Combat can get creative, like a lot of Kojima games. You can throw cargo boxes at a guy's head, you can trick them into falling off ledges with smoke grenades. You can even do really wacky stuff like run them over while riding the hover platform. The decoy cargo full of sleep gas was always my favorite thing to throw them off. You also get a bunch of different grenades and traps.
Problem is none of that is as efficient as just shooting a gun or punching them, unfortunately
Combat can get creative, like a lot of Kojima games. You can throw cargo boxes at a guy's head, you can trick them into falling off ledges with smoke grenades. You can even do really wacky stuff like run them over while riding the hover platform. The decoy cargo full of sleep gas was always my favorite thing to throw them off. You also get a bunch of different grenades and traps.
Problem is none of that is as efficient as just shooting a gun or punching them, unfortunately
Indeed, but like you said, basic brute-force assault is generally most effective. You also have the risk of Voidout if you kill someone.
I still had a great time with DS. I wouldn't pay full Triple-A new release price for it, but it's worthwhile if you can get it cheap or free.