Quote Originally Posted by Acromos View Post
The original was slow because there was tons and tons and TONS of paths to go, research to do, equipment to develop and test ... and so on, and so on, and so on. This made up far, far the most of the actual play time.

Hence, essentially, this was the game. That part - is NOT - in the new game. For this reason, the two games are hardly even comparable.
Correction: That part - is NOT - in the demo. It's just a demo, a brief chance to see some of how parts of the game play. At the easiest difficulty. Railroaded along to show you certain parts they want to show you. With some functionality and options removed that, from what I've seen from gameplay videos and developer interviews, are in the actual game. It's like a movie trailer or a factory tour. It's not like watching the whole movie or working in the factory.