On Wednesday Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was officially announced, after ages of us knowing about its existence. It was only a day later though that an absolutely awesome CG trailer complimented the formal announcement, although actual gameplay footage is still far away. I would assume that E3 this year would be the likely place to find some Mankind Divided gameplay.
Mankind Divided game director Jean-Francois Dugas has spoke some more about the game post-announcement, offering some details within comments on the Official PlayStation Blog, where the formal announcement was initially made.
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Lots of fans are wondering which of the four endings of Human Revolution is the canonical one, or in other words the one which will be used as the basis for Mankind Divided’s plot. Dugas explained:
The trailer gives us a good idea of what ending is (sort of) canon in terms of the last game climactic events. That being said, all endings sport a bit of truth, rumors and whatnot that got spread around the world. So, in a way, the answer to the question is more complex than just identifying one official ending.
Dugas also talked about the team’s desire to make combat as satisfying as stealth, and continue to leave the choice entirely in players’ hands.
DXHR and DXMD aren’t stealth nor combat games. They are what you want them to be. It has always been our goal to let you choose the way you want to approach things.
And for me, it is important that combat becomes as satisfying as stealth can be. It’s a question of balancing both approaches in such way that everybody can have fun with the preferred play-style.
If you didn’t have the opportunity to play Human Revolution when it released in 2011, you can still jump into Mankind Divided no problem, but obviously if you want a better understanding of the world and story you’d probably want to give that game a go.
Our goal is to make the new game satisfying for those who played DXHR without alienating newcomers. The way we’re building the story, the world state, etc., you should have a very good understanding of what happened without having played it. However, if you really want the full deal, you should play HR. Apparently the game is fun ; )
And what of those weird boss fights in Human Revolution, which were widely criticised? Well perhaps Dugas is being on the defensive here, or it is actually true, but the man says that the boss fights weren’t shitty because they were outsourced to external developers. There were other factors at play.
I already mentioned in the past that the reason why bosses weren’t what they could have been is not related to the fact they were outsourced. The boss problems are due to many internal factors and in the end, I had to make tough decisions that didn’t go the way. We did a way better job on the Missing Link and Mankind Divided won’t repeat Human Revolution’s fault on the subject.
As for when you’ll get gameplay, it’s time to strap in and wait, gentlemen (and women):
For gameplay, it will happen eventually – now, the focus is on the announcement and the trailer. Like we like say: please, be excited! ; )
Deus Ex: Human Revolution was a fantastic game that was brought down by only a handful of flaws. In addition to the boss fights, my two biggest gripes with the game was firstly the sub-par visuals (in terms of raw power) which didn’t complement the amazing art direction well enough, and secondly the lack of a New Game+ mode, which was disheartening after spending a couple dozen hours in the main story beefing up your augmentations only to have to do it all over again if you wanted to begin anew.
If Mankind Divided can address these three problems, they’ve already won half the battle in my books.
On a separate note, I really loved Human Revolution’s multi-layered approach to side missions, especially the way you had to discover them in the world and they weren’t just blips on a map you went to as if working off a checklist. It helped make the world feel organic and encouraged exploration. If Mankind Divided can beef this up and give players many more ways of exploring the world and acting on it, it would be a total win.
Enough of my babbling though. Mankind Divided will be out on PC, PS4 and Xbox One and we have no idea as to what date it will be, or even if it will be this year. I imagine we’ll know more closer to E3.
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