Deus Ex, Was there a reason that you made a prequel and not a sequel?

Was there a reason that you made a prequel and not a sequel?

Anonymous

Frank says:

Yes, flexibility.

The five main points we considered:

1) With a prequel, playing the previous games is not a requirement. It gave us a lot more freedom about how we connect to the established cannon.

2) We didn’t have to deal with DX1’s or Invisible War’s multiple endings.

3) Being a true sequel would put us after Invisible War and a bit too far into the future.

4) There was a lot of untapped material in the timeline before DX1.

5) Exploring the time surrounding the introduction of mech augs just struck a chord with us.