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1. Hammer is so fun to use and it complements the kit so well, it should just take the place of chainsaw as your main way to extract ammo from enemies in 3ternal if it ever gets made.

2. Armored barons clap; screechers really want you to take the enemy prioritization seriously; riot soldiers are cool; you love to hate cursed prowlers; stone imps take arbitrary weapon restrictions too far even if they are fun to fight; not even sure what was the point of demonic troopers. Overall new enemies take more Ws than Ls but Blood Angels are still the best TAG addition.

3. Traversal and platforming is at its most fun with addition of meathook grapple points.

4. Encounters are definitely less tight than in TAG1 but I wouldn't say it's that much less intense. Even a few normal fights managed to kick my ass and escalation encounters provided exactly the thrill I was looking for.

5. Marauders work because you can learn to be proactive with them. You can't be proactive Dark Lord and that's his greatest failing.

6. id environmental artists completely outdid themselves yet again like holy shit.