Criminal Past is a byte-sized map with different sections you will go through. You start out the DLC completely stripped of your augs which is a nice change of pace and then you regain them over the course of the story, the pace at which you regain your augs makes each skill point invested so much more valuable than in the base game. Will you put that point into hacking or gamble on finding a multi-tool? Maybe remote hacking to bypass those lasers? Maybe a high jump to reach that balcony? Maybe enhanced vision to find useful vents? Maybe strength to make yourself a makeshift ladder? The cloak would make sneaking though that courtyard easier too!
The level design is above and beyond anything, you will see in MD, with many options to approach each of the cell blocks and buildings. What's more important is the fact that choices and consequences are back from original Deus Ex for the first time!... well, almost. You see, how you navigate the prison affects your relationship with certain characters, I did something a character disliked and risked going into a 1v3 while turning prisoners who were up to this point friendlies into hostiles. But I managed to talk him down with... two dialogue options. I really wish the game DID NOT let me talk him down, and instead made me face the consequences of my choice.
Speaking of choice, the main quest can be resolved in a number of ways, and it's not as straightforward as pretty much everything you find in the base game. You need to investigate clues, make judgments, and complete side objectives to get the full picture.
The level design is above and beyond anything, you will see in MD, with many options to approach each of the cell blocks and buildings. What's more important is the fact that choices and consequences are back from original Deus Ex for the first time!... well, almost. You see, how you navigate the prison affects your relationship with certain characters, I did something a character disliked and risked going into a 1v3 while turning prisoners who were up to this point friendlies into hostiles. But I managed to talk him down with... two dialogue options. I really wish the game DID NOT let me talk him down, and instead made me face the consequences of my choice.
Speaking of choice, the main quest can be resolved in a number of ways, and it's not as straightforward as pretty much everything you find in the base game. You need to investigate clues, make judgments, and complete side objectives to get the full picture.