Good thing I had just gotten lasers or I would have been toast. The zombie mission took me about 2 hours to finish, I killed 29 chrysallids. This required several reloads (screw ironman, ain't got time fo that). The first council mission I had I think I killed 19 thin men (in month 1 mission). The game is significantly harder on the Normal difficulty. Most of the bugs I remember have been fixed (including the one where an overwatched flanked alien would skip its turn, making capturing aliens much more difficult). It has tons of new maps and council missions making the game seem totally fresh again.