is super clunky, not good to look at graphically, and while it does everything it does rather well for how much its packing into one game, i think Deus Ex would've benefitted if its design was trimmed a little, maybe cut out some of the conversational elements to refine the AI. each of the other games i mentioned tend to have paired down its design to the necessities. VTMB fully supposes that you're a vampire: no day/night cycles, you do your socialization in night clubs, you need blood and how you get it is largely up to you, whether its paying for some alone time with an escort or subsisting on rats in the sewers. Elements that don't need to be there, like an in depth health system are tossed out the window. Same with Thief, player vulnerability actively prevents combat, making that typical pillar of gameplay non-essential, allowing the devs to spend more time making carpet quieter than tile.
@@quinnmarchese6313 It doesn't matter if other games have better AI, graphics, gameplay. Only that matters is that even tho everything is bad in Deus Ex, it's still one of the best games ever made. I would put it in Top 5.
@@prosilentgamerxrap5615 you aren't wrong, but your misrepresenting my argument.
@@quinnmarchese6313 Calls deus ex clunky, and then name VTMB, a game I could not get through, because it was unbelievably clunky. Deus ex is far more ahead of its time than VTMB could ever be. VTMB only get the story and characters right, and fails on almost every other aspect you named. VTMB is a great rpg, and a terrible everything else.
@@corpsecandy2076 dog you are misrepresenting my argument. of course VTMB is clunky, but its a better game for roleplaying than Deus Ex. i love Deus Ex, i adore it, but all i was saying is that other games did specific things better. Of course deus ex is ahead of its time and a brilliant game, it fucking wrote the book on immersive sim games, but other games exist to perfect the otherwise clunky elements from Deus Ex. VTMB and Fallout New Vegas are basically the perfect RPGs, Thief and Dishonored exist as great stealth games, the later Deus Ex games are more digestible experiences. you seem to think i hate Deus Ex, i don't man. i just think other games are more fun to play in 2021
your videos are some of the best content on youtube!
_I never asked for this_
But I’m glad you guys made it, great episode
Amazing documentary of one of my favourite franchises, 🙏
Just discovered your channel with this video and I must say: Terrific job. Very informative and focused to one of those franchises that need to be heard of. Deus Ex is SO GOOD, from the very first one to the abrupt ending of MD. It's one of those series with a very distinctive mood and atmosphere, full of complexity and care for details. Deus Ex needs to return, Adam Jensen has unfinished business.
Oh lord I was waiting for this for a loooooooooooong time, thanks !
I played the living hell out of this game, i had way over 10 hours only on the demo (the first liberty island level)
I was so hooked and immersed like crazy. Even after all this years I have so fond memories about the world inside Deus Ex and how the story turned after JCs detention.
Same!
I think this is the first time I've ever heard anyone mention Project Snowblind. I picked that game on on ps2 in a used game store years ago and wondered why I had never heard of it before, it wasn't wasn't the best ps2 game I've played, not even top 10, but it was certainly fun. Finding out now that it was actually initially a Deus Ex project is a bit of a shock, but I guess it makes sense in hindsight.
best gaming history channel by far you dont even really need to be a gamer (im a huge gamer)to enjoy these videos these mini docs are really well done the only thing that sucks is i watched every single one of them so now i anxiously wait until a new one is made
great as always! keep it up
While the original Deus Ex is a masterpiece, I like Human Revolution slightly more. It's one of my all-time favorites, actually. Heck, I didn't think The Fall was all that bad once they patched in the ability to remap the controls.
You are a zoomer
@@illyrian44 zoomer wouldn't even pass the hostage level in HR
I played Human Revolution back during the lockdown and wow that was so immersive. I played Cyberpunk after and it didn't come close to the atmosphere.
Yep Cyberpunk 2077 was definitely a disappointment
@@KyleAlexanderkneeGrowPlz not anymore though
Enjoyed the video, and I think the editing was really solid. Using Alien Resurrection as an example of "cookie cutter" FPS at 11:00 is nuts, though.
Great video, as usual!
Mankind Divided felt so unfinished. When it ended I was like 'so that was prologue, where's the rest?'