Will Deus Ex:Mankind Divided influence ME:A ending?

dxmkd doesn't so much end as it does just stop short, that plot twist you allude to was blatantly obvious from the second conversation on the video link, as was the dodgy doctor, indeed the 5 minute commentary from the AI newscaster was clearly added in as a rush job because sqeenix wanted the game out faster instead of when finished, the games so buggy half the people who bought it asked for their money back and the majority seem upset they took too long to realise it's only half finished (in terms of bugs with quests)

indeed I killed everyone the game would let me shoot in the first play through, including the bratva folks and then bam at the end the first boss is on screen explaining its not his fault since he only just took over ..... the second time I killed him and his crew and killed everyone else that wasn't in the opera house and yet come the end that first boss is still alive on the tv .....

nothing you do in your entire play through changes the ending, it doesn't matter if you kill everyone in Prague outside your HQ it wont change the ending... I know because I literally killed everyone in every map that I could shoot just to check .....

so I seriously hope that dxmkd has zero effect on mea, other than perhaps them testing it properly to make sure its not a buggy piece of shit with nice graphics with quests that randomly complete /uncompleted /refuse to trigger.....

That's because it essentially did. Rumor has it that DX:MD originally had one single story, but was ripped in half to make a trilogy (including the first one). Expect another Deus Ex quite soon.

If this is the start of a trilogy I hope the ending is somewhat open ended. ME1's ending was perfect for setting up the rest of the trilogy so that's what I'm hoping for.

Fact is Bioware games and Deus ex games (since 2000) are my favorite games. I am a sucker for deus ex. Been plkaying MankinDivided and i really love it. Have not finised it though, they are obviously making this game a trilogy hence the ending most people complain.
However in human revolution the story of adam jensen could have ended, that game was complete storywise

VAKLAAAAAAV!

Honestly I doubt Human Revolution influenced Mass Effect 3 and there has been no proof aside from random internet rumors of "You pick one of four items to end Mankind Divided and in Mass Effect 3 you pick one of three" due to the compressed amount of time to do so, I think they endings would have been even worse if they copied them since the release dates were fairly close.

As far as the criticisms towards the ending of Mankind Divided I don't think it was a bad ending and I would have been fine with it if they only improved the pacing. Other then that it is fairly close to what they did in Human Revolution minus the "pick the final cinematic" which a lot of people complained about. The way I describe the ending is you are running and then hit a brick wall as you turn a corner to get to a sudden stop. To me they close out the plot of the game which is the attack that happens after the tutorial mission it just feels like there should be one more mission to slow down the story before the final boss.

In all honesty It felt like it was exactly the same as the missing link just without the polish except you were charged for a full game and only got a buggy DLC for the money coupled with some ported monstrosity of an early 2006 iPhone app multiplayer, and I think that's what rubbed most people up the wrong way, the bugs you can almost forgive if you got the full game..... so squeex screwed the pooch by chopping out 2/3rd of the game and rushing it out the door as far as i'm concerned

Was referring to Vaclav Koller, the aug tecchie who forgot how to pronounce his name.

Just finished DX:MD on normal. Will take a break for now before I attempt a Foxiest of the Hounds, Pacifist, I Never Wanted this difficulty play-through but I can't see what all the fuss is about regarding the game's length, the story or the ending. It's a good 30 hours with a lot of very substantial side quests, the story was decent and pretty self-contained and the multiple endings were fitting and climactic for a middle-act prequel/sequel. The ending was certainly an improvement on DX:HR for me imo - felt more organic than the 'ending-tron' and it even acknowledged the outcomes of previous choices you made in side-quests quite nicely.

I wouldn't say HR & MD are entirely disconnected from the original Deus Ex. So far we've seen the origins of UNATCO, the pre-cursor to Icarus, the rise of Bob Page et al, etc. It's setting the stage/progressing the timeline very nicely for a remake of the original after Adam's story is concluded (I hope).

The end credit scene hinting at the council of five's plans for Adam was interesting foreshadowing for the next game which is fine as far as optional bonus content goes. The omission of the details regarding his recuperation/re-augmentation did hurt the beginning somewhat but if the writers feel it's too early to divulge this information at this point without spoiling future plot points then who are we to disagree?

A sequel was always going to happen: I didn't feel like they intentionally cut/withheld content or purposely changed the game/story significantly to accommodate a sequel any more than any other game already does. The DLC so far is pretty underwhelming - it feels like rejected content like the Missing Link dlc from DX:HR. Overall, It didn't quite hit the same story highs as Human Revolution as the supporting characters were weaker but the gameplay and level design were better and if they can marry the two together in the next one then the best is yet to come. 8/10.

Nyet, it will not, NOW move on!

Not experienced any questing bugs so far but I remembered back to what a pain side-quests were in DX:HR with the different stages locking you out of side-quests and XP if you miss them at the time so I cheated a bit and read up on the side-quests first so I didn't miss anything. Not ideal but it works. I chose the alternate Bomb-maker quest instead of The Palisade Bank Vault mission which I have yet to do so there are still a few quests and alternate paths I haven't tried yet. Play time is highly relative and variable depending on your play style. If you cloak all the time and avoid conflict or go guns blazing I reckon you could do a speed run of the main quest line in that time if you skip dialogue but it wouldn't be very fun.

I unlocked remote hacking and maxed inventory space early and hacked and collected pretty much everything I could find for XP so that padded my play time out a bit more than it would otherwise. Looting and trading takes time but it's important for gaining extra Praxis kits at merchants.

I imagine attempting an a 'I Never Asked for This' play-through without triggering alarms and going for the pacifist achievement my play-time will be closer to 50-60 hrs for me with a lot of quick-saving induced frustration which is respectable bang for buck these days so I think you can get your money's worth and there's plenty of replay value to be had in terms of open-ended mission design which takes advantage of the wide array of gameplay customization options. I find the experience you get with these games depends on your frame of mind at the time which is a large part of what makes them so unique and the experience so personal. Even more so than most typical RPGs.