Deus Ex: The Fall

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 10 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

8

Pros:

Sometimes feels like the Deus Ex you know and love.
New inventory system puts a fun arsenal at your fingertips.
Deep role playing experience.

Cons:

Crashes so frequently it's barely playable at times.
Enemy AI is absolutely idiotic.

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Last revision on May 22, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Sometimes feels like the Deus Ex you know and love
New inventory system puts a fun arsenal at your fingertips
Deep role playing experience
Great visuals and soundtrack
Fairly hefty, replayable campaign

Reviewers Didn't Like

Crashes so frequently it's barely playable at times
Enemy AI is absolutely idiotic
Story is one long, uninteresting fetch quest
Touchscreen controls frustrate

Expert reviews and ratings

Deus Ex: The Fall belongs on your phone, not on your monitor. This is a woeful port with few redeeming...

By PC Gamer on April 25, 2014

Deus Ex: The Fall is a prequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution , as well as a sequel to Deus Ex: Icarus Effect --a tie-in novel that itself was a prequel (though further back in the chronology) to Human Revolution. Still with me? You don't need to have read...

By GameSpot on April 01, 2014

If the existence of a mobile Deus Ex game was not already enough of an insult to you, then this port is on hand to ensure a nice handful of salt is rubbed into the...

By New Game Network on March 25, 2014

Beneath the struggle with terrible controls and bugs, there are vents to sneak through, email to hack, and people to confuse. It’s something that could shine on the PC if any sort of care was taken. But it's not been gently coaxed into the shape of a PC game; it's been stretched instead of expanded, and pulled to the brink of tearing itself apart.

By IGN on March 24, 2014

Once you get through a lot of the shock that comes with The Fall being a tablet conversion and all the little problems it has, fortunately you'll find that it's still a fun new slice of Human Revolution. Get used to the slightly odd un-redefinable...

By Strategy Informer on March 24, 2014

Deus Ex: The Fall has plenty of high points, but even at its best all they can really do is temporarily mask the game's many flaws. Ultimately The Fall lives up to its name and falls well short of what it promises. Highs Sometimes feels like the...

By Digital Trends on July 15, 2013

Along with the recently released XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Deus Ex: The Fall shows that console-level games are possible on mobile devices. It's a technically impressive game with visuals and features way beyond most mobile titles. Sadly, though, its botched...

By Stuff on July 11, 2013

Despite my unfamiliarity with the game's core canon — and once again, perhaps I'm missing something vital here, but if so, then that's true of any gamer new to the series — I really wanted to like Deus Ex: The Fall. Ultimately, though, I found I was...

By fatducktech.com on July 26, 2013

We gave Deus Ex: The Fall a test and found it potentially gives hours of fun, excellent game play and control. However, it suffers one horrible flaw: it crashes without warning at the worst possible times on some iPads.SQUARE ENIX gives players a...

By GottaBeMobile on July 17, 2013

First-person games are hard to create in the mobile space.The fidelity and control found when using a mouse-and-keyboard combination or a console controller's two analog sticks can't really be replicated on the smooth surface of a touchscreen. But these...

By mashable.com on July 12, 2013

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