Deus Ex: Human Revolution Preview

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Combat, hacking, stealth, and social. These are the four pillars in which Deus Ex: Human Revolution is built upon. Interested? I hope so considering that the PC version of the original Deus Ex is considered to be the #1 PC game of all time by many fans and gaming publications (PC Gamer and PC Zone). And that's for a game that came out in 2000!

For those of you new to the franchise, the Deus Ex series boils down to first person, action role-playing games set in the near future with a whole heap of conspiracy to top it all off.  

All the combat, gunplay and close quarters, is done in first person. The RPG segment comes in with the augmentations your characters receive. 

Augmentations or, augs, have a ton to do not only with the story of Deus Ex, but also with the gameplay. Humanity has taken to modifying their bodies in order to take control of their own evolution and this draws a nice rift between those for and those against human augmentation in the world of Human Revolution. 

This Director's Cut trailer pretty much sums up the world of Human Revolution in one epic five minute trailer. We all know which part Square-Enix helped out in, no?

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Well that's pretty and all but what about gameplay? More on that after the jump.

With human augmentation in play, you can modify the character to fit your play style, and that's where those four pillars I mentioned earlier come into play.

Like running and gunning? Put your experience and upgrade points into augs that increases your accuracy and proficiency with different weapons. More of a stealth guy? Well you can put your XP into an invisibility cloak and a radar that shows enemy location. Neither of those suit you? Well how about being able to hack into security systems and taking over security droids or upgrading your conversational skills so that you can literally talk your way out of any situation? 

These two gameplay trailers should hep further illustrate what I mean:

Gameplay Trailer 1 (REAL OLD)

Gameplay Trailer 2 (NEWER)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is scheduled to be released August 23 of this year. Also keep an eye for the Augmented Edition,  which comes inside some snazzy packaging and includes an artbook, a making of DVD which will probably also house the motion comic and the game soundtrack.

Snazzy!

Stayed tuned for my preview of Deus Ex: Human Revolution from PAX East 2011!