6 reasons you should buy Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut when it comes out next week

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, was an excellent PC and console FPS published by Square Enix that came out in 2011. But now the game is coming back with a vengeance, and a director’s cut of the game will be launched next week for both PC and consoles. At the risk of sounding like a PR rep — I swear I have no connection to Square Enix or developer Eidos Montreal; I just loved this game — here are 6 reasons you should buy it even if you played the original when it came out:

• New game plus: The director’s cut allows you to play through the game again from the beginning using all the upgrades and weapons you earned throughout the game. Why every game doesn’t have this feature is beyond me.
• All the DLC: The director’s cut comes with the Missing Link DLC, the Explosive Mission Pack, and the Tactical Enhancement Pack.
• Boss fights are better: Square Enix says it has made “improvements” to the boss fights. These were by far the most annoying part of the original game, so if Square has fixed the right things, it will have made a great game even better.
• (PC gamers only) Upgrade for cheap: If you already own Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Steam, you can get the upgraded game for just $10. If you already own it and the Missing Link DLC, you can upgrade for just $5.
• (Console gamers only) Second-screen support: On the consoles, the Director’s Cut comes with second screen support that will allow PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U players to control parts of the game using the PS Vita, SmartGlass, and the Wii U controller respectively.
• Visit China: readers of this blog may also be interested to learn that a significant portion of the game, which is set in the future, takes place in the semi-fictional Chinese city of Hengsha (it’s a real place but there’s no massive city there). Lots of games are set in China, but this one feels pretty real (except for all the sci-fi stuff), even down to the fact that random NPCs will shout “foreigner” at your character in Chinese, just like real Chinese people sometimes do to real foreigners who visit Chinese cities.

The game will be released in PAL territories on October 25, which is next Friday. I guess I know what I’m going to be doing that weekend! In the meantime, here’s a trailer that shows off all of the new things you can do with a Wii U controller in the Wii U version of the game: