some more impressions:
I've started recruiting some help to my PMC- so far it seems like you don't actually have any choices when assembling your team, but it does give you a sense of being in the world, being in control of your destiny etc. One of the recruits gives you a mission that involves a VERY fun toy
... those Pandemic guys are nutso.
I got a few HVTs- these are the equivalent of the deck of 52 from the first game. Each faction has High Value Targets that they want capture / killed and they're scattered around the map. You don't have to collect intel like you did in the first one; they just show up on your map and fiona clues you in when you're nearby. Really fluid! And now you have the option of hitching a ride with the chopper when they come to pick up your target.
The more i play the more I like. BUT people are correct that it's buggy. I haven't noticed any of the other stuff people have talked about, but i was doing one mission where i had to toss a smoke grenade in a radius to mark it for a chopper to bring in a listening post, and everytime i dropped it in fiona said "throw it closer." there WAS NO CLOSER, so i just had to wait out the clock and fail the mission. Balls.
Fortunately, the game features a generous mission checkpoint system.
