Review - Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Welcome to Requests Month 2012, everyone! Let's start things off augmented with my review of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

ESRB Rating: Mature (17+) - Intense Violence, Blood, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Drug Reference, Use of Alcohol

This game is available on Steam here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/28050/

All settings maxed in DirectX 9 mode at 1024x768 resolution.

Minimum System Requirements:
-Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
-2 GHz dual core CPU
-1 GB RAM (XP) / 2 GB (Vista/7)
-NVIDIA GeForce 8000 series or ATI Radeon HD 2000 series or better graphics card
-8.5 GB Hard Drive Space

To clarify my review scores (they're "rough" scores, meaning it's not supposed to be some sort of percentage or anything):
1 or lower = Terrible. Avoid at all costs.
1.5 = Has a few redeeming qualities, but still sucks and should be avoided.
2 = Mediocre (Sub-par). You'll probably want to avoid this one.
2.5 = Underwhelming, but playable.
3 = Average. Worth playing, but probably not at full price.
3.5 = Good, but has issues.
4 = Excellent, but has a few problems that could probably be fixed through patching.
4.5 = Exceptional. Better than 4 but still has a few problems that could be ironed out.
5 = Outstanding. Stuff in this category is pretty much "must own."

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[matternicuss]

Never had much luck with this series. I've owned the first Deus Ex since it came out, but my computers have never liked it (constant crashing/freezing issues). Played IW, and was underwhelmed. With that said, should I try Human Revolution even though I have little experience with the first game beyond the first few levels? I've always felt like I've missed out on this series, even though I own the first one...

[DWTerminator]

This one runs well, is pretty easy to get into, and is technically a prequel to the original DX, so yeah, go for it.

[rybrentmannftw]

when are you going to review fallout 1 and 2

[DWTerminator]

Eventually.

[ItzRedsnow]

That's mostly true yes, but I didn't like the original deus ex at all. Human rev is a shooter, so I would enjoy that a lot more than the other deus exes.

[Omegawolfstudios]

They are going to continue the series. It was square's most successful game of 2011, and they allowed the studio to hire 100 more people, as well as continue the franchise.

[DWTerminator]

Yeah, hopefully the next game (which they've pretty much confirmed working on since the dev studio hired a bunch of new people after the success of HR) will improve the few issues that HR has. It's all stuff that could be fixed fairly easily, I'm sure.

[DWTerminator]

Never used dermal armor in the entire game. Never really needed it since I was being stealthy and limited myself to the silenced CR and 10mm for the most part. Sure it made combat more difficult but I didn't mind that.

[DWTerminator]

Well the demo's co-op only (as far as I can tell) so... it'll probably require XBLG anyway unless there's some sort of splitscreen or bot system. I don't really have any 360 games worth playing online, hence the lack of XBLG, and why I miss out on a lot. Switching to a PS3 is out of the question here though (you should know why by now).

From what I've seen Syndicate 2012 is just another FPS with some gimmicks. We'll see how it actually turns out though.

[DWTerminator]

Invisible War... Ugh... Shooting mechanics were actually worse than the original game (which is an amazing feat considering Ion Storm actually tried to improve them), the RPG mechanics were almost non-existent, storyline was total garbage, weapons felt pathetic no matter what you were using, dialogue was wimpy, inventory system sucked, everything pooling the same ammo was downright stupid, and the level design was pretty weak.

It's quite simply a bad game and an insult to Deus Ex.