Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Wishlist & Free Novel

A site called whatculture has another top ten list this time for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

After four years, the fourth instalment of the mighty leather-clad sci-fi opus Deus Ex is back, and Eidos’ Matrix-meets-Blade Runner genre-bender has always had a special place in plenty gamers’ hearts – mostly thanks to losing entire weeks of game-time in the 2000 original.

Thanks to some graphics that haven’t aged too well considering the focus on gunplay, character interaction and a slew of incredibly detailed (for the time) environments, it was over to 2011’s Human Revolution to relight the fire underneath the franchise’s behind, as although 2003’s Invisible War was serviceable enough, it didn’t have the same spark that only the original team can bring.

Over to Mankind Divided and a sequel that’s going to take place two years after the conclusion of Human Revolution, seeing returning-hero Adam Jensen heading up crime-hounds Task Force 29 as the world lives up to the game’s title – the split between people who favour augmented limbs and those who don’t creating violent rifts in the populace.

Jensen’s design is looking just as fantastic as ever though, with his repurposed body also bolstering a huge number of additional abilities and weapons – however as Human Revolution’s weaker aspects proved, concept and execution can occasionally be miles apart, and it’s up to Eidos to deliver on 100% of their potential this time around.

You can also download a free e-novel called Deus Ex: Fallen Angel.

A big thank-you to everyone out there for your enthusiasm following the announcement of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided! If you haven't already seen the awesome announcement trailer, take a look Here!

To reiterate, I am indeed involved once again in the writing on this blockbuster game, and very proud to be so. I've also had a lot of people asking me if I'll be writing another Deus Ex tie-in novel as I did with Icarus Effect back in 2011 (which, I hasten to add, is still available in all good bookstores in UK, US, Hungarian, Italian and German editions…)

But to answer the question - I can't confirm anything right now; however, I will say we are in discussions about future fiction ideas under the Deus Ex Universe banner, so stay tuned!

In the meantime, you can click Here to download a free digital ebook of my novella Deus Ex: Fallen Angel directly from Eidos Montreal!

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Needs more cardboard boxes this time around. The exploding kind.

I found James Swallow's Icarus Effect and Fallen Angel to be pretty good. I'm really happy James is back for the sequel and that he might write another tie-novel.

As for the Top Ten, the guy who wrote that got the Typhoon at the end of the game? It cost 2 praxis to unlock which you should have after the first mission you do after being augmented and ammo is available in any Limb clinic, the first one being in Detroit.