I have to agree that the beginning is boring, but for what it's worth, the game is a blast (literally) to play. I think I'm beginning to see the trend here with regards to why my sniper cant hit all the time: the "accuracy" stat of weapons is really important, even though my sniper has an attribute of 98 accuracy. Which means right now, I can't decide whether it's the hitbox that is horrible, or the accuracy stat that made it "miss".
Nevertheless, I'm just in a mood for blowing s*** up, so that's where BL manages to satisfy. It's just sad that there are so many bugs plaguing the game like vehicular driving which is horrendous, that it somewhat overshadows the fun part of it.
Speaking of vehicles, that's the one aspect of the game I was really looking forward to, but it just didn't live up to my expectations at all. The vehicle comes to a halt at almost every little boulder it touches, or it doesn't even touch the wall but instead touches an invisible barrier and stops. It just doesn't feel fun to drive the vehicle, especially since you control the steering with the *ugh* mouse, so it feels like you're riding on some drunk tiger rather than gripping the steering wheel with sweaty palms.