Played a lot of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, I didn’t finish it, but that’s for no reason other than I moved on to something newer and shinier. I actually had a really good time with it and remember enjoying it a great deal.
As a lover of stealth games and FPS’s, a game where I can play stealthily, in first-person is right up my street. Whilst I still need to finish Dishonoured 2, which will help scratch this particular itch, too. I was dying to get started on something new, so here we are.
Initial thoughts
Being only an hour in, I can’t comment too much on the overall game, but I can say that it took me right back to all those hours in Human Revolution.
I selected the option to play the synopsis of Human Revolution, so I could get back up-to-speed with the story, and then I jumped in.
Being given the options straight away to try and go lethal or non-lethal, and ranged or up-close, was interesting. It forces me to see if I play in the way that I think that I do, or if its just fantasy (pretty sure I’m not quite so smooth and stealthy as I think I am).
Mankind Divided feels very familiar, and I chose the same controller layout as Human Revolution (not that it matters because I couldn’t remember it anyway). it’s got the same moody-futuristic vibe, with the same colour palette, and of course Adam Jensen.
So far so good!
The proof is in the pudding
He’s my first hour of gameplay.
I truly thought I was going to nail this, stealthy, non-lethal, perfect. Instead, I accidentally stabbed a guy, then when I found the secondary objective, pressed the wrong button, got seen, panicked, and ended up being spotted and cornered. Standard.
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So, yeah……I need to improve. It’ll come though! Let’s dive in and get this done.