Adapation Anxiety

If there is a medium reknowned for it's failures in adaptation it would have to be videogames. Both adaptation of movies and comics into videogames and videogames turned into movies and comics tend to be low quality. Recently a six issue series started fromDC adapting the Deus Ex franchise into a comic.

Deus Ex is usually listed among the best PC games of all time, and justifiably so. The gamecombined a deep conspiracy laden plot inspired by the X-Files with an astonishing amount of first person interaction. There was a sequel, Deus Ex Invisible War, that felt more like a lackluster expansion pack and then the franchise went into hibernation. A new sequel, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, is due out in August. The new game has a completely different design team, but so far impressions have been good.

It was with great trepidation, driven by fond memories of the original game, that I picked up Deus Ex Human Revolution #2. What I found was surprisingly good. The art was passable without being notable. The plot concerned Bio-Med companies competing with each other and trying to avoid regulation, while being targeted by a terrorst group. Meanwhile, a group called The Humanity Front is trying to rally public opinion against the human modifications industry. The main character is a cyborg, rebuilt after being mortally wounded, who works for the security department of Seriff Industries.
Who is behind the terrorist attack? The Humanity Front? A business competitor? I, to great surprise, was interested enough to try another issue or two.

Is the Deus Ex franchise being revived? Here's hoping.