It still holds up, even 20 years later.

Just finished a full BI campaign (updating my guide to playing the rebels to the remastered version) and had a lot of fun. It's fun to mess with the limited AI, and it's fun to see it surprise you (noob boxes, preventing flanking). It's interesting to take on the very (and not very, in BI) varied factions, which fight in different ways The game is smooth, responsive, and quick*.

* Which is an achievement, as the two biggest mods, IS and EB, are very slow and glitchy. Shame.

It still holds up, even 20 years later. Just finished a full BI campaign (updating my guide to playing the rebels to the remastered version) and had a lot of fun. It's fun to mess with the limited AI, and it's fun to see it surprise you (noob boxes, preventing flanking). It's interesting to take on the very (and not very, in BI) varied factions, which fight in different ways The game is smooth, responsive, and quick*. * Which is an achievement, as the two biggest mods, IS and EB, are very slow and glitchy. Shame.