Deus Ex 3. I shit you not.

[tgr]

Easiest solution: give no fucks about achievements.

[Surlyboi]

Easiest solution: give no fucks about achievements.

That.

[Yoru]

I've just started a take-no-prisoners psycho killer playthrough on Hard. I need to figure out how to get some frag mines. I want to create an improvised claymore out of indestructible crates/barrels and frag mines, then lure a crowd of dudes into it.

[Jeff Kelly]

I love the game so far. I've now finished the transmitter quest and done all of the side quests that you get so far.

My only gripe is that I cannot buy additional praxis-kits (the LIMB-Clinic only stocks 2) so I have no real use for the 20.000 credits I own so far. If you go secret-hunting and scavenging you don't really need to buy weapons or upgrades anyway.

Nice little anecdote: I took down one of the two vendors in detroit (the one who lives in an apartment downtown) because I confused him with an enemy. Realized it only after I couldn't go back :-(

Nice that the game let me do it. Not nice that I now have only one vendor to buy stuff from.

They really sweated the details in this game. Each hack is a unique configuration of nodes, each takedown has a slightly different animation (the double takedown ones are especially  ) You can eavesdrop on a lot of conversations and the emails are  )

The game has it#s flaws but nothing significant enough to warrant any sort of rant (well except my general gripe with achievements)

[tgr]

I've just started a take-no-prisoners psycho killer playthrough on Hard. I need to figure out how to get some frag mines. I want to create an improvised claymore out of indestructible crates/barrels and frag mines, then lure a crowd of dudes into it.

Do this, then fraps it, in 60fps.

[Threash]

I just realized you can blow up or shoot down locked doors.

[Thrawn]

Pacifist where you have to play through the ENTIRE GAME without any way to tell if you're still eligible.

Yeah, it is really annoying that you have no idea whats going on until you are done.  I already restarted my game (wasn't far in) last night because I read that killing guys in the opening scene disqualifies you which I had never even thought of for some reason.  

*edit* Well that and I quickly realized the first augmentation I bought was crap and horribly spent points.

[Kitsune]

I just realized you can blow up or shoot down locked doors.

That's always been an option in Deus Ex games.  I always used the dragon's tooth plus high melee skill in the first game as a universal lockpick.  But given the rewards of hacking, blowing doors open is a less-optimal method.

[Lantyssa]

I've just started a take-no-prisoners psycho killer playthrough on Hard. I need to figure out how to get some frag mines. I want to create an improvised claymore out of indestructible crates/barrels and frag mines, then lure a crowd of dudes into it.

[cironian]

For those of you who didn't preorder, there is a Silenced Sniper Rifle just laying around in the lower level of the Tiang Medical tower in Hangchow.

Unless that one works different than all the other preorder weapons, it won't be there for people who didn't preorder. The weapons/items are automatically removed from all locations or replaced with regular weapons if they are not enabled for your game.

[apocrypha]

For those of you who didn't preorder, there is a Silenced Sniper Rifle just laying around in the lower level of the Tiang Medical tower in Hangchow.

Unless that one works different than all the other preorder weapons, it won't be there for people who didn't preorder. The weapons/items are automatically removed from all locations or replaced with regular weapons if they are not enabled for your game.

If it's where I think you mean then it's replaced with a Tranq Rifle for non pre-orderers.

[K9]

Things I would have appreciated knowing earlier:

You can disarm mines by crouch-walking up to them slowly, just make sure you are on the slower movement setting (capslock is the default toggle I think)

Nuke Viruses and Stop Worms are pretty common, especially if you make sure to clear all the caches on each hack game. I have about 50 of each spare, and the only place they are really handy is on level 5 hacks where the trace can rip through fortified nodes crazily fast.

For those of you who didn't preorder, there is a Silenced Sniper Rifle just laying around in the lower level of the Tiang Medical tower in Hangchow.

Unless that one works different than all the other preorder weapons, it won't be there for people who didn't preorder. The weapons/items are automatically removed from all locations or replaced with regular weapons if they are not enabled for your game.

If it's where I think you mean then it's replaced with a Tranq Rifle for non pre-orderers.

Is it the same size as the normal sniper rifle, or the tranq rifle? The normal sniper rifle is stupidly big, I'm glad I got rid of it, especially since I have my hand cannon now.

Managed to save Malik, which was really satisfying. Took a lot of tries, but was worth it.
I did it by
Also, a DLC where you play as Zelazny would be pretty damn awesome I think.

[Rasix]

SPOILERS FOR GOD'S SAKE.  Now I know I have to save SOMEONE. 

Jerk.

[Talpidae]

And now I can punch through walls.

And I wonder why this wasn't the first thing I got.

Which is what happens after I take ANY new Aug.

Damn, damn, damn fine game thus far.  Jesus, I should have finished it by now, but it just keeps on giving.

[Lucas]

Regarding the recent "ARG":

http://13311tower.com/

Hmm...

Here's the thread dedicated to the ARG on the official site (unofficial thread):

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=120594

BTW, I haven't finished the game, I don't think there are spoilers at the above mentioned link, so far.

[Zetleft]

Didn't kill a soul on my playthrough but didn't get pacifist. I'm not sure what happened.

Shitfuck.  Been playing the hardest mode without being spotted or killing but I know I screwed up in the tutorial section. 

[K9]

SPOILERS FOR GOD'S SAKE.  Now I know I have to save SOMEONE. 

Jerk.

Sorry

[Fabricated]

Just beat it.

Major spoilers, kill yourself if you click, don't want to know, and get mad at me.

[Quinton]

My only gripe is that I cannot buy additional praxis-kits (the LIMB-Clinic only stocks 2) so I have no real use for the 20.000 credits I own so far. If you go secret-hunting and scavenging you don't really need to buy weapons or upgrades anyway.

Save your cash -- you will visit other locales where there are other LIMB clinics which will sell you kits.   At one point I blew some cash on weapon upgrades (which are nice!) and then arrived at a LIMB clinic a while later wishing I had more cash onhand...

[kildorn]

Just beat it.

Major spoilers, kill yourself if you click, don't want to know, and get mad at me.

[Kail]

Major spoilers, kill yourself if you click, don't want to know, and get mad at me.

Ending spoilers:

[Quinton]

(post-game spoilers discussion)

[Jeff Kelly]

As a pure stealth player the boss fights are absolutely ridiculous. What were they thinking putting those in there? No dermal armor, no typhoon, no recoil comp. One false step and you are dead. (one grenade volley from the first boss for example)

The game so far was really cool, the boss fights are just frustrating.

[Quinton]

Even as a not-purely-stealth player I found them pretty annoying.

[Rasix]

It costs 3 (maybe 4, I don't remember exactly offhand) prax to never even have to try at the boss fights.  It's like "Oh, you think I can't fight?  /pacino_in_scarface".    Quit bitchin' and just cheese it.  As a bonus, you can pop them with the stun gun before going in and dropping the double typhoon (or "the deuce" as I like to call it).   Of course, I had the flexibility to do this since I didn't spend upgrade points and didn't need really any augs other than hacking bonuses up to the first boss.

I've just now stopped caring about alarms but still haven't killed anyone outside of the tutorial. I know I'd get screwed on the achievements, so why bother.  Worst thing I miss out on is the exp bonuses, but at some point I had to stop trying to be so perfect.

Little disappointing that there was no Montreal hub.  I liked it when Deus Ex went all French on you.

[Quinton]

I just installed DX GOTY Edition and find that if you hand-edit the deusex.ini you can set it to a reasonable video configuration (1920x1200x32 in my case) and the game runs okay.  They models and textures are low-resolution, but the gameplay still works, and I had forgotten all about the whole hiding in the shadows thing.

Are there any high-res / better textures / better models mods that are decent and known to not break anything?  I'd love some better textures, but don't want to find out partway through that the game is hosed because of it...

I've heard good things about the New Vision mod that just got released a few weeks back.

I grabbed this (and the hotfix) and wow it is a huge difference.  I'll have to take some before/after screenshots.  The models are still a bit chunky but the higher resolution textures improve it enormously, and the general awesomeness of the original makes up for the somewhat dated engine.  I forgot about the whole hiding in shadows mechanic.  I looooove hiding in shadows.

[Jeff Kelly]

Without any offensive augs the boss fight is "fun".

After maybe two or three phases the guy with mini gun and grenades has exploded every explosive barrel, gas tank, and gas canister in the room so you were either killed by that or you have nothing effective to use against him.

If you get too close he single-hits you for 90% of your health, if you stay put too long he kills you with his three grenades or the mini gun. Stun doesn't work, neither does my fully upgraded 10mm.

It was great fun for the first 29 times I've tried the fight so far. Usually the reload takes longer than my attempt.

And there is no way to get around the fight or make it easier by hacking or doing something. Only option I have is to set the game to easy difficulty and try again. Nice cherry on the fail pie, you have to re-watch (or skip) the cut scene every time you reload which makes the whole ordeal oh so extra annoying.

This is so much fail for such a great game so far. I am disappoint.

[caladein]

Little disappointing that there was no Montreal hub.  I liked it when Deus Ex went all French on you.

Well, they do seem rather insistent about the Nationals moving back to Montreal which is cute.

[Quinton]

I had almost nothing in the way of offensive augs when I hit that first boss fight.  I think maybe the steady aim one.  I tried buying the typhoon at that point but he kept killing me anyway... could never figure out how to time it right.

I took him down by chucking an EMP grenade at him (stuns him), dashing around to the back of the room, chucked an explosive barrel at him on the way, grabbed the poison gas canister and threw that at him, and shot hit a couple times with the 10mm while he was chocking on a green cloud of death.

It did take me a number of tries to get that to work, but it did and I didn't need to blow any praxis points on typhoon, allowing me to invest more in my beloved hacking skills.

[Talpidae]

I want an Infinite Inventory Aug please.

Someone asked if you can 'find' a crossbow.  The answer is yes.  Also, I have found an extremely high tech weapon of death that I can't fit in my rucksack.

I has a sad.

Also, doing the game without killing anyone ?  You're insane.

[Tale]

[Jeff Kelly]

I have now finished the first boss


Killed him with about 5% health left and no grenades left. Fucking bastard.

[Velorath]

[Talpidae]

Yeah, that odds me out too;  If you stealthy smack someone you get a bonus for being humane.  If you snipe someone in the EYE you get a bonus for being Insane.

If you just, you know, shoot them in the balls, it's bog standard xp.

 

[Miasma]

There are too many people that need to die in this game to do pure non lethal.