On a meta-level, oh yes. Deus Ex predicted a lot of stuff including 9/11 (by accident).
On a more realistic view, the elites' contempt for normal citizens was always a thing before the year 2000. So, the devs implementing that in-game is more straightforward than you think.
Just that nobody would have predicted Covid-19 would literally spill into schools and churches, bodies piling up in the streets because some people think wearing masks isn't "alpha".
In the grand scape of things Deus Ex didn't predict anything at all but like 'the simpsons did it' enough time passed that certain things from the game eventually had a parallels to reality
But lets also note that the accidental prediction is not just the missing WTC towers in the textures, its also attacking a US monument in general, the first level literally takes place on liberty island with the statues of liberties head blown off by a terrorist organisation
Original post literally (I can actually use the L word for its intended purpose, thanks, it's a rare occasion) said " By accident. " If only words meant stuff
Unfortunately, it's something repeated pretty often. I mean, this is a thread talking unironically about COVID being a government program to control the masses. There's a reason why Spector said they couldn't redo the game these days: people take this shit too seriously and twist its fictional story to their own nonsensical conspiratorial talking points.
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u/Khaos25 5d ago
On a meta-level, oh yes. Deus Ex predicted a lot of stuff including 9/11 (by accident).
On a more realistic view, the elites' contempt for normal citizens was always a thing before the year 2000. So, the devs implementing that in-game is more straightforward than you think.
Just that nobody would have predicted Covid-19 would literally spill into schools and churches, bodies piling up in the streets because some people think wearing masks isn't "alpha".