The greatest games - A Personal list of Neocracker~

[Pete for President]

I really try not to let one or two small things, or even one big thing kill a game for me. Deus Ex I couldn’t do it though. This game has one of the most piss poor excuses of an ending I have ever seen. Well, kind of, it doesn’t really have an ending. It ends with you making a choice, then speculating on what might have happened. He even makes sure to point out this speculation is just what he thinks. You don’ t even get a hint as to what happens following the end. All of the decisions you have made throughout the game, as a result, are completely smurfing pointless. The worst bit was one of the endings is quoting Albert Einstein to make all technology sound bad, which was just plain smurfing infuriating.

Ah, Deus Ex: HR's ending: probably the most misunderstood ending of all time. I think it's great and for good reasons. And you sir, should think again.

"All of the decisions you have made throughout the game, as a result, are completely smurfing pointless." Yes. That is the point. Throughout the game you have been nothing but a pawn and that will never change. Thought you could change the world? A normal man has no power at all, much like it is in the real world. It's a lesson. In the end, no-one controls the masses except the super rich. It is how it works in Human Revolution, it is how it works in RL.

And that is what the endings do perfectly; they link to our real world and bring problems to light.

The speeches are hypotheses. Not about what could happen in Deus Ex universe, but what could happen in our own world. They are intended to make you view the issue of man meddling with nature from different perspectives. They make you think. They make you wise. And that is why the endings to this game are amazing; they are education, not entertainment. Any person who thinks otherwise is obviously a sheep in the herd not questioning issues in our society, the way we use technology, how we try to play god and interfere with nature, and ultimately; who controls us.