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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 game
  • You 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 Cut
  • He'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

Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.