Damn, this game is hard. I have no idea how I completed it as a kid. Maybe that’s why I only managed it with the bad ending.
At first, I was pleased with myself. Finished the first day with 3 sectors captured, a lot of good equipment, all the mercs are injured, but now I’ll get to hire better ones, right? Wrong. Not one good merc accepts to join on the second day.
And my mercs are out of shape, so either I hire few more even worse mercs, or waste a whole day healing.
What’s worse are the enemies with grenades. Enemies with guns can miss. But grenades are almost guaranteed hit, and also risk or permanent injuries. Permanent, for the rest of the game, on the second day of playthrough.
And all this without understanding English that well back then. The game does give you clues, but they are quite vague. Like your employer saying that everyone is feeling unwell, must be the flu, and a guide he gives you (which you can decline) mentiones that the source of the water is to the north, and you need to connect the dots that somebody is poisoning the water supply.
