Lotus Prince Let's Play: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Complete)!
It’s all the glory of Deus Ex, combined with the visual style of Blade Runner!
Posted By LotusPrince about 5 months ago
Lotus Prince Let’s Play: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Complete)!, 5.6 out of 10 based on 5 ratings ![]()
Here it is, folks – the game that I’ve been waiting for for a very long time: the prequel to the famous classic, Deus Ex! We play as Adam Jensen, the head of security for Sarif Industries, and much like the original game, there is more to the world than what we see at a glance. Prepare for stealth, augmentations, and conspiracy! Let’s! Go! Crazy!
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This is my 26th Let’s Play! Check out my other videos in my archive, here!
Card 1, by MEGamer (kjekz_party):
Card 2, by sonicchica:
Card 3, by sonicchica:
Card 4, by JackFrost:
(Part 5 contains the context for this unusually low brow episode synopsis.)
It’s all the glory of Deus Ex, combined with the visual style of Blade Runner!
Did you know a different company worked on the “bad” parts of Deus Ex?
Angry Joe travels to 2027 to augment himself with fancy new equipment! Check out the
Two serious pro gamers demo MLG caliber pwning tips that will get you chicks, bigger dicks, and TURBO TITS!
(Part 5 contains the context for this unusually low brow episode synopsis.)
Is it immoral to augment your game with DLC? What an ethical quandary!
This series has produced one of the best games of all time and also one of the worst sequels of all time. Due to this, I went into Square-Enix stab at Deus Ex with an equal amount of excitement and trepidation. Is the game an evolution or should it go back to the developer for further augmentation?
So, you want more Human Revolution? You’re not alone. Seems that the folks over at Eidos have some downloadable content planned in the future……
If the year ended tomorrow, then I would have no problem calling Human Revolution my game of the year.
Fall brings us the best games each year, so it’s official, Fall has arrived early! Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review – ZGR
The future is now.
Posted By Austin Yorski about 1 year, 8 months ago
Did you know a different company worked on the “bad” parts of Deus Ex?
Posted By AngryJoe about 1 year, 8 months ago
Angry Joe travels to 2027 to augment himself with fancy new equipment! Check out the
Posted By Fraser about 1 year, 8 months ago
Two serious pro gamers demo MLG caliber pwning tips that will get you chicks, bigger dicks, and TURBO TITS!
(Part 5 contains the context for this unusually low brow episode synopsis.)
Posted By Austin Yorski about 1 year, 8 months ago
Is it immoral to augment your game with DLC? What an ethical quandary!
Posted By Yousif A. about 1 year, 8 months ago
This series has produced one of the best games of all time and also one of the worst sequels of all time. Due to this, I went into Square-Enix stab at Deus Ex with an equal amount of excitement and trepidation. Is the game an evolution or should it go back to the developer for further augmentation?
Posted By Micah C. about 1 year, 8 months ago
So, you want more Human Revolution? You’re not alone. Seems that the folks over at Eidos have some downloadable content planned in the future……
Posted By Bennett The Sage about 1 year, 8 months ago
If the year ended tomorrow, then I would have no problem calling Human Revolution my game of the year.
Posted By ZGRDaniel about 1 year, 8 months ago
Fall brings us the best games each year, so it’s official, Fall has arrived early! Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review – ZGR
Posted By Austin Yorski about 1 year, 8 months ago
The future is now.
Posted By Eli Cymet about 1 year, 9 months ago
I’m not going to lie. I fall firmly in the Joe camp when it comes
Posted By Yousif A. about 1 year, 8 months ago
Lotus Prince Let’s Play: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Complete)!, 5.6 out of 10 based on 5 ratings ![]()
This series has produced one of the best games of all time and also one of the worst sequels of all time. Due to this, I went into Eidos Montreal’s attempt at Deus Ex with an equal amount of excitement and trepidation. Deus Ex is one of those games that you use as a comparison to all other games that fall into the same genre, so the third installment had a lot to live up to. Deus Ex: Human Revolution has a mountain to overcome in order to get close to its now ancient predecessor (and a mole hill to climb over another). Instead of attempting that near impossible climb, Human Revolution surprised me by leaping over the mole hill and going around the mountain instead.
| PROS | Wonderful Narrative, good overall presentation,involving, worth multiple plays |
| CONS | Terrible boss fights, some plot holes, level up system not perfect, too little variety |
| WTF?! | No lockpicks? They make a comeback in the future then? |
You are Adam Jensen, Security Chief for Sarif Industries. This company is one of the major producers of human augmentations, competing for a place at the top of the global stage. Thanks to Dr. Megan Reed, your old friend/ex/divorced wife (never explained), your company is about to make a breakthrough in augmentation. It all goes wrong when the company is attacked, the scientist team is killed, and you’re pretty much left for dead. This time around, being left for dead doesn’t mean zombies attack, but instead, Adam Jensen becomes one of the most heavily augmented people in the world and is brought back into the fold to try and discover who is targeting Sarif.
From here, the game follows a pretty standard pattern of letting you explore a HUB level filled with mini-quests, before switching to a dungeon style map for the main plot. Rinse, repeat and that’s the entire structure of the game. Sometimes you get two dungeon style levels in a row, but that’s it. I’m not saying this is necessarily a bad way of setting the game, but you can be guaranteed of a few things every time. Each HUB area will have three to four side quests per visit and nearly every dungeon will end with a boss fight of some description (not including the first). Human Revolution uses a very standard approach to pacing that, while practical, isn’t as varied as I would have liked.
But let’s be honest, it’s not so much how the levels occur, but what occurs within them. Starting with the HUB levels, players can expect a wonderfully fleshed out experience. Each of these sections truly feels like a living, breathing world and even the most redundant of civilian characters having something to add to the experience. Just listening to the goings on within the city is a task in itself and one that I personally spent several hours indulging in. If you really want to get the most out of DE: HR, then getting as deeply involved in the goings on within the world is a must. Besides, some of these conversations can actually lead you to finding alternate routes and secrets within the cities.
Aside from random chatter, there is plenty more to find. You can engage multiple characters in conversation, even if these don’t lead on to ‘official’ side quests. Should you be so inclined, you can simply explore. This often results in finding items and information that you would never have come across otherwise. Not every section in DE: HR is involved in the quest system and only through striking out on your own will you find everything.
Characters that do lead you to side quests often are named and easy to spot should you take the time to look at everybody or keep an ear out for a shout. You can choose to take on any mission you like, but why you would turn them down still eludes me. These mini-missions usually revolve around going to a location, speaking to someone, finding something, shooting someone, and not necessarily in that order. There is always a non-lethal answer to every one of these quests, and usually this is the preferred method. While it’s absolutely essential for games like Deus Ex to have these types of missions, Human Revolution fails to mix it up.
(Part 5 contains the context for this unusually low brow episode synopsis.)
All right, you got me; what plot holes?
Well, I did find a few: The post credits ending… There are 4 possible endings, but the Eliza choice is the only one that makes sense with the finale. Then you have the one when the Hive owners son tries to kill you for no reason, even though the original plan would have still worked as a distraction. And finally, how did the bad guys exactly manage to create a glitch to force a factory recall. (but to be fair, I’m not sure about the last one ’cause I stopped reading all the e-mails at about 3/4 of the game)
Excellent review!
So far there is two things that bother me with the game. First one is being the dumb AI. Very dumb. I’ve seen much smarter AI in the first Splinter Cell that dates from almost ten years.
I found a perfect strategy too to sneak-fight groups : throw a cardboard box, wait for the guy to come, take down, repeat ten times. I also find the need to “hide bodies” not that important. Very often i can sneak right in front of a guard… are they blind?
The graphic engine clearly made its time, but the scenery and cities design are fantastic.
Oh well, this game is still awesome.
Nice work.
Though I will say – the energy management system was a constant bother – downing candy bars to have more then the one was a really bad design decision – particularly if you’re doing stealth & takedowns.
The other thing I think is a major disagreement with something most people have had to say about the game, and you also had here:
“”Each of these sections truly feels like a living, breathing world”"
Where are the people?
I can understand Detroit being totally deserted – two reasons why.
1. It’s nighttime, and possibly very early monring.
2. It’s Detroit.
In China though? The city you’re in is huge – big enough that it’s a double decker, it’s during the daytime, and you’re in what equates to the slums. There’s barely anyone to be seen anywhere. Maybe I’ve been spoiled with the Assassin’s Creed games, but the streets felt completely deserted and it really sucked me out of feeling like it was an actual city.
The design layout was great, I’ll give it that, but no cars, no traffic, no people? I was expecting this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpnSEALDG_c&feature=related
And instead we had this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIIuR-HjFho&feature=related
I really enjoyed the game, but it was definitely not without faults.
There are people and (parked) cars.Although DEX draws heavy influences on a lot of “interllectual” Sc–Fi; the series
has never tried to replicate any one film entirely.
Yes, I saw them. What I’m saying is that they are scarce, particularly for what is supposed to be a major metropolitan city – to the point where I don’t believe that it’s actually a city, because there are not enough people there (hence the break from immersion).
I don’t remember saying it was trying to copy a specific film…
Yeah I’ll admit the cities are less populated than you would likely see in RL, but from a game standpoint I think its fine. The AC games are in third person so your vision isn’t obscured by crowds like it would be in first person. it would be much more difficult getting around and finding people if you had to watch out for cars and crowds.
I have to wait to cross the road enough in RL, those terrorists necks aren’t going to snap themselves :3
I did not consider the potential gameplay ramifications from the 3rd to 1st person perspectives with a city with quite a bit more population. That said, I don’t think it would be impossible to address, but given the technology, staff on hand & ideas bouncing around the meeting rooms it just wasn’t feasible with the engine/gameplay mechanics.
Someday perhaps.
Excellent review Yousif, despite a few typos. I agree with pretty much everything you said.
I apologize for any typos. I’m still recovering from surgery I had a week or so back and perhaps have not hit the high standard I usually like to bring. I gave the editing team a hell of a time with this one and there was always a chance they were going to miss something.
I’ll be taking a short break from writing while I fully recover. Should be back in time for a major title out at the end of this month.
I also strongly agree with this review, although while I was playing on the PC version, I had a constant frame-rate of 30fps. One thing I was disappointed about that Yousif wasn’t, was Square’s bad habit of over-using pre-rendered cut-scenes… I found they were utterly unnecessary in some situations, and given the difference between the pre-rendered and real time rendering (real time often being brighter and more focused than the pre-rendered), it made some situations a little jarring.
Another thing I want to point out is the massive amounts of easter eggs in the game. From Robocop and Demolition man references (the demolition man one had me rolling with laughter) to a letter from a former Australian prime minister, and room names that have more meaning than you would think, the writers threw in just about any and all reference they could think of, which is a delight to all who can find them… or to me anyways.
Let me guess, the Prime Minister is Kevin Rudd?
Actually no, it was John Howard, one of our most longest running PMs. You can find his letter on a computer next to the first turret you run across in the Picus building. He doesn’t state anything about his role as a Prime Minister in the letter, but that’s because he is now just an average citizen, having retired from politics (with a massive pension of that)
You mean he’ll still be alive by then? The guy’s 80-odd as far as I know.
It’s all the glory of Deus Ex, combined with the visual style of Blade Runner!
Angry Joe travels to 2027 to augment himself with fancy new equipment! Check out the
Two serious pro gamers demo MLG caliber pwning tips that will get you chicks, bigger dicks, and TURBO TITS!
(Part 5 contains the context for this unusually low brow episode synopsis.)
If the year ended tomorrow, then I would have no problem calling Human Revolution my game of the year.
Fall brings us the best games each year, so it’s official, Fall has arrived early! Deus Ex: Human Revolution Review – ZGR
Angry Joe Interviews three of the key developers for the upcoming Deus Ex Human Revolution.
Angry Joe Interviews three of the key developers for the upcoming Deus Ex Human Revolution.
A new augmentation manufacturing company website has launched as a preview of the extensive technology available to players in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
First, I love your lets play’s. but this one was the most frustrating to watch for me, as I have beaten the game multiple times.
The thing that was the most frustrationg for me was the fact you didnt use the cover mechanic. It bugged the hell out of me.
But still great work as allways, keep the lets plays comming.
Hope you will do Dreamfall – The longest journey sometime.
The only game I ever finished in one sitting. The story was so awesome in that game that I couldnt go to bed until I beat it.
Well, I have an answer for that, actually.
1. I LP’d this game when it came out, so neither I nor anyone else knew quite what to do.
2. I’m very used to the first Deus Ex, which had no cover mechanic.
3. If it makes you feel better, I’ve beaten the crap out of that game since I’ve LP’d it. I got every achievement, and everything.
I’ve never heard of Dreamfall, actually. Perhaps I should look it up.
Thanks a lot for your support!
I recommend Dreamfall but if you do start at the beginning of the series and start with a game called the longest journey in my opinion one of the greatest point and click adventure game ever made.
the game is set in a dystopian future around an art student named April Ryan whom is hunted by weird dream every night.
but one day she finds out that her dreams might be something else than a figment of her imagination.
Dreamfall is the sequel to the longest journey and the series is going to continue soon with dreamfall chronicles witch is starting in development soon.
These games are an work of art and are on sale on steam until 5th of January, both games for 10$.
yeah, you’re right, he should start with the first game. allthough I played the first game after I beat dreamfall.
Still, “the longest journey” is, as you said one of the greatest point and click adventure games ever made.
But me, personally, likes Dreamfall even more then the first game.
So now its up to Lotus, go go go, get both games and do an LP of them
I bet a Indie game on steam that he will need a walkthrough before chapter 3 of the Longest Journey.
As much of a Fan of the Deus EX franchise as i am,i still havent completed DEX:HR yet;i just didnt want to breeze through it like i did with Invisible War,which i do not rate that highly compared the EPIC DEX 1.
Cool thing that HR is just waiting for me on my STEAM account ready to fire it up again.Hopefully after Eidos Montreal are done with Thief 4 another DEX game will be underway..lets hope eh..
HR is a whole lot of fun. You won’t be sorry.
I have never been as stressed out over getting a game as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, at the midnight sale of the game.
Just thinking about what they could have done wrong;
would it be just another generic shooter or worse: anther Invisible War.
Still it was one of two, none indie game i have gotten the last 3 years that have brought joy to this jaded PC gamers heart, for the first time in more than ten years i had bought a good Deus Ex game.
No midnight sale for me: I preordered it, and picked it up the next afternoon.
And yeah, Invisible War (at least, what I played of it) left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth, but the trailers for HR looked freaking crazy. This was absolutely amazing.
Funny that you would do this game as I’m getting close to beating this for the first time. I really have been enjoying the game. I love how there are so many different ways you can complete the missions and that you can play the game in a number of ways. In fact, there some ways you can get objectives done that I did not know about before. The only complaints I have about the game are that the gun play and boss fights feel a bit iffy. Trying to sneak by people while trying to explore every nook and cranny in an area sometimes does get a little frustrating as well but that’s just a nitpick though.
Overall it’s a solid game that I think I would play again.
That’s good to hear! This is one of those games where the side missions can be almost as fun as the main story…backtracking aside.
The boss fights really shouldn’t be mandatory, and killing shouldn’t be inevitable for them, either. Otherwise, I thought the game was really solid.
I haven’t uploaded it yet, but in the future, the game’s DLC, The Missing Link, will be up on this site as well!