The cameras are usually no threat themselves, but combined with an enemy or a robot, they're definite annoyances that will get you spotted. The cooldown timer I haven't purchased yet, but I'm (probably) almost finished with Deus Ex and that will be my next one to purchase, as there have been times I've sat for like 5-7 minutes in one spot waiting for the alarm to stop, and knowing how long I would have to wait would be much more helpful and lead to a lot less wasted time.Īnd camera domination is very useful if you don't want to set off any alarms and don't want to spend 10 minutes going out of your way looking for the alternate path. It's definitely not a good early purchase, but mid way through the game it can be quite useful. Throw a gas grenade (or mine) at a boss, they stand there incapacitated while you can unload a full clip of ammunition on them without them moving or shooting for a while (Yelena, that fast invisible chick). The implanted rebreather is useful as well, just not very useful in the sense of helping you navigate through the game. Why take 2 or 3 minutes climbing down 4 flights of stairs when you can just jump off the roof in a few seconds? The Icarus landing system makes getting around go by MUCH faster. Plenty of the ones he listed as useless are pretty good.

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