Bold move on GSC's part to make the second game in the series more broken than the first. But with mods and fixes applied the shooting is actually even better than SoC. With the addition of the faction wars system (while not being fully smoothed out to prevent repetition and annoyance) and a stronger emphasis on world building through tangible writing and conversations, Clear Sky is still a worthy entry in the series and provides some of the best and uniquely intense shootout sequences I've played in a game.