I feel like I'm playing as the bad guys.

[GetSuma]

Anyone feel they should be on the other side of the revolution in this game?. With wars, Drones, eugenics, NSA spying, Monsanto, Banks and so on, The human purity movement seems like somthing I would rather be a part of than an institution mangled with the previous mentioned. For example, at the begining of the game the biotech girl admits that they get most of their contracts from the D.O.D. (Department of Defence). Is this somthing you guys feel confortable protecting, and giving more power to in terms of technological advancements for controll, war, power eugenics and so on?. I sure as hell wouldnt in real life, but this is just a video game. This technonogy in real life would be handed to approxitly 6,000 people which a new study shows controll 80 percent of the worlds wealth,who are mainly old royal interbrading phcohopathic technotratic families from various empires who want to depopulate the world by over 85 percent. Just research united nations agenda 21. Which is a united nations document that is an outline for the de-industrialization of the 21st century which is now starting to be implemented through various communities around america.

[WhiteCrow]

Fair point, and I agree for the most part. While I wouldn't necessarily be against human augmentation itself, I would however be against the manner of its implementation into the populace, such as what you outlined; ruling elites, military and police to establish more control through a physical and mental advantage. It rings true with that film Elysium due out very soon.

I would most likely be an augmented rebel of some kind, as the Human Purity Movement seems to disagree with human augmentation on principle alone, which I don't. It's inevitable. Unavoidable. The least we can do is affect as much as possible how it is integrated with humanity as a whole. I really wish I could live for the next 200 years to see how it'll all play out, but alas.

[GetSuma]

I agree , I would like to be augmented under certian conditions. But at this point, those conditions would only be applicable if the relationship between people and government changes dramatically from where it is now.

[K R A P H T D I N N E R]

It seems like both sides have their jerks. You have the corporations making dirty deals and lining their pockets on one side of the spectrum, and the purists bombing buildings resorting to terrorism on the opposite end, with you stuck (sort of) in the middle.
But I agree, I haven't finished the game yet but I keep asking myself "At what point is Jenson going to tell Sarif to buzz off and put an end to all the BS going on between everybody?"

[GetSuma]

It would be nice if they had an option to chose sides. Im only the first mission in, and I let the purist guy go.

[GetSuma]

Somthing interesting. The Illuminati exists within the game. Hah! http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Illuminati
Even more interesting the builderberg group exists in the game. http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Bilderberg_Group

[SonicTheHedgeTrimmer]

I agree my friend, I would like to be on the other side of the story, it'd be cool if they made a game where you were. As for me though I would be against augmentation altogether like the purists as I believe a chip being implanted into us will be what the Bible calls the "mark of the beast."

"It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name." Revelation 13:16-17

Once you have it you will be bound to hell, forever lost because you have given yourself over to the enemy. This game, near the end actually plays out a scene illustrating to a full extent of what this could physically look like. I don't want to mention it though because it'd be a spoiler for those who haven't finished it. But you'll know what I mean once you have.

"A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name." Revelation 14:9-11

[Empathy KING]

This has turned out to be a serious type of thread. To be honest, the future to me is a scary, scary thing. I do not believe it is going to get any better for us regular folk. Heck, the real Detroit just went bankrupt! It is a sad, sad day! Thank God for video games to take our mind off things. To answer the question... I would only want to be augmented if it ment that I could use it to serve a better purpose! I am by no means a bad guy. I believe in the greater good, but my main fear is that there are more people in the world with large amounts of money who care only for themselves than for each other. Think about it. They are not rich because they used their money to help people, instead they kept it for themselves.

[Empathy KING]

P.S. I also let the Purist guy go! I heard later in the game he will come back around to thank you and hook you up with a gift of some sort.

[wdb-wookie1]

Originally posted by 502trueforyou:

P.S. I also let the Purist guy go! I heard later in the game he will come back around to thank you and hook you up with a gift of some sort.

True. He gives you some valueble intel.

As far as feeling like your playing for the wrong side, keep playing. Try not to make any commtments along the way... and/or make some choices and commitments. But...

SPOILER ALERT!
Minimal spoiler.
At the end of the game, your given several choices as to how you want the game to end.

No matter what though, hang tight through the credits... especially if you've played, or plan on playing the origional Deus Ex (Game of the Year). There is a surprise hint at how it came about and how JC Denton and his brother were created. Nuff said.

[Seal Appreciator]

Meh. I'm all for advancement by any means, so I feel justified in laying the smackdown on the terrorists, irregardless of their motivation. Then again, I'd invest in Skynet, so take it with a grain of salt.

[jmc1999]

I say just killem all the bad guys are bad the good guys are bad you kill the bad guys.

[Daddy Kaneki]

You can try to fight progress all you want, but in the end, no man can stop time. And time will always progress, ensuring we will better ourselves in any way possible.

[Kalvix]

Well the whole point of it is that it doesn't have 1 side thats right its got 2 sides both with good reasons.

Augmented people for example you hear going on about how they needed them to survive after accidents or people who just wanted them.

You then hear people who lost their job cos their boss expected them to get augmented and of people going broke due to needing neuropozene.

Theres not really one side thats right, love how they play the whole arguement its what makes the game great I'd say. More so because honestly we aren't to far from a similar argument, we already have people being not allowed in the special olympics as their prosthetic limbs make them faster than people with real legs. Yes its not due to robotic ones BUT its a step in the direction of prosthetics being better than the real thing. Which then brings this whole debate from being discussed by us on a game forum to being discussed by governments around the world.

[Cool)Slowbro]

Wish the game would have let you play as part of the conspiracy. To answer OP, no.

[Veil]

The augmentations in the game are actually pretty realistic, but I would never want to be augmented if it meant having to take a drug for the rest of my life to avoid crippling pain.