Eidos-Montréal’s much-loved Deux Ex prequel series famously ended on a cliffhanger with Mankind Divided, frustrating fans. Now, they know exactly what they missed out on.During an episode of the From Script to Life podcast, Human Revolution and Mankind Divided writer Mark Cecere discussed where protagonist Adam Jensen’s story would have gone in the third game, were it not canceled.
The writers planned for Jensen to take out one member of the Illuminati rather than the Illuminati itself, which would have caused “Bob Page to become Bob Page.”Bob Page is the antagonist of the original Deus Ex game, Ion Storm’s hugely influential 2000 cyberpunk adventure.
So, in this way, Jensen’s fate is to cause Deux Ex.“He can never catch up to the Illuminati,” Cecere explained. “We know this.
We know the Illuminati keep going until 2050. We know some of those same characters that are in the Illuminati inner circle are in 2050.
So Jensen can never get there and do something concrete.“So, what can happen? That was the question we were trying to answer at some point.