Acerbatus posted:

Eh, I dunno. A lot of EG1 is pretty much just sitting around doing absolutely nothing and it has a ton of frustrating mechanics (You can't force a minion to interrogate someone, prisoners slowly lose HP; Minions doing a task is based on proxmity ignoring walls).

I think the stuff people remember about EG really fondly is the base building, which is generally pretty good, but that's like the first hour of what you do in a 20 hour game. You played it recently, but did you finish it?

They do seem to be doing a bit more for the other gameplay like letting you take an active measure to reduce heat, which does bode well at least.