Deus Ex: Human Revolution Preview

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Written by BuckGB on January 5th, 2011

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It looks beautiful, but every potential shootout is qualified with the opportunity to sneak in via a back entrance, or sweet talk/strong-arm your way past a guardian. Eidos are taking this ethos so seriously that - boss encounters apart - you'll apparently be able to finish the whole game without taking a single life.

Metaphor is everything, an abundance of (very literal) smoke and mirrors signifying dual-meaning and all-enveloping conspiracy. Michael McCann's sparse but affecting score - immediately reminiscent of the original's dynamic electro compositions - pays a wonderful homage, but this is so much more than a mere facsimile.

It's a (human) revolution. Whereas the original's shooting felt reluctant and tacked on, Jensen's armoury of machine pistol and human claymores revels in explosive bombast.

Conversation has been beefed up, the visuals now on a level where you can judge the authenticity of a suspect by his body language alone.

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