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Controls are sublime, whether you’re massacring the enemy or avoiding them; with enough tools to make both viable options. The take on a futuristic Prague is unsettling, yet hugely immersive, together with some interesting social commentary. It’s been a long time coming, but Mankind Divided was worth the five year wait.","2025-02-10T13:52:00.201882-05:00",{"id":306,"logo":778,"name":779,"slug":780,"tags":158,"bluesky":781,"twitter":779,"youtube":780,"facebook":779,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":782,"website_url":783,"score_format":46,"average_score":784,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":785,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":786,"editor_in_chief_email":787,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","thesixthaxis","thesixthaxis.bsky.social","All the latest videos gaming news, reviews, guides, and opinion.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F",73,"aran@thesixthaxis.com","dom@thesixthaxis.com","teflon@thesixthaxis.com",{"id":789,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":790,"author":791,"original_score":798,"normalized_score":63,"review_url":799,"review_date":540,"summary":800,"created_at":801,"updated_at":801,"author_id":792,"last_edited_at":801,"outlet":802},104292,141,{"id":792,"bio":26,"name":793,"avg_score":794,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":795,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":796,"claim_token":26,"article_count":797,"claimed_by_user_id":26},9098,"Andrew Reiner",79.43548387096774,"2025-03-26T08:05:12.751913-04:00","2025-03-26T08:21:36.222752-04:00",93,"7.00\u002F10","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002Fgames\u002Fdeus_ex_mankind_divided\u002Fb\u002Fxboxone\u002Farchive\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F19\u002Fa-big-heart-with-a-mechanical-soul.aspx","Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is futuristic science fiction, but the message it delivers stems from today’s societal problems. Police shoot unarmed innocents, extremist groups unleash acts of terror, and communities are torn apart by segregation. The story explores these issues thoroughly and makes a clear statement about the threat posed by totalitarianism, but the delivery is often heavy-handed and overstated. In establishing its vision of an oppressed world, the player is treated like a hard drive for extensive downloads of backstory and lore – so much so that I had to make notes just to keep track of all of the shadow organizations, acronyms, and shady government officials. The game made me think about my world, which is clearly the intent, but I never felt a strong connection to the game or the role protagonist Adam Jensen plays within it. Eidos Montreal attempts to disguise hot-button issues as speculative fiction, but sacrifices an interesting story to hammer home its messaging. Even Jensen is off his game, often appearing so gloomy and one-note in tone that he makes RoboCop seem like the life of the party. When we first meet Jensen, he’s on assignment in Dubai, tracking an arms dealer through an unfinished highrise hotel. This mission displays the promise of Deus Ex’s gameplay, deftly mixing stealth with hacking and the occasional exchange of gunfire. This mission is paced nicely and delivers true excitement, culminating in the surprise assault by a new terrorist cell, each of its soldiers adorned in stylish gold masks and augmented enhancements. Player choice (which is woven into the entire narrative arc with plenty of difficult “no-win” moments) comes into play here, as does a timed event that applies unexpected pressure to the gameplay, making me switch from stealth to run-and-gun to reach my objective in time. It’s a hell of an introductory sequence, but the game never finds that pulse again, and instead becomes formulaic.","2025-03-26T08:10:37.307057-04:00",{"id":790,"logo":803,"name":804,"slug":805,"tags":26,"bluesky":26,"twitter":806,"youtube":807,"facebook":808,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":809,"website_url":810,"score_format":46,"average_score":47,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":811,"news_editor_email":26,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":110,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgameinformer.jpg","Game Informer","gameinformer","GameInformer","@gameinformer","officialgameinformer","Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002F","Minneapolis",{"id":813,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":137,"author":814,"original_score":820,"normalized_score":821,"review_url":822,"review_date":540,"summary":823,"created_at":824,"updated_at":824,"author_id":815,"last_edited_at":824,"outlet":825},86127,{"id":815,"bio":26,"name":816,"avg_score":817,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":818,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":819,"claim_token":26,"article_count":645,"claimed_by_user_id":26},6847,"Tom Morgan-Freelander",83.42857142857143,"2025-02-28T11:13:52.72719-05:00","2025-03-31T07:03:51.984663-04:00","5\u002F5",100,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stuff.tv\u002Freview\u002Fdeus-ex-mankind-divided-review\u002F","Do you like to do things by the book, or prefer to go rogue? Kick down the door, shoot first and ask questions later, or sneak in and get out without anyone knowing you were even there?","2025-02-28T11:17:52.178185-05:00",{"id":137,"logo":826,"name":827,"slug":828,"tags":662,"bluesky":26,"twitter":829,"youtube":830,"facebook":831,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":832,"website_url":833,"score_format":107,"average_score":834,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":835,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":835,"editor_in_chief_email":836,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FStuff-Logo.jpg","Stuff","stuff","StuffTV","@Stuff","joinstuff","Gadgets - Games - Gear","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stuff.tv\u002F",81,"tom.morgan@kelsey.co.uk","dan.grabham@kelsey.co.uk"]