Come August, it will be nine years since we had aDeus Exgame,Mankind Divided,released in 2016.Some of you unfamiliar with the series may be shrugging your shoulders right now. “So what?” you may say, “we’re stillwaiting onHalf-Life 3.” However, much like the elusiveHalf-Lifeinstallment, fans of the exploits of Adam Jensen also never got closure.
You see,Mankind Dividedended on a rather disappointing note, with the closing moments of the game strongly suggesting more was to come. However, it never emerged. As such, it’s become a major sore point inDeus Ex‘s history, and the game’s writer appears to agree.
In a recent interview on the YouTube channel “From Script to Life” (thanks,Kotaku), Mark Cecere – whose writing credits include the twoDeus Exreboots,Watch Dogs: LegionsandShadow of the Tomb Raider– also feelsMankind Divided’sending was severely lacking.
It was rather “unsatisfying”
In the video – the bit in question begins around the 6:30 mark – Cecere agrees, for the most part, that the most recentDeus Exgame doesn’t feel finished.He goes on to say that the final fight between Jensen and the heavily augmented behemoth Viktor Marchenko was only supposed to be a kind of “halfway boss” battle.
Cecere adds that Marchenko was not considered the “brains” of the whole operation, which explains why the game feels “unsatisfying,” as he calls it.
DespiteMankind Dividedbeing almost a decade old, I won’t spoil it by revealing how the story concludes. Suffice it to say, it actually doesn’t. That the game’s writer agrees there should have been more to come shows it wasn’t over. Those of us who have played it know that only too well.
Will we ever get a new game in the series, particularly one that finishes what Adam Jensen started? Sadly, about a year ago,Embracer Group allegedly shuttered a newDeus Exproject, leaving hopes of a continuation of theMankind Dividedstory wavering.
Maybe it wasn’t thebestDeus Exgameout there, but it definitely had its moments. Personally, I’m a fan of it. Even if it doesn’t quite hit the high marks of the OG release, it still deserves to have its story finished.
