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About This Video
In this hbomberguy video, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is examined as a flawed but notable attempt to revive a classic immersive-sim series. The excerpt covers the corporate path from Ion Storm and Eidos to Square Enix, the pressures around inherited intellectual property, and how those conditions shaped a new studio’s approach to Deus Ex. It then contrasts the original game’s fast player agency with Human Revolution’s more guided opening and broader modernization choices.
Corporate History Context
The excerpt frames Deus Ex: Human Revolution as a revival made after years of publisher acquisitions, studio changes, and Square Enix involvement.
Immersive Sim Analysis
hbomberguy explains immersive sims through player agency, open-ended problem solving, and the freedom to approach objectives in unexpected ways.
Opening Design Comparison
The video compares the quick agency of the original Deus Ex with Human Revolution’s slower opening, scripted walk-and-talk sequences, and lack of character creation.
Modernizing A Classic
The transcript positions Human Revolution as a good but compromised game, asking what happens when a classic formula is modernized for a different era and audience.
Topics
Deus Ex Corporate Ownership
The video traces how Deus Ex moved from Ion Storm through Eidos, SCi, and Square Enix, emphasizing how ownership changes affected the franchise’s context.
Immersive Sim Design
The excerpt defines immersive sims as games built around freedom, consequences, and creative problem solving, using Deus Ex and other RPG examples to explain the appeal.
Human Revolution Critique
Human Revolution is presented as a respectable first effort from a new studio, while also criticized for choices that made it less like the older immersive-sim formula.
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Transcript
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but the thing about immersive sims is, they were already great and didn't need changing. Recent games like the new "Prey" have proven immersive sims barely need to change at all from how they were 20 years ago to be amazing at what they're trying to do. So when the "Human Revolution" team decided the "Deus Ex" formula was broken, all their fixes actually made it less like what makes
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Audience comments snapshot
Viewer Reactions
Comments focus on the essay’s mix of industry critique, immersive-sim analysis, and running jokes. Viewers highlight specific gags, writing observations, and production anecdotes connected to Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Comment themes
Game Development Process
The comments respond strongly to the contrast between careful game-writing advice and the excerpt’s description of Eidos Montreal making its first game under major corporate pressure.
Lore And Design Irony
Viewers engage with the video’s jokes about Deus Ex lore, naming, symbolism, and unintended implications in the game’s world-building.
Analysis Mixed With Comedy
The sample shows the audience treating the video as both a serious critique and a comedy piece, quoting lines and noticing background bits.
Audience signals
Comedy Details Stood Out
Several comments pick up on the video’s jokes about corporate history, long-running video formats, and exaggerated Deus Ex details, including the Icarus Landing System and desk guns.
Visual Gags Reward Close Watching
Viewers notice recurring visual bits, such as clips ending with sudden violence or chaotic player behavior, as part of the video’s humor beyond the narration.
Developer Perspective Appears In Comments
One commenter says they worked on the game as lead sound designer and describes collaboration between sound and animation teams on ability effects.
Representative public comments
It is pretty funny seeing a seasoned game dev say "if you're writing it all out beforehand and sticking to it like gospel you haven't made a game before" and Eidos, a studio that had never made a game before, did literally exactly that
I find it very funny that the slow fall mod is called the Icarus Landing System when Icarus, quite famously, did not land safely.
"12 more videos are gonna start this way" what are you gonna live to be fucking two hundred years old bro
I love how every clip Hbomb shows ends with him, like, pulling a gun on a random civilian or throwing a grenade at one of his allies or something. its a fun little visual gag for people who aren't just listening in the background while working on something else
the reveal that tons of people keep a gun on their desk with 1 bullet loaded in it and it wasn't even meant to imply that everyone is suicidal is so funny
I actually worked on this game! I was the lead sound designer for the project and worked with David Sariff for the full development! He was really cool! We started by making sounds for the abilities, and then the animation designers would be inspired by our sounds and make cool stuff with it
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