hard or realistic for 1st playthrough???

[СвинореZ]

which 1 is cooler? what r the differences

[Cat with the Gat]

Hard is what you'd expect from a "hard" difficulty. Enemies AI's and damage output is jacked up, but so isn't yours. Realistic means "Realistic". If you get shot chances are you're dead. (You're lucky if one bullet doesn't kill you.) but it also means that one bullet can also kill enemies.

Personally i'd suggest normal playing on normal up until about New York (Third mission). Then once you're comfortable, restart on hard (If you really want the difficulty spike.)

Or you can start on realistic straight off the bat if you're an absolute masochist.

[Siddha]

If you go realistic I would say the only chance you have is save-scumming

[СвинореZ]

wHAt skills r the most useless in the game and which 1s i shouldnt invest in at start of game anyway? or at all

[Leak]

Originally posted by welcome to DARK MEDIEVAL:

wHAt skills r the most useless in the game and which 1s i shouldnt invest in at start of game anyway? or at all

Well, play the training mission to get familiar with the game and choose whichever you like. No matter your build there is a way to progress in Deus Ex! But if you're playing on the realistic difficulty you should go the stealthy way anyways. Don't let me tell you how to play it. The beauty of Deus Ex is that you can play however you like and creativity is heavily rewarded . Based on your build there are different ways to play the game. Just play however you like. Have fun!

[Siddha]

I would recommend investing in infiltration skills and one weapon skill to begin
But most of all just start and play the game; get a feel for it; only then will any advice make sense

[СвинореZ]

wtf with thes game controls im stuck with pistol cant switch to other item gotta do it manually

[СвинореZ]

no i lied it doesnt even work manually through inventory tab ... im stuck with pistol in hand even if i unequp it

[BadMojo]

Originally posted by welcome to DARK MEDIEVAL:

no i lied it doesnt even work manually through inventory tab ... im stuck with pistol in hand even if i unequp it

Thats a bug, restart the game to fix it

[La_Anarquista]

I beat this game on console waaay back. I'm on my first playthrough now. I'm very impressed with how this game kind of just adapts to decisions. I've made a few goofs and have gotten people killed but I never reloaded. I just stick with my mistakes. That really is the way to play it i think.

[BadMojo]

Originally posted by La_Anarquista:

I beat this game on console waaay back. I'm on my first playthrough now. I'm very impressed with how this game kind of just adapts to decisions. I've made a few goofs and have gotten people killed but I never reloaded. I just stick with my mistakes. That really is the way to play it i think.

Spot on.. It's good to know there's still new players coming into the game with an open mind.. you sir, have made my day!


Also, I just realised I didn't reply to op... Hard is the hardest difficulty, realistic is technically easier than hard.

Hard will up the health as well as damage done by npc's which will give you as the player a handicap per se. But realistic will give both you and npc's the same chance at life, making the game "realistic"... Hope this clears the confusion up a bit.