So wait, lemme get this straight. I can bitch slap hookers? I can choke slam hookers? I can bitch slap a bitch for talking back? AND THERE'S BREAK DANCIN?
This is PUBLISHED by Bethesda. Bethesda has one major in-house dev company headed by Todd Howard and that is the Elder Scrolls/Fallout team. Bethesda is a major PUBLISHER. They're only PUBLISHING this game.
And the "guy behind Half Life 2"? Give me a break. That fucker was a glorified level designer. Says it right in the story. Imagine if I was a guy on a movie set and then attached my name to a project.
"FROM THE MAN BEHIND LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD COMES A NEW ACTION ADVENTURE!"
Problem is, once you do some digging you'll find out that I was a fat intern who fetched Bruce Willis a doughnut when he asked for one.
tl;dr
Logan - YOU SUCK! Jay's masterful response - YOU DO!
It's a prequel set 25 years before the first game, and the story is (mostly) self contained. You may see a DX1 character here and there but you don't need to play the other games to know what is going on.
it looks like one of those games that is kinda meant to play on the PC, I may try it if I have the money (not on PC of course....damn shitty video card)
And Deus Ex has traditionally been a PC franchise, but the new game has been adapted to work well with consoles --Not "dumbed down" per se. The closest thing I can think of to compare it to would be Fallout.