Obviously you never found the chemical thrower/electric gel combo, twesterm... it's just unfair. I locked up and killed 3 or 4 BDs before they even saw me. I even finished 2 parts of the final boss without him touching me. The thing is so ridiculously powerful that it's almost broken. The only hindrance is finding enough materials to keep manufacturing the gel. 

But you're right about HS. I would be incredibly disappointed at spending $60 on a game that I beat the same day. With no online component, it gets even worse. That was the only saving grace of Gears and at least that game offered co-op and achievements on top of the very good multiplayer element.

I know I'm going to have a stopwatch next to me when I review this game this week and if it clocks in at under 8 hours, the score will suffer for it.

If you play through it, and it's fun, why stop playing at the end? Seriously, I bring out Devil May Cry 1 and 3 every week or two just to get a good taste of some serious ass whooping...and this is HD ass whooping, as a way hotter character, with totally awesome combos and moves.....I'll play the living hell out of this for years to come, I'd play the demo all the time if it didn't take me longer to load up than beat. I hope it does really well, and I can't really seem to think of any other game in this genre out right now, on any system, the closest one is DMC4. Frankly, these are some of my favorite games, so that would be a big reason I like PS3. Also for online Tekken.

And as for being able to beat this game button mashing...I don't see how....and who the hell buys a game like this to button mash? Why bother playing it if all you're going to use is one combo and one stance? What's the point? And lastly, I played the demo, amd if you just go all willy nilly all over the place, everybody blocks you, you have to counter and spice up the variety or they kill you, in addition to the sword sucking your health out. 

If the game offers good replayability, then the original length of the game isn't much of an issue.

But if there's no reason to replay the game (different endings, in-game options, whatever), 8 hours is too short.

I think it will do well 120-170k first week, but I know Im going to lose the bet with carlos.

Seriously....in DMC3, I beat it once or twice, got all my cool stuff, and saved right before a spot with a lot of enemies, and I turn it on and fight them for fun. That's why I play these kinds of games, not for FMV, storyline, or game length. What do I care about game length when I'm just going to go back to my favorite spot over and over to kill piles of bad guys? DMC3 probably took maybe 10 hours to beat...but I've sunk an easy hundred into it mastering the combat to the point where normal enemies can't even touch me, and even after that, I just play it for whomping time.

well I payed full price for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and finished it in two days, but i wasn't disapionted. I could have spread the book out over a week, but I wouldn't have in enjoyed it more.

I dont know if anyone has read 'Eric' by Terry Pratchett, its about 150 pages long, which is about half the length of an average Pratchett book, but cost the same amount, was I dissapionted by the book? No it was just as enjoyable as all his others and I considered it money well spent.

(expecting my book-game comparison to be ripped apart within the hour =)

Seriously....in DMC3, I beat it once or twice, got all my cool stuff, and saved right before a spot with a lot of enemies, and I turn it on and fight them for fun. That's why I play these kinds of games, not for FMV, storyline, or game length. What do I care about game length when I'm just going to go back to my favorite spot over and over to kill piles of bad guys? DMC3 probably took maybe 10 hours to beat...but I've sunk an easy hundred into it mastering the combat to the point where normal enemies can't even touch me, and even after that, I just play it for whomping time.

wow, I got sandwiched between a double post...

I don't even know how that happened....I tried to post it the once and then it booted me off the site for like three minutes, kept telling me I was getting errors. I only posted it the once....

I truly don't understandy why they bash the length, I've played shorter and don't fell ripped off. NES anyone cart were not cheap, beat them in a hour. RE 4 hours, GOW 6 hours, GOW2 7 1/2 hours, the darkness 7 hours, halo 2 7 hours, GeOW 6 hours (online sucks to me). people always find something to complain about in the end.