Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Difference between revisions

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* [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face]]: Averted in the sense that people will tell you to put away your weapon if you have it drawn if you want to speak to them. More touchy NPCs will attack you.

* [[I Own This Town]]: David Sarif certainly ''thinks'' he owns Detroit, as he claims to have control over the Police Department's pension fund. The rioters tend to give lie to the claim, however.

* [[Information Wants to Be Free]]: {{spoiler|Hugh Darrow in Panchaea ultimately implores Adam to tell the truth about augmentations, the Illuminati, ''everything''. His ending is tellingly the only one wherein this trope happens, given how both Taggart and Sarif suggest lying about what's been happening for various reasons.}}

* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: {{spoiler|Eliza to Adam, should he choose the [[Kill'Em All]] ending.}}

* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: In the TYM headquarters, Jensen can find the corpse of a technician who was working with the Harvesters to help steal augs. Belltower apparently found him, interrogated him to death, and then dumped his corpse down a ventilation shaft.

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* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: One of your options for dealing with {{spoiler|Diamond Chan}} in the "Rotten Business" sidequest.

** {{spoiler|Lee Hong}} tried to do this to cover up the murder of Evelyn Carmichael, but considering [[What an Idiot!|how he went about it]], he would have been better off just hiding the body and hoping for the best.

* [[Masquerade Maintenance]]: What the ending {{spoiler|that involves self-destructing Panchaea}} amounts to. {{spoiler|With Jensen's intent of taking the dark secrets and conspiracies he's uncovered with him to the grave, while allowing the rest of mankind to make their own decisions on the future.}} Unfortunately, even this serves {{spoiler|Bob Page}} just fine.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: This game is meant to show the ''origins'' of Deus Ex, and the protagonist's name is [[Adam and Eve Plot|Adam]]. Hmm...

** {{spoiler|Eliza, an AI, shares her name with the first well known chatbot.}}

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* [[R-Rated Opening|M-Rated Opening]]: Adam's violent beatdown in the beginning is much bloodier and more brutal than the rest of the game, and the enemies in the Sarif Manufacturing Plant swear a lot more (especially with the F-bomb). After that, the violence and language get toned down.

* [[Multiple Endings]]: Jensen uncovers the entire conspiracy, and must decide what he tells the world {{spoiler|though each ending contains some element or another that would ultimately lead to ''Deus Ex''}}:

** A: {{spoiler|~~The~~ truth, which will villify augmentation technology, leading to a total ban. It would explain why no one seems to have augmentations in ''Deus Ex'', save for the secret agents and a few well-off criminals, although this could also be explained by the fact that most of the common people you meet in the game are poor. Maybe also explains the absence of LIMB clinics.}}

** A: {{spoiler|Telling the truth on Darrow's behalf, which will expose the Illuminati and villify augmentation technology, leading to a total ban. It would explain why no one seems to have augmentations in ''[[Deus Ex]]'', save for the secret agents and a few well-off criminals, although this could also be explained by the fact that most of the common people you meet in the game are poor. Maybe also explains the absence of LIMB clinics and weaker state of the Illuminati.}}

** B: {{spoiler|Lie on Taggart's behalf, which will villify corporations, leading to strict regulations. With Taggart's remarks about remodeling the UN, it would most likely lead to the formation of UNATCO.}}

** C: {{spoiler|Lie on Sarif's behalf, which will villify special interest groups, totally deregulating augmentation possibly leading to the creation of the Grey Death as an alternate method of control. It could also possibly result in the development of nanotech augs in a short period of time and leading to the Dentons' creation.}}

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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Almost everyone, actually, leading to the [[Gray and Grey Morality]]. There are some definitely evil people who don't care about anything but killing you and anyone else in their way, but the big players fall under this trope.

** Michael Zelazny falls under this completely. He only wants to end corruption in some of the major governments, even at the cost of human lives. He will openly admit to Adam that he knows full well that he is committing murder, and that he expects nothing more but punishment in the afterlife, but his actions are all but necessary.

** David Sarif is a comparatively downplayed example. But while he expresses concern and occasional uneasiness regarding his actions, he's not above doing shady dealings {{Spoiler|or augmenting Adam Jensen despite his wishes after his near-death in the opening}} if it means protecting his company and working for the greater good. {{spoiler|Not to mention that some of his actions have been done to keep himself and his employees safe from the Illuminati.}}

** David Sarif is a comparatively downplayed example. But while he expresses concern and occasional uneasiness regarding his actions, he's not above doing shady dealings {{Spoiler|or augmenting Adam Jensen despite his wishes after his near-death in the opening}} if it means protecting his company and working for the greater good. {{spoiler|Not to mention that some of his actions have been done to keep himself and his employees safe from the Illuminati. In Panchaea he even goes so far as to suggest framing Humanity Front for the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] in order to keep augmentation progress open.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: If you waste too much time in Sarif Industries before the first mission, then the hostages will be dead by the time you get there. Expect the police force to give you an earful.

** The SWAT officers will give you hell no matter what you do in the factory after the mission is over. Use lethal force on Sanders? You killed someone who could have been questioned, you bastard! <ref> The fact that you did so to save a hostage is irrelevant.</ref> Use lethal force on the armed, hostile criminals with hostages (and who killed at least one hostage before you arrive)? You're a goddamn murderer, to quote one of the SWAT officers. Take Sanders down alive? Good job, Jensen, now he's going to be able to keep spreading his hate speech! You can't ''win'' with these guys; the best you can hope for is to save all the hostages and take down everyone alive, which will ''minimize'' the bitching-out the SWAT team gives you. It gets ''worse'' if you clear out all the attackers but don't disarm the bomb, as SWAT will blame ''you'' for the deaths of the hostages when they completely screw up the ''one'' part of the job you left to them.