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PopeOnARope
Jul 23, 2007

Hey! Quit touching my junk!

DeathForce5 posted:

You're right on both counts. It's just exacerbated by the fact that in Deus Ex, when you aren't skilled in, say, pistols, it's impossible to hit anything without sitting out in their field of view for a few seconds, in which time the enemy can easily take you out.

People have been trained all their gaming careers to always move while shooting, but in the earlier Deus Ex levels that's simply not an option unless you want to get up in their face (a no-no on the harder difficulties).

The other interesting thing to Deus Ex is that playing it like you'd play Thief is MUCH easier. Using gas grenades to render stationary, then tranquiliers to pick off a room of guards is quite nice, and it allows you to develop a different JC than you would find in oh, a trigger happy psychopath.

Though the later levels of the game definately don't show it as much, the entirety of your time at UNATCO and your work against the NSF does a little something simple - to show that the world isn't black and white, and that the people you fight against aren't all monsters. poo poo, even the MJ12 troops are assholes, but they're still people.

Another thing I love to the game is the simple fact that the more you know, the more you enjoy it. Especially the realizations on just why the gray death got out.

But alas, tips:

Find a Baton, and become very good at aiming it. Prods are only so-available and you WILL need them, as is with tranqs.

Keep the GEP gun at all times. It's great for picking a few locks in a second.

Many, many guards are stupid. You can exploit the AI by closing doors in front of them. Generally, only civs in a panic can open doors.

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