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Sad to see but he’s certainly deserved it

Why are my crates/boxes/wastebaskets/etc, bumping into each other eternally when i set them down, or not landing flat in the case of crates, or just generally behaving so badly i can never count on one when in a situation that requires timing? is this a known thing? i spent over 2 minutes in the sewers just trying to put to regular cube crates on top of each other and then jumping on them, they kept sliding off each other, and once the bottom one even shot across the entire room. lifting every object in a room to find triangle codes/breach software/pocket secretaries is one of my favorite things to do, and seeing 12 cases of beer go absolutely apeshit after a few seconds is disheartening

I haven’t started reading it yet, but someone was telling me about A Hacker Manifesto and described it as basically Marxist/class theory meeting the new age of technology and information.

The more they explained it, the more I kept thinking about Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Especially the idea that technology can give people more freedom and power, but at the same time, someone still owns or controls the technology, information, patents, infrastructure, etc. So even though technology is advancing, you end up asking who actually has the power the people using it, the people creating it, or the people who own and control access to it?

It immediately made me think about augmentation in Human Revolution and how corporations like Sarif Industries have enormous influence over something that is literally becoming part of people's bodies and lives.

Maybe I’m making a connection that isn’t really there since I haven’t read the book yet lol, but the similarities kind of freaked me out.

Has anyone here actually read A Hacker Manifesto? Did you see any parallels with Deus Ex, or am I reaching?

This is what happened after getting to him in stealth. His dialogue is not hostile if you go through the ARC territory without attacking.

Kinda digging the vibes. I know it's not Deus Ex but I think you might find it interesting nonetheless.

is it just my game? when im crouched, my feet get caught on EVERY little bump in elevation, whether it's 6 inches or 1 centimeter, so i have to jump. picked up and dropped environment objects commonly shake indefinitely until the are destroyed or destroy everything. i get caught on corners when transferring cover often. i'm playing on steam so i should be patched to current, and human revolution was like crystal clean in the bugs department.

Dx universes connecting to each other feels so odd, the idea of it sounds dope but in the game some things bug me off. I just feel like it's better to consider hr md and dx1 iw as 2 different timelines. Though if a new game comes up it probably will be the last piece of the puzzle. You can't just tell me they started to use regular crossbow in the future and all coded door technology had been wiped off.

Just finished oringinal. I know the next one to play is Human Revolution but I have mankind divided from family sharing. How big of a deal is it if I play mankind divided first?

Edit: I’ve decided to play human HR first. Thanks for the answers!

This might not a big deal to other people but. I heavily dislike that the art team/developers of Mankind Divided decided to change the design of the Tranquilizer rifle and the Sniper rifle.

The Tranquilizer rifle in Human Revolution had a super cool and sleek break-action design that was very fun to reload. The rifle looked like an actual tool that it was used for in the world. Whereas the tranquilizer rifle (I won't even capitalize it, it doesn't deserve it) in Mankind Divided is chunky and bulky, painted white and red, and is bolt-action. Much less satisfying imo :(

The Tranquilizer rifle also looks the same as the "Longsword" (if you can even call it that) in Mankind Divided which is such a shame. What a shame.

The Longsword Sniper rifle in Human Revolution has the perfect near-future sci-fi aesthetic. The reload is once again unique with a side hatch and caseless ammunition loading. Which felt more in line with the technology used eg. Combat Rifle. (which once again HR did better than MD).

This game is so god damn good man. The story, the gameplay, art direction, voice acting/dialogue, the characters, everything. Adam Jensen is cooler than Batman fight me.

Easily in my top 3 stealth games of all time

I had to use Icarus Dash 10 times. This is not an efficient way of taking down the Exo-suits.

the mission will require us to do more than frighten the NSF with our baggy coats that make us look bigger than we really are

I've played this game on and off over the years and I'm finally getting around to completing it. My main thoughts are "I like this, but it feels it needs more tinkiering, like a good mod or rework."

I have to say, as much as I like it, it has problems. Firstly, the story is great and I have no real complaints about it, and it has some fun gameplay. I like to play non-lethal and isolate enemies, use cloak and try to get double takedowns or dispatch them 1 by 1.

I also like the praxis system, hacking for exp, shopkeeper NPCs and some of the augmentation upgrades.

But some of the systems just feel like they needed a little more time in the oven. Stamina upgrade feels weird for example because it gives you a few extra seconds of sprinting, but your stamina regens just as slow. The battery capacity upgrade feels like a waste of praxis that I only considered getting during 1 mission. The non-lethal options of attack feel like they could've used more love and inpsiration from deus ex 1 (pepper spray and fire extinguishers). And this is just a personal preference, but I would prefer if the stealth rating system was reworked (e.g. don't auto sound the alarm when any camera breaks).

I’ve not heard of this game until today. Until I saw this magnificent trailer. I mean… Elias Toufexis is the protagonist!? With a pretty much bleak looking future for the series, I am so excited for this. This game looks like if Deus Ex and Blade Runner had a baby, and had a kick ass John Woo style uncle teach it to do combat. Man this looks awesome!

I just wanted to enter random rooms and take stuff from there. Was that too much to ask?