Hmm
so I want to start off this review by saying that I did play through the demo.
I enjoyed the high stakes, the fact that you could lose everything in seconds (your gear your vehicles all of it).
Did it bother me? not really, well maybe a little bit at the beginning when I still didn't know about the other mechanics/features, such as:
-Multiple rigs (your basic terror rig, stealth rigs, power rig, etc..) that present the player with different combat capabilities.
-Melee combat (lol you could easily kill all on foot npcs including bosses, by simply kicking them multiple times over, okay maybe this was unintentional but sure was a power trip for me)
-You could easily gather ressources you need to build powerful vehicles
-And the fact that you could easily gain back what ever you lost.
Now while the main game (note that at the time of this review it's still in early access so I believe this is subject to change) brings more engaging stuff to the table than the demo,
yes the main game has a little bit "more" content and it expanded the main story line which is cool.
But it still it just feels like a watered down version of the demo, I assume it was done so to prolong the gameplay, which is totally okay btw, hey I don't mind the challenge.
So here is my problem, this "watered" down feeling that I have experienced originates from some major issues that I encounter while playing this game:
-The game doesn't always present you with the necessary tools for the next mission, there are a few missions like terror missions (wave defense they last for 3 to 4 minutes), so far I've only encountered two of those, so here is what I discovered at the beginning of the mission (pre wave start/prep time) you always spawn at a random spawn-point and the extraction point is always on the opposite direction of the map from where you have previously spawned in, so far so good, it's simple brigador killers mission scenario (Hmm not really), to start the terror mission you have to cross an invisible border and here is where I personally encounter problems you have to go into the open where you are completely exposed from angles (it would be great if I could simply trigger the waves from a distnace maybe via a plot device), after the mission starts the whole place is being stormed with NOSPOL forces they come from all possible directions (not really, they have fixed spawn locations), so yeah I did die a lot fo times on those missions until I have found good locations with choke points, I fortified them with vehicles and also stashed some cars near by for a quick get away, I also had to bring a grenade launcher and an LMGto deal with approaching enemy vehicles and those pesky lil'buddy droids, my biggest concern was my hp management (I could only carry 20 bandages in my inventory, and acouple others in my backback alongside other useful items), now at this point of the game in the demo I owuld ahve already unlockeda better rig one that would offer me more hp and better melee capabilities, but in the main game even after utilizing grueling guerrila tactics I still found myself barely surviving an enemy onslaught.
I guess my problem is that I don't have enough hp idk it could be a skill issue on my part, maybe maybe not, I still mamanged to go through those terror missions but suddently got to a point where I am a very hrad time killing kill a bunch of enemies who have personal shield + stealth rigs + cancer guns + rounder tech etc.. my best weapons don't even put a dent in their armor, and even when I still take them out I just get swarmed by the other npcs, this brings me to my next point.
-Lack/incomplete stealth options, sometimes enemies know where I am (like during terror missions, I am perfectly hidden and yet they soem how find me everysingle time) the game doesnt offer much when it comes down to stealth in general unless you are exploiting the games engine to strike enemies down outside their detaction range, meele kills take too much time, kicking an enemy to death that posses heavy armor or simplyl cnat be staggerd like the lil'buddy droids is realy time consumming, I am not asking for splinter cell based stealh takedowns, but at least for some helpful tools like meele wepaons that you can equip for faster melee kills, like maybe a combat knife that procs bleeding or straight one shots normal enemies, also make it so you can stagger lil'buddies with kicks.
So yeah in conclusion, this game lacks a lot of content as featured in the demo but expands on other ones, like story and overall character progression as well as long term engagement.
I wish the devs the very best and that they will soon improve the game!
