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Demonic Spiders: Armored Templars if you are going for a Pacifist Run. They can't be knocked out (doing so will cause them to explode, killing both you and the Templar), are immune to flashbombs, gas grenades and boltcaster darts, usually have powerful weapons like rocket launchers, and come in large groups. Cloak is necessary to get past these guys if you are going for a no-kill run.
Disappointing Last Level: There is a certain point where all the plot threads have come together, after which the level design in the remaining couple of levels in the game becomes much less... "immersive", shall we say.
Game Breaker: The Spy Drone Biomod, at the highest level, can knock guards unconscious. Combine this with a repair bot, which constantly replenishes your bio-energy, and the Cloak biomod, to make you invisible, and you can secure an entire map from the safety of one room.
Electrostatic Discharge on level 3 turns bots and turrests on your side and disables cameras and laser beams, all just by hitting them with a melee weapon once.
Ho Yay: The Seattle Minister of Culture invites some kind of artist to his apartment, and asks you to be his chamber boy in hopes that you will make it a threesome. This is quest-relevant, but not explicit.
The Scrappy: The real NG Resonance is this. The holographic one is sociable, friendly and cooperative. The real one is obnoxious and bitchy and, since she's only seen in a single area, has no way of showing any positive traits to her. Many players actually kill her on the spot when they find her because she's just that grating.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: While many praised the idea of having no side truly be evil (except the Templars) and the idea of playing for multiple factions, the execution on the other hand....
Vindicated by History: When the game was first released, while it got overall positive (if a little lukewarm) reviews from critics, it received a very mixed reaction from the playerbase. Nowadays, most people concede that as a sequel to the original Deux Ex, it falls somewhat flat, but as an RPG on its own merits, it's actually quite good.
Visual Effects of Awesome: This game came out in 2003, yet in part because of great usage of lighting, the game still looks good over a decade later.
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