Difficulty settings?

[himmatsj]

How do they differ from one setting to another? Can't seem to find any info on it.

Thanks!

[ImSexyAndiNOED]

I'm not sure ,but i think you die faster and you get spotted more easily.

[Clown Reemus]

Though it was a walk in the park on both hardest difficulties.

[Vassago Rain]

Enemies are smarter, more active, and far more dangerous. Your healing is significantly slowed down, and I think you get less praxis points when you initially reset your augs. You know, things like that.

[himmatsj]

Ok, anyway I just played the Jensen's Mission (train bombing) at the High difficulty (the Highest wasn't available) and I think the only thing I noticed is the battery takes longer to recharge and drains faster.

I don't go assault mode, so I have no idea about extra damage dealt by enemies.

Enemies are smarter? No chance. I fully doubt that is the case. The game has one AI as far as I can tell.

And oh...no mission markers! Makes the game so much better. I should have played on the High difficulty. Oh well, the DLCs are there. Probably play those on high then.

I wonder about the 4th (highest) difficulty though...how's it like?

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

I think I never asked for this is the same as give me deus ex, except with permadeath.

Hmm I've been wondering difficulty I wanna do. HR My first time wasn't that hard (stealth). Wanted to do assault for once but I really like doing takedowns. Battery drain may just feel more annoying than challenging?

[Frank Castle]

There's:
ez
Normal
Hard
Hard+Permadeath.

Every mode is easy with stealth.

[Morgian]

The harder the setting the later your regeneration (hp and battery) starts up and the slower it is. Enemies do more damage, which is the most noticeable part. At Give-me-Deus-Ex I was one-shotted on two occasions, even having dermal armor. Not sure if they have more hitpoints, but I don't think so. They may be somewhat more alert, maybe its my imagination.

I believe most of us play without batteries, relying on the quarter of the bar which regenerates. I had a lot of batteries left in the last mission, some of which I used to walk invisibly towards the goal. Could have done it without that, but the timer thing made me nervous, and you don't know the layout the first time.
(I also did not discover the shortcut between the two final rooms, which trivializes the timer thing. So much for following quest markers.)

[himmatsj]

Timer?

And yes, I relied mostly on that quarter regeneration unless I needed to go invisible. Eye vision Aug always consumed it back to the default level anyways.