Sythe, I'll take somebody like yourself and your gaming experience over a paid one anyday. His complaint about the melee being lousy, well melee was never great in the first two either. Garrett wielding a longsword meant you were in desperate straights. Can anyone say "reload time"? I don't know if I posted this previously but if you want even a deeper review of the game go to
www.ttlg.com and scroll down to a May 13th column by Dan. Click on the blue letters and be ready to read a ton of very useful information and insights. Thanks for posting this and let us know what you think once you play the game.