Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Shares rank 48 of 78 video games by recommenders
People recommend it for its ambience, music, story and writing, and gunplay that is genuinely dangerous. Critics most often report that it runs slowly or fails to run.
People recommend it for its ambience, music, story and writing, and gunplay that is genuinely dangerous. Critics most often report that it runs slowly or fails to run.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Atmosphere and music praised
“I prefer the ambience of Deus Ex: Human Revolution better.”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “The Prague of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided” “HR is the best videogame ever, story, art, music.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Deus Ex creator Warren Spector is retiring from game development” Story and writing praised
“The Deus Ex game series is known for relatively high-effort writing you can find while exploring”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “AlphaGenome Atlas predictive map of every DNA letter change in the human genome” “HR is the best videogame ever, story, art, music.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Deus Ex creator Warren Spector is retiring from game development” Dangerous, original gunplay design
“Deus Ex: Human Revolution got around this by making gunplay genuinely dangerous, especially to your enemies.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games” “Deus Ex:HR did the same thing, and did it in a much more original way.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games” Replayed in long sessions
“I've had whole sessions with Human Revolution on repeat.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Music for Programming” “hit all the right notes for me”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “John Carmack on the mistakes around Quake that ruined id software”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Runs slowly or fails to run
“I can't get ... Deus Ex Human Revolution to run”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “RemoveWindowsAI” “It's mind-boggling how slow it is.”
Comment from 29 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Deus Ex: Human RevolutionThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The Deus Ex game series is known for relatively high-effort writing you can find while exploring”
“I prefer the ambience of Deus Ex: Human Revolution better.”
“only to have a cutscene play and drop you off into a boss fight”
“HR is the best videogame ever, story, art, music.”
“Deus Ex:HR did the same thing, and did it in a much more original way.”
“Deus Ex: Human Revolution got around this by making gunplay genuinely dangerous, especially to your enemies.”
“hit all the right notes for me”
“I've had whole sessions with Human Revolution on repeat.”
“It's mind-boggling how slow it is.”
“I can't get ... Deus Ex Human Revolution to run”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.