Elias Toufexis, the actor behind the gravelly, world-weary voice of Deus Ex lead Adam Jensen, has bid what appears to be a last farewell to the collection in a heartfelt message posted to Reddit.
Toufexis mentioned in January, following layoffs at Eidos Montreal and the reported cancellation of a brand new Deus Ex sport that was within the early phases of improvement, that he hadn’t been concerned within the mission and “gave up on it a very long time in the past.” However it appears he did not need that clear sense of disappointment to be his final phrase on the matter.
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“I wished to return on right here and say thanks for this web page, your great messages over time, and your continued, unbelievably sturdy assist,” Toufexis wrote.
“As you guys all know, Jensen is likely one of the characters I’ve performed who’s close to and expensive to my coronary heart. It appears I’ll all the time be related to him and that is simply fantastic with me. Alas, his story appears carried out. I am comparatively sure the sport that was canceled was not an Adam Jensen story, so the cancellation angers me greater than anything as a result of pals at Eidos obtained laid off. Videogame corporations proper now are in a bizarre place. I hope it will get straightened out.”
The obvious finish of Toufexis’ run within the Deus Ex nearly seems like the newest piece in a really slowly unfolding sample. The unique Deus Ex was, and is, sensible—you’ve got probably seen the previous “each time you point out it, somebody will reinstall it” meme—however the sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible Battle, was simply fantastic: An honest sport in its personal proper, however a poor comparability to the magic of Deus Ex.
That seemingly killed off the collection till 2010, when Eidos Montreal teased Deus Ex 3, and I actually cannot overstate how thrilling that second was for me. The teaser was actually nothing greater than “it is occurring,” however it was sufficient. It nonetheless offers me tingles.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution lived as much as the hype, and Deus Ex was again, child! Then Mankind Divided arrived, and it was good too. Simply not pretty much as good, and neither was it a giant vendor, and regardless of Eidos Montreal’s massive plans for the entire thing—bear in mind the Deus Ex Universe?—curiosity within the collection pale, nothing occurred, and hopes that the studio’s acquisition by the Embracer Group in 2022 would possibly get issues going once more fell aside proper alongside the failed $2 billion funding deal that introduced Embracer low.
And so right here we’re: The Jensen trilogy is now a duology, Eidos Montreal is caught within the Embracer swirl, and whereas I am moderately assured that we’ll see a brand new Deus Ex sport sometime—that is simply now it goes with videogames—a satisfying conclusion to the Human Revolution collection simply ain’t gonna occur.
Toufexis appears to be doing fairly properly for himself today—he is at the moment starring in Star Trek: Discovery because the alien unhealthy boy L’ak—however he clearly nonetheless feels a powerful attachment to Deus Ex and its followers.
“I hope you want the opposite work I am lucky sufficient to place on the market, however I do know that regardless of the character is, he will not imply as a lot as Adam Jensen does to loads of you… and to me,” Toufexis wrote. “For the love and assist? I requested for this.”
If you have not but performed the unique Deus Ex, we have got a information to getting the perfect out of it at the moment—and I am completely happy to say that regardless that it has been greater than 10 years for the reason that debut of Human Revolution, it is held up very well too.
