I started with my favorite team from JA2: Grunty, MD, and Hitman. Hitman is my long range shooter, Grunty is my point man, and MD is my medic and rear guard. At first I was extremely cautious in my movement around the airport, only attacking when a guard was isolated and all three of my guys were in position. As things progressed, I found it was just as effective and much faster to fire and maneuver with overwatch. This team isn't very good for stealth or a fast assault, but they're great for laying down a lot of fire and brute forcing an encounter. Once I secured the mine, I added Buns and Wolf to my team. Again, two of my favorites from JA2. My biggest complaint of the game so far is that the voice acting is atrocious. Not that it was particularly great in JA2, but the characters had more character, and Hitman didn't sound like a Southern Pedophile.
I just played through the whole thing in one sitting. I really liked it. The twist in the middle after the first server crash was a bit of a surprise...not what I was expecting. I thought she was going to off herself because she thought I was ignoring her. The excitement of the recompile and the emotion of the last dial-in to ARPAnet...unexpected emotions from a BBS simulator.
The old engine was capable of some pretty amazing graphics. Oblivion still compares well to the latest games. All they really needed to improve on is the crazy load times it would randomly choke on. And the crazy random AI.
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