Weapon jamming is a bit more of an issue. So you can work on side missions without ever worrying about running out of pills. You only run low on pills once you advance a certain amount in the main missions. You can burn down entire villages and checkpoints. I love the vehicle with the mounted grenade launcher. For the earlier part of the game I used: Dragunov SVD, PKM, IED Favorite weapon load out: AS50, M249, M79. I did all available weapon dealer missions first because I wanted to unlock my weapons first. You will definitely want to subvert the main missions to get the upgrades to your safe houses. I didn't mind the repetition because I was still enjoying myself even after 30 hrs. It reminds me of Assassin's Creed in this respect.

But it nails so many core aspects I don't mind the repetitive nature of these activities. You'll find yourself doing the same types of missions over and over again with just a few slight variations and a change in locale. Side and even main story line missions follow a pretty rigid structure without much deviation. The amount of land to explore is massive with a nice variety of environments. This annoyed me a bit at first but I got over it.

Console versions have save points that you have to find like in safe houses. They AI is pretty good at taking cover and flanking. The weapons are very satisfying and feel and sound great. I love the lighting, weather, sunsets, etc. I did quite a bit of diamond hunting in the north but not much in the south because by then I had bought pretty much everything I wanted.

I subverted all main missions, did all cell tower and weapon dealer missions, and found all tapes except 1 and I can't remember which one I missed.

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