10 Times Video Games Totally Broke Your Trust - Commenter Edition

3. You’re On The Clock - Deus Ex: Human Revolution

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Right near the beginning of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, in the very first mission in fact, you’re tasked with saving hostages. What you couldn’t have known is that an invisible timer has kicked off and if you don’t get underway in time, all the hostages will die. If, for example, you spend too much time exploring the first building before getting on the helicopter you won’t get there in time to save them.

Of course, as mentioned, there’s no way for you to know that all of a sudden you need to get a wriggle on so the game has taken your expectations that almost all video game time limits are fake and made it very real.

You’ll never think of all RPG time limits as artificial again after this one. Especially if you managed to get the hostages killed. Oops.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.