So, after all the pain which the very first chapter caused my I finnaly made it thourgh (after many many attempts).
And chapter 2 and 3 were actually quite good. I had fun again playing chapter 3. It is not as unfair as chapter 1 and does not too much rely on randomness.

Anybody else feel like this?

Yeah, I found the less random chapters to be more fun. I think that chapters 3 and 6 were my favourite. In chapter 3 the chemical formulae and injections are the only random bits and so winning the scenario doesn't rely nearly so much on chance (And you choose the injection chances anyway).

I think chapter 6 might actually be totally non-random apart from the password combination - every time I replayed it, the same actions led to the exact same consequences. I've only played it on easy, mind you.

I play on "original" and even with that the chapters get a lot easier. I've made it through chapter 2 and 3 in the first try.

It gets marginally better... and then it gets much worse, and I mean that desert mission. That is where I left the game to wither and die.

It's a solid garbage material.

Even with the mery update?