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How to Play Deus Ex: Human Revolution's First Mission

Learn to stab guys all future-style!

Mar. 21 2011

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

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Pretty awesome, can't wait.

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Edited By Vinny_Says

awe-some hype!!

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Edited By Vinny_Says

yes you did!

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HUMANS AND REVOLUTIONS .... i still don't know how i feel about this game....

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Edited By PhatSeeJay

Well the mention of the four means of tackling a challenge is enough to at least make me curious .

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Very excited for this.

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Come on already! I can't wait to play this! :)

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exited for this game! Deus Ex ftw

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Edited By Thoseposers

Is that Christian Bale or something? :P

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Loved Deus Ex and I can't wait for this one.

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Radical! 

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Black and gold, black and gold, black and goooooold~

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Edited By warxsnake

So the only real choice you get are different button prompts calling out different canned animations. 
 
Next gen gaming.

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Edited By sdornan

It just doesn't look very impressive to me. The "choices" presented here are completely uninteresting. Wow, three entrances to a building? And the game plays different audio files depending on the entrance you take? Not to mention the neatly stacked boxes serving as alternate routes are lazy and contrived.

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Edited By august
@warxsnake said:
" So the only real choice you get are different button prompts calling out different canned animations.  Next gen gaming. "
I don't see how this is any different than the original, where you could smack a guy in the back of the head with a baton OR a crowbar.
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Main guys voice reminds me of Deus Ex 1s main characters voice, which makes me happy :)

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iiiiiiiiinteresting

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Edited By Tennmuerti

Well done.
More games could use this kind of pre release proper coverage. And not just trailers.
It's nice to see developers being so open with their product and makes one trust them more.
 
Anyway.
GET HYPE!

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@warxsnake said:
"So the only real choice you get are different button prompts calling out different canned animations.  Next gen gaming. "

The announcer did state that you would be able to make it through this situation without actually interacting with the enemies at all. In point of fact, the developers have stated that a player is able to complete a game without killing/knocking-out any enemy.
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Edited By Asahi

look at those gold ladders

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Edited By KillEm_Dafoe

The game looks absolutely outstanding. I just hope the orange glow around interact-able objects is optional.

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I enjoyed the soft and somewhat lighthearted narrative, but it seemed a little out of place with the action on screen. At one point I was expecting her to say: "Now let's shove this body into a wood chipper and burn the pieces, just for fun."

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I was on board with this as soon as I saw the body dragging.

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Edited By IshimuraD

Looks pretty cool, I'm definitely interested in it, but I thought the brief black screen before entering a take down move was pretty jarring, it really shook me out of the game world.
And damn, I hate how nowadays every game feels the need to add stupid bright reflective outlines on interact-able objects. It just looks dumb.

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The gameplay seems fun but the game looks like a xbox 1 game.

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lets do blank and blank JUST FOR FUN
 
reminding me i need to have fun is never good

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@Elusionar said:
"

 
The gameplay seems fun but the game looks like a xbox 1 game.

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then you need to go back and play Deus Ex: Invisible War for xbox 1.
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I didn't know Clint Eastwood was doing video game voice work these days.

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Well that was boring.

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I feel videos like these take all the fun out of the game. I get this sort of analysis needs to be done by the development team, but not explained to the public.

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Edited By s10129107

level design is ancient

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Edited By Bongos

Gonna break out the orange soda for this one.

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Edited By petitfool

Game is looking good so far. Loved the previous games, and I can't wait to continue playing the series. :)

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voice sounds kinda dumb but tolerable 
ain't a Deus Ex game without a Denton though
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Does she have a cold or something?

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I don't know, but that made me less excited.

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@s10129107 said:
" level design is ancient "
It's actual game design not heavily scripted, linear paths. This game looks to have higher standards than most games today.
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Looks pretty awesome.  A bit dated, graphically, but I'm still looking forward to it.

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The face on the spraypaint can at 1:21

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Deus Ex: Video Game Clichévolution

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More trailers should show off gameplay like this one does.

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I have a feeling that people should refrain from saying this game will be amazing in every aspect. It's clear as far as this goes, it's great, but makes me think "Oh, this could have been so much better..." I hope it's awesome though.
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hopefully all that delay was worth it

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Looking really good!

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The graphics and ideas look like they're about two years behind the times.

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Looks cool, but seriously, can we as an industry move beyond putting explosive red barrels in levels? So stupid.

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Edited By august

It's the tutorial level. It's not going to be super exciting. Maybe they shouldn't have released it, but they have plenty of time to release more exciting stuff before August.

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The gameplay does look pretty good but the visual style might just get tiring pretty quickly.  
 
I am also strangely OK with the return of box moving puzzles. Am I ill?

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Looks terrible. Odd and unimaginative UI elements including the NPC interactions.  Silly takedown mini-cutscenes.  Very strange shifting from first to third person view.  Looks jenky as hell.

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it looks so much like western solid snake