Quick Look: Unfinished EX: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 07/14/2016

Keanu Reeves didn't ask for this.

It's been too long since Human Revolution.

Looks good, but the cutscenes with every take down is hopefully something you can disable

The one thing I really disliked about the gameplay in Human Revolution was how the game transitioned to third person for cover and takedowns. Kind of a shame they still do it here, especially since those transitions into takedowns seem a little janky. I get why they do it, wanting to show off your player character from time to time, but it never felt very organic.

Also it was cool that the guy kinda messed up instead of seeing a super scripted "perfect" approach.

I actually really like that. The transitions are pretty janky tough but I have no problems with the concept.

Being able to climb a ladder even when you aren't on the correct side is fucking awesome!

I was REALLY excited for this QL hella bummed out it's an EX I'm going to buy DEMD I loved the 1st and HR but really hate it when the duders are forced to do EXs developers should give them the space and respect they request if they're confident in their game since QLEXs always feel less real and less fun.

Still somehow holding out for my Fly Girl...

@mems1224: I would love it to be a toggle so I can remain in first person if I desire. I kind of like to either be 100% first person or 100% third person but don't like it when the two styles intermingle. For stealth games especially it's a little disorienting for me personally.

Looks awesome.

I really like the concept too. While not smooth the transitions never felt like a detriment to game-play for me, but the third-person camera is really useful for stealth.

I love how the third person cover gives you a better view of your surroundings so you can avoid enemies and set up traps while remaining hidden. sometimes in first person thats really hard to do.

Everything about this seems like a step up from Human Revolution and that was already a great game.

At work so I can't watch this yet, does your guy still look like Mark Webber?

Damn good looking game, the HUDs real busy tho.

I wonder if it can be customized..

Unfinished EX: Deus EX: Mankind EX

Patrick Fortier from Eidos Montreal is my favorite Mario Maker based Youtuber who formally worked at Giant Bomb.com

Can't with to get my dirty little fingers on this!
This demonstrations are always more fun when things don't really go as planned, great video!

Good to see the overall color tone isn't super yellow anymore.

I dislike EX's. I feel like it's a marketing platform for publishers E3-style (which is ok if they're indies I guess) with little to no value to us.

It's just a guided tour, glorified rolling demo.

@lumbermancer: It has value to me since I get to see the game. There will be a normal QL when the embargo is up, there always is, so it`s not like this is taking away from anything.

@hassun: I think canon regarding Malik is: she died after the chopper crash.

Oh boy the transitions in and out of takedowns is super rough. I hope that won't be an issue with the final release.

@mrcraggle: It was.. kind of like that in Human Revolution as well. Maybe not as jarring but not really all that smooth either.

This actually got me a little more interested. I still think I'll wait for a sale but the candid playthrough here and the stuff that was shown was nice. Loved HR and I'm sure this likely expands on that - nice QL - sometimes the EX ones are a bit off-tone but this was really cool to see.

Played through HR last week and I did not care much for it. The stealth is way too binary (they see you randomly, and when they do there is no way to fix it), and spending most of the game inside ducts means you miss out on the level design. Hopefully these areas have been improved. I also felt the skills were too limited in use to be fun.

What kind of magical fantasy world are they weaving here? With the whole cops are bad scenario....Strange....

E3X

The EX train continues.

@humanity: I would just hope it would be better. The hard cuts to black and fade in are just jarring. Nothing that keeps me away from the game but I'd expect a higher level of polish considering the budget. It just looks very place holder, so does the icon for going into cover. The game is out soon but seeing how common day one patches are, I wouldn't be surprised to see some changes like this hopefully addressed.

apparently, lip movement is only vaguely related to words forming.

@casinoghostt: Unacceptable!

Jeff's comment about reading e-mails in HUman Revolution reminded me of my favorite moment from that game. There's a bit in an office, and one of the hackable terminals mentions going to a Montreal baseball game to see Strasburg pitch. As a die hards Nats fan, the salty revisionist history of the Expos made me smile.

I'm bummed they took off the Gold Filter...

How exactly is Mankind divided? I would suggest to do so in 3 parts.

1/3 Mick Foley 1/3 Dude Love & 1/3 Cactus Jack.

This video comes across like an advert for the game, since they seem reluctant to criticise in their usual manner while there's a developer present.

Seeing this just has me more hyped for the new game. I've always been a fan of the Deus Ex series.

Looking forward to this game, visually it looks sharp but the animations, espescially facial animations, are rough.

How the actual fuck is there still no transition into a takedown and conversations? It wasn't even acceptable when it was there in Human Revolution, since no other game has issues getting transition sequences in, but for a sequel you couldn't even be bothered? Come on Eidos, get on your shit. There's nothing else to call it but unfinished. Finish your game before you ship it.

This genuinely makes me mildly angry. Don't get me wrong, it's just because I really like the series and want it to be as good as it can be, and I understand that you can't put detail everywhere, but this is basic stuff, not detail. Get it in. Or I'll win the lotto, buy Eidos and call you into my office to yell at you until you do.

Shooting looks a lot more fluid, can't really comment on the stealth though lol.

I'm just not sure i'm in the mood for a game like this now, i did love the last game though.

@zevvion: Yeah, I'm with you on the hard cut to black before the takedowns. Hopefully that gets ironed out before release because it seems super jarring.

I think this game's probably going to be good, and it looks (graphically) very detailed, but it's really hard to tell how textures or overall fidelity look on GB's 720p video. When is GB going to upgrade to 1080p finally? We've had 1080p consoles for nearly 3 years now.

Can't wait until this comes out, gonna replay Human Revolution DC on PC now but I did a little research and found out that apparently the Director's Cut version is an older buggier version of HR.

This is really funny to me as Patrick was a professor of mine last semester! Hey Patrick!

Am I the only one that absolutely can not stand the voice actor for Adam Jensen?

It was so bad I couldn't even play more than a few hours of the last game. It is just such a horrible, cliched, overdone voice that it just grates on me every time I hear it.

It won't. I said the very thing you said when I saw demo's for Human Revolution and it was still there. Even in the Director's Edition, which is an updated re-release, it's still there.

@engineno9: It's done by Elias Toufexis, who more or less sounds like that in real life.

Excited to check this out, but the AI and shooting still looks a little rough but the atmosphere looks great

Yeah, I realize that.

I watched a bit of a video with him when they first announced this new game and that he would be the voice of Jensen again. That basically shattered my hope of wanting to play this new game as well.