Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is an upcoming Cyberpunk-themed action role-playing video game—combining first-person shooter, stealth and role-playing elements—developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix as a sequel to the 2011 Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Set two years after Human Revolution in the year 2029, Mankind Divided features the return of Adam Jensen, with new technology and body augmentations.
Following the events of the previous game, animosity between augmented and non-augmented humans has reached the point wherein the very notion of augmentation is violently opposed by various elements of society. Now working for the Interpol-funded Task Force 29, Jensen is tasked with pursuing augmented terrorists. But he's also fighting his own war against the people responsible for the events of Human Revolution, in the process uncovering an ever deeper conspiracy.
- The Atoner: Adam Jensen's main motivation, in addition to going after those who wronged him in the previous game.
- Bilingual Bonus: Parts of the game are set in and around Prague, complete with the appropriate Czech.
- Can't Stop the Signal: The Juggernaut Collective, which is a global network of hackers, activists and anti-corruption agents.
- Crapsack World: More openly so than in Human Revolution. What once seemed like the cusp of a new golden age is becoming more and more like the messed-up world seen in the original Deus Ex.
- Cutting Off the Branches: Mankind Divided is stated to be vague regarding which ending of Human Revolution is canon, though Jensen himself would feel that whatever he did seems like a failure. Elements of the plot are also mentioned as incorporating elements of every ending.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: The state of affairs in 2029 can be described as "Mechanical Apartheid."
- Double Agent: Adam Jensen is actually working for the hacktivist Juggernaut Collective, which managed to get him into Task Force 29 with the intent of going after the Illuminati.
- Enemy Civil War: It's implied that one is taking place Between the Illuminati and its splinter-faction, the Majestic 12.
- Foreshadowing/Call Forward: Task Force 29 is basically a predecessor to UNATCO in the original Deus Ex.
- Government Conspiracy: Adam privately suspects that Task Force 29 is really a front for the Illuminati's plans.
- History Repeats: New forms of segregation and racism have emerged, with augmented humans even persecuted apartheid-style.
- Just Before the End: Despite the "Mechanical Apartheid," the world has yet to slide into the malaise of the original Deus Ex. But it's made evident that it's heading there.
- Transhuman Treachery: There are a number of augmented terrorists who seek to exact vengeance on non-augmented society.
- United Nations Is a Super Power: The UN is even more powerful than in Human Revolution such that proto-UNATCO bodies like Task Force 29 are being implemented.