What the original should have been.
* Solid graphics for an open-world game. Good lighting and texture work, considering the amount of places to go.
* Great acting- This may be a personal preference, but I never got tired of hearing James Heller cuss people out, and I enjoyed the conversations with the other characters who helped him.
* Combat never gets boring, even if it is a bit repetitive, there are a number of different ways to kill others.
* Every mission and side mission equated to some type of stat boost so I never felt like I was doing something for no reason.
Cons:
* Pacing - the pacing of the main story didn't lend itself for much idle exploration; other than finding black boxes there weren't enough reasons to veer from the main path.
* Repetition- Absorbing the same guards over and over got boring after a while. Not nearly as bad as the first title, but I would have liked more specialist enemies to absorb just so I could look cooler.
* On normal difficulty, the game is quite easy. I didn't try the hardcore settings, though.