
At the same time, while the quality of the gameplay in The Missing Link is as good as Human Revolution's best, it's also not particularly lengthy, and there aren't any new augmentations, weapons, upgrades, enemies, or other toys to play with.

It's got new and interesting characters, it's got better level design than anything in the main campaign, and it's even got more of that philosophizing and conspiracy-laden shadow-talk that so many people love about Deus Ex. The Missing Link, as it's called, isn't so much a side story as it is a piece of fiction which, when put in the context of Human Revolution's overall storyline, ends up being close to indispensible. Scarcely two months after its initial release, the first substantial piece of downloadable content for Deus Ex: Human Revolution is now available for download (or will be very soon).
