[revrew]

Just completed my first mission where I didn't bother slaughtering the aliens but made a mad dash to complete the mission (a VIP extraction). Their reinforcements landed, but I sprinted for the extraction zone and got everyone out without a single injury and only a couple of shots fired to cover my flank.

Wow, is that a fantastic new addition. Thrilling to have to choose between a dogfight or a sprint and seeing if you chose right.

Also very happy to see there are multiple paths to victory. I actually dodged most of the firefights in this one by going up and over the rooftops of the building and breaking in the back door, instead of weaving my way through the alien-infested streets. That doesn't work every time (I tried it in another mission and got ambushed by aliens on my flank that I didn't bother wiping out), but having the choices and the complexities of alien pods that patrol instead of staying put is awesome.

And the character pool? Oh, yeah. Oh, heck yeah.