To those that are interested I played the leaked press version of the game.
**Slight Spoliers WARNING**
The game plays very much like the original Deus Ex, and not like IW. The extra large inventory system has returned, the levels are extremely unlinear, and the "freedom to play how you choose" isn't a gimmick. The leaked version is about 4-10 hours long (depending on your play-style + optional missions). There is a decently sized district of detriot you can roam around and do side missions, the size is slightly larger than the free-roam Hong Kong from DX 1. However it is much more interactive, there are very few buildings that cannot be entered and almost anything that you can go in ties in with the main story/side missions. As far as the main plot goes it looks like its developing in the same fashion as DX1. Adam Jensen is a bit of a corporate tool and is doing Sarrif Industries Dirty Work, you are given choices early on to rebel against your employer, and the story begins to branch in different directions literally from the first mission.
The RPG element is done very well too, there are only a few BS augmentations but the upgrades for the most part are exetremely cool, some examples:
-Strength upgrade, by default you cannot pick up exetremely heavy objects, with this you can stack things like dumpsters in the city to say break into a walled, secure area Mario style lol. Also this Aug has mulitple branches, one allows you to upgrade your stength to allow you to punch through walls and knock out enemies on the oppisite side... exactly like you saw in the trailer.
-Retinal upgrade, by default you are given your HUD, with upgrades you are given an option of X-ray vision, with branching options like "Smart Vision" this allows you to see an enemies current ammo, when hes reloading, and when he will pop out of cover.
Those are 2 of about 20ish.
Gunplay is done very well also, all the weapons are upgradable like in DX1(Silencer, laser sight, AP, Ammo capacity, etc..) all weapons have ADS/hip fire as expected in modern day shooters. Health regenration is very harsh on the hardest difficutly (I didn't try the lower ones), 3 shots brings you down to 10% and its a good 10 second wait for it to fully regenrate. The consumables for health were really underpowered (at least the ones I found). Painkillers restore about 25HP, not very much considering how far and few between you will find them. Overall I'm extremely excited for this game, the alternate paths outside of run and gun can sometimes be pretty difficult to pull off so it may not please those who didn't like DX1, but it will do the series some justice after the atrocity of IW.
Feel free to ask any other questions via this thread/PM.
