Fun playthrough and pretty much agree with your post-finishing thoughts as well, even though pacing & length are somewhat problematic (&plot drops a bit in Focal Point when they were doing such an amazing job in previous chapters), still the quality was so high it's very commendable and deserves a standalone steam release once finished. I do think with it being longer & the pacing it needs more weapons for Barney, you got 95% of arsenal very early in prev chapters. If there's some unwritten rule that Barney is only allowed to use human weaponry and not alien or scifi, then maybe SAW & sniper (instead of crossbow) from opfor would have been fitting for his arsenal to spice it up for the duration/progression of this entire gamelength of a beast.
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Fun playthrough and pretty much agree with your post-finishing thoughts as well, even though pacing & length are somewhat problematic (&plot drops a bit in Focal Point when they were doing such an amazing job in previous chapters), still the quality was so high it's very commendable and deserves a standalone steam release once finished.
I do think with it being longer & the pacing it needs more weapons for Barney, you got 95% of arsenal very early in prev chapters. If there's some unwritten rule that Barney is only allowed to use human weaponry and not alien or scifi, then maybe SAW & sniper (instead of crossbow) from opfor would have been fitting for his arsenal to spice it up for the duration/progression of this entire gamelength of a beast.