Deus Ex: Human Revolution happened in 2027. Last year’s hit stealth/action hybrid featured Adam Jensen, a lead character who sported cool, lethal cybernetics in his rebuilt body. Nigel Ackland isn’t a shooting/sneaking action hero, but he’s a huge step closer to the augmented humans in Deus Ex‘s future.
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The bebionic B3 prosthetic that Ackland is outfitted with receives signals from muscle twitches in his upper arm. These inputs can perform a range of motions that let him do things like hold a mouse, shake hands and write his name.
While it’s great that it lets Ackland to all kinds of normal activities that he couldn’t do before, he’s not exactly superhuman. But hey: it also has a trigger pull motion. All he needs is some upgrades and a trenchcoat to be a dystopian cyberpunk hero.
Or he could drink more robo-beers.
