Can You Beat Deus Ex Human Revolution Without Augmentations?

[@NoleenRankin]

God, the mix of new YT styles with the old, like the music choices with no fear of copyright trolls. Bravo.

[@ChrisTries]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@herardpique7302]

Fun fact: 1st boss Zeke Sanders can be treated with C.A.S.E. augmentation (talk) if you loot absolutely everything in the factory, get XP for stealth, neutralize all enemies without killing them, and hack all available computers. You will have 5000 XP for one Praxis, and coupled with another Praxis kit you find, you can switch on the C.A.S.E. implant. Unfortunately, devs didn`t think of this being possible, so in the dialogue there are no additional phrases to make Zeke listen to you.

[@ChrisTries]

Yes! I remember seeing this was an oversight in a documentary about the game… not as well put together as the original DX IMO but still a great game in its own right. Very likely will revisit someday. You don’t need the CASE augmentation anyway - as evidenced in a certain video 🤓

[@ThetaBlade]

Very good video, you deserve more views man

[@ChrisTries]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. More views would be nice but as long as those who do watch are entertained then I’ll be happy.

[@RF-INF]

That halo song when you are saving Malik is just sugar on top

[@ChrisTries]

Thanks - it does go well; highlights the urgency of saving Malik when every combat encounter is basically life or death!

[@sgt.squeegee1720]

You're an absolute mad lad, I love these! Looking forward to more!

[@ChrisTries]

Cheers dude! More on the way!

[@GurraDesu]

Can't wait for Mankind Divided! While I would also like to see Invisible War, I kind of already did a nearly augument-less Invisible War run myself when I played it for the first time since I didn't want to turn myself into a 'machine'. I would've made a good templar if I was just a bit more unintelligent.

[@ChrisTries]

@@GurraDesu Hey, thanks for commenting! Whilst the next video (which I’m currently just finishing up the script for) is not DX, after this one I am going to complete the DX no augs saga, one after the other. I can’t decide which to do first though, IW or MD… might have to do a poll.

[@GurraDesu]

We love polls!

[@Tanui0]

33:29 You can skip that by going through the vent that is locked by another laser grid terminal but you actually can get code to this one by picking up palmptop hidden in room near the stairs (this one is very well hidden tho, on top of server cluster left from the entrance) Edit 2 it's actually another one LMAO. This one is hidden behind one of the boxes on shelf next to vent flap in room next to this near the stairs with breakable wall in it. Room is locked and has vent conection with camera computer one. I could delete location of other one but I just can't stop being amazed by pure madness of finding this other one.

[@ChrisTries]

@@Tanui0 oh my god don’t say that. I spent AGES hand-typing those codes.

[@evilhomer91]

About the gas bomb, the game doesn’t bring that much attention to it but it looks like when you shoot the glass you're preventing the chemicals from mixing properly stoping the chemical reaction from creating a lethal desperson of gas.

[@ChrisTries]

Exactly this! Why there is even a keypad option to disable the bomb, I do not know.

[@evilhomer91]

@ChrisTries probably so players can disable the bomb silently, and without a firearm.

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

Well done! A few fun facts: You can beat the Zhau's Penthouse Guards mini-boss in 3 seconds with 3 well placed gas mines. No alerts. No kills. Also, I think you can pierce Zhau's shields in the last boss fight with the Laser Rifle. So no need to bother with anything else.

[@ChrisTries]

Hello! Thanks for watching! Yeah eventually the gas grenades worked… I was just dying SO often. The boss trick with the laser rifle was something I knew about, BUT was it not more fun to watch me suffer and do it the hard way 🤣?

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

@@ChrisTries Oh absolutely! Had you just been good at the game and used exploits, this would not have been half as entertaining. :) Great job!

[@ChrisTries]

@@adrianalexanderveidt344 ahah thank you 😂! More to come…!

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

@@ChrisTries By the way, if you don't mind my asking, what other games do you have challenge runs planned for?

[@ChrisTries]

@@adrianalexanderveidt344 I don’t mind you asking at all. So Mankind Divided and Invisible War no aug runs are on the way, I’ve also got runs planned for KOTOR 1/2, Red Faction, Max Payne, Dishonoured, Mass Effect… to name a few. In other words I’m not going anywhere for a while, for better or worse 😂.

[@Tanui0]

8:44 Yeah.... but they have 😆 You just have to give some beers to Letitia (homeless lady) and she just give you the codes to police floor 1 computers on some palmptop. I don't know how but she do.

[@ChrisTries]

Again - did not know this! Kicking myself!

[@Razen94]

Amazing content! Very well earned sub! Please keep it up

[@ChrisTries]

@@Razen94 wow, thank you! Thanks for watching! I’m well into my next video, so few more weeks I hope 🤞!

[@sirrando]

Well. This was fun!

[@ChrisTries]

@@sirrando I gotta say, having someone I’m subscribed to and take inspiration from watch one of videos does blow my mind 🤣. Thanks for watching Sir! Can’t wait to watch yours later.

[@sirrando]

@@ChrisTries Its interesting because we went about our runs completely differently, when I first investigated, i looked at without augments, and it was just too easy. But you took out the life regen and added the realism mod to make it a good challenge. whereas for me, I decided to keep it vanilla and remove even more

[@ChrisTries]

@sirrando and this is why I’m really looking forward to your video mate. It’s not the same run done by someone else; it’s different enough to be its entirely own category - I’d never imagined doing it without items/weapons etc. I’m just chuffed there’s now going to be more DX content on YT.

[@evilhomer91]

God that ending music is from the mass effect 2 suicide misson and makes me wanna play it

[@ChrisTries]

@@evilhomer91 Mass Effect 2 is, in many ways, sheer perfection.

[@chillingdudex]

You sir are way too patient, very entertaining video man wish you got more vids because deus ex vids seems to be so niche

[@ChrisTries]

@@chillingdudex thanks for watching! Although the next video is not a DX challenge, believe me Invisible War and Mankind Divided no aug runs are on the way!

[@chillingdudex]

@@ChrisTries I made a typo I meant I wish I got more views but I'll be looking forward to those videos

[@Cherrrryboy]

YOU BEAT ME TO IT GODDAMNIT I’m just gonna have to do human Revolution without shooting or grenades.

[@ChrisTries]

Aw no man! Don’t quit out on a challenge cause of me - I’m nobody 🤣

[@Cherrrryboy]

@@ChrisTries lmao don’t worry I’ll still do it

[@ChrisTries]

Good! Your journey may be vastly different to mine - try and get less than 164 deaths 🙄

[@Tanui0]

3:45 Batteries should really be 1/7 because recharge don't work instantly in this mod.

[@ChrisTries]

@@Tanui0 good spot! Didn’t even realise that myself! I’ll try and mention this in the DX MD video as there is a hardcore revival mod for that too; likely it will work in the same way as here. Thanks!

[@shafloo]

Are you going to be doing Mankind Divided and Invisible War without augmentations too?

[@ChrisTries]

I certainly am. The only question is which one next?

[@OliveiraWard]

True Factory Zero

[@ChrisTries]

Yeah man, totally not the way the devs wanted the game played 🤣

[@Tanui0]

30:15 Oh you can skip this by going through vent hidden behind the box on the other side

[@ChrisTries]

I love DX because there’s always more to find out! Makes them so replay-able.

[@Tanui0]

3:52 Yeah removing infolink and hud augs would be just stupid because they are unavoidable. You just have hud and speak through infolink.

[@ChrisTries]

@@Tanui0 if there was a mod to play as pre-augmented Adam I think that would be the closest to a true ‘no-aug’ run. Sadly, as far as I’m aware, no mod exists.

[@Tanui0]

​@@ChrisTriesThere is turn off/on hud mod if I not mistaken. I like that idea as well but infolink just make this too wierd looking. Like what you just finish the game hearing only face to face dialogs? Yeah I would definitely love to see that in action. Infolink literally brakes 4 wall by explaining beltower and so on can't hear you speak.

[@michaelnoeldner3279]

It sucks they canceled the next Deus Ex.

[@ChrisTries]

@@michaelnoeldner3279 tell me about it! Guess we will just need to keep the other Deus Ex games fresh and relevant.

[@michaelnoeldner3279]

@@ChrisTries I think we need a army of Deus Ex fans to boycott any game Embracer Group is involved with.

[@dornan7454]

He never asked for them

[@ChrisTries]

You’re damn right he didn’t!

[@Slay1337pl]

25:30, I think the only funnier outcome would be if you tried to hack it via trial and error :D.

[@ChrisTries]

Ahaha I think 3 times trial and error is enough for a lifetime 😭🤣

[@drshemp1]

bro i loved your video! what was the music used during 14:50? its so familiar...Is it from Pandemonium on the PS1?

[@ChrisTries]

Thanks for watching! I believe it’s the theme from a show called ‘Eyewitness’ - but it does have that nostalgic twang to it doesn’t it? Speaking of PS1 games, I’m thinking of doing a few classic PS1 CYB challenges…

[@David-nd4to]

now do mankind divided/invisible war, i know youre mental enough for it :P

[@ChrisTries]

@@David-nd4to they are planned but I have a non-DX CYB scheduled first, then one of them after🤓

[@David-nd4to]

@@ChrisTries such a sadist

[@ChrisTries]

@@David-nd4to oh believe me, the one I’m currently working on is a death-fest.

[@mutemiz]

I want to see more

[@ChrisTries]

Oh there’s plenty more coming.

[@Tanui0]

19:57 Oh my god just why? Why can't you just solve the maze? This is literally my favorite part of entire game. Solving this laser maze without doing anything to cheat it. If you think I spam to much think of it as a bumps. I like overanalyzing videos I watching.

[@ChrisTries]

@@Tanui0 oh I know, I’m sorry - I got impatient 😂. Please, comment as much as you like, I appreciate the engagement!

[@kustrim2429]

Can you do original Deus Ex no nanokeys challenge?

[@ChrisTries]

@@kustrim2429 I can certainly add it to my list of possible future runs! Thanks for the idea!

[@marksmanmax1158]

@@ChrisTries While this challenge would be quite interesting, it's also unfortunately impossible. One of the mandatory mission objectives is getting a key from a dead researcher in the Vandenberg tunnels to open up the locked door leading to Gary Savage, and there's no alternate method of completing that IIRC.

[@ChrisTries]

@@marksmanmax1158 perhaps a… minimum nanokeys challenge?

[@marksmanmax1158]

@@ChrisTries Perhaps. On another Revision playthrough, I also realized you have to get the Men's Restroom key in the Battery Park mole tunnels and use it to get to the airfield lmao, so that's at least 2 mandatory keys.

[@MRR19]

But did you know (spoiler) there is a code to disable the 3 clone things it’s 2010.

[@ChrisTries]

I’m seriously considering any future DXHR runs allow hacking 🤔

[@MRR19]

@@ChrisTries But I think you have to look at a pocket secretary to find said code of 2010 to deactivate the clone things vs Zhao or kill Hugh Darrow for it

[@givesmeconniptions2738]

you should do a fallout new vegas challenge next

[@ChrisTries]

I’ll never say never to F:NV, one of my favourite games, but the legend that was Mitten Squad conquered NV and Nerbit does a fantastic job on a far more regular basis that I can currently at least 😂. Who knows, we’ll see!

[@almondbread8255]

Did you intentionally not use the console on the last boss to basically skip the entire fight?

[@ChrisTries]

@@almondbread8255 honestly I knew that was an option, but how anticlimactic would that have been?

[@old_liquid]

Isnt the hardest mode of the game are fourth one hidden "I never asked for this"?

[@ChrisTries]

@@old_liquid I think in DXMD there is, but it’s a permadeath… which means I’d never get the video done. Not sure if there was a permadeath for DXHR, but If there was I wouldn’t have chosen it, died too many times to keep starting over again and again…

[@old_liquid]

@@ChrisTries yes, i do not think no-aug possible on this but its worth to mention that this mode exists Also, someone pointed out that this mode might solve the main immersive sim problem - player perfectionism and reloading at every wrong choice.

[@BBTat-jn6ks]

Oi, mate! Have any baiting going on or what? It's been a while

[@ChrisTries]

I haven’t given up on that, fear not - they haven’t seemed as popular lately so I did some more gaming stuff. I’ve got another 3 scambaiting episodes in the pipeline.