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Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex - Human Revolution
Ross Scott's Game Dungeon episode critiques Deus Ex: Human Revolution, looking at its design, politics and visual style. It is part of his series of opinionated game reviews.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as a witty critique of the game, and cite it in discussions of the yellow filter in games.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Accursed Farms
- Topic
- video game criticism
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I have to mention Ross' Youtube channel Accursed Farms' review [0] [1] [2] of Deus Ex. I would highly recommended watching them: "I came for a game review and left with a better understanding of the economy and politics. Ross you blow my mind" [0] …
unixhero on Hacker News · 2020-06
In Deus Ex at 20: The oral history of a pivotal PC gameYou never asked for this, but Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex - Human Revolution is a delightful critique of the subject matter (a.k.a. lemon blast mode): [VIDEO]
bmn__ on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Restoring the Gold Filter in Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s CutHe's absolutely correct on comparing it to the first game, but he may even be a little too warm towards some aspects of it. I also enjoy this video by Ross of "Freeman's Mind" [0] [0] [VIDEO]
laidoffamazon on Hacker News · 2022-11
In Panoramas of Deus Ex Human Revolution
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