heliosRAzi
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The pistol. Seriously.TTG said:
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution |OT| I never asked for this... It gave me lemon-lime
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Snuggler said:
I let him die when faced with the same dilemma. But then I don't like the Dutch.
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You can purposely drop your upgraded pistol, and go find a dead body with a pistol (or just go buy one), and give the non-upgraded one to the guy. Then pick up your upgraded pistol and continue on your merry way!
The 10mm is the "best" weapon to upgrade, as the armour-piercing shots make it better than basically anything else at taking out heavily-armoured human enemies. Personally I found it to be a bit of a boring weapon, though. If it's a little too all-purpose for your liking, consider investing in two different weapons that both fill a different niche, like long-range and short-range, heavy and light, or whatever. You'll basically never have serious problems finding ammo for any of the following: 10mm Pistol, Revolver (this actually gets a little tight if you try to use it for your primary weapon), Machine Pistol, Shotgun, Combat Rifle. Any of them are good bets to throw upgrades into.TTG said:
On my lethal run, I basically split my upgrades between the Combat Rifle and the Revolver. The Combat Rifle pretty much does the job of the pistol - silenced, laser sight, good for headshots - with the disadvantage of not being able to one-shot heavies, and the advantage of being able to do automatic fire if you want (especially fun once you get the augs that eliminate recoil). The Revolver, on the other hand, is basically the hand of god once you upgrade its damage and get the Explosive Rounds mod, and is your go-to for when you run into heavies or robots. At one point I just hammered a full clip of it into a room full of 8-10 enemies, not really even bothering to aim, and by the time I had to reload there were two heavily armoured guys left, half dead and knocked flat on their asses from the explosions.
Edit: Also, unrelated, but as expected, doing a playthrough without putting any points into hacking is much more fun if you found the game got too easy/bland for a hacker. You've got less points to go around, so the ones you do get you have to be a little more prudent with, and it ends up feeling like there's more exploration instead of less, since you actually have to hunt around for door codes and computer passwords for anything more complex than a level 1 hack. It actually feels like a bit of an accomplishment to figure out how to get into the police armory or Seurat's stash locker, and if you're playing stealthily then there are way more places in the game where you have to actually figure out a way past an obstacle instead of just unlocking the back door and strolling on through.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if you can complete all the sidequests this way. I searched the police station top to bottom three or four times and absolutely could not find the password to the police captain's computer (for the quest for Megan's mom), and I'm pretty sure that a couple of the Hengsha sidequests have portions that can only be solved through hacking (although I haven't really looked around yet). Kind of shitty if so, but then if it's not your first playthrough, it's not like the sidequests are particularly riveting or important anyway.
It only recharges to the first level. You gotta keep eating your energy bars.Ermac said:
I'm not going to lie, this was a pet peeve of mine. So many of the special augs worked best in conjunction, but I'm an item hoarder my first time playing any game, so I was very anxious to use those bars to refill my battery. Even in Crysis 2, by the end you had enough battery to use all of your powers in conjunction, making you feel pretty badass. I felt plenty powerful by the end of Deus Ex, but some of the powers were definitely limited by my juice meter, and that's a shame. If I can see an enemy through a wall and can punch my way through it, snapping his neck in the process, I wanna be able to do it immediately instead of have to switch to x-ray vision, wait for my battery to refill, and then blindly punch the wall.
Yes.WEGGLES said:I am just getting started... I did the first "mission"? where there were hostages and such. Would... my office be a good place to drop stuff? No spoilers. Just a yes or no
Vandenberg is probably the best example of "onion" level design in Deus Ex as opposed to "strip" levels. It had all these layers of security protecting the core objective and the player had to methodically peel it away, one by one.EatChildren said:
It's the same reason why Omega Ranch is probably my favorite DXHR level.
Three mission objectives in three different areas on the map with a variety of ways to get to each of them.
I'm not going for pacifist or anything close, though for the challenge of it I don't kill unless the target obviously deserves it or I have no choice. That said, I will be upgrading the pistol and shotgun (which I love) and selling everything else. I still haven't got my hands on a tranq gun though, which I'd think would make stealth quite a bit easier...
Yeah, considering all the complaints I found myself oddly asskicking in that moment. Maybe I adjusted my expectations, but the first strategy I atempted worked and I too only died twice (Give Me Deus Ex difficulty). For me it was an enjoyable and brief fight, though admittedly it felt out of place.malfcn said:
No. Your apartment (or anyone's apartment) is fine, anywhere on the street is fine, but don't leave things anywhere in Sarif Industries or the Police Department.WEGGLES said:I am just getting started... I did the first "mission"? where there were hostages and such. Would... my office be a good place to drop stuff? No spoilers. Just a yes or no
Last night I spend so much time hacking into everyones computers at Sarif HQ and snooping everywhere. It doesn't feel like wasting time at all.
And I was os my nonlethal run until I remember thath silenced sniper rifle is kinda lethal.
I don't know why I was thinking it shots tranqualizer darts
And I was os my nonlethal run until I remember thath silenced sniper rifle is kinda lethal.
I don't know why I was thinking it shots tranqualizer darts
The blood on walls was a giveaway xD
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I just finished it--25 hours according to Steam.
Absolutely incredible game. I think it may have beat The Witcher 2 for my GOTY, but if not, they are definitely close to tied.
Absolutely incredible game. I think it may have beat The Witcher 2 for my GOTY, but if not, they are definitely close to tied.
Hawkian said:
I've just been running around the hub world doing side missions and such. After using the tranq rifle exclusively in the first level, I'm not going for a completely non-lethal route. I'll use stealth to thin the herd of baddies without raising suspicion and gain other advantages, but to use it and the non lethal guns exclusively would involve a too much trial and error. That's my first impression anyway.
Laurentius
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Anyone else just really take their time with everything? I actually ended up playing through the prologue twice...mostly because I wanted to hear
Will see how the rest of the game goes.
the UNATCO theme again when you go and meet David.
Will see how the rest of the game goes.
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Question about DLC
I got the augmented edition (PS3) and I got some DLC with that, namely: Huntsman Silverback (shotgun), Whisperhead (Sniper Rifle), MSGL (Grenade Launcher) and remote detonated explosives.
Are those items game breaking like the pre-order DLC for Dead Space?
I do not want to use them at all, nor the additional 10 000 credits.
Can't I just activate the Tong's Rescue mission without all the game breaking items?
I got the augmented edition (PS3) and I got some DLC with that, namely: Huntsman Silverback (shotgun), Whisperhead (Sniper Rifle), MSGL (Grenade Launcher) and remote detonated explosives.
Are those items game breaking like the pre-order DLC for Dead Space?
I do not want to use them at all, nor the additional 10 000 credits.
Can't I just activate the Tong's Rescue mission without all the game breaking items?
I don't even use any of that stuff and I have 24k credits with nothing to spend it on so no they aren't really game breaking. GL is like 2 shot kill from what I saw when I was messing around with it and I didn't find it until 70-80% through the game (although you might be able to get it before). The sniper is pretty sweet but I rarely use it since the 10mm is a lot better in med/close range. It also takes up a boatload of inventory space which is a bummer.StoppedInTracks said:
rollingstart
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playing through as psychopath Jensen, the shoot outs aren't great. but shooting guns feels good and it's refreshing to take enemies down in one or two shots. Still, stealth seems like the way to go.
I blew through the first level. It took me so long with stealth, but now I'm downing whiskey, blasting faces and stabbing dudes.
I wish the PC version allowed different mapping for lethal and nonlethal takedowns. the slight delay before you do a lethal takedown can get you killed in firefight.
I blew through the first level. It took me so long with stealth, but now I'm downing whiskey, blasting faces and stabbing dudes.
I wish the PC version allowed different mapping for lethal and nonlethal takedowns. the slight delay before you do a lethal takedown can get you killed in firefight.
StoppedInTracks
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Ken said:
Oh... I can drop them and not sell for additional credits? Didn't think of that, thanks. Will drop for my 1st playthrough.
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thetechkid
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So I haven't upgraded any weapons yet but does doing so increase the size of the weapon in the inventory?
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