So I managed to find a budget copy of the game on teh intarwebs, and have been (trying) to play it the past day or so.
Wow, no wonder Troika went under. This game is rough, and I mean really rough around the edges. Controls/interface are pretty buggy, the in-game interface is extremely rough and not very well done, (reminds me of the god forsaken Deus Ex: Invisible War on PC), and the graphics look decidedly early 2000-ish.
Before I installed it, I was aware of the two unofficial patches, the one which is "pure" and just fixes bugs and restores a little bit of relevant content, and the other "full" which fixes bugs, restores much more content, and balances some issues. I elected to go with the pure patch which is at version 4.04AT, which is installed post official 1.2.
Still, this game isn't holding my attention that well at all. I hate the half-baked ported-from-the-console noobish interface, can't seem to get over how aged and blocky the game looks, and the combat is pretty wonky. My machine can more than handle the hardware reqs, so it's not slow. The story seems... ok I guess, haven't managed to get that far into it.
Any pointers or tips ya'll can help a guy out with? I really, really want to like this game, but so far it's not turning out to be nearly as wonderful as it's been made out to be, even post-fan patches.
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