Eidos-Montréal’s much-loved Deux Ex prequel sequence famously ended on a cliffhanger with Mankind Divided, irritating followers. Now, they know precisely what they missed out on.
During an episode of the From Script to Life podcast, Human Revolution and Mankind Divided author Mark Cecere mentioned the place protagonist Adam Jensen’s story would have gone within the third sport, had been it not canceled. The writers deliberate for Jensen to take out one member of the Illuminati quite than the Illuminati itself, which might have brought about “Bob Page to turn into Bob Page.”
Bob Page is the antagonist of the unique Deus Ex sport, Ion Storm’s vastly influential 2000 cyberpunk journey. So, on this manner, Jensen’s destiny is to trigger Deux Ex.
“He can by no means catch as much as the Illuminati,” Cecere defined. “We know this. We know the Illuminati preserve going till 2050. We know a few of those self same characters which might be within the Illuminati inside circle are in 2050. So Jensen can by no means get there and do one thing concrete.
“So, what can occur? That was the query we had been making an attempt to reply sooner or later. So we did have one identify that we might eliminate, and that was the one which Jensen would have caught as much as and completed one thing.
“The repercussions had been that by Jensen doing this, it causes Deus Ex, if that is smart. And that’s the tragedy of Jensen, is that he causes what occurs after — by doing one thing — he causes Bob Page to turn into Bob Page. That was the place we had been heading.”
Unfortunately, it appears unlikely we’ll ever get to see this model of occasions. After the discharge of Mankind Divided in 2016, earlier proprietor Square Enix had Eidos-Montréal shift to different tasks, together with 2021’s Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Then, in 2022, Square Enix bought Eidos-Montréal and the Deus Ex franchise to controversial umbrella firm Embracer. Work on a model new Deus Ex sport had already begun, however this too was canceled in 2024, leading to signifcant layoffs at Eidos-Montréal.
At the time, Elias Toufexis, who performed Adam Jensen, waved goodbye to the character seemingly for good, saying: “alas, his story appears completed.” While Toufexis confirmed he had not labored on this newest canceled Deus Ex sport and expressed hope that one other firm may choose up the Deus Ex licence, it felt closing.
Now, reacting to Cecere’s comments, Toufexis said: “Hey this is able to have been enjoyable huh?”
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