The Menu

The Menu                 

This is a step-by-step analysis of the game's various menu options, which may differ slightly per game version.

THE MAIN MENU (PC):

CONTINUE:
This continues the game at the latest saved game, which can either be an autosave or a manually saved game.

NEW GAME:
Start a new Deus Ex: Human Revolution game.
         
TELL ME A STORY     = EASY
GIVE ME A CHALLENGE = NORMAL
GIVE ME DEUS EX     = HARD
         
You may change the difficulty during the game.
         
LOAD:
Manually choose one of your savegames to load from.  There will be two autosaves to choose from, plus anything you've saved yourself.

OPTIONS:
Contains: VIDEO, AUDIO, CONTROLS, and GAMEPLAY.
         

VIDEO:
LUMINOSITY allows you to decrease/increase the lighting.

DISPLAY MODE allows you to turn on STEREOSCOPIC 3D, lets you pick one of four resolutions (800x600, 1024x768, 1360x768, and 1366x768).  REFRESH RATE allows for a different Hertz refresh rate (such as 60).  ASPECT RATIO allows you to choose between an aspect ratio of 4:3, 5:4, 16:9, or 16:10, and is normally on Auto.
                
ADVANCED allows you to turn DIRECTX 11 On/Off, swap ANTI-ALIASING between Edge AA and FXAA, SHADOWS between Off, Normal and On, POST-PROCESSING On/Off, TEXTURE FILTER between Bi-Trilinear, or 1x/2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic, VSYNC On/Off, TRIPLE BUFFERING On/Off, TESSELLATION On/Off, and STEREO 3D STRENGTH options (if you have it).

AUDIO:
Allows you to decrease/increase MUSIC, DIALOGS and SFX, as well as an On/Off Toggle for SUBTITLES.
         
CONTROLS:
Allows On/Off toggling for INVERTED Y-AXIS, decrease or increase your mouse sensitivity, fiddle with your KEYBOARD controls, and ditto for any GAMEPADS (which contains options for X-AXIS SENSITIVITY, Y-AXIS SENSITIVITY, AIM ASSIST On/Off, and CONTROLLER VIBRATION.
         
GAMEPLAY:
Includes On/Off toggles for AUTOMATIC INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, SHOW COVER/TAKEDOWN PROMPTS, COVER STYLE, OBJECTIVE LOCATORS and OBJECT HIGHLIGHT.

TUTORIALS:
This section contains video tutorials on the following subjects: ADVANCED HACKING, AUGMENTATIONS, COMBAT, GUARDS, HACKING, MENUS, MOVING OBJECTS, NAVIGATION, OBJECTIVES ACTIVATION, SECURITY SYSTEMS, and STEALTH.  You must have "unlocked" the tutorial while playing the game in order for it to show up here.

CREDITS:
Shows the game credits.  You may skip these at any point you'd like.

EXIT:
Exits the game.  I forbid you to ever use it: Stay plugged in!

THE GAME MENU:

The game's menu consists of several other menu's: An Inventory Menu, a Mission Log Menu, a Media Log Menu, an Augmentations Menu, and a Map Menu.

The Inventory:
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You can take a look at your items in the inventory menu.  It's possible to expand your inventory up to three times with the Carrying Capacity Augmentation, part of the Cybernetic Arm Prosthesis.  Your base inventory has 8x7 slots, and each of the three possible upgrades expands it with 2x7 slots, for a maximum of 14x7 slots.

The Misson Log:
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You can view your completed and current missions here.  This comes in handy when you continue a saved game, in which case it can serve as a mini-debrief.

The Media Log:
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Every Pocket Secretary and PC you've ever read will show up here.  I must say, I'd love a photographic memory like Jensen.

The Augmentations Menu:
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View and select your augmentations in this menu.  More info can be found in this guide in the augmentations section.

The Map:
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This shows a map of the area.  This guide assumes that north is pointing towards the top of the map.