Heartwarming / Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

• Incredibly, David Sarif also survived the destruction of Panchaea. He calls Adam while he's recovering from the attack in Prague, not only showing that he has no hard feelings about what happened but that he's genuinely concerned for his well-being. While Adam doesn't seem too enthused to hear that he called, he does ask if his number was saved, and the game does give you the option to call him back. Hell, Sarif offers to help Adam track down the people who gave him the Titan augs without either man's knowledge.
• While you only find this out as Prague has fallen under martial law, it's truly heartwarming to see so many of the people in Prague that you've helped out — Viznik, Milena, the Samizdat crew — all banding together in the sewers. And, by the looks of their hidey-hole, Viznik stole some of the supplies from Richard, his former cult leader.
  • While in the sewers, you can talk to Milena and whichever of her clients — Irenka or Edward — you helped during her side quest. Seeing them in relative safety and hearing that they plan to help Samizdat actually gets a smile from Adam.
• A secret cutscene reveals that Malik canonically survived the events of the previous game and implies that Adam is still on good terms with her, which is a contrast to Adam's relationship with the rest of his surviving allies, whom he hasn't contacted since Panchaea.
  • It's also one of the few times you see Perpetual Frowner Adam smile. And it's actually quite nice.
• The non-violent conclusion to "The Last Harvester". It requires jumping through a few hoops, but Jensen being able to talk down a Brainwashed and Crazy Daria is quite heartwarming, especially because it's a subtle way to pay back Tai Yong Medical for the experiment and their attempt to get Jensen to cover it up for them. It's an unequivocally happy ending considering all its circumstances; Tai Yong gets bad press, Daria lives, regains her own soul, and turns herself in to a police investigator that is amenable to reason and not anti-aug racism.
• During the endgame, if Adam saves Miller, Miller admits that Adam was right about everything and apologizes for constantly stonewalling him.
• Adam's conversation with the real Eliza Cassan. He immediately turns off his shades and can speak very tenderly, joking about running away and starting a nice family life.
• The first time you visit TF29, you have a mandatory encounter with the branch's quartermaster, Aria Argento. She expresses great relief at seeing Adam alive and well, then trails off when she starts to talk about her fear that he was badly hurt or even killed during the bombing. Adam's response is a quiet, gentle assurance that he's fine. Considering that almost no one else in the game worries about him as much, and that he tends to brush off their concerns, it's a brief but meaningful moment.
  • Aria also serves as the quest giver for "The Harvester" if you don't stumble on the murder scene on your own. Whether you did or not, you'll get an anxious infolink call from her, worried that it's Adam who's been killed. Her relief on hearing that you're okay is obvious.
• The first darknet file the player completes in the Breaching minigame is this. The player is briefed on the death of a young girl suffering from cancer who underwent an experimental treatment by Versalife and is contracted by her parents to find out what exactly happened and why the company is refusing to provide any information regarding it to them. About halfway through the file the player uncovers information that reveals that not only is the girl still alive, but is being held at a secure facility in California. After breaching the security and getting into contact with a mercenary group willing to help the girl is able to be rescued and reunited with her parents. As a bonus the cancer she was suffering from has been neutralized by the treatment she was given and the mercs have agreed to get the entire family to a secure location so they can start a new life. Given how cynical the Deus Ex series can get, it's a nice change of pace to see someone get a 100% happy ending for a change.
  • Though it becomes bittersweet with the completion of the next darknet file. Versalife used a killswitch to disable the nanites that were curing the girl and she died shortly afterward. At least she spent her last few days with her family instead of being a guinea pig(or worse) for Versalife.
• A Criminal Past can end on a surprisingly happy note if Adam Jensen is able to talk Guerrero down and decides to take the Fixer along with him. After having traveled through the pure Evil Versus Evil horror of the Penthouse and its casual Police Brutality, you get the opportunity to save not one, but two lives plus their souls.
• If you choose to be sympathetic with Johnny Gunn while investigating his ex-wife's murder, Adam and Gunn will find some common ground talking about their similar backgrounds dealing with being ex-Belltower/SWAT, coming into possession of their Augs and how the world's treating them as a result of it all. Aside from being the best way to get the info you want, it's also nice to give a disgruntled vet like Gunn the chance to truly vent his frustrations to someone that can relate.
• The Easter Egg where Adam is fixing a bowl of cereal, is puzzled by how little is in the box and dumps it all out, only to find a small model VTOL that Faridah Malik flew, along with a little note addressing him as Spy Boy, which gets Adam to crack a very rare genuine smile.