The same retrofit aesthetic of that seminal film is evident here, right down to shades opening to allow shafts of light to filter into smoky rooms adorned with a mix of computers tooled in the Baroque period while dusty books and monochrome photos sit comfortably beside them. It’s obvious that Eidos Montreal simply made their entire art team watch Bladerunner over and over and told them to emulate that. What really saves the game is the art direction. Some visual glitches are also present, such as characters spawning incorrectly inside objects (which looks both morbid and disturbing when you see them simultaneously rising from the floor while phased into an office chair) and occasionally Jensen can fall through invisible holes in the world.

Lighting is, unfortunately static, so don’t expect to see any dynamic play or shadowing at work here. There’s also an obvious recycling of motion capture assets with several female characters doing the same “arm jig dance” as your personal pilot, with the same inappropriate movements during conversation. There aren’t a lot of polygons being pushed around on screen-this is particularly evident on characters-and the textures are not as detailed as higher profile titles. However, the engine Eidos Montreal is using not on par with other multi-platform engines in use today, such as the Unreal Engine’s astounding renders of Batman, or detailed environments of the upcoming Battlefield 3 and its impressive Frostbite Engine. There’s a talented art team at work and the French flair for light is abundant in the deep gold that pervades most aspects of the game’s atmosphere. The presentation of the game is mixed, and, unfortunately, is possibly the weakest aspect of the game. Things are not what they seem however, and as Jensen returns to his job after six months readjusting to life as a cyborg, he investigates the attack, uncovering a conspiracy that will take him to the seedy backstreets of Detroit, the two-tiered city of Hengsha in China, Montreal and even Singapore. His life is brutally changed when an attack on his employer, Sarif Industries, leaves him a heavily augmented cyborg, while his ex-girlfriend-a promising researcher on the verge of a major breakthrough-is purportedly dead. Set in the year 2027, 25 years before the original game, the story looks at corporate security man Adam Jensen. Deus Ex: Human Revolution is, chronologically speaking, a prequel to the previous games.

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