<s>
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
was	O
a	O
2016	O
turn-based	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
series	I-Application
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
format	O
of	O
Hitman	B-Application
Go	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
and	O
Lara	B-Application
Croft	I-Application
Go	I-Application
(	O
2015	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Square	O
Enix	O
Montréal	O
distilled	O
major	O
motifs	O
from	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
respective	O
series	O
to	O
fit	O
turn-based	O
,	O
touchscreen	O
,	O
puzzle	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
to	O
the	O
Go	O
series	O
,	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
introduced	O
an	O
in-game	O
story	O
and	O
puzzle	O
creation	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
,	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
platforms	O
to	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
successfully	O
captured	O
the	O
cybernetic	O
dystopia	O
of	O
the	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
the	O
brain	O
teasing	O
puzzles	O
of	O
the	O
Go	O
mobile	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Go	O
series	O
,	O
reviewers	O
considered	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
to	O
be	O
less	O
creative	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
lackluster	O
story	O
,	O
less	O
visually	O
interesting	O
aesthetic	O
,	O
and	O
shorter	O
length	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embracer	O
Group	O
,	O
following	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Square	O
Enix	O
Montréal	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
would	O
be	O
removed	O
from	O
app	O
stores	O
with	O
its	O
servers	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
January	O
4	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
touches	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
move	O
Adam	O
Jensen	O
,	O
a	O
protagonist	O
from	O
the	O
stealth	O
combat	O
,	O
cyber-dystopian	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
between	O
nodes	O
on	O
a	O
hexagonal	O
grid	O
towards	O
an	O
exit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
set	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
:	I-Application
Mankind	I-Application
Divided	I-Application
,	O
Jensen	O
's	O
sole	O
mission	O
is	O
to	O
save	O
an	O
important	O
person	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
continually	O
set	O
back	O
by	O
puzzles	O
—	O
54	O
in	O
total	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mechanical	O
enemies	O
and	O
obstacles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
gun	O
turrets	O
and	O
raisable	O
platforms	O
,	O
are	O
hackable	O
via	O
computer	B-General_Concept
terminals	I-General_Concept
on	O
nearby	O
nodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
tie-in	O
with	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
:	I-Application
Mankind	I-Application
Divided	I-Application
,	O
players	O
complete	O
the	O
main	O
story	O
and	O
weekly	O
puzzles	O
in	O
the	O
mobile	O
game	O
to	O
unlock	O
perks	O
in	O
the	O
console	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
premise	O
behind	O
Square	O
Enix	O
Montreal	O
's	O
previous	O
Go	O
mobile	O
series	O
titles	O
—	O
Lara	B-Application
Croft	I-Application
Go	I-Application
(	O
2015	O
)	O
and	O
Hitman	B-Application
Go	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
—	O
in	O
distilling	O
the	O
essence	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
core	O
gameplay	O
for	O
turn	O
-	O
and	O
touchscreen-based	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
development	O
team	O
was	O
split	O
between	O
employees	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
Hitman	B-Application
:	I-Application
Sniper	I-Application
and	O
those	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Go	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
asked	O
themselves	O
whether	O
the	O
Go	O
elements	O
felt	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
belonged	O
to	O
the	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
games	O
took	O
three	O
months	O
to	O
make	O
25	O
puzzles	O
,	O
while	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
tool	O
nearly	O
tripled	O
their	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
Enix	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
puzzles	O
were	O
more	O
difficult	O
than	O
those	O
of	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
the	O
prior	O
two	O
Go	O
games	O
,	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
hexagonal	O
grid	O
instead	O
of	O
squares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
Enix	O
announced	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
at	O
a	O
press	O
event	O
in	O
advance	O
of	O
the	O
June	O
2016	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
18	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
platforms	O
on	O
both	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
later	O
released	O
a	O
documentary	O
video	O
on	O
their	O
development	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embracer	O
Group	O
,	O
following	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Square	O
Enix	O
Montréal	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
would	O
be	O
removed	O
from	O
app	O
stores	O
with	O
its	O
servers	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
January	O
4	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
successfully	O
captured	O
the	O
cybernetic	O
dystopia	O
of	O
the	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
the	O
brain-teasing	O
puzzles	O
of	O
the	O
Go	O
mobile	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Go	O
series	O
,	O
reviewers	O
considered	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
added	O
story	O
to	O
be	O
lackluster	O
,	O
its	O
aesthetic	O
to	O
be	O
less	O
visually	O
interesting	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
length	O
to	O
be	O
shorter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
reviewers	O
tired	O
of	O
the	O
Go	O
series	O
,	O
others	O
thought	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
continued	O
the	O
high	O
standards	O
of	O
its	O
forebears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
series	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
may	O
stake	O
out	O
a	O
building	O
at	O
a	O
distance	O
,	O
the	O
experimentation	O
in	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
is	O
limited	O
to	O
finding	O
the	O
right	O
answer	O
rather	O
than	O
finding	O
multiple	O
routes	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
same	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
same	O
token	O
,	O
predecessors	O
such	O
as	O
Lara	B-Application
Croft	I-Application
Go	I-Application
hid	O
treasures	O
in	O
its	O
background	O
such	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
revisit	O
its	O
levels	O
,	O
but	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
had	O
little	O
to	O
interest	O
players	O
besides	O
its	O
primary	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
concluded	O
that	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
other	O
Go	O
games	O
,	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
Go	I-Application
was	O
less	O
creative	O
overall	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
subvert	O
the	O
themes	O
of	O
its	O
parent	O
series	O
quite	O
like	O
the	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
