Detroit



Detroit is the hometown and one of the cities visited by Adam Jensen in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Background
During the 1950s, Detroit was one of the hearts of the United States because of the thriving automobile industry. However, at some point after its golden age and before 2007, Detroit lost many of its automobile manufacturers and fell into poverty. In 2007, looking to increase the efficiency of advanced prosthetics production and wanting to rejuvenate Detroit through the mechanical augmentation industry, David Sarif purchased and overhauled an old auto factory in Detroit and converted it into the first auto-mechanical augmentation factory, giving the city new life.

In 2027, Detroit is an economically segregated city. It is divided into two types of areas: the high-rise contemporary buildings of Sarif Industries and Co., and the dilapidated tenements and abandoned buildings primarily under the control of the street gangs.

Brooklyn Court is home to Chase, Greg and Josie Thorpe, Seurat, Brian Tindall, O'Malley and Adam Jensen. There is also a LIMB clinic here and a black market arms dealer in the gas station. Finally, there is the police station, the convention center and Derelict Row.

Detroit - Downtown Apartments
Downtown Apartments are some buildings behind the abandoned Gas Station. Two of them can be accessed via the door, the other two have to be entered via a window or the roof. Inlcudes Brooklyn Court.

Abandoned Gas Station
The abandoned Gas Station is used as a shop by one of the two arms dealers in the Detroit hub. On the roof (accessible via a ladder and door behind a big billboard next to the L.I.M.B. clinic or by stacking and climbing barels) a note to an assassine and a sniper rifle with ammo can be found.

Other Places
Distributed around the hub are some other places of interest: Getting behind some of the fences (either by augmented jumping or stacking boxes) can result in some loot and some storage rooms can be looted as well.

Missions
The following missions take place or start in the city of Detroit:

Main missions (part 1)

 * Visiting the L.I.M.B. Clinic
 * Investigating the Suicide Terrorist
 * No Place Like Home
 * Stopping the Transmission
 * Extraction
 * Extraction (2)
 * The Transmission
 * Following the Clues in Highland Park
 * Whispers of Conspiracy

Side quests (part 1)

 * Paging Adam Jensen
 * Lesser Evils
 * One Good Turn Deserves Another
 * Motherly Ties
 * Cloak & Daggers
 * Voices from the Dark

Main Missions (Part 2)

 * Confronting Sarif
 * Finding Isaias Sandoval
 * Cashing in Old Favors

Side quests (part 2)

 * Forgotten Acquaintances
 * Smash the State

Developer quotes
"The interesting thing about Detroit is that it looks quite a bit like contemporary Detroit; this is really all about anticipating what the world will be in 2027. We've designed stuff like objects which recharge electrical cars - we've invented them, and looked at where billboard technologies are going. So it's a lot like today's Detroit, with those added layers grafted over it. Plus there are those interesting and very modern-looking buildings. It's sad for Detroit, because it was one of the hearts of America for quite a while because of the automobile industry. It's not really happening anymore - all those factories are abandoned. The idea is that with Sarif Industries, the company that Adam Jensen works for, David Sarif wanted to rejuvenate Detroit through the cybernetic industry. Just like the car industry did in the 20th century. That's why, in the game, you actually go to visit those manufacturing plants. Sarif bought those abandoned car plants and renovated them for super hi-tech cybernetics. He's sending a message to the city and the world: "I'm from Detroit, I love this city, I'm giving it a new breath.""

- Jonathan Jacques-Belletête