A closer hands-on look at the oppressive atmosphere of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is one of the biggest games coming this summer, debuting on the consoles and the PC on August 23. It’s an ambitious game that is coming a full five years after the previous title, Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

It continues one of the more riveting themes from science fiction, about drawing the line between androids and humans, and which of these really have the most humanity. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided takes place in the year 2029, two years after the events of Human Revolution and the “Aug incident” where millions of mechanically augmented humans went berserk and killed millions of humans. That has led to an ugly “mechanical apartheid” that, oddly enough, has parallels in the racism in the U.S. presidential campaign and the terrorism taking place around the world. The beginning of the new game, which I saw at a preview event last week, does a great job summarizing the horror of the events of the previous game via a long cut scene.