{"id":62186,"date":"2014-02-26T10:17:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T08:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62186"},"modified":"2014-02-26T13:15:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T11:15:08","slug":"deus-ex-the-fall-heads-to-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/62186-deus-ex-the-fall-heads-to-pc","title":{"rendered":"Deus Ex: The Fall heads to PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you, like me, were disappointed when Square Enix&#8217;s big follow-up to the rather brilliant Deus Ex Human Revolution was the mobile-only Deus Ex The Fall &#8211; then get ready to be slightly less disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Following what Square Enix calls the game&#8217;s award-winning success on mobile platforms, Deus Ex The Fall is heading to Steam on PC. It&#8217;s not the big red-hot sequel we wanted, but I&#8217;ll take it.<\/p>\n<p>The PC version will feature adjusted AI, keyboard and mouse functionality, improved graphics, and a bunch of other tweaks to (hopefully) cover up that mobile port experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PC optimisations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full Mouse &amp; Keyboard control scheme<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Controller support<\/li>\n<li>28 Steam achievements<\/li>\n<li>Steam Trading Cards and Badges<\/li>\n<li>Adjusted Artificial Intelligence<\/li>\n<li>Revised game tutorial<\/li>\n<li>Removal of auto-target options<\/li>\n<li>Revised aiming reticule<\/li>\n<li>Removal of in-game purchase options, with rebalanced game economy<\/li>\n<li>Revised cover options &#8211; now matches Deus Ex: Human Revolution (HOLD or Toggle)<\/li>\n<li>Resolution, Anti-Aliaising and Vertical Sync options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_62208\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Keyboard__1393328538.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62208\" class=\" wp-image-62208 \" alt=\"Deus Ex The Fall Keyboard__1393328538\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Keyboard__1393328538.jpg\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Keyboard__1393328538.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Keyboard__1393328538-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Keyboard__1393328538-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deus Ex The Fall &#8211; keyboard layout<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_62210\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Gamepad__1393328537.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62210\" class=\" wp-image-62210 \" alt=\"Deus Ex The Fall Gamepad__1393328537\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Gamepad__1393328537.jpg\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Gamepad__1393328537.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Gamepad__1393328537-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Deus-Ex-The-Fall-Gamepad__1393328537-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deus Ex The Fall &#8211; gamepad layout<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Deus Ex: The Fall serves as a sequel to the novel, <em>Deus Ex: Icarus Effect<\/em>, which covers events before and during 2011&#8217;s Deus Ex: Human Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The Fall is set in 2027, &#8220;a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The game follows Ben Saxon, a former British SAS Mercenary who underwent physical augmentation, as he tries to uncover a conspiracy surrounding powerful corporations who have seized control from governments and command the drug supply needed by augmented humans to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Augmentation junkies can <a title=\"Steam store\" href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/258180\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>pre-purchase Deus Ex: The Fall on Steam<\/strong><\/a> for US$9.99, with the game set to unlock on 25 March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>As a limited time offer, you will also get Deus Ex (the original) Game of the Year Edition gratis, so that&#8217;s cool.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 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