Dagger Directive

As an old Delta Force player this looked really good to me. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I must say I am very pleasantly surprised. It gives me the old feeling of Delta Force, but adding things like the inventory management system and the ability to use attachments, from the armoury or even salvaged from captured enemy weapons in the field. Now when I first started playing it I realized it had some differences from the old Delta Force, like it has better graphics than the old Delta Force games had in general. The enemies are harder to spot in certain terrain because Dagger Directive has better terrain with more vegetation. You can also save in the middle of a mission which Delta Force 1 and 2 didn't have, I don't remember if Land Warrior had it, but it is a nice addition. I mean if you want to play it fully like old Delta Force you can and just ignore the saves or even make a hardcore character which dies permanently once killed. Initially I got a little frustrated because I kept getting killed in the first mission, but a lot of it had to do with me rushing things even though I know I shouldn't, but once I got back in the old Delta Force groove of sneaking, being more observant and just playing the game like I should've done from the get go and suddenly it started to go my way. I still got killed a fair bit in the first few missions of the first campaign, but less and less as I went as I got better. One criticism: Some of the attachments could be clearer about which guns they work with. Some of them work with guns they aren't apparently supposed to work with. I picked up a suppressor that is name as one for an M9, but works with about 5 of the pistols, but it's not obvious. It turns out I couldv'e had a suppressed M45A1 all along. I would like it if you could take one into your inventory and hoved over it to see what guns it fits without having the guns in your inventory as well. It would be great if there was some key that allowed you to get the full information while observing the attachment, before you pick it up. There might be something like that in the game, but if there is then I have missed it. Oh and I would also like a zoom for the character editing. It's a minor thing really, but it would be easier to identify which heads are ostensibly "male" and which are "female". It probably doesn't matter all that much, but as a transwoman I really like playing as a female soldier and a zoom might make it easier to do that. I'm pretty sure I have a female head now based on general look and military hairstyles, but it would be appreciated if the process was made easier. Overall after 13 hours I am enjoying the game a LOT. I just took out a 3-man patrol with a suppressed M24 sniper rifle and am sneaking up on an enemy occupied farm. It's not got super modern graphics, but it also doesn't need them. The gameplay is really good. The shooting feels good. It feels a little like Arma, but fewer complications to get in the way of the enjoyment. It feels like a very worthy spiritual successor to the Delta Force games and if that is something you're looking for then I can warmly recommend it.