Although it isn’t out until February, Deus Ex Remastered hasn’t exactly been a huge hit with fans thanks to its lackluster visuals, and now even the game’s original art director is joining in.
In an upcoming episode of the FRVR podcast, Deus Ex art director Jerry O’Flaherty reacted rather bluntly to the remaster, developed and published by the Embracer-owned Aspyr. O’Flaherty didn’t mince words.
The problem is, the remastered version looks like this:
There’s no denying it looks more HD, but as many have pointed out, it’s an upgrade you might expect to see in a year like 2007, not 2025. I’m not one to dogpile, but since it’s Embracer, a company infamous for chewing up and spitting out video game companies and their staff, I feel slightly less bad.
Anyway, uh, Deus Ex Remastered is out on February 5.
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