I love the "vibe" of this game; the gold filter, the soundtrack, the secret places, secret air ducts pathways, hacking people's computers and reading their emails and jornals, reading their personal drama and gossip, sneaking around to see if there is anything else to hack and actually finding it

One of my favourite things in Adam's apartment is a sheet of paper near the clockworks with the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" written once each in upper- and lower-case. This is a calibration phrase to make sure every key on a keyboard is working, and Adam was writing it with his cyberarms. Phenomenal insight into how he's adapting to his new body.

This game has AMAZING ambience. That was the thing that really stuck with me, especially the iconic Sarif Industries(/Main Menu) theme. Its color palette is so warm and modern, and the filter adds a very neutral future-industrial aesthetic. Really holds up as the years pass. One of my favorite games of all time really.

If you go to Jensen's apartment and observe the ceiling, you can see imperfect hexagons. Throughout the game there are a lot of ceilings with perfect patterns, and this is the only one where the shapes don't fit together. This is a metaphor of how Jensen feels, just out of place, unable to connect with anyone or evem his own body after what happened. He just doesn't fit. I love this game, thanks for the vid.

I remember this came out at a point when I felt like games were just getting more and more ambitious and creative. This and Mass Effect 2 were a summer for me

The year is 2011. Finishing my senior year of high school, I buy a 360 in February of 2011. I immediately pickup the games I always heard about and played at friends' houses: Assassin's Creed 2, Mass Effect 2, Bioshock, Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Dead Space 2... First brand new game I had for the 360 came out a month later, Crysis 2. That game looked so good and loves the mechanics of FPS/stealth/sandbox/upgrading your character and weapons, a good single player story with a 12 hour campaign. Greatness. Then fall 2011 hits... How many midnight launches I went to at gamestop... remembering my mom asking the difference between Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3... fond memories. Skyrim consumed my life in November... And then there was this game... this beautiful, cinematic, tech noir social commentary with an amazing plot, distinct color pallet and visual design, that hybrid first/third person experience like Rainbow Six Vegas. It had the dark, intricate web of conspiracies involving mega corporations, secret societies, the media, and the alphabet agencies. The augmentation and prosthetic technology was just a catalyst for the social commentary. The kind of tech displayed won't be as widely available as depicted in DX's version of 2027 as that tech is still early prototype and would be more realistic to see in 2077 or even the 2100s. That being said, the augmentations were just a vehicle for the game play and the way the player interacted with the world. But the themes were extremely relevant then and arguably as we approach the mid 2020s in the real world, this game is more important and more enjoyable now than it was then. It was so forward thinking and drew heavily from classic sci fi, tech noir, and dystopian fiction literature. The developers were absolutely genius to have created this masterpiece. The augmentation debates in the game reflects the real world debates of individual body sovereignty, what it means to be human, without taking a particular viewpoint for either side, but just presenting both sides with moral ambiguity that makes you question your own views. I really enjoyed listening to the anti-aug discussions at the Detroit convention center in the game, thinking about how they have a point, and how Jensen must feel as he begrudgingly accepts his new augmented reality after an augmented terrorist attack that stole the love of his life and he feels responsible as the head of security for not preventing the deaths and kidnappings of those that were lost under his watch and supervision. The Detroit riots were so reminiscent of the race riots in 1968 and 2020, the militarization of the police state that you see in Detroit, it was just so well presented. The data pads you find in the game point to an international conspiracy of private think tanks, government agencies like DARPA and FEMA, corporate interests, banking and pharmaceuticals companies that produce neuropozine, all controlled by shadowy figures behind the scenes that masquerade as politicians, businessmen, scholars and educators, doctors, lawyers, etc. The game implies these deep state individuals and the mega corporations they represent have more power than the governments and they essentially steer the course of public policy and shape the will of the people through media, and it seems PICUS has the monopoly worldwide, from Detroit and Montreal and in China as well. The fact that Eliza Cassan is an AI programmed to shape public perception by the ilummimati was mind blowing when you learn of that in the latter half of the game. The way this game presents Jensen as a type of Icarus was an amazing metaphor for his inner battle of his humanity being consumed by the power of his augmentations, questioning if, in becoming more than human, he loses a part of his humanity. This game is easily in my top 10 games ever, and depending on the day I could easily tell you it is my favorite game. Absolutely genius, I love how it draws heavily from blade runner, 1984, and brave new world. You can judge good sci fi by this standard: is it more relevant now than it was when it was initially published? If yes, you have sci fi greatness. No doubt this game portrays a future whose shadow we are only now beginning to see, very fitting the setting of 2027, as blade runner did with 2019. All that to say, this game is amazing and I can't wait for the sequel to mankind divided, which looks like will definitely happen now than Eidos Montreal is under new and more effective ownership. Oh how I miss having the consistent quality and quantity of games we were so privileged to have grown up with, 2011 being one of the standout years.

>never asked for this >does his best anyway

22:50 imagine being a real human being living with that voice, holy shit.

You know, when you have a laser with you and stand close enough, you can just burn through the window that protects Zhao, ending the battle in literally 5 seconds.

Great, now my video has to be at least an hour long. Also gonna come back and watch this later after mine's out because I'm not about inadvertently apeing someone's work. See you in a month or so!

Adam’s voice is so distinctive, it caught me off guard when I was watching The Expanse and he shows up

damn, i've been listening to the OST for this game on a weekly? monthly basis for ten years now. GOAT.

Can't wait to finish this. Actually felt nostalgic and rewatched the trailers for Human Revolution and Mankind Divided yesterday, so coming across this video is a treat.

It's just pure everything, crisp, untouched almost, the atmosphere is something out of game, it almost isn't a game..just a feeling, I miss that place...do you feel that?

This game had amazing visuals for its time. The interiors design felt so comfortable to look at. Tai Yong Medical looked like a place I'd wanna have an office in too. I think this game deserves a remake or remaster, on the Dawn Engine (the one used for Mankind Divided)

I love everything about this game, gold hue filter, soundtrack, atmosphere, art style etc. As a final love letter to this game, I for the first and last time played it trough without being detected and with pacifist + hardest difficulty. It brings me to tears how this franchise is now in a limbo of sort. I hope this is not the last time we see Adam Jensen and Deus Ex...

Oh god, I really want a 3rd game that concludes what was starded in MD. IW is the only I haven't played, but when I played the original back in the day, it totally blew my mind.

I remember playing it a few months ago after playing the first two Deus Ex games and initially thinking that it wasn’t going to be as good as the first game, but I was glad to be proven wrong. I absolutely loved Human Revolution, everything about it just clicked like in the first Deus Ex. Adam Jensen is such an amazing character, I hope Eidos will be able to get back to Deus Ex and make that follow up to Mankind Divided.

*Replayed it like 15 times or so...MD is also amazing, still waiting for the last part of the trilogy,*

Adam Jensen is one of my favorite characters in gaming. This series is amazing.

I'm currently in Hengsha, for what is probably my 15th playthrough. I always come back to this game when I'm stuck trying to figure out what to play next.

one of the greatest game soundtracks of all time

This is the New Vegas of Deus Ex series

The sound in this game was incredible. It really helped established the tone and feeling of every scene.

The lighting, the sound design, the animations of guns, the level design that feels real and looks great 10 years on. This game is one of my favorites of the 2010s

Please make a mankind divided retrospective! It needs more praise and recognition.

I still say Night City is one the best examples of a Cyberpunk mega city and captures the essence of Cyberpunk quite well. I wish people would set aside their bias and look at it as a peice of Cyberpunk media cause it's one of the best in that regard

Just finished the original (GMDX mod). It really made me appreciate Human Revolution, and how closely it followed the original formula (same locations, Triads, multiple choice endings, Illuminati...). Masterpiece as far as I'm concerned.

Actually, the 404 room easter egg with Eliza (404 being the HTML error code for "not found") goes a bit further, with the room Eliza's mainframe is in being 802-11, a reference to the IEEE 802.11 standard, more commonly known as Wi-Fi.

I love Human Revolution, and hell yes, I love Mankind Divided. Both are better than the other in certain respects, though I gotta say that MD does not get as much praise as it deserves. The level design, technical aspects, and art are exceptional.

25:56 I love playing Human Revolution as a sneaky, non-lethal player BUT I drop every motherf*cker that comes with my sniper rifle that come anywhere Malik's downed bird

I remember a magical feeling I got when I first saw this game; I wish I could capture that feeling again.

Human Revolution was my introduction game into a world of Deus Ex. Till this day i claim that this DE:HR is the best game in the series. It totally caputres that Cyberpunk/Brave New World vibe. And the sountrack...simply Epic. But what really hoocked me for the Universe was the gameplay. It was...perfect not too pushy, not too grindy and thanks to the somewhat divrse enemies it was never got boring or stale...i have no idea how they managed to make such masterpiece...and how they boched the succsessor. DE:MD felt, to me at least that they cut the development short. There is a hunch that there is a room and there was planned more features but backed out mid production.

Great work covering a fantastic game Boulder, sat down and watched the whole thing with my lunch! Hoping to do more long form stuff myself, so this is great inspiration.

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Genuinely one of the finest games ever made, along with Mankind Divided. Absolutely fantastic

Man, the nostalgia trip I just took watching this incredibly well-made review was off the charts. I bought this game on a deal a few months after it came out. It was during a difficult period of my life. I'd been without a job coming up on a year and beginning to get really worried about how I was going to get a new one. This was towards the end of the recession. This game was only something like £19.99 at the time, but it was a lot of money for me at that point and I had to borrow a friend's PS3 to play it. Over the course of a couple of months, I played it during periods of downtime when I wasn't searching for a job and it was one of the most incredible and satisfying games I've ever played. I only bought it because I played the original years before and saw Human Revolution on a deal. It took me about two months on and off to finish it because I was checking every nook and cranny for information and moving through the levels like a Robocop Solid Snake. I loved everything about it, even the colour scheme, and even though I don't think it betters the original, it's still one of my favourite games of all time and you've just inspired me to reinstall it. Thank you for that. :)

I absolutely love how you will include some pretty spicy memes in your videos with the self restraint to put them in where they work best. Luv u boulder punch.

I played it (DC) last month for the first time. It aged very well. Still looks and sounds great. And the music is fantastic

I always come back to this game once a year. Amazing ambience.

This game came out at a time where I had been graduated from college for a while, but was having trouble getting established and living on my own. I focused on my career. Later, in 2014, I moved to a new city for a job and didn't know anyone. I lived alone and had just gotten a new computer. I hopped on Steam and bought Batman: Arkham City GOTY Edition and then later Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut. I loved both games, but I found myself "hanging out" in DX:HR a lot more because there was just SO much to do. The ambiance, music, characters, and the world sucked me in. Sure, the character proportions are kinda weird and the animations are a little wonky, but I spent WAY too much time playing for hours on end in that house by myself. I played the game a second and third time to get as much as I could out of the world and story.

Thanks for this, I loved this game and have been meaning to start playing the sequel for so long but was worried I'd forgotten too much, this really brought me back.

such a fantastic game. played it so much when it came out and recently started a new campaign . still holds up and that soundtrack is a top 5 OST ever

The OST was the best part of DE:HR. That music will outlive the game by a thousand years.

Thanks for the awesome video Boulder Punch . Both Human Revolution and Mankind Divided were immersive awesome experiences! These games were full of heart. These type of extremely immersive awesome games are really hard to find. I hope we see a 3rd one. Can't wait the play Eidos Montreal's take on Guardians of Galaxy.

Their style of "Cyber Renaissance" was fucking fantastic. I just love the Art direction and the music.

Love so much about this game and both deus ex Jensen games. Please make a third one. It could lead into the original story!

Love your work Boulder! I hope you’ll follow up with the next game!

Just finished the game yesterday... And it's amazing piece of art by all means

I lost count on how many times I have finished this game and everytime I replay the game it feels like a new experience

Looking forward to a Mankind divided video from you. Human Revolution is one of my all time favorites, I wasn't able to get into and finish mankind divided.

This Video is a dream come true. Deus Ex HR and MD are near the top for me, because it was while playing HR when I realized how much you can mess with the world and stories in an Immersive Sim Game. I will never forget the moment when I first had to break into the police station in HR and failing the Speech Game at the Entrance, so I went around the back and put some boxes together and climbed in via the roof. I played the Original Game and the Director's Cut, and first I didn't really understand what the fuzz was all about and why people hated the "piss filter" but then it hit me, and now I really love the Director's Cut, especially because I don't have to rip my hair out while fighting Berrett. The Stories in both games can be a bit confusing and sometimes lose a lot of focus, but Adam Jensen is the heart and the grinning, cunning protagonist. I really love his sense of humour and his skill to bod with other people in the game. I was so shocked when the mother of Megan Reed talked to you, and you had to investigate the murder of your girlfriend. I really loved the architecture and the whole aesthetic of the game. This was future to me, because I didn't look totally unrealistic and more like a vision of the future which could equally happen. Like you said in your review the home of Adam Jensen tells you so much about the character and this carries through in MD, even better in the Sequel, because there you also could get a feel for the neighbourhood and the people living there. Deus Ex HR had so many great ideas and memorable moments and I really love the sequel, all I wish for is to have them playable at one console and maybe even put more focus at the ending. Overall fantastic and a great review, I will watch this a lot. Thanks for this great content.

7:22 "and what they ended up with is one of my favorite interpretations of the visual aesthetic far better than Cyberpunk 2077..." Your video gets a like just for that.

Bunnyhop? I always got Mandalore vibes from your videos :) Btw this was the best, most comprehensive review of HR I've seen, keep it up man!

I laughed when I saw the point in the stream where you read my comment and shot the green canister to diffuse the bomb. Didn't know you were recording!

Fun fact: I got the pre order bonus of the rocket launcher so when it came to battling the guy disguised as a mannequin I shot and killed him immediately.

One of the best game series ever. It’s a shame that we will most likely never get a conclusion to Adam’s story.

that "respec" aj underwent - the opening credit roll - was definitely a nod to the opening sequence of the six-million dollar man. i stand by my statement.

22:15 I always like that mirror detail, it says A LOT of Adam Jensen with that single thing than most of the gaming protagonist.

I love the voice of David sarif they got close in mankind divided but should have brought the original back

One of my faves, and a very worthy sequel to the original. "The Mole" is an awesome piece of ambient music for a stealth game. Once I heard that as I was sneaking around, I was "Oh yeah, this is the good stuff!" At least to me, this was the first game in which unconscious enemies could and would be revived by their comrades. And also the guards would often turn around and look behind them as they were walking. Tricky stuff.

I went into this game completely ignorant to the fact that there was a prior Deus Ex game, and loved every minute of it.

Absolutely fantastic examination of the game. Well done sir.

Loved HR and MD, really hope we get a return to Adam's story - awesome soundtrack, love the dialogue mechanics, fun gameplay and the setting & aesthetics are visually interesting

I stopped a couple minutes in. I'm gonna go back and give this a go. Its been on the backlog list for ages and you quickly convinced me I should give it a go. I'll be back.

A man of culture knows when to spam the Typhoon attack

I remember when that teaser trailer dropped. Even my ancestors balls tingled with hype.

Absolutely fantastic game. Replayed it more than 10 times. An extremely impressive art style, soundtrack, atmosphere, theme, aesthetics, general design I've ever seen. Just a delight. Still a blast to play.

22:50 it was at this point i finally recognized him as "your spy on Tycho" from The Expanse where he played a spy with; a moral grey compass that's good at hacking, spying, has surpising combat lethality aaand... has augments and a biomech eye. ! He's just playing Adam Jensen but set in the Expanse lmao 10/10 "easter egg cameo"

Loved it. Amazing atmosphere and music. Good characters and story too.

Human Revolution actually has far more than 3 endings. You have 7 endings in total, the 3 originally mentioned endings where you deliver Darrow's message or "spin" it one way or the other (all 3 of which have "warmer" and "colder" versions, depending on if you killed a lot of people or not), but you also have the choice to simply blow everything up and not deliver a message at all.

Great video, I really liked this game. It's a shame it seems we won't see the third installment.

Eidos Montreal showed how talented they are with both their Deus Ex games. They are let down by their publisher.

Never thought I would love this game.... I am playing it right now. The persuasion skill and scenes are top notch even for 2021.

Damn what timing. I just started this game last night. After beating Mankind Divided last week unfortunately it's hard to get used to

Awesome video, awesome channel, as always. Just an observation but when Jensen says "We've been making big leaps for a while now" I didn't take that as the game calling itself out for taking pretty reach-y plot diversions etc, I figured it was a reference to the science behind the universe and the fact that it's set in the not so far-flung future(The main reason being the original Deus Ex timeline) and that they've came a long way in a short time. Much like the alt-universe of Prey, which of course was inspired by Deus Ex amongst other things. The way I saw it, that's what the line was referring to other than it being a reference to "One giant leap for man" etc. Anyway, just my thoughts. Love the channel so much, thanks!

This game is my most replayed game. Also, I love exploring the whole level before finishing it. I have found new areas almost every playthrough.

One of my foundational games. Just reinstalled, fantastic video!

i would pay good money to see an enhanced series x version with 4k and 60fps and 120fps option. if the circus that is EA have gotted the ME Legendary edition have a 120fps option at 2k, this game deserves all the love it can get

I remember when i was a kid and playing doom and duke nukem. No mouse and no strafe. And then half-life, hitman 47 and deus ex showed up. Totaly revolutionary in plotline and gameplay

So something i wish was mentioned, is a story beat early on where you get notified that you should go in and get a software update for your cybernetics. Depending on wether or not you go get the software update can help or hinder you in a boss fight. But it also gives you an early idea as to what sinister plot is going on. And the funniest part is, you can easily miss it. Because its so inconsequential when youre told, and youd be forced to go out if your way. Youd just ignore the quest and keep going.

I've been waiting to replay this for the last couple years, I just haven't had enough solid time. So I will save this to my "watch later" and return after I have finished my 3rd PT of the game!

A remastered VR conversion of this game would be incredible.

In your description of games from the late 2010s onward you made concise a thing that I'd felt for years but could never put into words: _Design by Committee._ You should add that to Urban Dictionary, posthaste.

I did human revolution 2012 and still remember the ending. On the other hand, I finished Mankind Divided in 2020 and I don't remember anything at all about the game beside "Prague" and some kind of bombing.

An interesting way to solve the Megan/Adam coincidence is fairly simple. Make White Helix one of Bob Page's side projects. His influence over Sarif via Darrow allows for a fair bit of manipulation to ensure Megan and Adam meet. Given Sarif conducted background checks on Adam that could then explain just how Megan got clued into his DNA specifically. Would be fairly easy to have this come to light as you work through Omega Ranch to provide Adam a reason to question whether his relationship with Megan was ever real in the first place.

10 years later its still a great and amazing game. 10 years later I'm still trying to 100% stealth it 😔

That intro alone deserved a Like 👍 😂 I love this game so much! Can’t believe it’s been 10 years already. I had very little experience with stealth games when I picked this up but the gorgeous trailer and the artwork got my attention and I wanted to give it a go. I didn’t know about the original Deus Ex back then, so I just went into it with no expectations. Needless to say I wasn’t disappointed! I even got good at it lol 😆 That’s was an unexpected surprise. 2026 for your 10 year analysis of Deus Ex Mankind Divided. 😋 In the meantime I hope we’ll get the next instalment of Adam Jensen’s unfortunate adventures. 😅 Thank you for this video. Stay safe.

The music in this game is what did it for me nothing short of epic!!

Subscribed for the flying vending machine death clip

Hope we can get another deus ex in the future. Love so much this franchise Amazing video

Played and finished this game for the first time about 3 days ago. I've redone the Darrow Battle at least three times ; it was the first time I've seen a dialogue have so many variants far beyond the almighty "Mass Effect Predetermined Will Wheel", tackling several alternatives to the argument at hand without actually repeating the script. I thought that was actually awesome and original. Those dialogue events alone are completely worth the whole game pricetag and the hours it demands to be completed, as a taste of how things could improve in gaming narrative towards the future instead of turning everything into a Truth-In-Television Ubisoft Sandbox Singularity.

If there ever is another Deus Ex game I hope Alex Jones gets to make a radio station for it. Like Art Bell in Prey 2006

great video! One of the games that influenced my taste the most. By far!

This was one of the games I found after getting out of my University+World of Warcraft years. I didn't ask for it, but I sure needed it. Best MMORPG detox.

Only 3 - Years till we get to the start of Deus Ex:Human Revolution (2027) we will see what comes to pass then & if real human enhancement becomes more advanced. Deus Ex & Cyberpunk 2020 & 77 are my two favorite Cyberpunk franchises.

Michael McCann's soundtrack for this game, MWUAH 👌

I wanted to replay this game on my 4K oled plugged into my PC, but man in 4K you can't see the UI in this game! Great video :)

14:10 ikr it's honestly one of the best cover systems I've ever seen in a game and hardly anyone has used it. The only game I can think of that used it was Hitman Absolution.

On the PC version, it was possible to disable the gold and black filter by simply turning off the "post processing" setting in the display settings. It is very unfortunate almost nobody knows this..