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Deus Ex: Human Revolution |OT| I never asked for this... It gave me lemon-lime
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The_Darkest_Red
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Yes but you have to be quick.ezekial45 said:
Indrid Cold1
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I almost feel like I was miss-sold this game. I'm trying to play as a shooter but the enemies are far too difficult, when they see me a few shots and I'm toast. I'm only very early in and I've upgraded my damage resistence but it makes no odds. I'm reduced to wankerish stealth bullshit like take downs and hiding behind boxes, I kinda hate playing like that. I'm meant to be cyborg killing machine! NOT enjoying this game so far.
fierrotlepou
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BeeDog said:
Half.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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ezekial45 said:
Prioritise your targets, aim for the two heavies first, then hit the mech immediately after it comes down. (I threw an EMP Mine where it was meant to land, it didn't even have time to unpack.) I'm gonna try and do it non-lethal on my second playthrough, which should be interesting.
Cozzy said:
I feel ya. Although the game is supposedly along the lines of
PLAY ANY WAY YOU WANT TO
it is not, because if you want to be rambo you get shot in the head. So it pretty much comes down to lethal or non lethalness and different routes you take, instead of the 'screw this hiding crap, I'm a barge in and kill the lot'.
But what the other said, you have to be predator. Kill, hide, kill. Seems to be the way to play for either rambo or metal gear style of play. submit to that, make it fun, and it'll be fun.
as a question, I want to survive more than 3 shots as well, is it worth investing in my dermal skin, or does everyone still advice the Kill-Hide-Kill way of playing and should I invest in more offensive skills?
pedr0theli0n
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ugh. should i go out and buy this today? I know its going to show up on amazon for $40 as soon as I do...
The_Darkest_Red
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Absolutely. It's probably my favorite game this generation.pedr0theli0n said:
Danne-Danger
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You could have a similar gameplay impact by just having different levels of security take longer to hack. Having to hack something under stress (before the cloak wore out or whatever) wasn't that prominent in the game anyway, I can think of two maybe three cases off the top of my head where you couldn't clear the area around a terminal easily. I really don't think it's worth the tedium it develops into. I enjoyed it starting out but after a while XP and money won't matter anymore so it just feels like a waste of time. The problem also with all these kinds of mini-games is that the challenge will disappear completely very quickly when used heavily so it won't be exiting past the first few hours. And that's using what I'd say is the best hacking mini-game in any game ever.Wallach said:
Having just a bar and the basic XP reward for completing a hack wouldn't harm the game in any way, IMO.
stuminus3
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That's a good plan, but I'd go for the punch through walls aug early for the simple reason that you probably won't notice that you need it if you don't have it (it outlines walls that can be broken for you).Inkwell said:
I didn't realise this until later in the game then decided to get it for shits 'n' giggles. Then I punched through a wall in a sewer that I'd walked past many times before, and found a secret cache of about a million computer passwords that I could have used hours and hours earlier.
The_Darkest_Red
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I can definitely understand how the hacking would get old if you didn't particularly enjoy it but I found it to be fun and interesting throughout. I know it was repetitive and very abundant but there was something that felt cool about flying around the screen capturing 2 to 3 nodes at a time and trying to race through each hack as quickly as possible. It just felt fun once I got good at it.Danne-Danger said:
Indrid Cold1
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Thanks for the advice man. Im thinking of dialling the difficulty down to easy, that's actually a gaming first for me.Mutombo said:
I wasn't expecting the game to be as hard as it is to play the style I'd like to play. I'm hoping when I play on easy the story is enough to keep me from trading it for space marine next week.
fierrotlepou
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subversus said:
And most importantly aim for the head. I've taken out whole packs of enemies with a pistol. Don't forget that they too die because of 1 bullet in the head.
The_Darkest_Red
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If you want to play the game as a shooter you have to play it as a tactical third-person shooter because it's easy to die on normal or hard and there isn't an abundance of ammo. Cover is also very important. As others have said it plays kind of like Rainbow Six: Vegas.
Pancakes
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subversus said:
Perhaps they are referring to the lack of ammo and weapon mods. Since a majority of those come from searching through the environments, hacking, etc etc.
If you play the game like COD you'll probably miss out on alot of these.
BeeDog said:
He meant that you were more than half done. (Which you are)
The_Darkest_Red
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In my experience the second "half" of the game went by much quicker because there is less hub-exploring and more isolated levels. I spent forever in the hubs, especially Detroit.BeeDog said:
Nice!Gowans007 said:
Hot Coldman
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Where can I find a merchant? I'm in Lower Hengsha.
thunker 9000
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Late game spoilers here.
So what happens if Malik dies after the crash? can she die? If she does what happes to the scientists after you break them out of the singapore facility?
also, what happens to you if you get the recalled BioChip upgrade? can you win that bossfight?
also, what happens to you if you get the recalled BioChip upgrade? can you win that bossfight?
ILOVEASIANS
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Guerrillas in the Mist said:
I did non-lethal my second time through and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Most enemies focus more on Malik than you so sneaking from one to another isn't difficult. Just keep your priorities straight and you should be good. Just remember to make sure no one is near the Mech when it explodes, whether they're knocked out or not, it will most likely kill them.
That was really the only sticking point for me.
The_Darkest_Red
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The easiest one to get to is on the bottom floor of the Hung Hua Hotel.Green Scar said:
Rickenslacker
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1.Pookaki said:
Well, she dies. You then later find her corpse in the surgery room of the Harvester's hideout with a wound on her forehead where they took out her augments. As I understand it the scientists bail with a VTOL that's already there.
2.
All your augs are disabled for the Namir fight. All of them. You don't even get a HUD.
The_Darkest_Red said:
In my experience ammo is very plentiful for the 10mm, machine pistol and combat rifle, but is not quite as ubiquitous with other weapons, at least for a good chunk of the game. Still, the 10mm is devastating with the right upgrades, and I imagine the upgraded combat rifle and machine pistol aren't too shabby either (though I've ignored them in this playthrough).
thetrin
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Well, if you're playing the game like COD (ie. just shooting, not exploring, not looting corpses, not using the sidequests to your advantage), you're playing the game incorrectly. Plain and simple. There is more than enough ammo in the game (hell, I ended the game with over 200 10mm rounds, and over 100 revolver rounds, along with 200 laser rifle rounds).Pancakes said:
The next one is harder. Have fun!Gowans007 said:
The_Darkest_Red
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Just make sure you invest in the Typhoon system before the next one (you have awhile).Gowans007 said:
thunker 9000
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Rickenslacker said:
That would possibly be the worst thing ever.
thetrin
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I do want to replay the game at some point, and invest my points differently, knowing what I know now having finished the game.
Definitely will invest in cloak, typhoon and hack earlier on, and invest much less in stealth enhancer and the like.
Definitely will invest in cloak, typhoon and hack earlier on, and invest much less in stealth enhancer and the like.
That said, you can certainly play it like Rambo if you plan your ambushes really well. You can't just mindlessly stroll into a bunch of guys and pick them off without knowing anything about the environment. The beauty of a stealth-action game like Deus Ex is that you can reconnoiter before triggering the fight. That way you can slip past guards and look out for robots and turrets you can heel turn, spot for any explosive barrels conveniently placed, or look for good places to place mines and remote charges.Mutombo said:
So, it's more like Home Alone and Rambo. But really, Rambo planned his ambushes too...
The_Darkest_Red
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There is plenty of ammo if you do a lot of exploring and are careful with your shots but relative to most FPS's or even TPS's there is not much at all. In most games you would pick up 50 bullets from an enemy, in HR you're lucky to get 10. You can't just go in guns blazing to every fight and expect to have enough ammo to make it through the entire game.Zeliard said:
Don't get me wrong, you can play through the entire game killing every enemy and playing aggressively. All I'm saying is that you can't play the game as if it were Killzone, Call of Duty, Gears of War, or any other popular FPS or TPS. Keep in mind that I don't see this as a flaw, but rather a reality of the game.
HR forces you to play smart whether you want to take the stealth approach or the combat approach.
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The_Darkest_Red said:
Cheers
Jensen is not the Terminator, in other words.
It doesn't make the fight impossible, but you will beat your head against a wall a few tries in if you don't bring the right equipment. There are weapons strewn about the room, as always, but it's still really hard, even on normal. I just loaded an earlier autosave and got myself a nice laser rifle from a storage area close by. Did the job alright, especially considering how accurately you 'blind fire' it from cover.
Expanding on 2 a bit: I did actuallyPookaki said:
get the 'upgraded' chip, despite knowing for a fact the game would fuck me over for it. I just wanted to see how exactly.
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