Depending on how it was done,vehicles could actually be a good thing. With the technology available these days the maps won't be little two-blocks wide things like DX1.
I wouldn't be surprised if we could access complete cities without having to go through load zones. Now going inside buildings would need a loading point of course, but if the areas turn out to be big then vehicles could be a fun (and non-speed aug necessary) way to get around.
Some people would rather the developers stick to the old Deus Ex game style,but you have to think about the fact that the studio wouldn't make money if only the people that liked the first game bought this one. Having a full city without vehicles would be a little silly to be honest.
There are ways around it,like having your character 'locked out' of vehicles. It could be explained away fairly easily. Say the new security feature in future vehicles is an AI construct that verifies the driver/owners ID. If your character isn't able to provide the information then you can't use it. So,you keep the illusion that there are vehicles around,but you cannot use one yourself.
Maybe a law was passed prohibiting people with augmentations from piloting any form of vehicle. The government could be afraid of possible side-effects the bioaugs could have. So,this could effectively solve that.
On the other mechanically upgraded hand, vehicles could be integrated into the game very easily. Just because the game used an Unreal engine before,doesn't mean its restricted to it still. UT had vehicles,and I haven't heard any complaints about them other than "they have mounted guns". Keeping in mind that they're using the Tomb Raider engine (I think) so it might be impossible to code at all. I've never played a game using it,so I've no clue on its limitations.
Whichever crowd you belong to, be it the pro-vehicle or anti-vehicle one it'll make at least somebody angry whatever approach they take. Nothing they can do about that I suppose. Except add a remove cars option at the beginning of a new file. Perhaps they could have a group selected at random to do closed beta testing? A demo for download to test the game with vehicles in,to see if they fit the type of gameplay they're offering?
I've no clue on what they'll choose to do. Whatever it is I,myself, am going to support it. Its not like they
had to make this game. The fact that they are trying at all,despite the disgruntled DX community is good enough for me. Anyways,my rant is over.
