DXHR: The Missing Link DLC preview
Often, the bit where a game takes away all your weapons and abilities sucks. The main exception is Deus Ex: you wake up in a cell, a hacker lets you out, and you’re forced to use anything you can find to break out of a high-security Majestic 12 facility. It worked because the game itself was so good: there were clever uses for something as simple as a fire extinguisher.
The Missing Link is a very obvious reference to that section. It takes place during an event that’s skipped over in the main game: you sneak aboard a cargo ship bound for Singapore, and we cut to when you arrive. The Missing Link sees you waking up a captive on that ship, all your items gone and your augmentations disabled. You’ve got to escape, or you’ll be transferred to a Belltower prison on arrival.
The good news is, it feels a lot more like Deus Ex’s improvised escape section than the clumsy equivalents in lesser games. There isn’t really any bad news.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution boss fights were outsourced
“We did the boss battles” announces the president of G.R.I.P. proudly in the Deus Ex: Human Revolution behind the scenes video above. The footage, highlighted by Gameranx, reveals that Human Revolution’s awful boss encounters weren’t made by Eidos Montreal, but instead outsourced to a different company headed by a chap who admits “I’m a shooter guy, coming into this not knowing a lot about the Deus Ex world.” The video gives a pretty good indication as to why Human Revolution’s boss battles were such a horrible flop.
Thankfully, almost everything else was fantastic. Discover what we thought of Deus Ex: Human Revolution in our Deus Ex: Human Revolution review.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution patch fixes stuttering, adds windowed mode
It really sucks when vital items drop through a solid table and disappear from reality, which is why the first major patch for Deus Ex: Human Revolution is good news for Adam Jensen. “The TYM medical card should no longer fall through the table if an NPC’s body comes into contact with the card,” reads an entry in the new patch notes spotted on DSO gaming. The patch will be applied automatically when you restart Steam.
Also, if your Adam Jensen has been jumping around the map like a staccato assassin then you’ll be pleased to hear that the new patch that aims to fix the stuttering associated with certain video card shader problems. A windowed mode has been added and “intro logos can now be skipped on all but the first run of the game.” Yes! Read the full notes below.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Missing Link DLC designed to encourage aug experimentation
A Q&A session on the Eidos Montreal tumblr has turned up a few new details about the upcoming Missing Link DLC for Deus Ex Human Revolution. The new missions will be accessible through a separate shortcut on the main menu, meaning you’ll be able to play it whenever you like. You won’t have to revisit an earlier save to revisit the point in the story at which the missions take place.
The Missing Link follows Adam’s attempt to escape from the Belltower organisation. Kidnapped, augs disabled and shirt stolen, he has to fight his way off the ship he’s imprisoned on. The premise is designed to wipe Adam’s skill sheet clean, letting players try out the augs they might otherwise avoid.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution ships two million copies
Square Enix have sent over word that their bank accounts have been suddenly augmented by huge sales of the excellent Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Two million “units” have been shipped worldwide. Thanks to a controversy involving Gamestop and some OnLive vouchers inside those copies, many will have been sent straight back, but for the most part that is a large and impressive number. Are you one of the two million? Will you be picking up the Missing Link DLC? If you had the choice, would you replace your regular arms with bionic ones? Let us know in the comments below.
Deus Ex Unreal Revolution mod brings Human Revolution to Deus Ex 1
We recently posted the video above as part of one of our end of day links posts. We thought it was just a clever parody of the new Deus Ex, complete with comedy wrist-chisel take downs, yellow object outlines and a sly dig at Human Revolution’s extensive web of pre-order bonuses. Now we learn from RPS that the video was in fact a trailer for a full Deus Ex mod, which is out now.
The mod gives JC some Adam Jensen style five o’clock shadow and a pair of AR goggles. Activating these casts the world in a black and gold sheen and outlines objects. The mod also adds iron sights to the assault rifle and fit JC with a pair of arm blades. You can download the mod now from ModDB. You’ll need to install a custom DirectX 10 or OpenGL renderer first.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC trailer and screens show battered Jensen and glowing red doom eye
The Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC, the Missing Link, has gotten a trailer and some screenshots. The trailer depicts Adam Jensen getting pretty badly beaten up by his captors, having apparently failed to save some civilians, while the screens include an extreme close up of a mysterious glowing red eye. We’ll know more when the DLC arrives in October.
Deus Ex DLC official, The Missing Link will land later this year
The first DLC for Deus Ex: Human Revolution has now been confirmed, and will fill in the gap of Adam Jensen’s three days off the grid during Human Revolution. Jensen has reportedly been tortured by Belltower and had his augs de-activated while aboard a cargo ship and must rebuild his skills from scratch and make new allies in order to escape.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution augmentation guide
Usually the modern sequel to a classic PC game ends up simplifying it. Human Revolution, however, doubles the number of different augmentations you could give yourself in Deus Ex.
It also puts more of the burden of choice on you: you can install any augmentations you have the points for, rather than just the ones you’ve found the right canister for.
So until you know how they all work, it’s not easy to plan your character. You earn Praxis points, the level-up currency, quite slowly at first, and there are no refunds for choices you regret. So I’ll talk you through the best augs, what they do, and what kind of playing styles they suit.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC rumours surface
VG247 say that a the mysterious Deus Ex: Human Revolution code is leading to the announcement of new DLC for the critically acclaimed game. Their unnamed source also revealed that the DLC takes place over two days spent on a ship, with no communication or support for the player through the commlink. Players will also choose a new aug configuration, rather than importing a save file, which they speculate might mean you play as another character, maybe even original Deus Ex protagonist JC Denton. How this fits in with the previous hints regarding Ayers Rock in Australia is uncertain.
Haven’t played the original game yet? Check out our Deus Ex: Human Revolution review to see just how amazing it is.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution takes second in monthly chart after just two days on sale
MCV are reporting that Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the second best selling game in the UK for August, second only to perennial chart topper Zumba Fitness. This would be impressive enough by itself, but the real twist is that Deus Ex was only on sale for two days during the tracking period. It still managed to outsell almost all the games that were on sale for the entire month.
Deus Ex is currently number one in the UK charts, having finally toppled the long dominant Zumba, if you want to know why, read our review.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution code cracked, mysterious image revealed
It’s not been long since fans noticed a code hidden away in Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s title screen, but the string of ambiguous numbers and symbols has already been translated. Blues News report that it led web-detectives to this image of a cluttered conspiracy theorist’s desktop. Clicking on the post-it note bearing the Illuminati all-seeing eye reveals a small login and password box.
It didn’t take long for detectives to break in. The notebook scribbles hide GPS co-ordinates to Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, when used in combination with the password “11m13clinic,” the login box yields a mysterious final image, which you can see below. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Crack the Deus Ex: Human Revolution code
Have you seen the cryptic code on the Deus Ex: Human Revolution title screen? Reddit has, and its codebreakers are already at work. A URL? An SQL injection? Part of a longer reference to Megadeth? All theories are welcome, and if you’re looking for a hacking challenge slightly more involved than realising you can click multiple nodes at once when attacking systems, here you go.
This mysterious code follows up promises of a special announcement yesterday, which could be anything from DLC to news of an expansion, to a slightly premature celebration of Deus Ex at least temporarily kicking Zumba Fitness from its perch on the Top 10. At the very least, it looks like there’s something interesting on the way, regardless of how long it takes this code to be cracked open.
Have Your Say: Deus Ex: Human Revolution
It’s finally here, and now everyone’s had a chance to play it. How are you finding it? How are you playing it? Pacifism? Ultra-violence? A man with nothing but a pistol, a pocket full of ammo, and a trail of headshots? Share your thoughts here – but please, no plot spoilers. Not everyone knows that JC Denton is the final boss yet, or about the secret Illuminati time machine in Adam Jensen’s apartment.
To refresh your memory, here’s what we said when we gave it 94%
GameStop and the Retail War of 2012
Gamestop’s decision to pull free OnLive codes from copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution is more than simply an unfortunate business decision. It’s the first real shot in a war between publishers and retail that’s been a long time brewing. Whether or not it has the right, contractually or otherwise, isn’t really important in the grand scheme of things. What matters is that it did it, giving up one of the year’s biggest PC games to make its point – and that’s the kind of decision that ripples and echoes in the wider industry. By this time next year, stories like this won’t even be a surprise.
