User blog comment:Aeratus/Guide to the Adam Jensen Clone Theory/@comment-178.214.10.194-20171008131823/@comment-30128802-20171008192740

I don't see the clone storyline as a demerit to the writing, as long as it plays a legitimate role in the story's progression. For one, you're not going to survive being stuck deep within a collapsed ocean installation for weeks. Additionally, maybe they needed a fresh new body so that the memory implants/alterations would work stably. We see that Daria has trouble with sorting out her memories and spelling her surname. You can't have that happen if you need an agent for something as precise as going after Janus.

So, let's see how the story is going to turn out. Maybe Eidos won't reveal at the end whether Jensen is a clone or not, and leaves it vague. It can't be a plot twist if its not part of the main plot, right?

Furthermore, flash cloning is part of Deus Ex lore. Even if the Deus Ex Bible has something to say about the origin of JC Denton, it does not contradict the fact that there are vat tubes belonging to others. Even if JC himself wasn't flash-cloned, there are others who were.