I wish to give Blood a 10 rating as it's one of my favourite games of all time, but when I do it assigns the score to a game called Blood+ ? Can this be fixed?

I'll give a serious response. In my opinion, the game isn't trying to accurately portray Brazil, just like Max Payne 1 and 2 portrayed New York in a film noir grim style that isn't accurate either. Max Payne 3 portrays Sao Paulo from a skewed, dark film noir angle.

I only play with Free Aim, so I wouldn't know hiw it behaves with soft and hard lock. But I agree that for me at least it's much harder because it replaces the crosshair.

I love shootdodge as much as any person, but is there only the standard front, back, left, and right? or do you unlock more moves as you progress through the campaign?

If anyone remembers the Kung Fu mod for the original Max Payne, you had many additional moves. It made the gameplay considerably more dynamic, even with just a few additional moves.

As far as I know, the electronic components are sufficiently protected these days from static damage.
But if you want to be sure, use a wrist-strap that grounds you.

I personally enjoyed Battlefield 2 the most.

I think it depends on the car. Orange and yellow never fail to impress on a sports-car, but look horrible on a regular car. I think I have to go with a light blue on a Peugeot 207, not exactly a terror on the road but it's just really nice looking ;)