It begins on somewhat solid ground, with a British mercenary leaving a group of physically augmented cyborg terrorists after finding out they set him up. Despite those roots there’s unfortunately little of interest here. The story in The Fall has some characters in common with Human Revolution, and is connected to the 2011 tie-in novel Deus Ex: Icarus Effect. But almost the moment it starts, the staples keeping the experience together begin to loosen and the weaknesses of the mobile platform start to show. Sometimes it even looks like a console game, as long as you don’t look too closely. It was even announced like a triple-A game, with a day of teasers and a slick reveal last month. Mobile games are getting closer and closer to offering a Triple A gaming experience, so you’d be forgiven if you expected Deus Ex: The Fall to be a true sequel to 2011’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
