Deus Ex 3!? - Page 54

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I favoured augs that gave me more options for exploration. Similar to how I tend to play the first game.

Smashing through walls gives you access to new areas and sometimes ammo, upgrades and praxis kits in quite a few places, although beware; if you're playing for Pacifist, if you smash a wall and there's a guy on the other side, you break his neck. Really annoying since there's a wall up the fire escape in the DRB area I can't get through. There's a guy standing on the other side who won't move

Picking up large objects is very handy. Plenty of places you can use that to access new areas.

Inventory space is incredibly nice. Doesn't help you really do anything, but makes life a lot easier if you want to use more than a couple of guns and not have to leave ammo behind. Plus, carry more stuff to vendor! Although, money is easy to accumulate if you're meticulous about exploring and hacking. Not once did I reach a LIMB clinic without the 10k to purchase both Praxis kits.

High-jump was pretty useless as an exploration tool. The one place I remember I literally couldn't reach without it just revealed a vent to an area I already accessed. Silent run/walk was similarly useless since you can just crawl through most areas no problem.

See-through-walls was incredibly useful. I used that a ton of times to plan ahead and avoid things, plus it helps you spot invisible guys. Tracking targets is kind of useless if you have this. The Radar upgrade was also handy, since you didn't need to get a visual to have people show up on it.

Faster sprinting/longer sprinting is more of a luxury. Wasn't anything you couldn't access without it that I could see.

Immunity to EMP and Gas was pretty handy, since some areas are filled with EMP or gas that can block you.

Hacking is absolutely essential for exploration since there's tons of things you can't do without it. Fortify is pretty useless. Mostly you just want the ones that reduce detection, so you can steal half of the grid before the computer wakes up. It's easy street from there. In my new game (hardest difficulty, Pacifist, trying to find all the books, completing some secret achievements I missed etc.) my first Praxis points all went into hacking access and reducing detection and its been going fine.

The double knockout is actually really handy. There are a surprising number of places where you can make use of it.

More batteries were kind of meh, since you have to use those consumables to charge them up, but more recharge speed is very nice.

Naturally you'll want reduced recoil and reticle bloom if you like to run and gun.

I didn't even get Cloak until the very end, but it would definitely be useful for a Pacifist later.

Icarus Parachute is good for those stupid slip-up moments and to get from point A to point B quickly. Plus, I think the ground slam knocks guys out and doesn't cost a charge.

Social enhancer is nothing you can't accomplish without a reload if you're determined to win the arguments, plus it takes all the fun out of figuring out what the person wants to hear.

Finally, Typhoon seems like suicide, but would be fun to combine with Cloak.