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Human Devolution: DX3 in DX1

The more modern values of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, transplanted into the resolutely year 2000 Deus Ex 1. Admittedly, this video occasionally strays into tiresome 'THE PAST WAS NECESSARILY BETTER AND EVERYTHING IS RUBBISH NOWADAYS' whingeotron territory, but it's nanotongue-in-cheek enough to elicit a good few guffaws, I think. What if... JC Denton had elbow swords? And augmented vision? And could only rescue Tracer Tong if he'd preordered?

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To coin a phrase, it's funny because it's related to things that are partially true in some respects. Oh yes.

(Via comrade Cobbett on the Twitters)

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Alec Meer: Ancient co-founder of RPS. Long gone. Now mostly writes for rather than about video games.
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