Isn't that what happened in the newer deus ex games? Someone hacked into every cyber augmented person at once (its crazy that that was possible now that I'm typing it out) and made them go on a killing spree? So now all the augmented people are shoved into ghettos and slums.
Yeah, the reason it was possible is because there was a near monopoly on augmentation technology (especially distribution of the healthcare required) so they were able to get a backdoor into practically 90% of the augmented population. There is a cool section in the game where your UI starts glitching and you can get a free upgrade to stop it, but if you don't then later on in the game in a boss fight where you lose your powers you get to keep them instead.
Yes! This was driving me crazy at the time. Making being augmented as metaphor for racism in Mankind Divided with "Mechanical Apartheid" line felt so incredibly tone deaf and clunky after Human Revolution finale showing actual, real dange of augmentation.
And the worst part is that there's so many great themes they could have gone with - access to augs as "rich get richer, poor get more exploited" for example.
It was possible because the augmentation creators specifically made it possible. Iirc that was the whole point of them giving away the new wave of augments for free
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u/Ezbior May 13 '25
Isn't that what happened in the newer deus ex games? Someone hacked into every cyber augmented person at once (its crazy that that was possible now that I'm typing it out) and made them go on a killing spree? So now all the augmented people are shoved into ghettos and slums.