Mankind Divided was hot garbage. The original is a classic, that goes without saying. Invisible War was good, it was just held back by technical limitations (like a forced 30 second load screen every couple minutes). I can explain why people didn’t like Invisible War and why it had to be that way. I have before. But if no one cares, then moving on: Human Revolution was nearly as good as the original. It was at least as good as Invisible War if we set aside the technical limitations.
Cyberpunk 2077 honestly beats all of them. It’s not just prettier. Deus Ex rode the coattails of The Matrix. Cyberpunk 2077 actually starred Keanu Reeves, with Cherami Leigh (Asuna, from Sword Art Online) as the main character, and then Idris Elba (Luther from Luther) as the main character of the DLC. And that’s just the voice talent. The game looked amazing and it still sets the bar for what an action RPG can look like. Whether you call them augmentations, biomods, or whatever Cyberpunk 2077 calls them (I’m a DX purist; they’re augmentations; get off my lawn), Cyberpunk 2077 beats any Deus Ex with the Kiroshi eye implants, the Mantis Blades, the boost-jump legs, and more. And of course you have a real open world. And actual music. Sure, Deus Ex walked so Cyberpunk 2077 could run, but it’s not that games don’t have the same DNA. They’ve gotten better.
Also, the only Deus Ex developer I really care to hear from is Warren Spector. I don’t know who this other person is, but again, Mankind Divided sucked.
No, Cyberpunk 2020 walked so that Cyberpunk 2077 could run. We could have lived in a world where Deus Ex did not exist at all, and Cyperpunk 2077 would still be borrowing from the same source material.
Hell, Deus Ex should be thanking the Cyberpunk universe, not the other way around.
But, yeah, I still really liked Human Revolution. I’m glad I passed on Mankind Divided.
Bullshit.
Mankind Divided was hot garbage. The original is a classic, that goes without saying. Invisible War was good, it was just held back by technical limitations (like a forced 30 second load screen every couple minutes). I can explain why people didn’t like Invisible War and why it had to be that way. I have before. But if no one cares, then moving on: Human Revolution was nearly as good as the original. It was at least as good as Invisible War if we set aside the technical limitations.
Cyberpunk 2077 honestly beats all of them. It’s not just prettier. Deus Ex rode the coattails of The Matrix. Cyberpunk 2077 actually starred Keanu Reeves, with Cherami Leigh (Asuna, from Sword Art Online) as the main character, and then Idris Elba (Luther from Luther) as the main character of the DLC. And that’s just the voice talent. The game looked amazing and it still sets the bar for what an action RPG can look like. Whether you call them augmentations, biomods, or whatever Cyberpunk 2077 calls them (I’m a DX purist; they’re augmentations; get off my lawn), Cyberpunk 2077 beats any Deus Ex with the Kiroshi eye implants, the Mantis Blades, the boost-jump legs, and more. And of course you have a real open world. And actual music. Sure, Deus Ex walked so Cyberpunk 2077 could run, but it’s not that games don’t have the same DNA. They’ve gotten better.
Also, the only Deus Ex developer I really care to hear from is Warren Spector. I don’t know who this other person is, but again, Mankind Divided sucked.
No, Cyberpunk 2020 walked so that Cyberpunk 2077 could run. We could have lived in a world where Deus Ex did not exist at all, and Cyperpunk 2077 would still be borrowing from the same source material.
Hell, Deus Ex should be thanking the Cyberpunk universe, not the other way around.
But, yeah, I still really liked Human Revolution. I’m glad I passed on Mankind Divided.
Cyberware / chrome