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Re:Deus Ex by load-bearing on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:30PM (#50395446)
Postal 2 can be played through without ever hitting anyone, which I've done for fun. Although it's the exact opposite of what you're supposed to do there, which is the joke.

Haven't been able to repeat that in Deus Ex, you can't play through the campaign as a total pacifist, and Carter explains as much right at the beginning.

Re:Deus Ex by Terr_ on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:38PM (#50395569)
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Re:Deus Ex by onli on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:49PM (#50395706)
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Re:Deus Ex by Terr_ on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:14PM (#50396080)
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Re:Deus Ex by load-bearing on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:56PM (#50395815)
Sure, I've done at least a dozen of less-violent runs (being addicted to this game and a couple of others), but you still can't get though it without ever killing anyone, at least not without hacks exploiting NPC pathfinding bugs, and the game still treats characters like Anna as dead even if you work around it.

100% of regular NPCs can be spared IIRC.

Re:Deus Ex by Terr_ on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:16PM (#50396102)
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