The first Deus Ex game
has been and will remain one of my favorite games of all time. It
offered such an interesting array of choices and play-styles as well as a
deep engaging story - a perfect marriage of RPG and first person
shooter.
For many years there was only the first two games... I
never could get into the second game so it was just the first one for
me. Then Mankind Divided came out and it recaptured some of the magic of
the first game.
Where this game excels above its ancestor
however is in the music. Before I was heavily into game music there were
only a few soundtracks that I would seek out and listen to on my own
time - this is one of those soundtracks.
This soundtrack elevates
itself above many other soundtracks by being more than just a
collection of pieces to fit scenes. This feels like an album - there is a
theme and continuity built into this release that moves the songs to
create something greater than the individual parts.
The tracks
are a beautiful combination of electronic and analog. The interplay is
what makes the music alluring - deep synth lines accompanied by strong
female vocals. Acoustic instrumentation paired with deep synthetic
heartbeats. The dichotomy of the synthetic married with the organic - a
central theme of the game that is reflected perfectly within the music.
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