I seem to remember a 'play your way' being attached to this game at one time. the implication being that you could choose almost everything about your character. not what happened. it would be awesome to me to show up in year eight or nine with vanillla gear that is still relevant and have the noobs wondering what it is and how they can get one and then tell them 'you missed out.' this isn't to say that the new gear should suck so that I can be elitist, I just want the option to bring old gear into the new levels. after all, the weapons of the past don't kill any less than new ones. how many games set in modern times use old guns? even the Uzi in like fifty years old and what shooter would be complete without it even if newer weapons that do a similar job exist! ultimately this game wants me to shoe horn my size 44 expectation into a kiddie size 25 reality. definitely not the game I was hoping for and I don't see myself buying TTK anytime soon.