Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30128802-20180908153337

During development, Prague had just three districts: Poor District, Modern DIstrict, and Old District. This is stated in the article "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Building Prague City Hub" (https://80.lv/articles/deus-ex-mankind-divided-building-prague-city-hub/), which apparantly is quite recent, dating to October 2016, which is after the game's release.

The above article also indicates that the Red Light District was a portion of the Old District. The bartender at the first floor of the Red Queen also takes this view. She tells Jensen of the following regarding the Red Light district: "Locked up tight during the day. That's when the rest of the Old Distrct gets its share of the tourists' credits."

The terms "Poor District" and "Modern District" are also used in-game. For example, an email references "modern district." Citations to "Poor District" are given in the Prekazka article.

The artbook says "A portion of the Modern District transforms itself into a red light district." I'm not sure why this states "Modern District," which could be a typo, but nonetheless conveys the idea that the red light district is a subpart of a larger district.

So if the Red Light District is part of the Davny District, then we should reorganize the article contents based on this notion.

Architecturally, Red Light and Davny look very similar. Additionally, if the Red Light District is not part of Davny, then it's a bit odd that Davny is so small in comparison with CIsta and Prekazka. In other words, the three-district division makes a lot more sense in terms of size.

A contrary view is that Poor District, Modern District, and Old Districts are obsolete delineations, and that the final version of the game instead uses Prekazka, Cista, Davny, and Red Light, as four separate districts. This is view is supported by the sign southwest of the Music Box, which lists Davny and Red Light districts separately. However, as noted above, that developer commentary article is dated October 2016, which is after release, indicating that Davny and "Old District" could have been indicated to be one and the same.

What do you think? 