Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

   The game starts in the most awesome way, with the option of having a 12 minutes video to get you up the speed with the story. Your character has a ton of abilities so you can approach a situation in more than one way, cool! The levels are also designed so that you have multiple options, also cool. But unfortunately, how everything is put together results in having some very easy to surpass obstacles. Even if you play without killing anybody, this game is really easy. It also has micro-transactions, which means achievements are worthless, because you can buy your way in an even easier game. And with any game with micro-transactions I’m going to strongly suspect that it has a higher grind than necessary to encourage these purchases. This type of game is exactly my jam, so I was very surprised that I didn’t really like it. Clearly some talented people worked on it (it has some beautiful graphics), but there were enough bad parts to keep me from really enjoying it. The story is exaggerated, the level design was bad (nonsensical layout, lack of assets, etc.), and there was a lack of real consequences for your actions. This game has been out for more than a year but it’s still buggy and has an obvious lack of polish.