Certain vents are clouded with poison gas that require a Chemical Resistance aug to pass through unharmed. Some areas are blocked off by high walls that could only be cleared with the aid of the Jump Enhancement aug. Based on my time exploring the nighttime city, it seems there are uses for pretty much everything.

Earning experience in Deus Ex and leveling up nets you Praxis points that can be dumped into a skill or augmentation (aug) tree. YES NO Those arms and your other non-organic parts can be upgraded in multiple ways. There's even a basketball half-court with a ball you can pick up and shoot, which I'm assuming is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Invisible War, the second Deus Ex game. The street section of Detroit is surprisingly large and filled with all sorts of hidden pathways, important locations and multiple side quests that are only picked up through interaction with the city's residents. Role-playing game-style exploration appears to be a big part of the experience. In true Deus Ex tradition, Human Revolution isn't just a first-person action game sprinkled with choices to make about which weapons to use.

As the newly mechanically augmented protagonist Adam Jensen, you can explore steam-filled urban avenues and talk with shifty vendors, shaggy street dwellers and other undesirables slinking through the shadows of the city's darkest corners and sewers. The city streets of Detroit stretch out beyond Sarif Industries' headquarters. The most interesting part of Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution is sandwiched between the opening action sequence and the next major plot developments.

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