Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a PC shooter game released in 2011 developed by Eidos Interactive. It centers on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management, with controls and information arranged around keyboard movement and mouse aiming, with a controller where supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.8 / 10
About this game
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a PC shooter game centered on aiming and shooting, positioning and evasion, and weapon and firepower management. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Deus Ex is a cyberpunk action-RPG series where body augmentations and personal choices shape the way through a conspiracy. Missions invite you to study security, talk to people and look for alternate routes, then decide how much to rely on stealth, technology or force.
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Multiple routes and augmentation choices deliver real problem-solving freedom, interrupted by the original mandatory bosses.
Human Revolution lets stealth, hacking, conversation and shooting revolve around the same objective. Finding another entrance, observing from cover or using an augmentation to change the route makes character development visible in action. Players can also vary the pace, following a tense exchange with a quieter approach. The original release breaks that consistency in boss encounters, which demand direct combat and restrict characters built around other solutions. Distinctive city art and atmospheric music support its world of augmentation and corporate intrigue, although character details and compressed movies are less polished. PC options include adjustable field of view, window switching and optional object highlighting. This assessment uses the original 2011 Windows campaign rather than Director’s Cut boss revisions or added chapters. It suits players who enjoy studying spaces and testing alternative solutions.
Strengths
- Routes make build choices matter
- Flexible stealth and combat pacing
- Strong artistic and musical identity
Weaknesses
- Mandatory combat bosses
- Uneven character and movie detail
Who it is for: Players who enjoy solving spaces through stealth, exploration and augmentations.
Play notes: Original 2011 boss design; Director’s Cut revisions and DLC excluded.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Variety is substantial, but bosses conflict with flexible problem solving. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Multiple routes turn character builds into practical choices. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Art and music establish a strong identity despite uneven detail. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Useful PC options allow presentation to fit player preferences. | Reviewed | 8.3 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Eidos Interactive
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Release date
- 2011
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
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- Offline minimum players
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- Offline maximum players
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- Online minimum players
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- Online maximum players
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- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Main Story Under 10 HoursShootingReplayablePlayer versus EnvironmentSolo-friendlyFast-paced3D GraphicsDodgeLinear LevelsThird Person
- Supported game languages
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- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
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- Play modes
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- Perspectives
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Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2011
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