Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

It's like Mass Effect 2 and Batman: Arkham City had a baby and then that baby was full of every single conspiracy Alex Jones has ever talked about. 10/10 I always asked for this

Like Invisible War, Human Revolution is a perfectly good game that just happens to walk in the shadow of a much more ambitious and widely acclaimed game. It's perfectly fine but doesn't do much to win me over compared to the original. A lot of it's elements (such as its main character) are clearly trying to bring back the charm of the original into a new identity but just can't hold up to that standard. The elements that are totally it's own I liked the best.

In search of enhancement, how much humanity will remain in you?

This game was an extremely pleasant surprise after the terrible Invisible War. It was obviously meticulously made to the strengths of the original Deus Ex (with the exception of the boss fights), allowing multiple ways to complete missions and explore the world around you. The voice acting is top-notch, they absolutely nailed the cyberpunk feel, the gunplay feels just right (something the original failed at miserably), the story is interesting and engaging, and ultimately, Human Revolution is an extremely enjoyable game. Very highly recommended!

one of my favorite games of all time, I completed it first on Xbox360 and PS3 back in the day and after getting a good PC had to beat it on here too. The world is so captivating to me with great RPG elements, a well told story that really makes you think, and great dialogue choices, this game changed the way I play games.

still an icon for cyberpunk world craft i loved the soundtrack still am and the game is so fun to replay it its the story of it and what it brout

fantastic RPG and stealth game
crashes rarely, autosaves prevent crashes from causing headaches usually

As an original, its good, but plz turn off in Extras section "commentary", you want play game not to listen ugly mfs telling you some bs who nobody cares.

i finished the game, graphic is old but the story and game mechanic are better than most modern gaming, this game givin you free choice how you to play it, i try to STEALH but after few mission its make me sleepy so i switched to my natural instict to become BLOOD THIRST agent, nothin can be more satisfy just to snap the neck of civ who try to waste my time with BS yapper LMAO 9/10 .

Good atmosphere and story but the gameplay is just stale and janky, the only thing that was unique was the hacking. Everything else either felt like a shitty MGS mission.

the game is a classic and the inclusion of the DLC content that is meshed into the main game is incredibly welcome. However, the game does experience some significant stuttering even on a decent spec GPU (equivalent 3090). It is manageable and mainly only occurs when entering a new area, it doesn't effect the gameplay in anyway.

Liked it quite a bit when it came out, but it's pretty clear to me now the only reason people still rate this so high is because they've never played the original Deus Ex. The story, gameplay, level design, everything is dumbed down in the Eidos DX games that it's pretty laughable.

It's not a bad game (though there is A LOT to dislike here), but just like Mankind Divided....they're horrible Deus ex games. The augmentation/racism allegory is insanely heavy handed and stupid. Being a racist is bad....that's all it says. The original DX was all about how power and money corrupts while the poor ALWAYS suffer regardless of who's in charge. It sometimes used goofy conspiracy theories, but the core message was good and nuanced. None of that is here. It's so immersion breaking to hear LITERALLY EVERYONE (including homeless people ffs who might have more important things to focus on...like food and shelter) to be discussing augmentations and augmentation legislation. Every email, ebook, NPC conversation, EVERYTHING is about augmentations or the race allegory...it's so bad.

Gameplay hasn't aged well either. You're a billion dollar augmented super soldier yet you move slower at a sprint (that lasts for less than 3 seconds LMAO) than Garrett does in the original thief games at a walk. Shooting is fine, but you can tell they wanted that Mass Effect crowd so combat feels very similar. There's also a weird lack of blood or damage decals UNLESS it's in a custscene, why?? I can watch a dude blow off half his face in a cutscene, but when I shoot someone a red puff explodes and that's it. It makes combat lack any kind of weight or satisfaction. Non-lethal feels better, but not by much.

I will also never understand why the hell they decided both non-lethal and lethal takedowns should require energy, meaning if you're out of energy (which you will be) you must patiently wait behind an unsuspecting guard for your arbitrary energy meter to fill up or eat a protein bar....you, a billion dollar super soldier can't use your billion dollar augments to choke a guy out. Something basic any 100% meat and flesh soldier could do. Sure, say it's for "balance" becuase you're invincible while this unskippable takedown cutscene (that loses it's charm after the 100th time) occurs, but I'd personally much rather just have a melee weapon like in the first game that allows me to initiate takedowns with no cost to energy while still being vulnerable so it doesn't result in me having to stare at a guards back constantly while my one battery recharges. It's so stupid.

I truly believe the only reason these new Deus Ex games are remembered fondly by fans is either due to A) Nostalgia, or B) becuase we get so few immersive sims (even though this is a very dumbed down version of that genre) that they celebrate any time something vaugley resembling an IMSIM gets released regardless of how shit it actually is.

My advice to those people is to put aside your stupid fixation on graphics and value better player agency and more satisfying immersive gameplay by trying out the OG Looking Glass and Ion Storm Imsims. System Shock 1 (remake or original) and 2, Thief 1 and 2 plus black parade mod, and the original Deus Ex and see how much was lost with this stupid reboot. I didn't play those games when they came out either, I'm saying today in 2024 they still make so many recent and modern games STILL pale in comparison if you value good writing, gameplay, and player agency that it's actually insane. The modern industry has traded good graphics for lack of agency and player choice and it shows. It's like a cute girl who's dumber than a doorknob.

Oh yeah, and the franchise is dead now because of Eidos and Square, hopefully they sell this franchise off to someone more worthy like Nightdive.

Human Revolution is one of those games that gets so close to 10/10 that the 1/10 that bothers you feels bigger than it actually is. You want this game to be perfect, and it can taste it, but it doesn't quite achieve it.

But time has shown us that we truly had no chance of getting anything better than this as a follow up to the seminal Deus Ex. Its absolutely worth a play-through. Or three for that matter, given the variety available.

The characters are great. The plot is largely great, the mechanics are great and the setting is great. It is a disaster that this studio has been destroyed like so many other greats..

I bought the game to replay it, I last played it way back in 2013 I think. Everything goes sideways when you are forced into the DLC story. It should have been optional. I'll probably just use a mod to skip the entire thing and get back to the main story. The DLC is a boring slog.

Rent the original instead. This is a port of the wii version that plays and looks terrible by comparison.

An amazing futuristic dystopian world full of assians conspiracy conspiracy and combat. an amazing story and world cannot recommend it enough.

Cyberpunk 2077 gets a lot of praise. But if you pay attention, they ripped off SO MUCH from the Deus Ex universe. Human Revolution is a classic. No such thing as a perfect game, but well worth playing. The expansion is banger, too. Great story all round.

Finally decided to hit my back log and complete this game and I am very glad I did.
Great story and overall game holds up well.

Good story, combat mechanics, and maps.

The only problem is the difficulty. I am on the easiest setting, and quite frankly am sick of constantly dying. Any enemy with body armor will just rip you to pieces.

This game is NOT a shooter, and basically shits on you if you choose to shoot it out.

really fun and amazing story line, definitely will replay it again

First off, this game works flawlessly on the Steam Deck. 60 FPS and no stuttering. If you have a NVIDIA graphics card, you might need to troubleshoot a little to get the game to not stutter.

Other than that, zero complaints. Deus Ex: HR is an excellent immersive sim that allows for multiple ways to play the game. The story is engaging, the quests are detailed, and the characters are all interesting.

9 out of 10 game!!

Hoard protein, read people's emails, """"non-lethally"""" incapacitate people with your 400 horsepower punches. 8/10.

great immersion, stealth and mood. Fantastic soundtrack
The game is a bit dated on the mechanics and graphics.

It's ok. A bit generic and boring at the times, but not bad considering it is like 10 years old at this point. I wasn't really immersed, but has cool moments.

This game is really good. Why aren't modern games this good???? We need a new Deus Ex game.

fun stealth game just make to play on the hardest difficulty for peak immersion

Pretty fun. The sequels gameplay blows it out of the water though.

BUNU BEĞENMEYEN GİTSİN 2. OYUNU OYNASIN, EBESİNİNKİNİ GÖRSÜN GERİ GELSİN

This game is a worthy successor to the original deus ex in many ways and even improves upon what made the original game good. Also deus ex invisible war is garbage please don't play that game

Honestly this is the only game that I have ever played through more than once. I was hooked onto this game when it came out on the Xbox 360 (forever ago) and ever since then I have always remembered this game. Although its not the typical top tier game it really does have its moments, I personally think it was ahead of its time and as of typing this up I just completed my pacifist run. If your reading this, give it a chance, would definitely reccomend to others.

This game got me into Deus Ex, so it can be all bad.
It was probably for the best that I experienced the story as a fairly young child. Try to pretend its not related to the original maybe.
Gameplay's extremely solid. Airtight shooting and great stealth mechanics.
Highly recommend for imsim fans or those with a love for yellow.

Fantastic stealth game that I find myself replaying because of its leveling system. Also, the social boss fights are the best written in the series because you actually have to listen for key words and the person's tone to figure out how to persuade them.

I did get annoyed that I had to play the DLC during my first run, but it's not such a big deal in subsequent play throughs.

Directors cut might not run on your win10/11 although the base game runs which is not available in steam anymore (at least in GER) so just buy DXHR key on the web and activate it in steam.

TL;DR: The story is good, the gameplay is bad. Skip playing the game and watch a Let's Play on YouTube instead.

You're a walking, talking, war machine with all kinds of dangerous augmentations - except you can't use any of them unless you carry around a Snickers bar, because you only regenerate 1 out of 5 energy cells, which you need to use your augmentations. The other 4 can only be restored through consumables. This wouldn't be a problem, except you need to invest so many Praxis Points to even get 5 energy cells, which makes me feel like I got scammed by a poorly explained, yet such an important mechanic of the game.

Why would they make a game centered around augmentations, but then impose such a detrimental limitation to how often you can use said augmentations? I wish I knew this before I wasted all those Praxis Points unlocking more energy cells. I'd respec, except the game doesn't even let you do that.

Furthermore, I understand having a stamina bar for in-combat sprinting, but why would they keep it for when you're out-of-combat? The maps are so small, yet because of the game's extremely limited sprinting and complete lack of fast travel, I feel like 75% of the game is just a walking simulator getting from point A to B, and then back to A, then to C, then to B, and then back to A again. It's tedious.

On top of that, I'm having constant stutters in the game, which is something they should've fixed in-between the release of the base game and the director's cut. The game doesn't even actually support 4k resolution, because if you use anything beyond 1920x1080 the UI will be so abysmally small that you basically can't see them.

The only thing that has kept me going is the story. It's just interesting enough that I want to see how it all ends, but I will say, it's taking every ounce of willpower I have not to quit because of how bad the actual gameplay is.

EDIT: Just got to the Missing Link, which has got to be one of the worst experiences I've had in a game. It forces me back to the basics of the game by removing literally every upgrade from my character, which wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the issues I mentioned above. Now I'm basically forced to suffer the game's horribly designed mechanics with zero upgrades.

Story could have been elaborated a bit better. Overall very good game.
Oh yea, somehow I didn't get the pacifist achievement although I have never killed anyone throughout my playthrough :(

Having beat this game 3 times, I think I can give it a very thourough review.

Positives

1. Firstly, the game is great value for money. if you explore everything and complete all of the side quests, the game will take about 45 hours to beat. Also, it has a ton of replay value. For instance, there is plenty of customization because of the augmentations, playstyles and loadouts. on top of that, the choices you make and how you play affect character dialogue, enemy placement, and behavior. Some areas will also change if you backtrack. Plus, the game offers multiple ways to approach missions, and it’s entirely possible to complete all of it without killing anyone or being spotted, except for a few bosses.
   
2. The persuasion system is great, and will require you to pay attention to the other characters personality and behaviours in order to successfully convince them, with real consequences for failure.
   
3. The game is meant to be cyberpunk, with the art style and atmosphere matching it well.
   
4. I only encountered one bug, in which an enemy got stuck in place. Quite impressive for a game of this size!
   
5. The voice acting is top-notch, with talent from TV and film.
   

Negatives

1. There are some typos, such as spaces before punctuation marks.
   
2. Enemies don’t notice if one of their buddies suddenly goes missing, so even if a room goes from 5 active guards to 1, the last one won't even notice.
   
3. The developer commentary is interesting and can last up to 4 minutes. However, there is no way of knowing if you have listened to it before, once triggered there's no way to skip or stop it, and sometimes you can’t progress any further until it finishes.
   
[*]Without spoiling the ending, it's worth noting that your final decision doesn't truly matter. The narrative director has stated that all endings are canon, and that whatever you choose to do is ultimately "ineffective."

95 / 100, I have a love for immersive sim games, I revisited this game from 2013 but it does suffers from poor optimisation, it’s a good thing gameplay still keep up with modern games, given it’s 11 years old now. It’s all about choice traverse through the environment and complete your objective, to all out violence to stealthy infiltration or talking your way out of problems.

Pros
Fantastic story (intriguing it can go multiple ways.)
Great world building, extremely dense.
Likeable characters.
Multiple ways to play, makes the game very re-playable.

Cons
Poor optimisation
The game can be quite long for new gamers or the younger generation who don’t have the patients to do this stealthfully as it is meant to be.

It was always going to be extremely difficult to live up to the original Deus Ex while meeting more modern standards. This game doesn't really--the mechanics have been streamlined to the degree that much of the freedom marking the original is removed.

Human Revolution is, however, a good game. It's a different kind of game than the original, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun. The four main gameplay pillars--combat, stealth, hacking, and social--are well executed, with the visual design of the environments and items being especially impressive. The traditional boss fights can be a bit clunky, but the "social boss fights" make up for that by being so original and engaging. The story is full of interesting ideas and cool characters on the one hand, but can feel a bit contrived and melodramatic on the other. The atmosphere and music are amazing, and some of the augmentations are just awesome.

Overall, Human Revolution is well worth playing. The sequel has even better gameplay, but this one is the more complete package.

Modern version of original deus ex. Great game, refined stealth and fun aussi.

Looking back, this game is a work of art in terms of its gameplay, style, theme, story, and music. Like the original Deus Ex, it transcends from just being a generic shooter. It tells a story that feels very real (despite taking place in a dystopian future), it gives us options on how we want to play the game (non lethal/murderous psychopath), it has such a distinguishable and unique atmosphere even in todays standards, it has compelling characters/protagonists like Adam Jensen, it has different outcomes based on your choices. The devs put their heart and soul into the game and it shows. There is a great story here without the corporate greed and battle passes. Its really unfortunate because we may not have such a great game like this ever again.

I would say apart from the original DX this is the best game they put out.
Mechanics, story, and choosing your path all mixed up to a super fun game

Not a masterpiece. Just normal game, maybe good but not more than just "good". I reccomend it if you want good story and music.

DB sucks so bad and npcs get mad if you kill people who are trying to kill you for no reason, i refuse to crawl in vents for 20 hours, also bosses were lame.

A game that still holds up all these years later. Deus Ex is one of the few great cyberpunk games we have gotten in the modern era of gaming with creative game design and story telling. A worth while venture for any sci-fi nut like myself.

Love this game. Mechanics are a little strange to a FPS player like me but after getitng used to em Im in love

For a game that's over a decade old it's aged like a fine wine. Absolute masterpiece of storytelling from start to finish, I played it (mostly) spoiler-free and highly recommend to do the same for the best possible experience.

Why didn't i play this like 10 years ago, glad i played it now. Great game

10/10. Best Deus Ex game ever, finished it more than 10 times probably first on 360 and now on PC. The story, the characters, gameplay, everything is really good

If you're a fan of Blade Runner or Perfect Dark, you owe it to yourself to play this.
Since it's a fairly satisfying cohesion of both.

Although it does not run well on modern rigs. You need DXVK to alleviate the stutters, as well as enabling your Nvidia settings for Vsync to "Fast", for Deus Ex:HR-specifically. There's a reddit post floating out there (by u/Gonzito3420) that will instruct you on DXVK's use, as well as a download link.

A masterfully crafted blend of stealth, action, and RPG elements, set in a richly detailed cyberpunk world.