The "What should I know before I play this game for the first time?" Q&A!

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bokealoke posted:

I am going to start playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution here soon and would just like to know what to expect. Is it anything like the original Deus Ex or Invisible War? Any particular way I should build my character? Since I have played the first two would it be wise to go ahead and just start on the most difficult setting? And the most important question of all, is sneaking just as broken as it was in the previous two games?

My friend gave me this advice because I would spend skills point as soon as I leveled up. (And then I would be frustrated because I'd be locked out of so many areas). Only upgrade skills as you need them. There's a lot of games where naturally, if you don't spend your skill points, you fall behind. In this one it's still easy to get by even if you have like 3-5 Praxis on reserve. If you always have a few praxis points saved up, you'll never be locked out of an area you want to access.

e: Echoing what others said, probably best to spend your first two on the conversational ability. Many of the early-game terminals and doors have just level 1 security, which is a base skill. Being able to read people like a book remains useful early and late game.

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