Tips for a first time playthrough?
>>683668954If you want to be sure you can complete the game, go for a pretty basic guns approach. Max out Standard guns and the rifle can carry you through the game. Learn which ammo types to use on which enemies, don't just blindly spray. Pick up a few points into hacking, maybe a bit of low-tier PSI abilities, but don't spread yourself too thin by going into six different trees, it'll only fuck you over.I'd suggest making a user.cfg in the game folder and putting the linegun_degrade_rate 0.4in there. The base rate that weapons break is unnecessarily high and while you can repair them, it's tedious and requires a lot of repair kits, plus more points invested into the repair skill to help with it.On later playthroughs you can mess around with different PSI builds, they're a lot more fun but very clunky for your first playthrough, the controls are wonky due to it being a late 90s video game.
>>683668954Invest points into repair
>>683668954wrench to save ammo but don't be stupid about it, some enemies are worth just shootingget 1 energy just for laser pistols, they're good against robots and you can carry multiples and even cycle them on overcharge to really fuck things up for freemaintenance is important, repair is notassault rifle and grenade launcher are totally busted and trivialize the gameexotic and heavy is generally not worth high investment and are one point wonderspsi is totally retarded, either ignore it or go full retard. No inbetween.
>>683668954The first section of the game is the big stumbling block. Do a practical build that will help you survive in combat, don't invest into niche stuff early. I would not bother with PSI on a first playthrough.
>>683671530>psi is totally retarded, either ignore it or go full retard. No inbetween.This is a retarded take since literally all the useful psi abilities are in the first three tiers.
>>683668954rape Shodan
>>683672362kind of, but you should only mix psi with other disciplines if you know what you're doing. a first time player might waste a ton of modules on a psi ability that sounds cool but turns out to be pure dogshit. fucking up your first build is unavoidable in these kinds of games, system shock especially, but psionics is such an investment there's really not a whole lot of room for error if you're also trying to juggle other weapon types along with it.
>>683673162>Get tier 3 psi, healing, power recharge and 1 point in energy weapons>become unstoppableSo simple and obvious a chimp could do it.
>>683668954Max swimming.
>>683673517Wait a minute that's Deus ExI loved the demo
Touch me
>>683673407I'm guessing that's not properly balanced to prevent you infinitely cycling your health and power?
go full space wizard with meleemost OP build
>>683673664both of those abilities are massively game breaking, but they don't work in tandem. they function by taking meager amounts of psi and turning them into health and ammo for energy weapons, and there is absolutely no shortage of psi replenishing items. if you want to have infinite ammo and never die, i don't think system shock is the game for you.
>>683668954Just enough exotic to use the weird alien crystal.
>>683668954to avoid softlocks, you need at least one point research, and 3 in Hack. The Reasearch one you need early on, and the hack 3 you need nearer the end of the game.
>>683674782Don't you get free points in Research if you don't invest in it or am I remembering it wrong?
>>683668954Going full standard is the easiest way to play the game as the shotgun is very good and the assault rifle is massively OP. Any build can and should use 1 point in heavy weapons for the OP grenade launcher (and if you modify/upgrade it once, you get double damage). Energy weapons delete cyborgs and mechs, but you will have to rely on your grenade launcher or light saber to deal with flesh which are some of the most difficult enemies in the game. Going for more than 1 point in heavy weapons or going into exotic weapons is not worth it, despite exotic weapons having the best melee weapon in the game by far. You want some hack (like 3), research (2?), and maintenance (2 or more). Repair isn't really worth it. Psi is generally for advanced players, but you can read a guide on the best psi abilities and use those if you want.
>>683669358>my advice is: cheat
>>683668954Don't be one of those retards who turn off the music because "it's not horror"Maybe... get this - it's not supposed to be horror? Maybe people are retards for saying this is a horror game? Besides, later music is more atmospheric and not as upbeat.
>>683675349You are right, there is no softlocks
go navy first
>>683668954put everything into research
