Decent FPS

While Human Revolution does not match up to the original, it is still a decent game. You have a mild choice of actions to complete most quests differently, and I always enjoy the RPG aspect which gives you a choice over skills and weapons. In this age of COD and Battlefield, a week or two with a different style of FPS game is pretty refreshing. Also, the takedown animations are great fun.

My main complaint with the game is that you don't truly get the choice you did in the previous games. Regardless of anything you do in game, your character is uneasy with the fact that he got "augmented" following a horrific injury. This shows up ranging from actions you take before the game starts (breaking a mirror in your apartment after looking at yourself), to the dialog in the conversations in game. Even when you try and choose a reply that isn't against augmentation, it's still obvious your character doesn't approve. The game also is designed to purely be played going for stealth. It's possible to run and gun it, but you loose pretty much any bonus there is. The other two games in the series, for the most part, let you make your own decisions on a variety of social issues, and also let you approach each obstacle your own way. In the others, if you kill the hostages you might loose out on some credits, but that is because your employer didn't approve of your actions and makes that clear to you- the game does not judge you, and your character doesn't let anything slip either.

Still, I would say this game is worth playing, if you can find it for a good price. I did enjoy hiding in a duct and sniping someone, then watching the other people run around trying to figure out what the hell just happened. It falls short of the other Deus Ex games, but mostly because they were good, not because Human Revolution is bad.