Deus ex predicted this

[Welfarewalrus]

Simons: "This plague — the rioting is intensifying to the point where we may not be able to contain it."

Page: "Why contain it? Let it spill over into the schools and churches. Let the bodies pile up in the streets. In the end, they'll beg us to save them."

The biggest American protest plus the biggest pandemic the world has seen in 100 years happening at the same time, just like the setting of Deus ex.

How does this game keep predicting the future?

[CD-ROM Fossil]

So I see this all the time and I think people are too focused on the blanket statements of Deus Ex.

 

Deus Ex's story is written with history in mind. The events that happen in the game are relatively surface. Like if you look at historical trends it is easy to predict the future in the same way Deus Ex does. Plagues happen all the time. Advancement of technology means more ways to track and restrict citizens. Deus Ex is not a unique prophet, just one that got popular. Through the years of collection retro PC games, there are a plethora of dystopia future games that "predict" the state we are in.

 

Saying that we have the biggest protest or plague is not something Deus Ex got out of thin air. As population increases...anything becomes "the biggest in history."

 

I think the only real "predictions" Deus Ex made that no one saw coming is the corporation take over. Monopolies exist and they continue to grow. The top 1% has majority of the money. Medicine (at least in the US) is only for those who can afford it. Who knew that Disney was our Orwellian overlords?

 

I'm not saying Deus Ex is wrong or it isn't making predictions. I'm just sick of everyone acting like they saw the unseen. Like they saw into the future. Even the game itself recites facts that were gathered in the 90s when the game was being developed.

 

History repeats itself is a saying for a reason. If you look at history you can kinda guess the future. The developers were great at taking contemporary evidence, conspiracy and creating a giant empty referent. The devs were smart. But like George Orwell, it's all very surface and open to interpretation.

[BTGBullseye]

1 hour ago, CD-ROM Fossil said:

I think the only real "predictions" Deus Ex made that no one saw coming is the corporation take over. Monopolies exist and they continue to grow. The top 1% has majority of the money. Medicine (at least in the US) is only for those who can afford it. Who knew that Disney was our Orwellian overlords?

IIRC, several of the Robert Heinlein books predicted similar corporate control, and the original Shadowrun had it pegged in full swing back in the 80's.

[CD-ROM Fossil]

11 hours ago, BTGBullseye said:

IIRC, several of the Robert Heinlein books predicted similar corporate control, and the original Shadowrun had it pegged in full swing back in the 80's.

Oh yeah?

 

It just continues to show that Deus Ex gets all the attention for something other titles have done.

 

Still an amazing game! I just wish we didn't give it all the credit lol

[Icebox]

6 minutes ago, CD-ROM Fossil said:

Oh yeah?

 

It just continues to show that Deus Ex gets all the attention for something other titles have done.

 

Still an amazing game! I just wish we didn't give it all the credit lol

Shows you how many people don't read a whole lot.