The game has got some fun elements to it and i started off really enjoying it. But the biggest issue here is just about every mission (esspecially the side missions) are exactly the same - go here, kill the people, interact with generic item, kill more people and earn xp, 100 scrip, and a low level mod. The race missions are terrible since the cars handle badly (and you only get to use 1 type of vehicle for ALL the races) and are only worth doing to get the Dodge.

Arkfalls are pretty fun but only feel challenging because of the time limit, the chance of dieing when 50 people are in the same area is slim to none. The weapons don't progress through levels either (even though there are level requirements) so you can effectively use the same gun from start to finish without changing. Basically no penalty for death except being sent a short way from your objective with a 200 scrip penalty, which doesnt matter because the economy is non-existent since there is basically nothing worth buying except the dune buggy and maybe a few mods/weapons early on.

And if your playing on the xbox the micro transaction thing is a joke. 880 Defiance fake money for an outfit which is purely cosmetic. And you have to buy this fake money with microsoft fake money at 400msp = 400bits. Consider you can only buy MSP in 500/1000/2000 intervals and can only exchange into bits at 400 intervals for items that cost 880, you end up juggling two types of disney dollars and wind up with leftovers of each... and this is all without buying the matching helmet for 240bits. 

Sorry for the wall of text that just seems like nerd rage, but its not, i rented this (for £5 which is nothing to cry over) and completed it today and thought i would give my honest opinion of the game. I do realise ive not mentioned the possitives, which there are, but they felt too few and far between for me to make special note of them.

"What I don't get is how we don't see the Lucete's bleed through their noses when they should remember they died in one world"

I think they explained in a Voxo that the nosebleed/craziness happens when they can't comprehend whats happend. The people of Columbia have no comprehension of tears and the multiverse and therefore can't handle the new memories etc. Booker had knowledge of tears but didn't understand them and was slightly affected by the new memories. The Luteces however are extremely well versed in the multiverse and can rationalize the new memories, this seems to be enhanced by the fact that their 'essence' was cast accross all realities when they where killed using the sabotaged tear machine they/she created.

So basically the Luteces in all realities have merged into one conciousness with all the memories of each one and the understanding to keep them from going insane.

Yeah the demo doesnt tell you how to do any of Raiden abilities outside of blade mode. With a bit of trial and error you find the range of actions you can perform are actually pretty deep

The sword thing has been in metal gear 4 (the frogs engaged Raiden with swords). Its an artistic choice as it kind of mirrors Samurai culture, which seems to be a theme in the game, visually at least. Other than that, what the other guy said - Raiden blocks bullets and chops missiles, might as well try your knife when all else fails right?

Can you tell us what exactly survivor mode is? The bug hunt dlc sounds like a horde mode so i assume this is like escape without objectives. Am i right?

Borderlands AND Duke Nukem forever...

Actually its a heavily modified WW2 Thompson. Its even the way they make the Airsoft gun.

Just like all of you i want this to be great However from what ive seen im not too hopeful. Ill go for a 6/10 although id like to see it get an 8+