39 WTF Moments From E3 2015

13. The Deus Ex "Gameplay" Trailer That Totally Wasn't

During Square Enix's conference, they showed off what they called a "gameplay trailer" for the new Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, except Square and everyone else seems to have varying definitions of what the word "gameplay" means. Yes, the entire trailer appeared to be rendered out of the in-game engine, but in terms of showing gameplay as approximating how the player would see it, there were only around 20 seconds of proper gameplay, in a 2 minute, 40 second trailer. That's 12.5% gameplay in a so-called "gameplay" trailer. That's also false advertising, folks. At least some impressive, extensive gameplay footage did show up at the PC gaming show later on...
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