Regarding grenades - I think you can make a reasonably sound argument for guards not expecting enemy gas/emp/lam grenades affixed to their home turf. Irrelevant to the endgame these may be, but they still help a great deal in creating the illusion of a world where your actions matter to an extent beyond a) you die and reload and b) YOU’RE WINNER!

both Jock and Smuggler can be saved, even though the consequences of your choice are limited to a couple of lines of extra dialogue.

not killing Simons at the Ocean Lab tunnels triggers a second encounter at Area 51 (which, incidentally, can also be fled).

Renton decides whether you’ll meet Sandra again at the abandoned Vandenberg gas station or not (possibly one of the most emotionally involving scenes for me, but don’t you ever quote me on this) the dialogue with Reyes matters a bit in as much as he either delivers Gunther’s killphrase or gives you an upgrade canister.Lebedev never returns, let alone thanks you.If a sole enemy gang member managed to outlive the ensuing swordfight, he’d run into the group of HK policemen at the other end of the tunnel within a few seconds and they would promptly gun him and any other triad member getting into their range down, regardless of affiliation. That’s not what I’ve experienced on any of my numerous repeat playthroughs. This Benny Hill routine could go on for a very, very long time… He would try to run away and they would chase, but none of them could run any faster than him.

Two groups would whack each other with swords until there was only one wounded member of the enemy gang left. Honestly, though, large-scale combat in DX was not pretty, as anyone who remembers that gang war in the Hong Kong tunnel can attest. Because Denton has Super Nano Vision, you nonsuspender of disbelief!

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