As a dumbass 14 yo, adding the layers of "you're half man, half machine" PLUS the Illuminati PLUS the Templars PLUS but WAIT THERE'S MORE LOOK ALIENS was cool as fuck.
Now, as a slightly less dumb adult, those layers are painfully obvious anti-semitic tropes (among other things), and just can't be ignored.
I still play through the Mass Effect and Deus Ex games without much intrusion of critical thought.
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That's how I feel about Deus Ex.
As a dumbass 14 yo, adding the layers of "you're half man, half machine" PLUS the Illuminati PLUS the Templars PLUS but WAIT THERE'S MORE LOOK ALIENS was cool as fuck.
Now, as a slightly less dumb adult, those layers are painfully obvious anti-semitic tropes (among other things), and just can't be ignored.