Firstly, I’ll say it’s not a lot of info, but it’s enough to give away some plot.

Okay, all the information comes from the very brief images flicking past the screen which lasts less than a second. If you look carefully u can see a voting box with the year 2027 printed on it. This indicates an almost definate prequal to the first Deus Ex.

You then see the reason for the box; an image of a sign saying “WE DO NOT WELCOME AUGMENTED PEOPLE HERE”. This leads me to believe that you may have to try and hide the fact you are augmented, rather than in the first one where you were almost feared. It may possibly be JC Denton before he was an adult, because he doesn’t remember anything before being who he was in the game… maybe you have to play out his life in the real world, before augmentation was almost excepted. Perhaps he is the reason for the virus? who knows??

This is now the top of my most anticipated games list!! OMG its just too good… its strange because i was just thinking that they should make another Deus Ex… and now they are… :D

and Bite: Nice link

(not being sarcastic, I really am quite excited, although that could be coz I just got my glasto ticket :)

“There are no more significant racial divisions, a good thing, but this is far from a utopian world where all men are created equal. In addition to economic divisions, there are divisions among men based on augmentation. Specifically, the totally human of this world look down their noses at those who have been mechanically augmented.

Despite the effectiveness, and in some cases, the necessity of body modification, augmented humans are considered monsters. They look like primitive Borg and are widely feared by humans. The nano-augmented characters (like the player) are the first augmented humans who can “pass.” To look at one, you might not even notice he or she is not a full human. This creates a tension among the three types of humans:

- Total humans consider themselves pure and are at the top of the heap. They need augmented humans but fear and distrust them. Most total humans don’t even know nano-augmented humans exist.

- Mechanically augmented humans have their own airport security systems and have to register with government authorities. They are second-class citizens, looked down upon even by the non-augmented poor. There’s no way a mechanically augmented human can pass for normal for very long. They’re not allowed in certain locations and have separate facilities, ostensibly tailored to their unique needs but really as a way of controlling them.

- Nano-augmented humans are resented by their mechanically augmented brothers and sisters. They’re as powerful as mechanically augmented humans but suffer none of the stigma associated with augmentation. They can pass through airport security and mingle with humans freely.”

The Continuity Bible is a must read if you haven’t already: http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/april02/dxbible/

IIRC the robotic limbs seen in “the mechs” and their various augments in Deus Ex were first used on people who lost limbs in combat, like the bartender that lost her forearms. I think this game may take place at the start of the fall, when the gray death was first released and MJ12 were just starting up. I think we’ll see the Statue of Liberty get blown up.

-EDIT- towards night in Deus Ex, I’m 99.9% sure that it did in deed take place entirely at night and that was one of the major aspects of the game, though night in Deus Ex, like any other night in gaming, is surprisingly well lit.

And despite myself, I can’t help but be hugely excited about this game.

Makes me want to go save the world again.

Personally, can’t wait. Whether its a prequel to DX1 or a sequel I have this feeling it’ll be awesome without even having access to much in the way of real hype. Specifically for two reasons:
1) its my understanding that one of the founding principles of the new division of Eidos Montreal is that the games made there are made on the understanding that they will have a relatively long development time and shouldn’t try getting 3 women to give birth to a baby in 3 months.
2) There are so many lessons to be learned from in DX2, I may be wrong but I suspect that the devs being fans of the original, they’ll learn rom those lessons, because its easy to avoid a mistake when you’ve seen it done elsewhere (Read: Hindsight).

I just hope I’m right…

Also, no visible windows to the outside world, so those three technicians could be on a nightshift. Lastly, I’m intrigued by the idea of playing a mechanical aug, as long as it isn’t overplayed in the story, the whole racism against mechanical augmented individuals could be interesting to watch playing out. But like I said, as long as it isn’t overplayed, thats critical.

I’m so happy