I am excited about his game as much as I was excited about Too Human, but we all know how that turned out. I think that this prequel to the original Deus Ex is going to have an original story that will be peppered with other popular themes. Too Human, on the other hand, was a story based on Norse mythology peppered with an original story. The cyberpunk mix of technology encroaching in upon our natural world is a theme that has been used in facinating ways (i.e. Blade Runner), in "interesting" ways (i.e. Too Human), or in terrible ways (i.e. Johnny Mnemonic).
I am slightly worried about the first and third person perspectives being implemented in this game. This could lead to some tough camera angles, or the cover mechanics, if not monitored, could end up being infuriating. But, overall I don't think that there are many reasons yet to be skeptical about the percieved quaility of this game. I think that if Eidos Montreal stays on target. Also, if they understand how much this game could do for their parent company. This game could get Square back into the realm of making games that are popular the world over, instead of just popular in Japan. We keep on hearing about the Japanese game market being dead, but games like this (whether it's being developed in Canada or in Japan) have the power to kill that theory that Japanese developers are circling the drain.
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