Edited sentence: Deus Ex's endings were logically and thematically incompatible: the world was supposed to look vastly different for each of the 3 outcomes.For instance, there is no way that JC Denton could have merged with Helios and then blown up Area 51, since that would have also destroyed the Aquinas Router which housed the Helios AI and gave it its global control.Invisible War's "Collapse", where all these scenarios were able to somehow simultaneously occur, is a messy compromise that makes no sense within the context of Deus Ex's plot, and is therefore very difficult to accept as canon.The designers tried to incorporate all 3 endings into Invisible War's plot, which led to many inconsistencies in the sequel.With Area 51's destruction, the Illuminati could also not have continued manipulating world governments since the global communications system would now be so radically decentralized