In addition, weapons and ammo can now be changed on-the-fly with ease. Finally, Focus will slow down the world around you as you quickly fly through enemies to take them out. His Augmented Vision can see enemies from behind cover, with the drawback that it doesn’t differentiate between living and dead enemies. If overwhelmed by enemies, Adam’s Nano Armor adds an extra layer of protection, turning him into a “human tank”. Adam’s Icarus abilities can create combination moves such as the Icarus Fall and Icars Strike to quickly disable any enemies that cross his path. Versatile and fast, it can be used in close combat to slice your enemies, or as a lethal projectile from afar to either kill on contact or set out as a grenade to take out a group in a matter of seconds. The arm-gun comes with some compelling combat augments such as the Nano Blade. If combat is more your style, Edios hopes that new augments and features will create a more visceral, thrilling and action-packed way to battle through levels. As is clearly evident, Edios have worked hard at elaborating on the non-lethal elements of stealth gameplay. Whether or not you decide to use it to knock out the enemy or eliminate them, it will have no effect on your stealth. Smart vision has been upgraded this time around, allowing Adam to use it to collect intel on his enemies, and takedowns have been greatly improved, as Adam can now perform this technique from cover. New, non-lethal weapons such as the EMP gun allow you to take out cameras, which will allow players to continue along their path undetected. The tesla augmentation for Adam’s new arm-gun allows you to take down up to four enemies with a non-lethal electric pulse, while the Icarus dash lets Adam run quickly by dashing and jumping, creating new paths both vertically and horizontally. Adam’s new cloaking augment allows him to sneak past enemies with ease. Known for its enthralling stealth mode, Mankind Divided has many features that take this form of gameplay to the next level. Divergent pathways in the environment yield different results, such as characters with information, new story items, and lore that contributes to the world-building of the game. Since Mankind Divided is a multi-solution and multipath game, paying close attention to your environment is a must. Routes within levels are built both horizontally and vertically, which can lead to so many diverging possibilities for the player. With a wide variety of paths to chose from, players will enjoy exploring new routes to take within levels. The world created harkens back to the feeling inspired by District 9 where racial prejudices are not only rampant, but highly encouraged throughout human society.Įdios recognizes that fans are drawn to the open, non-linear nature of gameplay in the Deus Ex series. The ghettos are dirty and crowded and the dismal oppression is evident throughout the ghetto scenes as the guards bully the already spirit-broken Augs into submission. Distrustful of the Augs, as they are referred to, the humans have created Aug-only ghettos that are heavily guarded, with the ultimate intention of keeping them suppressed, and thus preventing a cataclysmic disaster from occurring once again. Mankind Divided takes place two years after this event when society is still suffering from those days, and as a result, there is a serious divide between humans and those that have been artificially augmented. Augmented humans rose up and caused a major disaster that affected all of society. As a result of Adam Jensen’s actions, a massive, disastrous event occurred within the world. The world that was formed by the end of Human Revolution was a bleak, dystopian society that was left heavily divided. Players will make deep choices where every action has a consequence that will influence the outcome of the game. This mix of Action, RPG, and Third-Person Shooter presents deep ethical dilemmas arising from the result the previous title, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and draws the player in with its engaging gameplay and variety of decisions that fans have grown to know and love from the franchise. If Edios’ alpha-build preview shown at E3 can live up to the potential it has set for itself, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will be well worth the wait. Fans of the Deus Ex franchise are eagerly anticipating the release of the sequel to the latest incarnation of the series.
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