My $0.02: This game was BRILLIANT! The reason that people had a problem with the weapon degradation and limited ammo was simply that it a) Removed players from their comfort zone b) It was not a common element in games for its time (and still is not) These two reasons are also two primary reasons that game BRILLIANT! The game doesn't need ammo scavenge. As long as you kept moving and were creative, there is plenty of ammo. That for me is the key to this game: You can’t grind for experience, you can’t camp, you can’t become a mindless extension of your SMG. You have to keep moving, keep thinking ahead, keep coming up with solutions by the skin of your teeth… Also it has Psi-Monkeys - to this day this is the most terrifying enemy I have ever faced, in any game! BRILLIANT!!!!