Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
You can turn the "action sequences" off, and the cutscenes in the beginning are for the tutorial (which you can also turn off).

The game really opens up after the first month
That's when the game becomes boring for me. After the first few months, the novelty wears off and you see a very repetive game, with same maps, just different graphical design. All missions are basically kill 'em all stuff. The research adnd inventory parts of the game are seriously dumbed down compared to the original.