Game News Deus Ex: Mankind Divided coming February 23rd (unless you preorder!)

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Tags: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided; Eidos Montreal; Square Enix

Square Enix announced today that Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the sequel to 2011's Deus Ex: Human Revolution, is scheduled for release on February 23, 2016. Like its predecessor, Mankind Divided comes with irksome pre-order exclusives including an extra mission and equipment packs. Actually, it's even more complex than that this time. Behold the "Augment Your Pre-Order" campaign:

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I guess it's evidence of Kickstarter's cultural impact that its mechanics are being copied so transparently. The more people pre-order, the more exclusives they can pre-order! And if there are enough pre-orders, the game will actually come out four days earlier! It's all very silly, and the commenters on YouTube seem to be reacting accordingly.

But yeah, that's the release date. There haven't been any new Deus Ex: Mankind Divided gameplay trailers since E3, but the Eidos Montreal devs have released some Q&A featurettes and other stuff, which you can watch over at the game's YouTube channel. From what I can tell, it seems like it's going to improve on some of Human Revolution's shortcomings, with more tools to use and better level design, but I'm afraid we're stuck with some of the new series' modern-styled signature elements, such as takedowns and ubiquitous experience point rewards (the latter of which they're now attempting to rebalance to make combat a more attractive option).

 

[Helly]

I never asked for this

 

[grimace]

My mind is divided on this.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

And if there are enough pre-orders, the game will actually come out four days earlier!

Well, this is a new low :D Expect to other AAA releases adopt this tactic soon. To be fair, pre-orderfags should be milked and punished to the max.

 

[pippin]

I just hope they don't fuck up. Human Revolution was a decent game after all.

 

[Zeriel]

Holy shit, this is meme magic.

"Augment your pre order!"

I wonder how many times the VO chick had to say that to get a clip without laughing uncontrollably.

 

[Aenra]

- will wait for a full year
- check state of patches and/or non-dorito site forum reviews
- if still reading, will torrent

10/10, will play for free anytime
(and feel verified proving to myself that yes, it was shit after all)

 

[Fenix]

I'll fully "pre-order" and "augment" my exp in game with the help of torrent, bitch.
Don't get me wrong, but I don't like if I can't choose from the entire spectrum of possibilities.

 

[lurker3000]

This is why people torrent games.

 

[Metro]

Wouldn't be Codex without edgy current-year newfags talking about how they'll torrent something.

 

[Naveen]

I'm not paying.

 

[Ulrox]

Here's hoping it's as good as Deus Ex Human Revolution!

 

[Shammy]

I just hope they don't fuck up. Human Revolution was a decent game after all.

My thoughts exactly. This whole pre-order bonus is just bizarre, no idea why the publisher decided to go this route. And why 4 days early?

 

[pippin]

And why 4 days early?

I suspect they want to prevent another Batman incident. Probably more and more companies will do this in the future, since Early Access has proven to be more of a curse than a blessing.
However, Squeenix does sales a lot on Steam, so I'm not really in a hurry.

 

[Metro]

I believe HR was $10 within six months of release.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

And why 4 days early?

Because those customers better pay if they don't want delays - publishers are just reminding everyone who's the boss, after all that anti-publisher crowdfunding stuff.

 

[Jaedar]

Because those customers better pay if they don't want delays - publishers are just reminding everyone who's the boss, after all that anti-publisher crowdfunding stuff.

I think 4 days is a well calculated trade-off between something that will feel significant and draw in pre-orders, and something that won't cause a lack of polish.

 

[Raapys]

It's ingenious. Lots of impatient people are gonna bug their online friends into preordering it so that they get to play it sooner. More preorders also means less people get to read reviews and impressions before buying it, which removes a risk factor for the publisher.

 

[Delbaeth]

This is why people torrent games.

Deus Ex: Torrent.
What can change the nature of a preorder?

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I'll get the game. I just hope they don't fuck it up.
Besides, all that shit will be offered as DLC eventually.
Exclusive shit never stays exclusive.

 

[Metro]

The preorder DLC for DXHR was utterly forgettable. Only thing that pissed me off buying the base game for $10 AND later buying Missing Link was that they charged for what was essentially a patch melding the two together and improving boss encounters to be viable with a 'stealth' approach. They offered a 'loyalty' discount that didn't stack with any other sale so, in other words, brand new buyers got the patch for less than people who already got it separately. Shitty business tactic.

 

[pippin]

Missing Link was fun, but I agree, that was a really shitty tactic. It also probably explains why the game goes on sale so often, and with high discounts.

 

[Fenix]

This is why people torrent games.

Actually most of the time they torrent games because they don't want to pay for them.

 

[Metro]

 

[Fenix]

Should those pocs make it look funny?