All the usual concerns about comic books inspired by video games aside, The Deus Ex universe is rife with opportunities for spinoffs and side stories, and publisher Titan Comics has built a reputation for publishing comics that generally do justice to the source material. That's reason enough for fans of the franchise to check out the first issue of Deus Ex Universe: Children's Crusade. What they'll find is a comic not unlike Dark Horse's recent Call of Duty: Black Ops III tie-in - competent but thoroughly unremarkable.
This mini-series bridges the gap between the previous game, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. This first issue opens with series protagonist Adam Jensen joining the ranks of Interpol's Task Force 29 and doing his part to stop terrorist attacks and quiet the escalating conflict between cybernetically augmented people and "naturals." There's a fairly dense mythology to wade through ere, and to his credit, writer Alex Irvine is able to wade through the material and make sure that Deus Ex newbies are able to follow the conflict. The downside is that the book is frequently cluttered by Alex's narration. The numerous captions impede the flow of the story and give the book a detached, clinical feel at times. And because the book is framed from Adam's point of view at all times, there's little sense of what the other characters are thinking or feeling.
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This mini-series bridges the gap between the previous game, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. This first issue opens with series protagonist Adam Jensen joining the ranks of Interpol's Task Force 29 and doing his part to stop terrorist attacks and quiet the escalating conflict between cybernetically augmented people and "naturals." There's a fairly dense mythology to wade through ere, and to his credit, writer Alex Irvine is able to wade through the material and make sure that Deus Ex newbies are able to follow the conflict. The downside is that the book is frequently cluttered by Alex's narration. The numerous captions impede the flow of the story and give the book a detached, clinical feel at times. And because the book is framed from Adam's point of view at all times, there's little sense of what the other characters are thinking or feeling.
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