It's clearly on the lower budget side but I love it, might want to get it on sale but I still recommend it.
I've only played the demo for IGI 1 but the demo mission/checking the wiki shows how it frequently rewarded exploration with vital health and weapons. I.G.I 2 simply doesn't do this, infact alot of the game's missions have literally no item pick-ups, at all, beyond what enemies drop, despite frequently featuring optional storage areas that have simply nothing in them. IGI 1 had the Health Syringe healing item appear in most levels, sometimes you even got multiple uses per level, in IGI 2's 19 mission campaign, it appears exactly 3 times, one use each. IGI 2's "difficulty" mostly comes from absurd accuracy enemies and most levels completely lacking any healing, it feels like unfair cheap difficulty due to the levels being rushed to completion. The game also, unlike the first game, only lets you carry one large weapon and a sidearm, most levels do not provide you any enemy sidearms so you're effectively stuck with 1 weapon slot, again, plenty of empty storage areas where finding a few Makarovs could happen. The game also has a bunch of technical issues where you need to open the map screen to revert the camera after it bugs out when restarting a mission/sometimes after cutscenes, the game simply was clearly rushed out the door and it shows, the game is fun stealth action when it works/you're in a level that feels well fleshed out but for every well crafted level, theres' 3-4 ones that feel like they were made in a rush.
