Both the assault rifle and combat shotgun are very handy for the aggressive player, especially with the alternative ammunition. The first time I got a phonecall from the Majestic game, my girlfriend answered it and it scared the hell out of her. All the homebrew ARGs seem to rely too much on 'puzzles' instead of doing research and logically figuring out a plot. That was pretty much the only ARG I've played that was actually good. Speaking of which, I wish they'd make a sequel to Majestic. Like pretty much the entire Majestic 12 lab, which would suck completely if there weren't Medbots all over the place. Granted, I'm not great at FPS games in general, but you get so few good weapons (and you can't carry them all because of the damn inventory management) and are so seriously outgunned that some sections are just annoying. I feel like the game is being really cruel. I tried to shoot Paul in the back after he ran up to me in the hangar. Oh, I know all about the conspiracy theories in the game, it's one of the reasons I'm enjoying it.ДЄnd yeah, I know there was reason to believe UNATCO was corrupt, but it seemed like you were being given the option of being a cold-blooded killing machine and not really giving a fuck. Much of it is anti-semitic, although that element's been removed in the game. There are a number of organizations that come up that you could google and learn about all the crazy shit people actually think is true. The plot of this game is based around an amalgam of conspiracy theories, in a setting in which they are all true. If you don't do anything, Anna offs Lebedev and nothing special happens.ДЄnd as far as believing what Paul tells you, at this point in the game you should be questioning everything and Paul looks to be the only character that seems forthright. If you kill Lebedev, Paul will be pissed but Manderley will be overjoyed and give you a bonus, which should also tip you off to UNATCO being corrupt. If you did Smuggler's mission in the NYC sewers, things will start to make a modicum of sense, and you'll be further motivated to break away from UNATCO. If you kill Anna (who's not really your 'partner' and is obviously a loose cannon preparing to kill an unarmed prisoner) you won't have to kill her down the road, and you get Lebedev to fill you in on some things. At the point at which Manderley tells you that they're assassinating Paul via remote and that he'll do the same to you should you step out of line, you should have an imperative feeling to save Paul and yourself.ДЄnd as far as Lebedev goes, there is a choice there, and it affects things in a small way. By the time you go to Hell's Kitchen for the second time (provided you did certain things, like drop in on Walton Simons' interrogations at UNATCO) you should have figured out that UNATCO and FEMA are not what they appear to be. Once he's at the entrance, and you've actually seen him AT the entrance, you can assume the window is safe.Deus Ex isn't a game in which you're allowed to side with the bad guys, at least through the meat of the game. Thus, to successfully get the window to a 'not killing your brother' state, you need to make sure that as soon as he's reached the bottom of the stairs, you KEEP HIM CLOSE, and preferably in sight, and escort him AAAALLL the way to the entrance. Usually, therefore, he'll vanish way before reaching the correct trigger. Except.the stopkill trigger is RIGHT by the entrance, and that's waaaay out of sight of the bottom of the stairs. Leaving means he'll walk to his designated destination like it's a patrolpoint, but basically as soon as he's a decent distance from you, and out of your sight, he'll vanish. So you CAN leave by the window if you rescue paul properly, but 'properly' is complicated: once paul reaches the bottom of the stairs, he's given orders to 'leave'. Stopkill is set by a trigger in the hotel entrance, and can only be triggered by paul himself. Ok, I just went and properly investigated this in the 04_NYC_Hotel map: it's actually quite nicely done, just a bit.temperamental.Д«asically, the trigger in the window fires when you leave that way AFTER talking to paul about having sent the message, but not before (obviously).ДЄlso, it's set to NOT to set PaulDenton_Dead if.a 'stopkill' flag is set.

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