Why Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is more action, less stealth

The cyberpunk style of Deus Ex is coming back with the upcoming August 23 release of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The title coming from Square Enix is the sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which came out in 2011. It continues the story of Adam Jensen, a cybernetic human, about a time in the near future when humanity is torn apart by a war over mechanically augmenting human beings.

Human Revolution was set in the year 2027, while Mankind Divided is set in 2029, two years after the “Aug Incident” in which mechanically augmented humans lost control and attacked humans. We talked with the executive game director, Jean-Francois Dugas of Square Enix’s Eidos Montreal, about what he wanted to accomplish with the new game. One of the answers is more action, less stealth, and that’s what we’re going to get when the action role-playing game debuts on the consoles and the PC.