Turret: 1; Jaron: 0; aka "say hello to my li'l friend."

Dragged the turret from the atrium down to the lower level and inched it carefully out the elevator so as not to trigger the cut scene. Angled it slightly to the right as that was my intended "kill zone." Swapped out my stun gun for the combat rifle  (alas, I'd only been carrying that since my arrival in Singapore so I didn't have a lot of ammo for it; hence my need for automated help). Lobbed an EMP grenade, fired off a couple o' rounds and ran and ran and ran. Somehow I managed to keep Jaron on the inside of the walls, while I ran around the outside. Keeping Jaron behind me after throwing a gas or EMP grenade made him visible long enough for the turret to track and fire. Took me 4-5 tries to get it right. Yay, me!

The cutscene with Reed: I'd forgotten Jensen had eyes! If it'd been me, I'd have locked her lying butt in a closet somewhere and gotten the scientists myself. Do not trust that girl, Adam. Plus, I'd known from the beginning her big "secret" as it was telegraphed in the opening cutscene.

I'm in Panchea. Jensen doesn't have a lot of luck with flight, does he? Chute failure?!

Anyone else get a Bioshock vibe while in Panchaea? I think it's the discordant music and the whacked-out worker bees. I keep expecting the dead bodies to jump up and attack me while my back is turned.

Got the code from Darrow (the Andrew Ryan of DX) last night. Skulking around in the lower tower I completely missed seeing the robot "dog" until I flubbed hacking the security hub. How do you miss something that big? [Image Can Not Be Found]

Had to laugh at the placement of the LIMB clinic. Nice bit of dialogue to explain its being there.

Fini!

After the difficulty of defeating Jaron, the final battle was more denouement than boss battle. That final room reminded me of the scene from Chronicles of Riddick (movie) on Helion Prime when they're using those creatures to probe his mind. Creepy.

I admit that having to deal with the mobs of crazies annoyed me more than anything. Most of the time, I'd either skirt by them (if I could) or gas them (if I had gas grenades); however, that final bridge full of them was the final straw and I ended up programming the turret to take them out. Expedient, but not how I'd been playing the rest of the game.

I ended with about 5 praxis points left to distribute. I would have had more, but I applied points thinking I'd need them for the encounter with Jaron (typhoon) and never used them.

I watched all four endings and even waded through the credits for the final scene. I knew Reed was trouble. I'm assuming that's the lead-in to the original DX? (I've not played either of the others)

All in all, I quite enjoyed myself! Now I can concentrate on Skyward Sword.

How are you playing, Pokey? Sneaky, non-lethal or "everybody dies"?

I could never get over the very limited range of the tranq rifle; plus it took up a lot of room. The stun gun became my best friend... that and Jensen's various non-lethal takedowns which never got old.

It was Helmut who clued me in on the stun gun:

Something odd though, this time the first boss was felled after a stun gun shot. I thought the stun gun was a strictly passivation tool, but it must do some damage as well. I had a bunch of stun gun ammo, so I alternated between stunning and more traditional forms of damage.

I couldn't manage swapping weapons so just stuck with the stun gun.