This group was formed to deal with the aftermath of The Aug Incident, in which people who had received mechanical augmentations - robotic arms, for example - all went nuts and began violently attacking everyone around them. Jensen is working, as “Mankind Divided” opens, for an anti-terrorism unit called Task Force 29.
Leaving the rest, presumably, for an infinite number of future franchise titles. And that’s because “Mankind Divided” forgets to ever bring its myriad plot threads together, coming to a close during what feels like the second act of this story. He was looking for one.Īlso Read: 'Uncharted 4: A Thief's End' Review: One Final Step Back for the Disappointing Franchiseīut, in another stark deviation from the “Deus Ex” formula, he only sort of finds it. “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided” deviated from that template from the start by bringing back the protagonist of the last game, “Human Revolution.” After all he’d been through, Adam Jensen was no longer naive. But “Deus Ex” had its formula, and it usually worked: a naive character gets caught up in events, things get out of hand, and either by choice or circumstance that character ends up as the lynchpin for some kind of massive, world-altering event as the machinations of the Illuminati or some other controlling entity are dragged into the light. It’s not always neat - video games never are, given how so many aspects of them tend to fluctuate up to release, necessarily altering or damaging the storytelling along the way. In the tradition of many great mystery stories, “Deus Ex” games start out complex, weaving a ton of disparate threads into one over the course of dozens of hours. Gaming is no stranger to conspiracy thrillers, but none of the others can match the complicated and very thorough paranoia of “Deus Ex.” The “Deus Ex” franchise is beloved for being, well, more than other video games. Note that this review applies only to the main portion of “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.” A separate review of the “Breach” mode will come at a later date.
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