>want to get into deus ex series
>decide to play the first one
>story spoilers in the intro
>game encourages me to avoid combat and sneak around despite the stealth mechanics being absolute shit
Is this another meme game I fell for like New Vegas?
Want to get into deus ex series
Matthew Allen
Jace Barnes
>>game encourages me to avoid combat and sneak around
No it doesn't. ONE FUCKING GUY tells you to do that. You are NEVER given ANY gameplay reason to do that.
Jordan Morales
I'm at the second level and so far every major NPC has told me something along the lines of finding an alternative route to avoid confrontation or sneaking behind enemies aside from the big german retard
Ethan Nelson
>game encourages me to avoid combat and sneak around despite the stealth mechanics being absolute shit
Yeah I've never been a big fan of typical stealth gameplay, but at least you're given ways to take people out nonlethally from a distance with the crossbow tranqs. A little later on it's a lot better once you finally get a stealth aug, and there are some "hiding in plain sight" stealth sections that are fun. You can go full lethal combat though, you aren't capable of taking on so many people at once right away but eventually that becomes possible too. And other than some chiding from Paul and Carter there isn't much of a downside to it.
Bentley Hall
It's mostly about savescumming until you know guard routes. A lot of stealth games are like this sadly.
Gabriel Richardson
I feel like a good stealth game is one in which you have enough tools to contain a "oh shit I'm caught!" Clusterfuck that the player doesn't immediately feel the need to savescum. MGS is good at this, especially 5
Jacob Cruz
Deus ex is that sort of game though. Combat is viable.
Ayden Evans
>story spoilers in the intro
Connor Hill
Not only is combat viable, there's a lot of hidey holes and air vents and such to hide in once you get caught so you don't even have to become a killer once you get spotted.
Carter Howard
combat is viable because enemy AI is completely retarded, playing into the "shit stealth mechanics" in the OP