I've been thinking about restarting this game recently, but just haven't been in the right mood yet. Maybe this weekend. I'm looking forward to giving it another chance.
It's gotten a ton of updates since I last played back in December, but there are still a lot of negative reviews on Steam. That's probably just from people like me who gave up on the game early on, right?
I really have no idea what I'm supposed to do in the first big city. I have a bunch of quests outside the city, but I can't get out of it. I have a quest inside the city, but it is in a base full of high level enemies... and I get killed on sight.
What are you supposed to do at this point?
I haven't played in months, but if I recall: there is a sidequest in which you earn a pass of the level required to go through the quarantine doors. You can also buy the pass at a vending machine near the quarantine doors if you steal/sell enough stuff in the main city.
Alternatively, you can sneak up the walls and literally jump out of the place if you want to go that route. They kill you if they catch you on the walls, though.