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[Yoshichan]

Just solved it !

Pushed my monitor back around 7 inches. Turned on all lights in my room. Lowered the brightness on my screen. Changed FOV to 90 and turned triple buffering and V-Sync on!

Just played through some of the tutorial parts and I'm feeling perfectly fine !

Thanks GAF ♥

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

plot device

I freaked out until it happened a couple of times, and realised what it was. Scared the crap out of me first time it happened, just like the Bioshock memory "flashes".

 

[Chiggs]

Genuine question, what about the game feels dumbed down?

The character skills themselves, in comparison to the first. I also feel that some of the environments in the first were actually a little more non-linear and challenging too. This seems like a fusion of MGS and Deus Ex, which isn't bad; it's just not as varied as I had hoped.

The story really picks up after Hengsha. I haven't played the first much at all, it has not aged well, but the story was a bit lackluster for me lately until the past couple segments. It's pretty damn interesting now.

Perhaps I spoke too soon.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

The character skills themselves, in comparison to the first. I also feel that some of the environments in the first were actually a little more non-linear and challenging too. This seems like a fusion of MGS and Deus Ex, which isn't bad; it's just not as varied as I had hoped.

IMO, the augmentation system being hugely expanded more than makes up for this.

 

[Chiggs]

IMO, the augmentation system being hugely expanded more than makes up for this.

A buddy of mine said the same and thinks I'm wearing rose-tinted glasses.

 

[Pancakes]

Lack of swimming could be a result of dumbing down. Or perhaps engine design.

 

[tiff]

Thanks. I'll try that too. I used

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headshots on the big guys the first time, but she still died. The following times I was just trying to experiment and see what else I could do. All of them failed.

Yeah, I failed one or two times too. You have to work quickly.

 

[Snuggles]

Lack of swimming could be a result of dumbing down. Or perhaps engine design.

or the fact that nobody likes swimming in videogames

 

[jim-jam bongs]

And the punch line was that

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both Jensen and Megan were living.

It's a shame, that would have made a great side quest for when you go back to Detroit.

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She runs into on the street and says "Adam! Your alive! Now take back your fucking dog." And Adam says "I'm trying to save my awful ex from the Illuminati, not sure why, but I'll see if I can find him a home".

Then you could take the dog around to the homes of people you have helped in previous side quests and convince one of them to take him. I think the janitor and his wife or the senile old lady would be great dog owners. Maybe even Haas, except if I gave him the dog I'd always feel like I had to let him go home from work early to walk him.

 

[Chiggs]

or the fact that nobody likes swimming in videogames

Heresy!

 

[Pancakes]

or the fact that nobody likes swimming in videogames

I put my first few points in DX1 into swimming. I figured all the levels would be like Liberty Island, I was such a fool...

 

[Carbonox]

I'm on the first boss now.

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On the hardest difficulty, this dudebro is causing me problems. I go to cover, stun, shoot, bam bam I'm dead. Tried like 40 times. I do somewhat get the pattern of stunning and gunning but still. Any other easy ways people have figured out? Can't just be the only easy way to do it.

 

[Chiggs]

^^^^^^Keep your distance and don't get greedy! That's all I can say.

 

[JumpingTheGun]

Pertaining to a sidequest in Hengshan

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where is Malik in the Alice Garden Pods? Ive already completed the first mission and now i COULD go find Tong at The Hive but I want to knock out some sidequests first for XP. Where is she located?

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I put my first few points in DX1 into swimming. I figured all the levels would be like Liberty Island, I was such a fool...

I really miss that in HR honestly. Like other people I had nearly every augmentation by the end, even useless ones. If you picked useless skills in Deus Ex you ended up having to find ways to use them later (Sub Base had some swimming opportunities for example, and there was at least one good one in Paris). To really get powerful abilities you had to commit to them.

In HR you can get cloaking by the end of your first mission, in Deus Ex it required a significant investment and was balanced accordingly. The biggest issue with augmentations in HR is that the base Jensen is so effective that it makes 2/3rds of them redundant. Why take the stealth augmentation when the basic toolkit for sneaking is so good?

 

[aeolist]

Pertaining to a sidequest in Hengshan

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where is Malik in the Alice Garden Pods? Ive already completed the first mission and now i COULD go find Tong at The Hive but I want to knock out some sidequests first for XP. Where is she located?

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You have to talk to Tong first, then she's there

 

[YoungFa]

I'm on the first boss now.

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On the hardest difficulty, this dudebro is causing me problems. I go to cover, stun, shoot, bam bam I'm dead. Tried like 40 times. I do somewhat get the pattern of stunning and gunning but still. Any other easy ways people have figured out? Can't just be the only easy way to do it.

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Just throw everything at him thats in the room. There are some explosive barrels but also some kind of poisonous gas. 2 Stuns should be enough to throw everything at him and ultimately killing him.

 

[whalleywhat]

Platinumed. I think the game has some notable flaws, but I hope the style of gameplay actually takes a hold in the industry this time, because this needs to be iterated on.

 

[Pancakes]

I'm on the first boss now.

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On the hardest difficulty, this dudebro is causing me problems. I go to cover, stun, shoot, bam bam I'm dead. Tried like 40 times. I do somewhat get the pattern of stunning and gunning but still. Any other easy ways people have figured out? Can't just be the only easy way to do it.

In my experience...

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I just threw an EMP grenade at him, which caused him to be stunned. After that, I just chucked every grenade in my inventory and unloaded 1 clip of the combat rifle into him. He went down pretty fast *shrug.

 

[Inferno313]

Great. Seems like I'm stuck by a game breaking glitch.

I hope Eidos fixes this.

 

[JumpingTheGun]

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You have to talk to Tong first, then she's there

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are all the sidequests triggered after speaking to Tong? thanks man.

 

[Amir0x]

the fuck i broke out of the wall and instantly killed someone

that sucks for a pacifist. *reloads save*

 

[aeolist]

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are all the sidequests triggered after speaking to Tong? thanks man.

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I was able to do one for a hooker in the brothel across the street from the Hive but the other two opened up after Tong.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

the fuck i broke out of the wall and instantly killed someone

that sucks for a pacifist. *reloads save*

Get the x-ray vision augmentation, if you don't want to accidentally snap necks it's a life saver.

 

[Derrick01]

the fuck i broke out of the wall and instantly killed someone

that sucks for a pacifist. *reloads save*

Yup there's a part of a sidequest in Detroit that involves some people in one of those tiny apartments and it's hard as hell to get through that without any kills or alerts. The wall is the easiest way to normally do it but it kills the guy.

 

[33-Hit-Combo]

After thought, is it possible to destroy weak walls with explosives?

 

[Maleficence]

Anyone know where the 2nd weapons dealer is in Shanghai? I found the one in the brothel.

 

[Pancakes]

Anyone know where the 2nd weapons dealer is in Shanghai? I found the one in the brothel.

I recall him being somewhere in the sewers.

I can't remember exactly where though, sorry.

 

[Dresden]

After thought, is it possible to destroy weak walls with explosives?

Frags do the job. I think the explosive revolver does too, not sure.

 

[ExMachina]

Anyone know where the 2nd weapons dealer is in Shanghai? I found the one in the brothel.

There's one in the supply closet in the first floor of the Alice Pod Gardens.

There's definitely more than 2 in Hengsha, though.

 

[Woorloog]

Yup there's a part of a sidequest in Detroit that involves some people in one of those tiny apartments and it's hard as hell to get through that without any kills or alerts. The wall is the easiest way to normally do it but it kills the guy.

I moved some crates creatively and used stun gun and non-lethal takedowns. It did take like 5+ tries though.

 

[Maleficence]

Thanks!

 

[Deadbeat]

After thought, is it possible to destroy weak walls with explosives?

Yes. You could also use bullets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T85j7edyW58

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Frags do the job. I think the explosive revolver does too, not sure.

Yep. Two shots

 

[shintoki]

Yup there's a part of a sidequest in Detroit that involves some people in one of those tiny apartments and it's hard as hell to get through that without any kills or alerts. The wall is the easiest way to normally do it but it kills the guy.

That's actually pretty easy.

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Throw a box near the front door. One guy will always come out to check it. Trag him. Drag his body back.

Rinse and repeat till the room is cleared.

 

[Derrick01]

I moved some crates creatively and used stun gun and non-lethal takedowns. It did take like 5+ tries though.

Basically how I did it too. I moved the fridge next to the door and closed the door, making one of them come out and check while I hid behind the fridge to knock him out, then I just stun gunned the other guy.

I had to get one of the guys on the couch to get up and come to me though, they were spaced enough to avoid a double takedown.

 

[commissar]

So (late game area spoilers)

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when I was in Singapore there was a vent on an air conditioning unit which led to a gas filled underground room. With nothing in it except for a valve to turn the gas off. There were no breakable walls that I could see either. Unless brick walls count.

was this area just a pointless little spot?

 

[luxarific]

Why take the stealth augmentation when the basic toolkit for sneaking is so good?

Because watching the animation as he comes out of cloak to take somebody down is enormously entertaining.

 

[33-Hit-Combo]

So (late game area spoilers)

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when I was in Singapore there was a vent on an air conditioning which led to a gas filled underground room. With nothing in it except for a valve to turn the gas off. There were no breakable walls that I could see either. Unless brick walls count.

was this area just a pointless little spot?

No, beside the valve you can enter through the wall. Vent or weak wall, not sure.

 

[commissar]

Actually come to think of it I can guess where it would come out. Must have missed the wall crack.

 

[cleveridea]

ugh this game seriously needs patching for me on my laptop with nvidia 460m graphics quad core intel i7

runs "well except for 3d vision mode BUT constantly crashes eg

EVERY TIME I try and watch a tutorial it crashes and have to reboot computer to play the game again, does this either in game or from main menu tutorial screen

random crashes where game freezes eg with sound loop, infrequent but need reboot when it happens

horrible stuttering when playing non rendered cutscenes, like stuttering really badly constantly. this ALWAYS happens and sucks because the cutscenes and music are insanely good.

the latest patch didnt help these, though it did make the game load faster.

ugh I have a friend I recommended the game to near the end (without serious problems he has similar laptop but ATI) but I feel like I am missing out if I play any more before a patch (eg knowing that every single non realtime cutscene will horribly stutter)

very very frustrated. any suggestion of a patch coming?

 

[Ourobolus]

the fuck i broke out of the wall and instantly killed someone

that sucks for a pacifist. *reloads save*

Put a frag mine or a frag grenade near the wall and trigger it. I found it just knocks out the guy on the other side.

 

[kittens]

I didn't even know you could go into the sewers until you [mid-game spoilers]

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confront Sandoval

. I've explored around them a bit, but can't find anything interesting.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

So (late game area spoilers)

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when I was in Singapore there was a vent on an air conditioning unit which led to a gas filled underground room. With nothing in it except for a valve to turn the gas off. There were no breakable walls that I could see either. Unless brick walls count.

was this area just a pointless little spot?

In front of the valve there is a breakable wall. That passage is kind of a escape route to get out of the building.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Because watching the animation as he comes out of cloak to take somebody down is enormously entertaining.

Cloak is awesome, I meant the Stealth Enhancer. It's like the analyse addon for your hacking rig, it's cool but redundant.

 

[MrCookiepants]

So who here

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saved Malik?

I wasn't even sure it was possible to do so, but I persevered because I really did not want that bitch to

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die

. I got major warm and fuzzies when I finally succeeded.

 

[mAcOdIn]

So who here

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saved Malik?

I wasn't even sure it was possible to do so, but I persevered because I really did not want that bitch to

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die

. I got major warm and fuzzies when I finally succeeded.

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I did. I was kinda insulted it was telling me to leave, I was like fuck you, we're all going home damnit.

 

[Deadly]

K just finished it. SO FUCKING GOOD. Managed to takedown everyone in the last mission.

 

[Dark Octave]

I just bought this game by mistake...sorta.

 

[tiff]

I just bought this game by mistake...sorta.

It wasn't a mistake.