doublepost
I feel like EP2 really took a Far Cry-ish turn. You can go roam and do side missions outside the main one. I also find EP2 harder than EP1, I keep getting killed in missions, not sure if it's just me or if they ramped up the mission difficulty. You also get to command troops now which is cool and adds a new layer to the gameplay.
Somewhat spoilers from here on:
First mission you're basically shipwrecked on the coast with a silly handgun and you need to reach this point. The brit on the phone tells you "yeah m8 go to the ruinz and you'll find loot there", like lol no, only thing I found was fucking bullets to the face. The pistol you're stuck with is so useless, emptied full mag into a guy and he was still standing. I'm not sure whether the "Extended Armor" disable option in difficulty settings only works for you or NPCs as well, but I feel like it only works on you getting killed faster (been one shot a few times). Completed the mission by just YOLO running through the village, dodging bullets and giving CSAT the finger.
Anyway on to the ambush mission, that one was hilarious as well, I tried it a couple of times, the RPG guy in your team makes great effort to miss the Ifrit HMG every time
, so I placed a few explosives in the middle of the street and waited for the convoy, but the AI is 2smrat and they actually noticed the explosives and stopped there and dismounted. At that point I had a few clear shots on the AI while my team was being useless hiding in a house. Then the Ifrit HMG rapes my team, starts going after me, I run and dodge the bullets between buildings somehow surviving.
After looking for me for a few minutes it gives up and drives away with the supply truck I was supposed to capture behind him. I see them driving away on the road almost 700m away already and I'm like "fuck you!!!" and start spraying my gun in that direction in rage, because I'll have to restart the mission again.
But no, it seems they reacted to my rage shooting, the supply truck did a quick brake and turn and smashed into this wall and got stuck, while the Ifrit HMG stopped and 2 guys went out of the car and headed in my direction. So I guess they can be smart and retarded at the same time, but in this case it worked in my favour, I took the remaining guys down and captured the truck.
Then the mission decides to send a fucking attack heli on your ass. Yeah, have fun surviving that. I was the only one alive at that point, you need to escape to this point far away on foot because all the vehicles got blown up. After a few tries managed to make it again due to pure luck
I really feel like the entire campaign so far was all so random and unpredictable and that in every situation where I got out alive, luck was a huge factor. Which is pretty cool if you think about it.
