An incredible title, marred by typical publisher interference and penny pinching schemes. While it's easy to blame Square-Enix for all of this, you really can't. It's true that they control the purse strings, but any artist with even the slightest bit of integrity and pride in their work would dig their heels into the floor over the laughable features that were added, and if refusal to co-operate then results in the game simply not being made, then so be it.

Since they obviously didn't fight them, some of the blame will rightfully have to go their way, and that's the end of that. There's really nothing more to discuss.

If you ignore the phone game quality Breach mini-game, the DLC items that are phone game-tier one use consumables (as in one use across ALL SAVES YOU EVER MAKE, EVER), and some rushing here and there, you'll find an exceptional title. I mean, this is the sequel to human revolution, which is one of the best games ever made, so anything less than that would be a failure.

Despite being the sequel to the third game in the series, DX: MD draws heavily upon the first game, which was a welcome surprise for yours truly, but made the average teen gamer confused, lost, and feel out of his depth Naturally, despite the many coolbacks and homages, it's Adam Jensen II: first blood part II. Yeah, more on that 'confused teens' comment... While people have been begging for what they perceive as a return to form, it turns out a large portion of the playerbase actually can't handle exploration, somewhat limited ammo, less resources in general, somewhat rougher choices and consequences, and more of a cerebral experience, balanced weapons so all guns have a purpose. Now the latest news on the street is that HR was better because reasons. If these people would actually do more than follow quest markers and impotently attack riot armor cops with shotguns, flashbangs, and tear gas, when said player only has an issue, I don't know what to say to these lost souls.

Prospective buyers shoul disable all the casual feautres, which includes quest markers, and simply pay attention. At no point does a quest giver tell you to go to X, instead they give you the street name, number, and full address - unheard of since HR's time, Without slavishly lemming training the quest marker, you'll find yourself explore an incredibly meaty game, (expected, considering the series' pedigree), but a lot of love and care has done into art. This is one a handful of titles through history that have gone with hard brutalism and succeded. No joke. A 69 dollar dell monitor, that shows black as purple would naturally kill this experience, so please get your colors adjusted and corrected iv possible.

The biggest change, by far, is combat. Combat has always been the weakest of the DX pillars (stealth, social, exploration, combat), but with MD, it's been upgraded. If you're a fan of the crysis series, you'll instantly feel at home with everything, right down to the quickchange weapon mod system. Also rather than the traditional 400 billion trash guns, there's only about a dozen really useful and thought out guns, with some quirky 'uniques' on top, like a full auto shotgun that only shoots armor piercing slugs, or the mega high DPS combat rifle variant that only fires EMP ammunition. You also get a wide assortment of augs that double as weapons, and Adam somehow incorporated nanosuit 2.1 technology, now sporting the new MAXIMUM ARMO- I mean titanshield aug, which does exactly what it says on the tin.

As for the other pillars, no other deus ex game has had this much of a focus on exploration. You're gonna miss a lot of little things, and even some big things, on your first two or three playthroughs.

The only gripe is really the system requirements. Much like how combat is very inspired by crysis, so too are the system requirements. You need a beast machine, or at least beast computer knowledge, if you want to play with eye candy and technology turned to 11. People who got suckered into the GTX 970 3.5 gig meme card are at a distinct and crippling disadvantage, as their 3.5 gigs of VRAM just isn't quite 4 gigs, which is the requirement for a lot of cool stuff, so prepare to lower some settings if you're on one.

While many are citing poor optimization, there's only so many ways to 'optimize' 4 gigs of textures to make them fit into 3.5 gigs of space.

Overall, and aside the awful launch debacle and publisher/developer meddling, this is an amazing game that you really should play, but may not have the hardware to enjoy fully.

Edited Jan. 3rd, 2017: after months of patching and fixes, the game's playable even by intermediate users, and just went off a surprise 67% discount sale - and unheard of number for such a high-profile franchise, but a developer and publisher that aren't exactly famed for their generosity.

I predicted they got the hint, and since DX is one of SE's most valuable IPs, heads will roll, criminal past will deliver, and Nixxes hopefully keeps patching.

At the of typing this, it's been over four months, and still not a peep from anyone about the launch, the consumable DLC, or anything.

Regardless, base game and system rift DLC are good things. Give them a whirl, regardless of whetever or not your provider is Gaben a faction that flies the skull and crossbones in this year and era.

DX: MD was easily the most demanding, functional, PC title made in 2016. Let's see what 2017 brings.

Very recommended.

An incredible title, marred by typical publisher interference and penny pinching schemes. While it's easy to blame Square-Enix for all of this, you really can't. It's true that they control the purse strings, but any artist with even the slightest bit of integrity and pride in their work would dig their heels into the floor over the laughable features that were added, and if refusal to co-operate then results in the game simply not being made, then so be it. Since they obviously didn't fight them, some of the blame will rightfully have to go their way, and that's the end of that. There's really nothing more to discuss. If you ignore the phone game quality Breach mini-game, the DLC items that are phone game-tier one use consumables (as in one use across ALL SAVES YOU EVER MAKE, EVER), and some rushing here and there, you'll find an exceptional title. I mean, this is the sequel to human revolution, which is one of the best games ever made, so anything less than that would be a failure. Despite being the sequel to the third game in the series, DX: MD draws heavily upon the first game, which was a welcome surprise for yours truly, but made the average teen gamer confused, lost, and feel out of his depth Naturally, despite the many coolbacks and homages, it's Adam Jensen II: first blood part II. Yeah, more on that 'confused teens' comment... While people have been begging for what they perceive as a return to form, it turns out a large portion of the playerbase actually can't handle exploration, somewhat limited ammo, less resources in general, somewhat rougher choices and consequences, and more of a cerebral experience, balanced weapons so all guns have a purpose. Now the latest news on the street is that HR was better because reasons. If these people would actually do more than follow quest markers and impotently attack riot armor cops with shotguns, flashbangs, and tear gas, when said player only has an issue, I don't know what to say to these lost souls. Prospective buyers shoul disable all the casual feautres, which includes quest markers, and simply pay attention. At no point does a quest giver tell you to go to X, instead they give you the street name, number, and full address - unheard of since HR's time, Without slavishly lemming training the quest marker, you'll find yourself explore an incredibly meaty game, (expected, considering the series' pedigree), but a lot of love and care has done into art. This is one a handful of titles through history that have gone with hard brutalism and succeded. No joke. A 69 dollar dell monitor, that shows black as purple would naturally kill this experience, so please get your colors adjusted and corrected iv possible. The biggest change, by far, is combat. Combat has always been the weakest of the DX pillars (stealth, social, exploration, combat), but with MD, it's been upgraded. If you're a fan of the crysis series, you'll instantly feel at home with everything, right down to the quickchange weapon mod system. Also rather than the traditional 400 billion trash guns, there's only about a dozen really useful and thought out guns, with some quirky 'uniques' on top, like a full auto shotgun that only shoots armor piercing slugs, or the mega high DPS combat rifle variant that only fires EMP ammunition. You also get a wide assortment of augs that double as weapons, and Adam somehow incorporated nanosuit 2.1 technology, now sporting the new MAXIMUM ARMO- I mean titanshield aug, which does exactly what it says on the tin. As for the other pillars, no other deus ex game has had this much of a focus on exploration. You're gonna miss a lot of little things, and even some big things, on your first two or three playthroughs. The only gripe is really the system requirements. Much like how combat is very inspired by crysis, so too are the system requirements. You need a beast machine, or at least beast computer knowledge, if you want to play with eye candy and technology turned to 11. People who got suckered into the GTX 970 3.5 gig meme card are at a distinct and crippling disadvantage, as their 3.5 gigs of VRAM just isn't quite 4 gigs, which is the requirement for a lot of cool stuff, so prepare to lower some settings if you're on one. While many are citing poor optimization, there's only so many ways to 'optimize' 4 gigs of textures to make them fit into 3.5 gigs of space. Overall, and aside the awful launch debacle and publisher/developer meddling, this is an amazing game that you really should play, but may not have the hardware to enjoy fully. Edited Jan. 3rd, 2017: after months of patching and fixes, the game's playable even by intermediate users, and just went off a surprise 67% discount sale - and unheard of number for such a high-profile franchise, but a developer and publisher that aren't exactly famed for their generosity. I predicted they got the hint, and since DX is one of SE's most valuable IPs, heads will roll, criminal past will deliver, and Nixxes hopefully keeps patching. At the of typing this, it's been over four months, and still not a peep from anyone about the launch, the consumable DLC, or anything. Regardless, base game and system rift DLC are good things. Give them a whirl, regardless of whetever or not your provider is Gaben a faction that flies the skull and crossbones in this year and era. DX: MD was easily the most demanding, functional, PC title made in 2016. Let's see what 2017 brings. Very recommended.