Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Revived the immersive sim commercially by grafting cover shooting onto multi-route level design.

Released 2011 Developer Eidos-Montreal Publisher Square Enix Platform PC Genre Immersive sim Era Digital storefronts & indie Website eidosmontreal.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Deus Ex: Human Revolution inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Branching Dialogue Trees ~~1985~~Systemic Solution Space ~~1992~~Branching Skill Tree ~~1996~~Snap-to-Cover Combat ~~2003~~Contextual Execution ~~2006~~

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2003

Deus Ex: Invisible War ~~2003~~

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