Here's a tip: If you ever fancy paying a morbid visit to a police station's morgue, it's a good idea to ask first at reception. Regrettably, oblivious to the clerk sat behind glass, I instead try to barge into the station's innards like the unruly lout I am. No such luck. Undeterred, I exit the police station in search of an alternative way in.
I eventually come upon a convenient air vent about 4 storeys up the side of the building, it leads right into the heart of the station. I spend the next thirty minutes skulking around in offices, avoiding security cameras and knocking out anyone who has the misfortune to get in my way.
After scouring the upper-floors for every bit of information that might help me uncover the truth, I wind my way down to the ground floor. It's teeming with the old bill, and they are helpfully situated between me and my objective. I make an attempt at stealthing my way to the morgue, but one of the coppers chooses the perfect moment to turn around, he just catches sight of me as I dash behind a pillar.
The hornets nest is stirred – bullets fly right and left while it occurs to me that the “social enhancer” is literally the most inappropriate upgrade I could have chosen, why didn't I opt for invisibility?! Swearing under my breath, I draw my pistol, lean out of cover and start firing. The result is a bloodbath, on all parts.
Turns out if I just had a chat with the receptionist I could have strolled over to the morgue with nary a copper batting an eyelid. Embarrassing.
What makes a Deus Exgame is two key ingredients: choice and a juicy conspiracy. The former is certainly in abundance – if you want Human Revolution to be a cover shooter, it'll happily oblige; alternatively you could hack the enemy's robot to go on a murderous rampage while you search for reading material.
The year is 2026 and you play Adam Jensen, a trench-coated security chief who has recently awoken to find himself half man, half mechanical, and wholly upgradable. The controversy of such 'cybernetic augmentation' divides the world in two: some see it as humanity's way forward, while others insist that the human condition should not be trifled with. Dense with background information and political opinions, Human Revolution is infused with an striking sense of importance.
Working for a pioneering augmentation corporation, you're tasked with tracking down whoever orchestrated the terrorist attack on your HQ. As the plot thickens, your adventure sees you jet around a futuristic set of locations, each with its own shady underworld to be discovered.
Human Revolution adorns all the ideas that make a fantastic Deus Exgame, but what raises it above its predecessors is the quality of its execution. However you choose to approach the game, you are rewarded with slick slice of cyberpunk.