Deus Ex: Human Revolution E3 Trailer Arrives

I've got a feeling that DX3 will showcase some of the best of Japanese animation/art and Western gaming design, sans an androgynous, blonde-haired, self-pitying protagonist that whinges about everything and anything. Beautiful.

Besides, I've always been a fan of Ghost In The Shell: Innocence's look. If you aren't familiar with it, check it out - the orange neon tint, anachronistic mix-up of future tech and period aesthetic. Really cool, inspired stuff. You can really tell that whatever money Eidos are throwing at Square Enix has paid off so far.

Also, did anyone else think the protagonist sounds like Christian Bale?

From July's PC Gamer issue:

Earlier this year, lead game designer Jean-Francois Dugas told PC Gamer, "We want to remove the RPG aspect of the fighting and make it more straightforward, like you see in games such as Rainbow Six. So if you're good at shooting, the game will not tell you you're not good at shooting because your stats are low."
This design decision will no doubt broaden the game's appeal, but our love of Deus Ex emanates from the lateral-thinking approaches we come up with when guns don't work. If spray-and-pray can get you through from one end to the other, Eidos Montreal risks making alternative approaches feel pointless.

SquareEnix obviously had a strong hand in design. It seems almost like a ff7,... and he has noticeably spikey hair.

I have a hard time believing we'll have advanced that far by 2027. Why do they make it so soon in the future? The things they showed are like 200+ years away at this rate. Once we factor in all the political pressure (every politician wants to leave their 'mark'), zoning laws, ethical and environmental regulations in our modern age society -- there's just no way to change all that in a little under 20 years. Unless we wipe it all out and rebuild without government/ religious oversight.

I think that society has pretty much hit it's peak at this point. If nothing changes drastically, then I fear 100 years from now everything will look almost exactly the same, only our iPods/ iPads will be organic or some shit. Hell, Apple will probably be run by the First Holy Church of Obama by then.

This trailer is an amazing look at what this game could have been. But that triangle used instead of the letter "a" at the end where the game title is shows, proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that this game will be extremely consolized. Killing it's soul in the process.

Nice trailer. The game might not suck just looking at it as a videogame. As a sequel to Deus Ex though, its doomed.

Main gripes:
-Set in the past, yet everything from the cities to much of the technology seems slicker, more advanced, and less believeable.
-Since its a cross-platform game and the focus will be on the console version, so the controls and the RPG elements will be will be wayyy dumbed down. Information has already been released that would seem to confirm this.
-Does the main character really need to look like a cross between someone out of the Matrix and a nu-metal rock star? It's an upgrade over boyband member Lil' JC from Invisible War, but really... D: That is the poiniest beard I have ever seen.

Anyway, can we see some actual gameplay now?

I wonder if JC Tenton will be in this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ltjmjSa2GE

That was an amazing trailer, but forgive me if i'm still a little skeptical. As gamers, we should be all too familiar with how games often set very high bars for themselves with trailers and fail to even come close to them. Trailers get you excited about a game (and this one has definitely put Deus Ex on the radar for me), but but they ultimately can be a lit of a let down when the game doesn't live up to them.

The game needs to deliver on the same level of visuals, art, etc.

for those curious about DX lore, here's a small snippet of a DX timeline i found

http://garbledzombie.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/deus-ex-universe-timeline/

2018 Paul Denton is born.
2020s Mechanical augmentations are just becoming widespread.
-In the early years of this decade work on nano-technology begins. The Majestic 12 scientists assigned to the project (including Bob Page) have a number of difficulties. A self-replicating nanite that can interact with biological material has to be developed. The nanites must be able to interpret commands directly from the mind, and send information back to the mind in a form that can be interpreted.
-This will take years to develop.
-A test subject matching MJ12�s selection criteria is needed, as young as possible.
2022 The pan-Arab invasion of Israel is successful, Majestic 12 control of the region becomes total.
2023 Paul Denton, age 5, is selected as test subject, he is subsequently cloned.
2028 Paul Denton� mother, who is unable to have any more children but wants another, is approached by MJ12 operatives posing as fertility experts. She is told that she will be paid handsomely in exchange for participating in experimental surgery that will allow her to become pregnant. Mrs. �Denton�, had been poor her entire life, now she could have another child and have enough money to raise her family in comfort. The “fertility experts” assure her that the surgery is minor and the risk is minimal.
-After the parents of Paul Denton agree the mother is implanted with a cloned embryo of Paul. Their lived have already been carefully monitored by MJ12 for many years.
2029 JC Denton born on 3/17
2030s After AIDS cure is released new antibiotic resistant viruses appear. Resistant tuberculosis hits the developing nations, particularly India, very hard. A sample of the 1918 flu virus from bodies buried under the North Polar is accidentally released when it is procured for research.
-Versalife is instrumental in fighting these, originally a genetic engineering company, it branches to embrace all forms of science and commerce.
- At an unknown time between 2031 and 2035 Majestic twelve rebels against the Illuminati.
2030 Cure to AIDS is discovered ending its comeback.
- A major earthquake hits the West Coast, destroying most of San Francisco and dumping all of Los Angeles and most of Southern California south of Lompoc into the ocean. (Raised sea level plays a part, without it much of this space would not have gone under.)
- The earthquake forces the government to declare the west coast (or what was left of it) a disaster area. It begins to ignore the rest of the country.
2031 Utah announces its intention to secede from the United States, declaring its independence and annexing what was left of Arizona and Nevada. Inspired by Utah’s example, fringe groups in Texas declare independence as well.
-Shortly after Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming form the Northwest Secessionist Forces.
-All of these attempts to secede fail, however marital law continues exists in some portions of these states.
2033 Alex Denton�s assigned birth date is on 11/20 of this year. This does not match other data showing Alex to have been born some time in the year 2047.
-Nick Pausback�s assigned birth date is on 5/13 of this year.
2034 Wade Walker�s assigned birth date is on 2/25 of this year.
-Experiments begin on second generation of clones (~age 5)
-Toxicological study found no carcinogenic effects at chlorine concentrations a thousand times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency revised Kyoto standards.
2035 Having lined up all of the Illuminati’s political, financial, military and religious arms beneath it, Majestic 12 inherits the mantle of de facto ruler of Asia, Eastern Europe and South America. It�s rebellion is complete.
-Paul and J.C. Denton’s parents are killed by Majestic 12; J.C. is sent to Swiss school
2040 Paul Denton, age 22, joins UNATCO
2042 Sporting Weapons Act of 2042
-NSF (National Secessionist Forces) formed from gun toating people who refuse to let go of their rifles, grenades, land mines, and other “collectibles.” Lead by Leon Woods they intend the �liberation� of Washington, Montana, Oregon, and Northern California.
2045 Leon Woods dies in (in)famous last stand.
2046 In response to the Upper West Side bombing that killed 45 people and wounded over a 100, the grid zoning laws allowed the police to wall off regions of Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs. Foot traffic between these “zones” was prohibited, and traveling between zones was restricted to authorized subways or highways subject to police surveillance.
-The crash of �46. Construction of some building in Paris stopped.
-Work on ‘Ambrosia’ project is suspected to begin this year.
2047 Most likely year of Alex Denton�s Birth given that he/she is five years old when the game takes place at some point in 2052.
-”Somnolente Ile” scandal rocks the Serra administration.**
-Beth DuClare�s involvement would cause members of the Republican Social Union for French Democracy (RSUFD) party disputed her right to be awarded the position of Chevalier in the Ordre Royale de la Legion D’Honneur posthumously.
-Bilderbergs may have been involved.
-Rumored to be the approximate beginning of the work on Aquinas by Page Industries.
-J.C. Denton graduates from Swiss school
2049 Doctor Moreau starts to work in MJ12 lab under UNATCO.
2050 Silhouette inserts 20th century style commercials into the Net broadcast of the World Cup
2051 The Templars are �diminished� by a combined UNATCO/Interpol raid on their Paris. Tmeplars are classified as inactive.
-15,234 young people served sentences in the state’s FBI-run “good behavior” camps, a legacy of the Northwest War.
-UNATCO bombs Statue of Liberty, attack latter blamed on Silhouette.
-Gray Death �surfaces.�

Green greasy greasels

I felt a lot of philosophical thought went into the story and conversations of deus ex and it felt 'deep' compared to anything else I had played.

I hope this game goes that route, with a dash of KOTOR 2 morality, where everything is a different shade of grey instead of having the typical archetypes of good and evil. The trailer looks pretty good, but my fear is that the final product might walk a line more akin to "corperashuns r evil! derp!" as opposed to something you can really wrap your head around.

All of this is a moot issue without some gameplay footage though!

From a story standpoint this trailer gives me something to look forward to; in three minutes it managed to feel more inspired than the majority, if not the entirety, of the story in Invisible War. However, I'm still going to be cautiously optimistic about the game itself until I see some actual gameplay footage.

There is also a bit of a Star Wars prequel problem in regards to the technology looking more advanced and shiny than in the other games despite being earlier in the time line. There are various ways you can rationalize this, I suppose. But it still seems odd.

However, regardless of how the game turns out the trailer was a good watch.

lets just be fucking clear on why Deus Ex was excellent:

"God is a dream of good government" is a cool line for a video game, it deftly draws a line in common between the paternalistic, judging nature of the lord with the technologies we use to rule and shape our own lives in hopes of attaining that sort of perfect moral ideal.

On the other hand, gratuitous references to a Rembrant and a Greek myth come off to me as nothing more than "hey guys, guess who had a liberal arts education? it was us!"

I was expecting gameplay, but damn that was an AMAZING trailer :D

And first in-game screenshots - http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/55170/Deus-Ex-Human-Revolution-In-Game-Screenshots-Released

Atleast the graphics are incredible!

Very nice trailer, but it was the soundtrack that took me back.

Very appropriate for Deus Ex.

Be good DX3. No, better than good. God.

if the pc version is a console port and it sucks, i am never going to buy another console game again. if both suck i may just quit gaming entirely...wait, no ... fuck that, didn't the second one suck? i only got through 50% of the first one... sadly my attention span is fucked


where the pancakes?

For the record, I found that to be awesome.

My favorite ending of Deus Ex makes the story of this whole game pointless. However, I really hope it's fun to play at least.

Really nice. Made me think of how influential Blade Runner still is though. Also bits of Terminator, Watchmen and Robocop seem ripped off into this.

2027 seems a bit early, I think in 2027 I am still going to be bitching about my swapfile rather than seeing all this magic all around me.

Damn, that was fantastic.

Awesome trailer, loved the music in it.
They should make a movie out of this! : )

Please don't suck. Also, please show gameplay soon.

I know some people hate it when present/future works are judged by works of the past.. but for me it's just a natural thing.. and influences do exist even when they are not intentional.

In this trailer I saw... Akira... Patlabor.. Ghost in the Shell... Blade Runner maybe a dash of Robocop and the original Deus Ex....

All of which happen to be some of my favorite moments in Science Fiction...

I still don't know what the actual game might play like, but at least from what I've seen so far... this is pure awesomeness.

Wow. Very DX1 to me. Here's hoping the gameplay captures the same feel as well. Man. I'm getting excited here.

That looks dope. I just have one thing that sticks out in my mind.

Detroit? No way. Should've kept that shit in NYC or LA.

That was an awesome trailer. I still don't have high hopes for the game itself but hopefully my doubts will be laid to rest.

Neo? You're in the wrong movie damn it.

Also, the original worked so well because of the time period it was released in and the way the story worked with the tropes of the day. I don't have high hopes for this because the zeitgeist has moved on but this game appears to be retreading the same tropes as the original.

Have you seen a greasel? Horrible creatures.

Hopefully an actual gameplay video isn't too far behind, and the actual game is as atmospheric as that video. And lets all pray they don't bring back universal ammo. That was a bad decision in Deus Ex 2, I have no idea how that was signed off on as ok.

awesome soundtrack, I hope the gameplay doesn't dissapoint...

Wow, that trailer was incredibly awesome and far exceeded my expectations. They completely nailed the perfect tone and visual design. In every way it looks different than Deus Ex 1, it looks better. So psyched.

I honestly can't stop watching this trailer, its a work of art, a thing of beauty. The Sound track is superb and awe inspiring! Everything co-exists perfectly and the voice acting is soothing! This entire thing makes me melt and if i was a female right now, i'd be completely soaking wet in my office chair. Is this game an angel in disguise?

bought day 1

this god damn better be better than DX2

That is a great pre-rendered gameplay-free video. Very Ghost in the Shell.

I wonder what the actual game will be like.

I played through most of the first Deus Ex, skipped the second one, and now I am looking forward to the third. I really should go back and finish the first game. That trailer was rather awesome. I hope we get some game play footage from E3.

Are they also going to release a game when this movie comes out?

they should make a movie instead.

WOW.

That was f*cking awesome :D

Wooo! Now that's a trailer! The music was awesome too... As long as they don't make an Invisible war everything will be great for this game!

Good music