Deus Ex: Human Revolution | |
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Developer(s) | Eidos Montréal |
Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
Director(s) | Jean-François Dugas |
Producer(s) | David Anfossi |
Designer(s) | François Lapikas |
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Artist(s) | Jonathan Jacques-Belletête |
Writer(s) | Mary DeMarle |
Composer(s) | Michael McCann |
Series | Deus Ex |
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing, first-person shooter, stealth |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Original Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Michael McCann | |
Released | November 15, 2011 |
Genre | Video game soundtrack |
Length | 1:07:21 |
Label | Sumthing Else Music Works |
Producer | Michael McCann |
Aggregate score | |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | PC (Original): 90/100 PC (Director's Cut): 91/100 PS3: 89/100 X360: 89/100 WIIU (Director's Cut): 88/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
Eurogamer | 9/10 |
Famitsu | 36/40 |
Game Informer | 8.5/10 |
GameSpot | 8.5/10 (Original) 8/10 (Director's Cut) |
IGN | 9.0/10 (Original) 8.3/10 (Director's Cut) |
ONM | 90% (Director's Cut) |
OXM (UK) | 10/10 |
PC Gamer (UK) | 94% |
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is an action role-playing stealth video game developed by Eidos Montréal and published worldwide by Square Enix in August 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360: a version for OS X released the following year. It is the third game in the Deus Ex series, and a prequel to the original Deus Ex. The gameplay—combining first-person shooter, stealth and role-playing elements—features exploration and combat in environments connected to multiple city-based hubs, in addition to quests that grant experience and allow customization of the main character's abilities with items called Praxis Kits. Conversations between characters feature a variety of responses, with options in conversations and at crucial story points affecting how some events play out.
Set in the year 2027, Human Revolution focuses on ex-SWAT officer Adam Jensen, who is employed as security officer for Sarif Industries, a company on the leading edge of advanced and controversial artificial organs dubbed "augmentations". An attack on Sarif Industries that apparently kills researcher and Adam's ex-girlfriend Megan Reed also leaves Adam critically injured. To save him, company CEO David Sarif subjects him to an extensive augmentation procedure: six months later, now recovered and possessing advanced augmentations, Adam sets out to pursue his attackers and the shadowy organization behind them. The story explores themes of transhumanism, the growing power of megacorporations, and their impact on social class. It also uses the series' recurring cyberpunk setting and conspiracy theory motif.