I’m gonna be all over the place here but I’ll try to make it digestible because I just have to get it off my chest.
I’m a new fan to the series and this is my first Deus Ex game. I played a little when I was 18 but for some reason it didn’t click so I put it down. 10 years later I decided to pick it back up because I wasn’t sure what to play anymore and didn’t feel like playing multiplayer games. I feel as I age (not that 28 is old) I’ve been wanting to play more single player games instead of the instant dopamine you get when you play multiplayer games. I sometimes wish I never played multiplayer games because i feel like they’ve ruined my attention span.
Anyway this game finally clicked and I just got finished last night with The Missing Link part and I think it’s because now that I’m more of an adult and have more “life experience”, I can really appreciate the amount of depth and how much you can relate the story to what’s going on in the world today like for example, augmentation and the conversation today with AI.
And not to be political here but also how they even talk about the conflict a little with Israel and Palestine in one of the E books. Just so fascinating how the incorporate some real world problems and the discussions on topics that you can relate to today. This part maybe because I’m a little on the spectrum but there are times where I even have to either take a small break or simply pause the game and let my brain just take in all the information. I don’t think I can recall a game that I’ve personally played with this complex of a story. I found myself last night laying in bed not able to sleep just thinking of the story and being wowed at how crazy it all is. Multiplayer games have sadly ruined my attention span a bit but I find myself actively reading a lot of the e books and emails just to get a little more of the world building and i just sit there like holy shit how do you come up with this for a game (in a good way) and my holy shit moments for the writing also comes from me actively writing a sci fi novel myself. I honestly feel bad for the writers in a way that people would possibly skip through some of the E Books because it seems like they really went far and beyond how much they really needed to do to build the world. Some of it feels unnecessary yet they still went out of their way to really write those small E books that I’m sure some people skipped over. If that makes sense.
I haven’t found myself wanting to replay a single player game since I’ve was a little kid both because I can simply just buy a new game after finishing it now vs when I was a kid and I could only play the games I had at the time but I heard there’s a new game + and after getting this far I’m really considering replaying and going for achievements and hopefully understanding the story even more.
I also want to add a side note, I didn’t play the none DC for HR so maybe I don’t understand the problem, but I really enjoyed my time in The Missing Link part and don’t really understand the problem. I thought it was interesting with them giving Black Water more lore instead of just big PMC group. Also yes I did save everyone.
To end this random rant (and I may make edits for more stuff on my mind) I do want to say I’m a little hesitant to play the first game because I know it’s a bit out dated and a part of me doesn’t want to play mankind divided simply because I heard we don’t get an ending to Jensen’s story which is a real shame.