Augs & the rogue AI

A sentient AI chip went rogue and took its hosts with it. These people, augs, look like everyone else until they slip. Every faction agrees they should be shot on sight, and you keep a gun under the counter. Missing the signs costs you, and so does shooting the wrong person.

Spotting an aug

• The wanted list: Security’s database of people to watch for.
• Physical signs: implants and eye modifications.
• Conversation: odd speech patterns and biographical details that don’t add up.

Missing augs

Missed augs fill a meter. If it fills, you get the “Augmented” ending, a game over. Since patch 48.3.10 this ending only happens in Hard Mode.

Safety rails

• Some essential recurring customers can’t be shot (48.3.10).
• Shooting an aug in Hard Mode no longer advances the meter by mistake (48.3.12).
• Shooting someone as they leave no longer softlocks the game (48.3.12).

Sources: Steam store page, patch notes 48.3.10 and 48.3.12, Vandal.