We’re not always enormous fans of live action trailers at RPS. Unless the game is somehow going to be live action, it seems a touch irrelevant. And then I stop and think, actually, how is that any different from a CGI trailer? Then I realise it isn’t, and I say sorry to everyone. However, there’s really no justification for snarling at Square Enix for releasing such a trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. They’ve released so many in-game trailers for the game that I swear we must have seen it from beginning to end now. Also, this latest is a canny response to their previous live-action faux adverts for Sarif Industries. And this one’s a touch bleak.
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