14 DAY TRIAL // The development team at Eidos Montreal working on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided says that it has not explored multiplayer as a possibility for the coming title in the series. However, the studio says that it might be supported in the future, but only under certain conditions.
Patrick Fortier, the gameplay director working on the title, explains that his company is not willing to bring in a third party in order to deal with the mode while it works on the core single player.
He is quoted by Games Radar as saying, "I don’t think it’s something that can be tacked on and supported sufficiently well through a third party developer, out of the office. It has to be fundamental right from day one that you’re trying to do that. You have to have the right idea and the right vehicle."
The developer appreciates the way BioWare managed to integrate multiplayer into Mass Effect 3, but it believes that, for the core story of Deus Ex, there's no need to complicate matters by introducing other players into the mix.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will continue to tell the story of Adam Jensen, and it would be easy to create situations where players would have to deal with other humans in a competitive mode.
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The studio says that it is offering gamers a chance to see how the world around the main character reacts to the events at the end of the first title.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will portray a new political reality and will give Adam Jensen more ways to interact with the environment and to deal with his enemies.
A new nano-blade gives him more offensive options, and he also can use a powerful new temporary shield in order to protect himself from attacks.
Eidos Montreal also wants gamers to be able to deal with a variety of challenges without having to enter combat, and the dialog system is also upgraded in order to make it easier to explore possibilities.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will be out on the PC, the PlayStation 4 from Sony and the Xbox One from Microsoft at some point in 2016.