New Game + (DXTF)

In Deus Ex: The Fall the player can unlock New Game + after finishing the game.
Notably this is combined with a harder difficulty setting akin to "Give Me Deus Ex" from Human Revolution, with lower health, higher enemy health and the player lacking a crosshair and it's impossible to "only" play New Game + or play this harder difficulty without carrying over your inventory from your previous playthrough.
Oddly, there is no achievement for finishing New Game + despite it's harder difficulty.
== Strategy ==
Since the player's equipment and augmentations carry over, the player should rely mostly on them to even the odds against the tougher enemies who are now all capable of taking multiple headshots to bring down, Takedowns in particular paired with the Recharge Capacity Upgrade and Glass-Shield Cloaking System can be incredibly helpful as Saxon can cloak, run up to an enemy and knock them out, then retreat behind cover and wait for two batteries to recharge and save more Cyberboost Proenergy Bars for later situations.
Notably the Stun Gun and HawkEye Xbow XH-II still knock out enemies in one shot regardless of difficulty, making them effective as enemies can take several Zenith headshots by comparison which is most notable with Belltower mercenaries who can take a large amount of lethal damage before going down.
The Sub-Dermal Electrostatic Armor Plating only costs 2 battery slots to activate and remains active until it's armor meter is depleted, with the Recharge Capacity Upgrade the player can effectively reactivate it for free as long as they wait for the two battery slots to recharge, providing Saxon with a bit more durability that will help in this mode.
== Notes ==
* On New Game +, the player is unable to get EXP from eBooks however the fact they've already got all their augs from a previous run should negate this. (Beware of a bug where after finishing New Game + and resetting story progress however where even on a reset from scratch save, the player still can't get eBook Exp, this can at least occur on PC when resetting story progress right after a completed New Game + run.)
* A bug with how the game no longer deletes your tutorial inventory means you can get a free XBow with tranq darts and Lasersight equipped FR-27 Sanction Flechette Rifle on New Game + if you don't have them already. (The laser sight will be applied even if the player had an unmodified FR-27 in their original run.)
* Players should make sure to save 500 Credits at the start of a New Game + for the LIMB card from Alvarez Araujo as it seems impossible at least on New Game + to presuade him to give you the Card for free without the Social Enhancer augmentation. (His sidequest and the various sources of credits around the city should be enough as long as the player doesn't try to overprepare by buying equipment from the Black Market at the start of a New Game + run.)
* A bug means the player's pacifism status won't reset for New Game +, preventing Starting off on the Right Foot and Natural Born Pacifist being unlocked without resetting story data.
Category:Gameplay
Category:Deus Ex: The Fall