

In Human Revolution, XP rewards are all over the place. The point is to let you complete objectives however you want.

It doesn't matter if you killed everyone in the room, ghosted your way around, or ran past everyone slapping your ass and howling like a baboon. Because that's very clearly the way you're supposed to play and the game will punish you for trying anything else.ĭeus Ex 1's system was perfect for this: you get a set amount of XP for every objective you complete. I find it hilarious that everybody I know who thinks this game has "tons of playstyles" played it the same way: pacifist stealth with a tranq gun. So I sure hope you didn't waste that silencer on an SMG! Tranq ammo on the other hand is quite powerful and widely available, so again there's no reason to use anything else. Since enemies go alert near instantly, if you can't kill them in a single shot then your gun is functionally worthless for stealth. Which is a polite way of saying that headshots are useless after the first few levels. Headshots are instant kills, but only on unarmored opponents. And since there's no non-contextual melee attack, I had to waste precious ammo doing that. As someone who tried to play the game as a stealth assassin, I literally had to knock out my enemies first and then kill them while they were unconscious. So unless you're already in a firefight, there's never a reason to use the lethal version. The only downside of non-lethal kills is that enemies can be woken up, but that's rarely an issue. Non-lethal takedowns are almost completely silent and give you way more XP. Lethal takedowns alert all enemies with 25 meters, about the same amount of noise as a shotgun blast. Reason 1: Pacifism is the only kind of stealth It offers more choices than other AAA action games maybe, but compared to Deus Ex 1 it's an absolute joke! So with that in mind, here's a detailed breakdown of all the ways this game betrays player agency. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.I'm gonna be kind of incendiary with this post, but it genuinely baffles me that people defend Human Revolution as a game where you can "play how you want" when this is so blatantly untrue. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

