[mattmanser]

There's a massive modding community built around the new ones, which only really has any worth because people love replaying it, which the author must know of.

I think he's slightly guilty of simply listing his own preference there, rather than reporting reality.

To be honest, I can't even remember why the aliens invaded. I can remember the research progression, and the excitement of starting the game from scratch again and going up against the aliens with automatic weapons instead of late game plasma blasters.

So the author and I had very different experiences.