Deus Ex: Human Revolution Preview
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The third pass featured the approach likely to be nearest and dearest to the Deus Ex fan's heart the stealth approach. This time Jensen avoided the front door completely and went around to the building's side, entering through a door on the second floor. (We were told there were up to four other stealth options to access the morgue.) Here we saw Jensen's nifty augmentations in action. After hacking the door via a hacking mini-game, he toggled on his X-ray vision which reminiscent of Batman Arkham Asylum's Detective mode allowed him to place enemies by seeing their glowing outlines through the walls. Jensen can also cloak himself, making himself invisible and this allowed him to walk right past the officers undetected. The effect turned his body into a shimmering, see-through silhouette but did nothing to muffle noise.
Eidos reps said they consider using this to be the (easy) approach to stealth and so also demonstrated how you would approach the level without using cloaking by hiding behind things and timing your movements. For gamers who think the traditional stealth approach is too challenging, they assured us that even if you're seen you can always hide again and recover. Gaining a group-wide laugh, they finished the level reconfirming that no stealth gameplay would be complete without the obligatory air shaft yes, as in Deus Ex before it, Human Revolution looks to have its fair share of handy air vents. In the level we saw, Jensen scuttled through one of these in order to eavesdrop on some guards before heading to the morgue.
