9 Promising Video Games That Were Totally Ruined By Publisher Meddling

9. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

After successfully rebooting the long-dormant series with 2011's Human Revolution, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided hit shelves five years later. Despite waiting half a decade for a new instalment in the series though, what fans received was noticeably not that much different from the previous release.

Featuring a restricted open world version of Prague and a main narrative that ended just as it got going, the sequel lacked both the content and polish that most players expected after such a long wait.

The cause for the disappointment was seemingly revealed in this video however, which shed more light on the game's troubled development process. After working on the title for years, publisher Square Enix decided that the game was too ambitious, splitting it into two different projects that would offset the long wait between sequels.

Unfortunately that meant that Mankind Divided became very obviously half of a game, with the rest of the experience being held over for the next release. Sadly, with the disappointing sales of the first title and the developers being moved onto an unknown Marvel project, that other Deus Ex experience may never see the light of day.