R.I.P. Deus Ex

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  • Deus Ex is dead, twice killed by the greed of Square Enix and Embracer Group. Join me as I mourn, rant, and reflect on how we got here, and what to do next.
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    All music in this video comes from the games mentioned, composed by Alexander Brandon, Michiel Van den Bos, Michael McCann, Sasha Dikiciyan, and Ed Harrison.
    CHAPTERS
    A Brief Recap 0:00
    The Breakdown 7:34
    Reflections 11:12
    A Call to Action 15:13
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  • @adammaximum
    @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    The Epic giveaway is now over, but you can still pick up the Deus Ex games for ludicrously cheap on Steam and GOG! Minor correction from the video: only Mankind Divided and its DLCs are currently available for purchase on the Epic Games Store.
    Steam: store.steampowered.com/bundle/2355/The_Deus_Ex_Collection/
    GOG: www.gog.com/en/games?query=deus%20ex&order=desc:score
    Epic: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/deus-ex-mankind-divided-4c6370

    • @zupremo9141
      @zupremo9141 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Elon Musk actually plays video games and he will be a far better game publisher than any game publisher now.

    • @makecoffee9558
      @makecoffee9558 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      once AI enters the gaming industry, many forgotten AAA will be revived, and many sequels will be made. it needs one company to start LLM map and content generation for gaming.

    • @enadopato
      @enadopato 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@zupremo9141oh no an Elon meat rider left twitter.

    • @jbeachboy100
      @jbeachboy100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you miss deus ex?

    • @TracerX
      @TracerX 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would never use chinese spyware.

  • @silentdebugger
    @silentdebugger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +706

    Ironic how it was megacorporate financial bullsh** that finally killed the series...

    • @david7384
      @david7384 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      not... not ironic...

    • @alexanderdejager6040
      @alexanderdejager6040 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@david7384 unironic

    • @henrysmith7070
      @henrysmith7070 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@david7384poetic

    • @effexon
      @effexon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      this game is added to epicness like MGS2 with radio clips predicting future 2020s. Now deus ex depicted world that swallowed it.
      Just waiting for 2060s and 2070s when deus ex and cyberpunk series events start unraveling for real.

    • @ThBlueSalamander
      @ThBlueSalamander 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@effexon They've already started. Only that it's simply an Invisible War to most people on the surface...

  • @joelfett4739
    @joelfett4739 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +433

    Im getting tired of people ruining good games over money

    • @zerozeroone4424
      @zerozeroone4424 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      same man

    • @aligmal5031
      @aligmal5031 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      and some ppl still defend capitalism

    • @Andriej69
      @Andriej69 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      @@aligmal5031 We're past that point already, living in some kind of socialism-capitalism dystopian hybrid

    • @Nunya_Argo79
      @Nunya_Argo79 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Andriej69 What you live in, is a communist/marxist dystopian world, you just don't realize it yet and if you do, the vast majority of people still don't.

    • @alexanderdejager6040
      @alexanderdejager6040 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      ​@@Andriej69you best start getting used to cyberpunk dystopias. We're in one..

  • @laparkagames9277
    @laparkagames9277 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +367

    Human Revolution and Mankind divided have the most beautiful soundtracks and atmosphere I have seen in video games.
    R.I.P.

    • @FelixRaycher
      @FelixRaycher 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      For OST thank Michael McCann who also worked on Borderlands 3 OST.

    • @ethereal8655
      @ethereal8655 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Michael McCann, and then Sascha Dicikiyan and Ed Harrison really blew it out of the water, it's easily the best OST I ever heard

    • @gideongallant1185
      @gideongallant1185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I bought both for both of those reasons and bought the art book for Mankind Divided
      Something about these games and their style was very unique and beautiful. It makes me sad that we probably won't see much art like this going forward

    • @guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943
      @guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah I agree, but it is not my favorite soundtrack and atmosphere in videogames.

    • @MilenaMiller-ls1fq
      @MilenaMiller-ls1fq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agree. Makes me want to move to Montreal 😂

  • @fl00d69
    @fl00d69 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +281

    I firmly believe that the franchise will be resurrected again.

    • @jonezjonez2099
      @jonezjonez2099 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I have no hope left...😢

    • @fl00d69
      @fl00d69 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      @@jonezjonez2099You don't need hope mate - just patience 😉

    • @jonezjonez2099
      @jonezjonez2099 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@fl00d69 thank you Bro! I look more positive to it now. ☺️

    • @Disinterested1
      @Disinterested1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      I hope it is and is made with love
      right now in AAA it is almost guaranteed it will be destroyed by activists sadly
      diversity is a beautiful thing but you need to build a character not just throw them in and destroy all others to lift the badly written one!

    • @fl00d69
      @fl00d69 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Disinterested1Umm what? Was there some 'diversity' issue with previous iterations?

  • @neonswift
    @neonswift 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

    Deus Ex was also my first Immersive Sim. Its up there as one of the greatest series to me. I thought Embracer was hopefully, but that quickly changed when I realised they were business clowns.

  • @GoogleUser000
    @GoogleUser000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    Its crazy how such a unique and somewhat impactful franchise is smothered by corporate clowns who have no value for true art, and pretty much no regard for anything except filling their pockets. Honestly, I'm pretty sure there are people out there who would gladly complete the franchise and give it a new life, a life it has truly deserved. There is only hope they will someday be able to obtain the IP and leave these money-draining idiots with nothing.

    • @icravedeath.1200
      @icravedeath.1200 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Maybe nightdive could purchase the IP (like they did with system shock) and do something with it, maybe they could even purchase eidos Montreal but I don't see them being able to afford that.

    • @MilenaMiller-ls1fq
      @MilenaMiller-ls1fq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👍🏻

    • @khululyp
      @khululyp 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@icravedeath.1200Nightdive is owned by Atari now so idk how that would work.

  • @derectumart4684
    @derectumart4684 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    Michael McCann's OST for the third and fourth games have Changed my Life. This is not an overstatement or an exaggeration, but pure fact. His songs are part of my daily playlists and have inspired my books, writing, art and even spiritual expression. The first trailer for Deus Ex HR is one of the most powerful memories from my teenage years.
    Deus Ex will never die. It will come back augmented.

    • @DanteS-119
      @DanteS-119 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      The next deus ex will be IRL.

    • @gemwest
      @gemwest 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I feel this sentiment very strongly. My only tattoo is directly lifted via transfer/tracing paper straight out of HR's trailer.

    • @tehdii
      @tehdii หลายเดือนก่อน

      Solid copy... his sounds are weaved into my dna...

  • @MafinPhoenix
    @MafinPhoenix 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    As a native to Czech Republic (Prague is our capital) I was really pissed off by the texts in our (czech), language were oviously from google translate. Large multimilion company was not able to pay for one native proofreader.

    • @snoxeri
      @snoxeri 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Very good point.

    • @allopic3764
      @allopic3764 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I read this complaint a lot and I can totally see where you're coming from. As an Italian I have the same problem with games like hitman, Sapienza also looks like a google translate map.

    • @CoffeeFiend1
      @CoffeeFiend1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      They literally could have even found volunteers to do it. Quite disrespectful really.

    • @effexon
      @effexon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sir, you are lucky. I didnt get translation at all. So gotta read and know english.

    • @MafinPhoenix
      @MafinPhoenix 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@effexon I think you misunderstood what I wrote.
      In Prague locations there were texts in native Language of Czech Republic of which is Prague capital city. But those texts were in google translate quality, without any proofreading from speaker of that language.
      So its not the translation of the game it self.

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    This is not corporate greed, this is sheer stupidity. This is like having a load of buildings that each used to be a great hotel, is full of great staff but you refuse to open any of the hotels for business. You make money from games studios by having them make games, not by trying to get someone else to buy up the derelict buildings to fix the years of neglect that you inflicted on them.
    Embracer Group wasn't greedy. They were lazy.
    They didn't want to cultivate their investment they just wanted to package it all up into a tranche where they just had one big bundle to get some sucker sovereign wealth fund to buy up. They could have made more money by putting these studios to work but they weren't interested in making something worth selling.

  • @Shamino1
    @Shamino1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I figured this series was dead since Mankind Divided. Selling micro-transactions and tying DLC weapons to single-use-self-deleting into a single player game, and signalling to everybody that they had cut the game in half intentionally to sell more later as mission-for-cash DLC killed this franchise. Also, I played Mankind Divided twice and still barely followed the conspiracy. A shame, because I really wanted more Bob Page.

    • @adam.maqavoy
      @adam.maqavoy 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That was Squares mess. And that was the 2nd time they got burned, Cause during *Human Revolution* they were remaking the company and than in midst of it all Square enix baught them up.
      Only to mess up the Release with Day 1 DLCs, and more demands from Square.They've been hangin (Creators of Human revolution & Mankind Divided by a thread for years and this is beyond a *Fun* situation for any Game company to be within.

  • @MilenaMiller-ls1fq
    @MilenaMiller-ls1fq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It’s when a digital sim is more real and alive than a corporate human.

  • @danwoods8195
    @danwoods8195 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    RIP Adam we love you.

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      What? Lol
      Edit: I now realize you're talking about Adam Jensen...I'm an idiot haha

  • @belltolls1984
    @belltolls1984 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Mankind Divided was one of the greatest games I have ever played; such a sad thing that there won't be a follow up. RIP.

    • @CoffeeFiend1
      @CoffeeFiend1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Bearing in mind you can more or less access nearly all of it from quite early on in the start I remember exploring for about 25 hours and thinking it was all wrapped up and then in a singular moment finding another 15 hours of exploration and intrigue that wasn't unlocked it was just there and I wasn't done at all and then it literally fucking happened again! It astounded me, given I literally fine toothcomb through all immersive sims, it amazed me how I spent over 50 hours just exploring the city of Prague itself external to most of the missions. It was so well designed. Dishonored, Prey, Thief, they've all felt immersive but Mankind Divided was a different kind when it came to the city.... Nothing would break the immersion for fucking days at a time, I've not experienced that in over a decade.

  • @rinraiden
    @rinraiden 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I just wish Mankind Divided didn't end with what essentially amounts to a "To Be Continued". Deus Ex and it's fans deserved better than that. We never asked for this. 😔

  • @FerrariRC430
    @FerrariRC430 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Thanks for making this video, I really don't want to lose hope on a future instalment and these kinds of videos are shedding light on our interest and desire to see a conclusion to Adam Jensen's story.

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Just doing my part for the cause :)

  • @TheTber123
    @TheTber123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Everything Embracer touches dies... Saints Row, Deus Ex, etc...

  • @mikitadou
    @mikitadou 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    These news are extremely painful to hear. I replay HR and MD regularly...need the conclusion to Adam's story

  • @DeadManSinging1
    @DeadManSinging1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Deus Ex Human Revolution and by extension, Mankind Divided, were DEFINITELY the main inspiration for Cyberpunks gameplay.

    • @milosv123344
      @milosv123344 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I keep saying this, many times while playing cyberpunk i couldnt help but notice during certain main/side missions how similar the atmosphere, the sneaking, the hacking etc was similar to Deus Ex HR

    • @ravenodinson7483
      @ravenodinson7483 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True, but I would argue that the *main* inspiration for Cyberpunk goes way further back to Shadowrun for Sega Genesis. Although there can be no doubt that Deus Ex played a role in inspiration.
      In Shadowrun, a friendly way to refer to a friend was to call them a "chummer" or "chum". This is obviously connected to Cyberpunk and "Choom" and "Choomer".
      There were also upgradeable Cyberdecks in Shadowrun. There are so many similarities.

    • @jkruse05
      @jkruse05 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ravenodinson7483 It's more likely the opposite, or unrelated. Cyberpunk's original tabletop came out a year before Shadowrun's. Granted, a lot of the language and flavor stuff was established in the second edition, which was a year after Shadowrun, so who knows.

    • @ravenodinson7483
      @ravenodinson7483 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jkruse05 The opposite or unrelated?
      Neg on that, chummer.

    • @DeadManSinging1
      @DeadManSinging1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ravenodinson7483 Bro, the Cyberpunk RPG is older than Shadowrun. Slang like "Choom" comes from cyberpunk novels like Neuromancer. I was talking about GAMEPLAY anyway, Cyberpunk plays exactly like Deus Ex except it has cars

  • @daisukideshou
    @daisukideshou 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Not having money for videogames, Mankind Divided has been the first Deus Ex game i've ever played, I had only ever heard good things about this franchise and so far it's amazing. A beautiful atmosphere, interesting (and quite applicable to real life) story, and great gameplay that feels amazing compared to say, cyberpunk. I'm glad i was able to get it for free, though it's sad that that was only because the death of a series i never got to live through.

  • @ChrisClarion
    @ChrisClarion 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Unfortunately, same happened to System Shock 3

  • @code1r15
    @code1r15 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Deus ex has undeniably changed my life. Ever since I discovered it via mankind divided in 2019, it made me find my passion for art back, I wrote stories, I made friends. I was SO excited to see where Eidos was going to bring our dear Adam. It's been 2 months now, but the knot in my stomach is always there...

  • @ArgentWolf95
    @ArgentWolf95 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Human Revolution and Mankind Divided are my fvorite Deus Ex games, and I know that's a controversial and unpopular opinion, but I loved the story the character of Adam Jensen, the gameplay, from stealth to hacking, the setting. characters, also it found a way to make negotiations into an actual real time Boss fight. The negotiation with Botkoveli is a masterclass in how to do a multi-choice dialogue tree that had choice and consequences.
    Man, it's disappointing.

  • @equanimity92
    @equanimity92 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I'm not really a fan of FPS games. Not into Battlefield, Call of Duty ,Overwatch or Halo. But when I played Deus Ex, I couldn't put it down. Human Revolution was one of my favourite games back in the 7th gen. Sad to see the way things have gone since then. I really hope someone can pick this IP up and do it justice. Truly one of the most interesting and innovative series I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing.

    • @cracmar03
      @cracmar03 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Man that was my main reason to avoid series, I can't stand FPP camera. Everyone told me that story would be right up to my alley .. but the camera. I hate that view with passion.

    • @DrundeFPS
      @DrundeFPS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@cracmar03average console brainlet.

  • @giandomenicomartorelli8069
    @giandomenicomartorelli8069 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    During these days I am replaying HR and MD and man, this video hurts. But thanks for it anyway.

    • @Disinterested1
      @Disinterested1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I suspect a remake of this for a "modern audience" would hurt more IJS with what is happening in gaming rn!

    • @giandomenicomartorelli8069
      @giandomenicomartorelli8069 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Disinterested1OMG, I could not imagine a Deus Ex game for "modern audiences"... let's hope this never happens!

  • @Sevarrius
    @Sevarrius 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I loved mankind divided right up until the ending. You weren't kidding when you say the game just ended right in the middle of the story when it was just beginning to really get good and come together, i was flabergasted at the time and remember telling my friend to only play it if he didn't mind the game just straight up 'ending' half-way through. He never did bother with it, I imagine it put off a large enough amount of people to be negatively reflected in the sales data, so fuck you very much Square Enix.
    I had no idea they had literally split the game in two but its pretty fucking obvious to anyone thats actually played it. Absolutely tragic that we'll clearly never get that second and final part of the story. Ironic that it falls to corporate greed.

  • @christophersanders7877
    @christophersanders7877 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm so glad you said what you said @7:58, because I have been saying this as well. The exact themes that Deus Ex touched on are a big reason why we won't see anymore games in this franchise. We are almost (if not already) in that Futuristic dystopian society where government are in full control, corporations are working hand in hand with government "for the betterment of the people" they claim and the people don't even realize how close we are to this dystopian future.
    I could not imagine a new Deus Ex game touching on the themes the past games, especially not buy some AAA dev/publisher, but I could see some indie dev taking up the slack and making an ode to the deus Ex games with very deep writing and themes intact. We live in strange times for sure and as much as I love the Deus Ex games (especially the OG) I feel the themes just won't be as impactful as they use to be. Still it sucks how the IP was handled but at the same time I'm not surprised.

  • @Nunya_Argo79
    @Nunya_Argo79 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I thought the game had been dead since the last one came out. It sort of just ended, poorly? Then we've had nothing for 8 years, so assumed it was already gone. But to hear that it is now official is even worse.

  • @aligmal5031
    @aligmal5031 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    the entire entertainment media is falling apart

  • @ThomisticAmerican13FOX
    @ThomisticAmerican13FOX 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This series was art, from the writing to the visuals, and the sound track. You could get lost in Deus Ex universe, epitome of immersive.

  • @TheTrveMothlord
    @TheTrveMothlord 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I can't believe Embracer were meant to have liberated Deus Ex and instead ultimately caused the franchises downfall.
    I hope someone else does something with the rights.

  • @bartgroot3672
    @bartgroot3672 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Still playing MD to this day.. Still listen to the OST... (The mix is just perfect) I love the fact that in MD you can learn more about Adam by doing the side quests. The fact you died in HR and are basically a clone, though enough hints will be given, it's never really said out loud.. How many times I have made stories in my head for een sequel to MD, to fill the gaps to the OG Deus Ex... It could be such an interesting story! Thank you for this vid, hope it keeps the fans alive, although the IP is dead...

  • @jamespaguip5913
    @jamespaguip5913 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Even though Deus ex franchise died I’ll always choose Deus ex better than cyberpunk 2077

    • @Duchess_Van_Hoof
      @Duchess_Van_Hoof 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I have watched a few hours of Cyberpunk 2077, and is it just cyberpunk GTA?

  • @bananabike279
    @bananabike279 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video! Wanted to make a "Yeah RIP" and "What s shame" joke, but I'm honestly going to miss the series, I have so many fond memories of Deus Ex and Human Revolution.

  • @GeorgiKolev85
    @GeorgiKolev85 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Deus Ex will always be the better cyberpunk franchise than CP 2077

    • @jamespaguip5913
      @jamespaguip5913 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too Deus Ex will always be better than cyberpunk R.I.P

  • @BekoPharm
    @BekoPharm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Indeed, what a rotten way to die. Especially MD was pure art IMHO. Laputan Machine, game over.

  • @MC-kk8xu
    @MC-kk8xu หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Deus Ex was right all along.

  • @ethanmars4455
    @ethanmars4455 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I think about this series at least once almost every day. It's so amazing. I just want one 1 more Deus Ex game where we see the conclusion of Adam Jensen's story. Then I can die happy.

  • @tehprimelime1063
    @tehprimelime1063 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You know, sometimes its better to see something pass/end than make a fool of itself.. The amount of nonsense in gaming (and media in general) at the moment would've made development on this game a living hell and most likely suffer as a result. I DO think it'll be back with time though.

  • @Inventure751
    @Inventure751 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is why I stuck with the original Deus Ex by Ion Storm. It didn't need a sequel

  • @pedrofernandes4767
    @pedrofernandes4767 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What a shame, Deus Ex mankind Divided is my favorete cyberpunk game, I can see my self playing this game over and over gain for years to come...

  • @AvoozlPlays
    @AvoozlPlays 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Embracer just ruined everything.

  • @viktorkiss5442
    @viktorkiss5442 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    😭😭😭I was almost over it but then I had to watch this video...Man...Imagine Rabi'ah in a sequel, imagine all the possibilities on the story, Adam's mistery augs, imagine new locations, characters we could have gotten. I just recently played Mankind Divided, now I am not sure when I will be able to play it again because I will always be reminded how the franchise has been ended.

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah…it hurts thinking of what could have been. 😔

  • @Daniel__Nobre
    @Daniel__Nobre 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It’s ironic that the huge financial success of videogames, breaking into mainstream and whatnot, is what is providing the means for their downfall as well, given how the vampires smelled the billions in profit and started buying and meddling and ultimately killing all the great studios and IPs.

  • @EvilLordCanas
    @EvilLordCanas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    *What a rotten way to die.*

    • @igorthelight
      @igorthelight 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True! ;-)

    • @AintPopular
      @AintPopular 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lip smack

  • @scarfaceReaper
    @scarfaceReaper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    just when i got back into the series...now this damn

  • @ViceAdmiralRaiden
    @ViceAdmiralRaiden 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I Always thought about Deus Ex That it is What Cyberpunk always wanted to be, but Never could Become. I wish Cyberpunk would Create Eastereggs for Deus Ex, or a Deus Ex Dlc or something...

    • @slim420MM
      @slim420MM 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have Adam's voice in Cyberpunk now with the help of AI.

    • @CoffeeFiend1
      @CoffeeFiend1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I tried Cyberpunk again after that big update they hyped up, realism galore. I noticed a change they hadn't mentioned anywhere, your grenades regenerate like a healthbar..... Oh **** off. I know Cyberpunk wasn't trying to be an immersive sim but it liked touting itself as being similar to one in so many regards.... The scarcity and dilemma on resources is a joke and non-existent, it felt very dumbed down.

  • @saurelius5217
    @saurelius5217 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    The original game made you think and delve into philosophy. All of the sequels failed to do that.

    • @TheJayson8899
      @TheJayson8899 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Some of the conversations from Germany onwards in Invisible War did that.

    • @gemwest
      @gemwest 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was a philosophy major for my first 3 years of college because of this game. I immediately read all three books after beating the original game with all three endings.

    • @JohnathanN-ot5nu
      @JohnathanN-ot5nu หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, the sequels had philosophy too including about transhumanism.

    • @saurelius5217
      @saurelius5217 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@JohnathanN-ot5nu It was very shallow compared to the original.

  • @gauss4126
    @gauss4126 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I hope they make at least some book to finish Adam's arc. The third game would fix all the loose ends, but now we'll never know about what really happened with Adam and how he was manipulated because he's DNA. I remembered playing HR for free because of Xbox Game Pass when I was 13. Now I am 19 yo and probably will never see a ending to this. RIP Deus Ex. I hope Embracer and Square Enix never touch projects like this just to destroy it.

  • @sunsinger970
    @sunsinger970 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    That foreshadowing bit made me audibly laugh.
    Not much does.

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha glad you enjoyed it!

  • @sneakykamon
    @sneakykamon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m gonna be honest, I finally got around to playing Cyberpunk 2077 recently and not only did I think it was overrated, but it also made me want to play Deus Ex again.

  • @Grz349
    @Grz349 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi, the video was great but I would like to bring up somethings about the story I think are worth mentioning.
    You mention DX:MD's story being cut in half, but something you didn't discuss is that the story seemed to have been rewritten at some point after announcement. The hoodie character that the announcement trailer focused on was remove apart from some in game text, Marchenko's final fight/design didn't reflect the whole "first gen aug" theme the devs announced. The Dvali theater we see ingame was present in the trailer, but it seemed to have been Marchenko's base in the trailer. We also saw the Blade in the announcement trailer but it wasn't present until we got the DLC.
    I've not played in a while but all of these changes from the first trailer/demos to final release convince me that the game's story was hit far more than just being cut in half.

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Honestly, I don't find any of that too unusual. There are plenty of games with content that changes dramatically between announcement trailers and the game's release, story or otherwise. It could be argued that this constitutes false advertising to a certain extent (see BioShock Infinite's pre-release advertising campaign vs. the version we got), but elements shifting during development seems to be pretty normal.

  • @blahblahgdp
    @blahblahgdp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Damn so sad.. never played the old deus ex games, but human revolution and even mankind divided, I loved a lot

  • @Quartermaster_Veteran
    @Quartermaster_Veteran 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    How many other IP's have met this same fate I wonder? Damn shame!

  • @gnu191
    @gnu191 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Deus Ex ended at its original game. HR and MD felt like as if they were written and designed by redditors.

    • @DrundeFPS
      @DrundeFPS วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "everything i don't like is made and liked by redditors" why are people with Max Payne profile picture like this

  • @soldierorsomething
    @soldierorsomething 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh man i did not even know that WARHORSE STUDIOS (Kingdom come: deliverance) are now also part of embracer group :O
    But that list at 6:55 revealed it

  • @pumpyronaldrump_4417
    @pumpyronaldrump_4417 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    While i kinda rolled my eyes at the "Late stage capitalism" comment, i agree with square enix' ridiculous business strategy and standards for profits. They have also never released a second sleeping dogs game for the same reason.

    • @TOAOM123
      @TOAOM123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pretty sure the main problem was square was looking to blame anyone except their japanese assets for how much money they were losing so theh started throwing their western properties under the bus

  • @LelloDalamiq
    @LelloDalamiq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I imagine it was specifically S-E London responsible for this; Formerly Eidos, which we know how scummy they've been since the early days of Tomb Raider.

  • @mateosimon4237
    @mateosimon4237 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Deus Ex, the whole saga, is one of the most complex, sophisticated and prophetic storylines to ever been offered as "games", and like you i was having high hopes that a sequel to MD was going to see the light of day some time between 2025/2028 approx. This is very very sad news and also infuriating, It seems quality games are slowly fading out, and it's unfair considering the HUGE AMOUNT OF CRAP companies are putting out, but i better stop right there, getting too fired up with wffing idiots running things

  • @PeterMasalski93
    @PeterMasalski93 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Deus Ex 1 needs to be remade.
    Imagine what they can do today with 2024 tech like cyberpunk.

    • @williamgregg6339
      @williamgregg6339 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If they got the right developer it could be something really special.

    • @lionelstarkweather982
      @lionelstarkweather982 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      No

    • @CalamityBaird
      @CalamityBaird 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Let's stop remaking garbage

    • @chainsawplayin
      @chainsawplayin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      No. Do not remake it. It's fine as it is, a remake would ruin it with modern bloat, bad performance, over-simplification and story re-writing. Do not wish for remake in 2024.

    • @williamgregg6339
      @williamgregg6339 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@CalamityBaird - The game is considered 1 of the best games ever made and its old so it would benefit from it. But they do remake alot of games that dont deserve it like you said.

  • @arknark
    @arknark 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey! Good video dude. I just finished MD this morning and this is bad news... HOW WILL WE EVER KNOW WHO JANUS IS

  • @augustblade6167
    @augustblade6167 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic video that definitely represented how I feel about Deus Ex and everything that happened. You earned a subscriber!

  • @ravenodinson7483
    @ravenodinson7483 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I fell in love with Human Revolution when I first played it. I never did play the first 2. I played Mankind Divided and loved that game too.
    I always felt like Deus Ex was a highly underrated, hidden gem. I too am deeply affected at hearing it is no more.. this is the first I am hearing of it. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
    And by the way, this video was a very well made production. Thorough and interesting. Nice job Adam Maximum, I'll be keeping my eyes open for more videos from you.

  • @diceroller2723
    @diceroller2723 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    you don't need another dues ex game because we are living it.

  • @ryanadams0922
    @ryanadams0922 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My first Deus Ex game was Human revolution and i fell in love with the series. So much so I bought all games yeah even the phone ones but for pc . I would listen to the music because it was fantastic. Its a damn shame in the state rhat its in

  • @wentworthmiller1890
    @wentworthmiller1890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Waited 11 years after the first DX to get HR. Still haven't played MD despite it being in my library, partly fearing the ending and/or lack of closure. Michael McCann's music did as good to me all these years, as Alex B and Michel Bos's. Glad I never learned there was another game in the making. Life has taken much away as I grow older. So long DX. So long Adam Jensen. The moment feels as sombre as his apartment and the accompanying music in HR.

  • @aymenninja8120
    @aymenninja8120 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    first time in my life I see such collective grief over a game series, me included in the grief of course.

  • @Duchess_Van_Hoof
    @Duchess_Van_Hoof 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I recently replayed Human Revolution, and then Deus Ex for the first time. Absolutely brilliant and I love both of them.
    A pity that Jensen's story won't be completed, I for one really liked the aesthetics and characters of HR.

  • @dueydrew7172
    @dueydrew7172 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I thought the Dead Space series was killed off and 10 years later a remake was released, so there is always hope.

    • @kaziq1x
      @kaziq1x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And the series died off again after the remake, cause "it didn't sell well"

    • @dueydrew7172
      @dueydrew7172 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kaziq1x 😞

    • @DrundeFPS
      @DrundeFPS วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      you rather wait for a useless remake than a sequel? no wonder why gamers fall for scams so easily...

  • @genex8944
    @genex8944 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was a well written, researched and presented video. Subscribed.

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! Honestly, I feel like I didn't do that much research overall since so many of these events have been engraved into my memory.

  • @xRadinox
    @xRadinox 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Why contain it?"

  • @jeffsilvey8799
    @jeffsilvey8799 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the video bro for real.❤

  • @ritimaan
    @ritimaan หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    WE WANT ADAM JENSEN Mankind Divided sequel back to Eidos Montreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @PixelPusher1
    @PixelPusher1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What was the beef with Elon Musk about? I didn't get the reference

    • @auraxio2944
      @auraxio2944 หลายเดือนก่อน

      he's a horrible, right wing person that's why

    • @PixelPusher1
      @PixelPusher1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@auraxio2944 Oh, what did he do?

    • @auraxio2944
      @auraxio2944 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PixelPusher1 Among other things, he bought Twitter and turned the already difficult platform into a place where terrible people can freely spread hate and fake news.

    • @Evolution-Is-A-Blatant-Lie
      @Evolution-Is-A-Blatant-Lie 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@auraxio2944 what does his political identity have to do with it? You guys are obsessed with political bullshit that it makes women obsessed with star signs look sane.

  • @abeaconintheoffice
    @abeaconintheoffice 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice to see the love for this franchise still holds today.
    Sucks that seems we won't be getting an ending of the story anymore.
    At this point, I might settle for something similar to what happened to... I wanna say HL2: E03(?) where a writer of the game published the script of the narrative but changed the names to avoid issues.
    I just wanna know was MD Adam a clone?
    What about those mystery augmentations?
    If Adam was indeed a clone, what happened to the original?
    Was Elisa (HR) or her 'clone' related to the AIs from the first game?
    And, most importantly, what is the connection between Adam (clone or not) to the Denton Brothers

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, that would be nice. Unfortunately, I don't think that would happen unless Mary DeMarle (the lead writer for both HR and MD who now works for BioWare) retires, otherwise it could put her future work into jeopardy. Plus, after Mark Laidlaw released Epistle 3, he wound up regretting it because Half-Life Alyx came out shortly after. But who knows. Closure would be great, even if we never get another game.

  • @xyreniaofcthrayn1195
    @xyreniaofcthrayn1195 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Weirdly enough the original deus ex hinted at augmented racism with character Gunther Herman.

  • @BalgaBear
    @BalgaBear 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow...all that love, we really never asked for this
    Cyberpunk 2077 hit a part of the genre, but Deus Ex absolutely nailed what I personally felt like the future of Cybernetics would have been.

  • @ubermenschbrent
    @ubermenschbrent 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Considering the ‘Remake’ culture of this generation, we may see a faithful remake of the original Deus Ex someday, that’d be dope if they don’t fuck it up

  • @apsurden
    @apsurden 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a fan of the game I am very disappointed.
    They literally broke my heart.
    This is what happens when someone buys a company!
    We say goodbye to the previous product!
    Or it becomes something that has nothing to do with the previous product.

    • @Mayhzon
      @Mayhzon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A game about corporate excesses falls prey to corporate excess. It couldn't be more ironic if they tried. In a way, that's some meta story-telling you get nowhere else.

  • @blumiu2426
    @blumiu2426 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Deus Ex was my one favorite FPS game, Adam Jensen being one of my favorite videogame protags, but it felt fated when mess surrounding Mankind Divided that something bad was going to happen. First, the lore; they'd move further from conspiracy theories which would have been poignant for the time. They ham-fisted current politics in the worst way. Then the continuity when they seemed scatter-brained where to go, not that I minded some side stuff. Even when Square, they would not pursue IPs if they didn't reach a certain prestige or showed indifference toward a project not from their flag-ships. Square-Enix expected immediate results from the West and big money they saw the West making, forgetting that effort and not meddling is still required.

  • @matheuszache7943
    @matheuszache7943 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't know half of this story, Such a shame. Human Rev and Mankind divided blew me away when I first played them. Mankind was probably my goty for 2016, top 5 best games Ive played in that gen easily. Later I discovered that its director also directed Guardians of the Galaxy, another game I really liked. When I discovered this I kinda accepted that the team had probably moved on from the franchise but knowing now that there was still a chance and now its gone breaks my heart. I hope at least to see and play a game made by this team in the future again, like Guardians. They're so talented and not enough studios make games like them.

  • @ryanjdevlin87
    @ryanjdevlin87 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dont forget they were all made on unreal engine also. Was groundbreaking for the engine at the time !

  • @IINoirII
    @IINoirII 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just found out about it, missed the news. So sad :(

  • @iseeundeadpeople9
    @iseeundeadpeople9 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've shat on Embracer group the minute i heard about their aquisition of all these IPs. I knew i'd be justified soon.

  • @dnnisamn6886
    @dnnisamn6886 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They should remake the first game, then previous sequel. It could bring back great stuff

  • @TrueRem
    @TrueRem 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yeah thanks for reminding me to replay deus ex again

  • @DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon
    @DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for the video. Hey, atleast they didn't treat the Deus Ex IP as badly as they did with Thief. I grew up with Deus Ex and Thief being my favourite games, but Thief was always just that little bit more special to me. Been building missions on the editor for decades.

    • @adammaximum
      @adammaximum  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah…if Deus Ex is dead, then Thief is deader than dead. The thing with Thief is that I don’t think any modern interpretation of the series would do any sort of justice to the original trilogy because those games tend to be so subtle and intentionally understated in their stories and world building. And Eidos-Montréal, bless them, don’t do subtlety in storytelling very well. Even if Thief 2014 wasn’t a complete mess of a production, I still don’t think it would’ve been handled very well.

  • @Captain-Coz
    @Captain-Coz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. You did your research!

  • @malakaihebert2142
    @malakaihebert2142 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    While it’s sad to hear the news of the game’s cancellation, I sincerely hope Deus Ex will make some sort of comeback in the future.

  • @dabluflcn
    @dabluflcn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This whole situation is a real bummer. I loved the original deus ex and human revolution’s soundtrack will never get old to me.

  • @r-saint
    @r-saint 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Play "Project 2027" if you didn't yet. It's a relatively huge Deus Ex prequel mod with 2 city hubs and many missions.

  • @UnCreativeDeconstructionism
    @UnCreativeDeconstructionism 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Embracer is such an ironic name for them

  • @Jammet
    @Jammet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Guess my time with immersive sims started with Ultima Underworld and the first System Shock. Sigh. Good times. Was a great time when I played through Deus Ex for the first time, too. Embracer group killed Gothic and it's makers as well. So there's my most loved, most enjoyed franchise down the drain as well. Irreplaceable.

  • @kpectbi
    @kpectbi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good video, thanks!

  • @abhrajit7379
    @abhrajit7379 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think they are still developing this game under a different company or something, and just to not leak anything, they created this scene of kicking the team out

  • @acidreighn
    @acidreighn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    nailed it.... still mad.
    release the sequel square!! (yeh, that's already been locked up and dumped into a bottomless pit in the middle of the Bermuda triangle somewhere.)
    If we ever get another Deus Ex game it'll be a reboot, unfortunately.

  • @istoleyourfries2622
    @istoleyourfries2622 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Their decison was so stupid, that i think it wasnt their choice. I believe someone from the top order them to

  • @MaxDeckard
    @MaxDeckard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have actually cried over this.
    We fans deserve some closure to the jensen saga, tying into JC.

  • @karim_isma
    @karim_isma หลายเดือนก่อน

    This game has a special place in my heart and I really want it to comeback soon, Inshalla

  • @kenzie4217
    @kenzie4217 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If elon musk buys the ip for deus ex it would be the most ironic shit ever. Dude is literally a deus ex villain

    • @NorthForkFisherman
      @NorthForkFisherman หลายเดือนก่อน

      More like an Austin Powers villain, TBPH.