but those big daddies are a pain in the ass sometimes
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Electric buckshot was my favorite for dealing with the Big Daddies. Hit them with the Electrojolt to stun and hurt them then switch to electric buckshot or armor piercing rounds (machine gun or pistol). Make sure to shove the shotgun right into their face, up close headshots do huge damage.
Later in the game you'll be able to upgrade your weapons to do more damage.
Also, the research camera is really cool. The first level of research gives you a damage bonus against that particular enemy as well as a hint of what their weaknesses are. The second level of research gives you a unique gene tonic and the third and forth levels give you even bigger damage bonuses. By the end of the game I could take down a Big Daddy with 4 hits from the electric buckshot (fully upgraded shotgun) instead of like 10 hits.
Some other research camera tips:
1. Anything that is an "enemy" can be researched, including turrets, robots and cameras. Make sure to take a picture before hacking these because you can only research them when they are hostile.
2. You can take more than one pic of an enemy but multiple pics of the same enemy get you less research.
3. The "quality" of the picture matters, don't get to close or to far away, try and get the whole body within the outer targeting circle. The circle will spin when you have a high quality (A or B) picture. Pictures below C quality don't get developed.
4. Freeze enemies when they are attacking or jumping, then take a pic. This will allow you to get a high quality "action" shot which is worth more research.
5. Multiple enemies in a single shot get you big bonuses.
6. You can take pictures of dead enemies for a small amount of research.
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