Mom's Minute

Deus Ex Human Revolution

Source of News:  VentureBeat, Dean Takahashi, August 23, 2011

In the world of science fiction meets video games, publishers and developers constantly face the challenge of how to make their game stand out from the crowd.

According to the author of the article entitled, "Deus Ex Human Revolution Depicts an Original Sci-Fi World", publisher Square Enix has met the challenge --  Mostly due to the emphasis on illustrations and art design. 

So what's so different about this game?  For one thing, the developers had to come up with an original world, one that had not been seen before.  On top of that, they had to make the world appear real even though the scenes were drawn like paintings.   Even  random items in the background, for example, water bottles,  had to look real.

As quoted from Jonathan Jacques-Belletete, the art director, "It's all in the details."

The color scheme of the game has changed from the previous games in this series.  The new colors are gold and black -- gold to symbolize the renaissance, and black was for the future darkness of the dystopia world.

 Here is a cover picture of the game that  came out August 23, 2011 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Ms. H's take:   I have not played this game, so I'm unable to let you know what I think about it. (According to the author, it ranks in the top 80s on Metacritic).  However, in my opinion,  in addition to having creative art work and design,  game play, especially when compared to other video games, is just as important as the graphics/art design,

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