Deus Ex 3 subtitled Human Revolution? News

I really enjoyed the first one, but completely missed the flexibility you had in missions. Thought how I did it was the only way, d'oh for me then.

For god sake please be good.

All good news, now what about Thief 4

Why not just title it Human Revolution? I don't understand why indirect sequels, prequels and spin-offs are treated like a direct sequel when it comes to names.

That aside, it's rather interesting what this game will be like. It certainly has potential.

Loved the first, enjoyed the second, looking forward to the third game.
I'm just hoping it's good.

The human revolution against the machines? Hmm..
Seems this will be further off into the future than the earlier games.

nextgenlol :D

DXIW was the way it was because the team overruled Warren Spector in certain aspects (like universal ammo, Spector didn't want it). Now they've completely lost Spector (he works for Disney now). Don't get your hopes up for DX3.

DXIW was dumbed down too far for me to really enjoy it as much as I did the first one, hopefully this new instalment will be more like the first one than the second or worse, something totally unrelated.

Agree with #4 too, should just call it Human Revolution and make it a new IP, that way we don't expect it to be anything like the much beloved original and can't be disappointed when we see the franchise destroyed by a sub-par continuation.

Everyone has said that DX2 wasn't as good as DX1 so you can bet the devs are looking very closely at that opinion and trying to work out the reasons. Spector or not, it's still a studio of bright people. One man does not make a game by himself, you know.

@Doctor_What: Really? What about Peter Molyneux, loudmouthed darling and creator of the unassailably great Fable?

Anyway, the original was incredible but Invisible War just fell flat on its face. Removing things like hacking (unless you had that one special biomod!) and the tiny levels just ruined the whole point of the game.

If it has proper hacking, stealth, exp and big levels it cant really fail.

I really hope DX III isn't another game where "combat" means you MUST cower in cover the entire time or depend on paper-thin but magically recharging health/armour/shields. I don't know if they changed the premise since I last read about it, but you're meant to be an early cyborg agent, a precursor to Gunther in DX, and that means you should be tough as nails, a literal killing machine.

I don't think for a minute it'll be as good as DX was, but that doesn't mean it can't be excellent- which it better had be seeing as they chose to use the DX name.

Tomb Raider engine?
What?

Don't they want to aim a bit higher?

One man does not make a game by himself, you know

QFT.

Dude, I'd rate this comment up twelvety times if I could. Spot on.

Lets hope that choosing the Tombraider engine was because they want some room left for good AI, gameplay, and story. Not just processor hungry graphic polish.
I honestly dont give a flying fuck whether the graphics dont knock my socks off..the gameplay is what matters here.

The original Deus Ex is pretty damn near the top of my list of favourite-ever games. That's a hard act to follow, Invisible War fell way short and I'm expecting this to do so as well: I'd love to be proved wrong though.

@KDR_11k

"DXIW was the way it was because the team overruled Warren Spector in certain aspects (like universal ammo, Spector didn't want it)"

There is a difference between over ruling someone and going with the majority view of people whom you trust. Maybe WS was mature enough to know that just because he didn't agree with something was not reason enough to micro manage his team and overrule their decisions.

I personally thought the universal ammo was a mistake as well, but WS might have just thought "well I respect these guys, and if they say they want to try this, I'll let them try it". Its easy to look back and assume the result would be obvious - hind sight is good like that.

I read somewhere last year that DE3 will have more in common with the first game than the second, according to an interview with one of the developers. Can't find the article though.

Fuuny how people slag DXIW for being 'dummed down' when this generation's 'DX', Mass Effect, has done the same thing between ME1 and ME2 by taking out most the the RPG and just making it a FPS, and thats still being prased to high heven.

Stop giving double standards

@ChthonicEcho
Why not just title it Human Revolution? I don't understand why indirect sequels, prequels and spin-offs are treated like a direct sequel when it comes to names.
Because the brand name is worth millions. An established name will grab any gamers attention, making it more likely that they'll pick it up and buy it.

Kremlik: you can get away with dumbing down if you do it right though, ME was a little light on RPG mechanics to be begin with and from what I hear is a little lighter in ME2, DX on the other hand was a proper RPG while DXIW was barely an RPG at all.

Morrowind vs Oblivion, Oblivion is certainly a step down in the RPG department but it didn't feel too far for most people, Fallout 3 on the other hand is dumbed down too far as an RPG in my opinion, only 13 skills and several of those are redundant.

It's not as simple as just whether or not you dumb down but by how far you dumb it down.

/s I hope it will be just as good as the other cross platform outing of deus ex /s

I can't believe Spector is working on a Disney game instead of this :(

"based in a world that Eidos Montreal wants to be as immediately captivating as BioShock"

Oh please, surely they can aim a little higher than that overhyped, Art-Deco corridor shooter? BioShock's world was pretty but lifeless.

Is it wrong that I want Deus Ex 3 to spunk all over my face?

Best for me to have zero expectations for this, and then it can’t break my heart. There will be no tears from me, not like with that IW slut.

Definitely not bitter.

Proceeding with extreme caution

+1 Kremlik

As someone who originally said the second game was dumbed down, I think you make a valid point.

Also, they need to get a better name. Human Revolution sounds like a 90's rave band.

Still not happy about Square Enix being involved here. Not that Square Enix sucks, it's just that their flavor of games just doesn't appeal to me and I REALLY don't see it working well with Deus Ex or Thief.

They aren't making it, a team at Eidos Montreal are.