This game is so underrated, the way they made Prague is incredible and it still looks gorgeous. Also, it has some of the best side quests and game hub. Too bad, the story remains incomplete as the awful publishers abandoned this legendary IP. One of the best immersive sims!

Brilliant game BUT... bugs, crashes may makes this game unplayable for lots of people. You should put an effort to solve these bugs. If you love stealth games, this one is for you. You can change your play style. destroy opponents with shooting around. However, it best played with stealth skills. Hacking mechanic is awesome.

10/10 for game design, graphics, sounds
5/10 for coding, compatibility with modern PCs

Starting off the review with a personal note, DE:MD is one of the games that helped me with my grueling battle with anxiety and perfectionism.

Played the game start to finish doing what I want (I love playing stealth only in games like this) such as only doing the story, save-scumming, playing on a normal difficulty, and only doing few or altogether skipping all side content. The 23 and a half hours I spent with this game were mixed with a sense of urgency to just get this over with while appreciating how far this franchise has come and enjoying every minute of it.

DE:MD is one of the games that are helping me battle the perfectionist goblin and anxious ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in my brain, just playing games because I chose to play it. I'm actively avoiding review videos, game-play videos, and doomscrolling on social media and encountering gaming content to help myself appreciate this medium again with the same light I had as a kid playing my first Monster Hunter title.

As of now, I can say I'm doing a pretty okay job with battling it. I would only 100% games that I definitely know is within my capability to do so without guides and if I actually fell in love with the game. I would love to kick the state I'm in where I treat gaming as a job because I worry if this one game is the one I should be playing instead of this one, you know? I'm getting less and less anxious with how I should systematically enjoy my time, instead I just wholeheartedly enjoy the time in actuality with no filters and no influence from other factors.

As I'm writing this I realized being more transparent with my reviews might help others dive into a game, despite the ratings, and enjoy it on their terms. I might update my existing reviews and revisit games where I left a sour take on it, this newfound wisdom has slowly been dragging me back into just enjoying things for what they are.

I'm not saying you should play ALL games, no hell nah don't do that, just limit yourself and pick what you like and enjoy that in any way you can.

Thanks for reading if you've reached this far or actually read my review (ehhh its more of a public personal anecdote on my life recently but meh who cares I enjoyed the game so I recommend it LMAO).

Yes

This is half a game. They promised to release the second half later and never did.

i love this game i really enjoyed the story the first time i played it and the second time i played it and the.....

lots of sneaky bits and different ways to play and it looks cool

Horrible headaches even tho i have FOV set to max

Not sure why I played this game for so long years ago ... because when I picked it up again I did not get into it again.
From unskipable waffle fests, terrible controls and mechanics and unclear mission statements

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Great sequel to Human Revolution with perhaps a better story but weaker in other areas, such as a toning down of the Renaissance aesthetics in favour of slightly more 'woke' elements (not strong, but they are there which is a pity as the first happily placed cultural and racial diversity with in the overarching themes and styles), or less of the hacking game.

However, I was eager to play this for near 100 hours and could have played more as they managed to pack so much into the main city. It's a game asking for an LLM/AI assisted boost to generate side-missions.

Playing the prequel and this together is a good idea if you like Thief/Hitman/Deus Ex types. Personally, I prefer the Thief sneak 80%, harass 15%, and fight 5% proportions and you cna play it that way here, amongst others.