Stealth. If I like the game enough to do a second playthrough, I'm thinking a mix of social and action. I want to be James Bond.

Guns blazing and chokeslamming.

I suck at stealth

Stealth prob, If it allows me I will try and speak through stuff.

Stealth until I fuck up, then pew pew boom.  
 
Just like how I play Hitman. 

I will obsessively non-lethal stealth the game just like I do every game that gives me the option. Not because I have qualms with murder, it's just so much more badass and ninja. 

Stealth.
 
That's how I've always played Deus Ex, that's probably how I'm going to play HR.

I usually try to stealth in most games where it's an option, but when I get caught I switch it up for the rest of the level.

Here is a transcript of me playing Deus Ex.
 
/sneak sneak sneak sneak
/hack something 
/sneak sneak sneak sneak
/lockpick something 
/sneak sneak sneak sneak
/carry a crate to put on electrified water
/sneak sneak sneak sneak 
/climb into a vent
/crawl in the vent
/go to a vent opening
/see a guy
/open vent
/fire tranq dart 
/duck back into vent
"FACIST!"
2 seconds elapse
"FACIST"
"Urgh...."
/crawl out of vent
/loot body
/crawl back in vent
/repeat from the top
 
 
I imagine Deus Ex HR will be very much the same.

Going for a no kill run first.

Stealth prob, If it allows me I will try and speak through stuff.

The same way I play all games that gives me this option; stealthy like a ghost. Nothing beats never being seen. If I manage it I'll also not kill that many. I did beat the first Deus Ex with only a dozen kills or so. That was my third playthrough though...

Stealthy, non-lethal. Basically, Batman.

A mix of Stealth and Adaptive, I suppose.

I think I'm going to focus on hacking, social, and stealth. But I won't know for sure until I get in there and start playing.

Stealth all the way.  If I wanted to primarily run and gun it seems like there's other games that would be better for that.  :)

Pretty bad at stealth in games in general, but will try it at the very least.

Batman

The JC Denton way.

I'm horrible at stealth but I will go a stealth/social route. As little fighting as possible, non-lethal.

Stealth of course. i'm gonna keep at it until i master it, and thoroughly enjoy it in the process!
 
I have more than enough run-and-gun games, i won't waste this unique experience by playing like that aswell.

“Stealth” I guess, though I’m going to handle every enemy on missions to milk as much credits and XP as I can. I just won’t let them see me. :P

Stealth/Speech quickly deteriorating into if it moves blast it.

 Everyone will die one way or another!

A friendly word of warning to everyone going "stealth" -

The actual invisibility ability is very very short in duration so don't rely just on it for sneaking. It's a usefull clutch tool, but you can stay undetected without it in almost every situation.

IMO hacking and speech are initially way more important to develop in terms of allowing you to get more XP and more access to areas.

@Twisted_Scot said:

@Tennmuerti: I usually go the hacking/ lock picking & Speech route but I'm worried that there are too many missions that you cant talk your way into (ie, enemy warehouses and bases). Is speech as useful in this as other games in the genre?

It's only usefull at certain points to get easier access to things, extra XP, info or sometimes more options in situaton resolution etc. Main missions you still need to traverse through either disposing of enemies or avoiding them.

But to get the extra speech augmentations requires very little investment. I'm not gonna say much more if people don't want any spoilers at all. If you do then there is a thread with a list of augmentations to give you an idea.

@Blackout62 said:

The JC Denton way.

the one that gets me the achievement for finishing the game without killing anyone.

Wow, looks like everyone is going for stealth.  Hey Eidos, maybe you should have just made a stealth game!
 
I for one enjoy my options, and hope to adapt based on what seems realistic/safest/ethical.   Deus Ex isn't about seeing if you can get to the end without killing anybody, it's about making decisions that you can feel comfortable with given the situation.  Also, it's about finding the most bad ass way of getting from point A to point B.

These kind of games are most entertaining for me, I love trying to get the "Best" ending and I will settle for nothing less, Hacking-Lockpick-Speech.

"LOOK! It moves! I need to kill it." 

Stealth.

I'll stab dudes with whatever overpowered melee weapon the game has and I won't worry about stealth cus the AI is probably shitty.

Kill everyone in sight with my robot hands.  Stealth might occur as a byproduct of my wanton slaughter.

Kill everyone all the time always. "Oh you say you'll unlock the door for me if I do something for you. HEADSHOT. I'll be taking the key now, thanks. "

@Teleri said:

Wow, looks like everyone is going for stealth. Hey Eidos, maybe you should have just made a stealth game! I for one enjoy my options, and hope to adapt based on what seems realistic/safest/ethical. Deus Ex isn't about seeing if you can get to the end without killing anybody, it's about making decisions that you can feel comfortable with given the situation. Also, it's about finding the most bad ass way of getting from point A to point B.

It's different things to different people. I'm plenty sure there will still be way more people playing it as a shooter, this topic isn't a good vertical slice by any means.

Trying to finish the original Deus Ex without killing anyone (bar the couple obvious people) was a fun challange for many.

For me personally it's about neither stealth nor killing nor getting from A to B. It's about exploration, finding every little nook and crany possible, all possible routes, all hiden places, locked areas, conversations etc.

i'll probably do the jack of all trades route. probably end up sucking at everything and making it super hard, but meh.
i like the idea of getting to a mission, going "i think ill stealth this one" and then going to the next and thinking "i'll rush in this time"
i always attempt the jack of all trades style of gameplay, that way i get the most out of a single playthrough as possible and i dont get burned out by always playing each mission the same way.

@Teleri said:

Wow, looks like everyone is going for stealth. Hey Eidos, maybe you should have just made a stealth game! I for one enjoy my options, and hope to adapt based on what seems realistic/safest/ethical. Deus Ex isn't about seeing if you can get to the end without killing anybody, it's about making decisions that you can feel comfortable with given the situation. Also, it's about finding the most bad ass way of getting from point A to point B.

I think it has a lot to do with it being optional.

I will also try to be as "humane" as possible, but sometimes the stealthy way doesn't have to be the most humane way and when it's not I will adapt my playstyle to whatever I see fit. I'm kinda cursed with always having to play games as the good guy unless you are not given a choice.

Will attempt stealthin' and talkin' my way through as much as possible.

Adaptive. Ripping out gun turrets for the fucking win!

Stealth+hacking, if it seems plausible to split that way/I won't horribly eff up by not min/maxing down a particular path.

If it's good then the second time I'll play as a dude who just kills everyone he meets/solves his problems with violence.

Stealth and talky-talky. Though I'll see when I get my hands on the game, some of the combat stuff looked pretty sweet.

Sword arm through the face for everyone!

Stealth but I'll probably fail and go full on assault

I hope you can talk your way through "everything" in this game. i would love that.

Stealth. That's the only way I want to play.

stealth all the way.