To summarize: Stick with the prod. Prod with the prod.

You mechs may have copper wiring to re-route your fear of pain, but I've got a bunch of sticks made out of steel

Johnny actually backs down if you pick the right option to threaten him.

Still one of my favorite games. I had the PS2 port first, and then eventually on PC. I am pretty adept at melee runs. I was a nervous kid who didn't like disappointing people, and this apparently included my fictional older brother Paul. So I would play the first chunk of the game non-lethal so he wouldn't be mad at me.

I just recently played and finished this game on realistic difficulty. One of the best dystopian futuristic RPGs I've ever played.

No GEP Gun for silent takedowns? What a shame.

JC: it's good to be a nano-augmented superhuman, but you know what's better? Returning to monke. *Proceeds to ooga-booga his way through hordes of goons while armed with some metal sticks*

Ironic that the Dragon's Tooth Sword is in the "Low Tech" weapon skill tree, because it's literally a techno-hilt that produces a "blade" that has self-sharpening nanomachines that whirl around the blade. The sword's Achilles heel is that it's louder than the sun when drawn.

5:20 Backstab damage (x10) is applied regardless of whether enemy is aware of you, and of weapon type. It means you can backstab an enemy that is engaging you, and that you can backstab with pistol/sniper rifle/shotgun. Then here was the rant how you shouldn’t hit head with baton and prod, I guess I should have watched further before typing. 5:47 Stun (x4) overrides backstab modifier (x10), and is x4 regardless of where you hit, so you don’t have a need circle them…

The second Deus Ex Game doesn't get much love, but there is an augmentation that lets you deal EMP damage with melee weapons, so a no guns run through of that game could be a nice follow up to this.

9:40 I actually, genuinely, after playing through this part MANY TIMES, never knew you could open the train doors and save the hostages. THAT IS GONNA SAVE SO MUCH AMMO.

The algorithm will bless you, this I know.

My presence here indicates that you are blessed by the algorithm. I will see you again, Mr. Denton.

Just when I started this exact playthrough, I get this in my recommended!

my vision is augmented

That will teach them not to bring a gun to a swordfight. Good stuff man!

Never seen a video of yours before but you landed in my front page, which I'm pretty damn happy about

I'm glad so many of us have played this terrific game for the first time lately. This game is truly great for long time fans but Deus Ex hit so hard for me playing it in 2023. I ended up spending time learning about all the concepts this game. It was a wild ride

Love the your voice, really soothing and helps cozy into a hour long gameplay

great video! you have a really well laid out structure and demeanor, you have so much potential with all us weird nerds.

Just dropping by to say what an awesome video this is. Keep it up!

Hell yeah, a good little channel. Subbed.

High quality commentary for a high quality game, good shit man

Just found your channel. Fun run tho definitely on the easier side. The grenade/explosives restriction is definitely the main source of challenge. I knew right away it'd be very close to standard gameplay otherwise haha. Lockpick/multitool ban would definitely be quite a run. I also just realized how weird it isthe crossbow is pistol not low-tech, and that pepper spray also falls under the latter. Also that NY subway water valve skip looks legitimately useful.

Close Combat is quite strong in DX With Low Tech on master, JC can take out almost any human enemy and with the arm augmentation the damage is even enough to engage bots

Was thinking about doing a melee only run next. This might be the push I needed

Deus Ex challenge run content? Why thank you kind sir, please keep it coming. What do you think about a System Shock 2 video? Exotics or wrench only runs might be interesting.

the usefulness of pointy stick will never fade!

JC Dragon Tooth: i am the senate

I never played original Deus Ex, so this has been an absolute blast to see how it all plays out, especially with such a fun challenge run, definitely gonna subscribe, but first- How about that dance?

great video from a low sub channel. looking forward to seeing you gain traction!

i went with low tech on my first playthrough, i always prefer melee weapons to firearms, didn't regret it, of course i did utilize the gep gun

Very cool, i like your storytelling

I had to install GMX since the base game simply would not work on my PC. I love how bright your game is. Mine is super dark but atmospheric. The funny thing is JC does have a punch move in the game, you can see him swing his hand if you are in the mirror and left click. It just deals no damage as he swings an invisible object. More importantly I live in NYC but never been to any of these places.

I see Deus Ex in my timeline? I click

Great video, thanks

It can be cumbersome to turn on different augmentations before or during battle. However, you can actually modify one of the game's .ini files in Notepad to create custom hotkeys. It's possible to link multiple augmentation slots to a single button so you can turn on all your combat augs on instantly. (You can use cheats in that file to instantly summon 50 TNT crates, for example.)

The most important criticism: Edit the videos so you and characters in the game aren't talking at the same time. Besides that, great job, bro 👍

The GEP gun takedown is always the most silent way to eliminate Manderley.

great video! not much else to say, i'm just leaving a comment for engagement

definitely check out the deus ex randomizer! makes the game pretty interesting, and has some cool built-in challenge settings you might enjoy (like "stick with the prod" (prod only, or prod/tranq-darts/emp/gas/scrambler for prod+ mode), limited bot usage (game-wide! I'm currently in a run I didn't realize had global-bot-usage-limits so I'm in the ship and have to beat the rest of the game without med bots, lol), health/energy limits (right now I'm limited to 68 energy lol), item-stack limit changes (4 medkit limit for me currently; will be a challenge with no med bots! lol), weapon damage changes, augmentation canister and energy randomization, item-location randomization, skill point cost randomization, and even mission-objective-location randomization); it really puts some fresh air into the game!

Deus Ex is the perfect game.

i recently played deus ex for the first time in my life. i think i played on the normal difficulty or hard. i played mostly with the melee weapons (prod, baton, and dragon tooth) and the gep gun.

JC got friendzoned on the dancefloor for his own creds. So he destroyed the world. With a knife.

Quality to subscriber ratio is off the charts right here

I hate when people say skills like Hacking are useless in games like this and I should just memorize or google all the passwords. That takes all the fun out! Glad you didn't do that.

"my dancing is augmented"

48:01 "Next, it will be the self-aware systems you have built to realize truly omnipresent observation and judgement." And now we use AI algorithms to determine how successful people are on social media.

I feel like the Tong ending would've been the most appropriate for a low-tech challenge (and the Helios ending is the *highest*-tech ending). After all, you're forcing *everyone* to go lower-tech. (Granted, I think the Helios ending is the best ending if you think of the implications. The Tong ending assumes you can uninvent the technologies that lead to the events of Deus Ex, the Illuminati ending doesn't actually fix anything, just restores things to right before MJ12 split off of the Illuminati.)

11:52 I think because how the game handles diagonals, you weren’t within 24 units or whatever

I could swear as a Kid, that the Prod does more Damage on the Head. I've noticed multiple Times, that if I don't directly aim at the Head, the Enemy does not KO from one Hit.

41:10 - A LAM's a bad choice for close range combat.

I SPEEL MY DREENK! (Ages ago, I was waiting with some friends to get into a restaurant, when across the street, someone hardcore failed at getting off their motorcycle and dumped it on the curb. One of my friends, amidst whom "Deus Ex" was a common cultural touchpoint, turned and said, "I SPEEL MY BIKE!" and we all had a laugh... although not so loudly that we had to worry about the biker dude hearing us. 😅)

@9:30 That is VERY interesting, I never knew there was any option *other* than to escort the hostages onto the train. Even though I would typically kill everyone in that subway anyway [except hostages] for ease of access and a lack of desire to stealth hit them all... So if you knock everyone out, the hostages go up the stairs? Or rather, if you run in and shoot everyone before interacting with the hostages, they'll run up the stairs then? I thought they always take that subway to the next area no matter what.

"What a rotten way to die"

i have to admit i got very triggered when you didn't pick up the classic sword on the wall in the MJ12 barracks after being caught at the beginning of hongkong. right where you're breaking the lockers with the baton thanks to the upgraded skill, there's a sword on wall which can break the locker doors even without upgrades to the skill... which was always my way of getting through that part of the map.

You should try gmdx deus ex mod. Makes the game amazing and more of a challenge, enemies have improved AI, and there's perks in addition to skills

algo brought me here, putting in my engagement now, will watch later!

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Gimme the GEP gun!

So low tech includes the nanite energy sword but not a crossbow :P ?

You should try out Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines if you haven't already. It's somewhat similar and one of my all time favorites.

i used 2 crates @ 14:10 in my early playthroughs because i didn't know you can blow this thing up. it's very tedious tho haha

In the mj12 prison I think you missed the chance to save the nfs soldier also in prison who can escape.

Poor Tong, let the guy finish a sentence.

This game was amazing to me because it was the first to introduce some very serious and interesting economic, political and abstract philosophy to me at a very young age, and it did so succinctly and convincingly. Too much real philosophy these days engages in obscurantism or extreme verbosity; in this game, it was short, clear and to the point. The follow up games didn't do this as well, though Invisible War, in spite of its flawed gameplay mechanics (still a great game in my opinion), was closest.

Are there any modern day games (post 2012ish) that are as truly open world as Deus Ex?

So... How about that dance?

You didn't use the crossbow? When were hand crossbows invented?

Good idea, limit yourself to the best weapon in the game (dragon tooth) and see if it works :p

comment for the algorithm

WHat renderer are you using?

If you can beat anna wirh 2 knife stabs, I don't see why you can't just backstab her on the plane.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but was there a reason you were going into the menu and weren't using the F-key shortcuts for augmentations?

Miguel my beloved, you didn't help him?

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Woodysgamertag secret channel?

This is like the anti morrowind

One thing I didn't like about the first Deus Ex game was, in a game touted as having so many choices, why can't I stay loyal to UNATCO/Majestic 12? Why not give the player the option to go to Hong Kong and kill the Silhouette and Illuminati leaders including, eventually, Paul?

You didn't set up your game properly, you aren't using the Ion Storm colour scheme for the interface

Immersive Sim is such a useless psuedo term.

I always played with pistol and maybe rifle early to mid game but when the cool sword appears i did go full unga bunga but 2050 or whatever. With super strength augment (and healing) you just go to enemy click them and they stop existing in the same reality as you.