yet again my trusty local tesco provides! 26 copies on 360, 21 on PS3 - managed to grab a 360 copy with about 4 left!
Had to queue about 20 mins which was 20 mins less than my mate had to queue at Blockbuster to collect his pre order!

Played it for about 10 mins last night - seems pretty good. Will give it a proper run tonight.

* had to start a new thread - wouldnt let me post in the existing one...?

Im 20 hours in and have completed 34.79% of the game, so its fair to say its pretty deep!

Im still waiting for mine!

Pre-ordered it from Game ages ago to get delivered to my house and it hasnt arrived yet. Dont start college til 11 today too so was planning on getting a few hours in in the morning!

It better arrive during the day!

Also had mine ordered on the Game website last year, and still waiting on delivery. I was tempted to go try and grab a copy when the shops opened this morning but as Im a little low on cash I decided against it. Looks like I made the wrong decision.

Matt how are you finding the improved control/aiming system?

The aiming system is a bit fiddly and has irritated me on more than one occasion.

If you gently hold the trigger its free aim, if you press hard it looks onto enemies, however you can be pointing at a guy with free aim, hold to lock on and it will lock onto someone else  

You can turn this off and stick with free aim mind

Umm, why another thread?

Im loving it so far, played about 7% in singleplayer and a few rounds of team deathmatch/free mode. So awesome and chaotic. Cover system takes some getting used to, but other than that Id say its surpassed even my wildest expectations.

Game of the Year? Absolutely.

Im really really loving this game! Started playing at about half 5 last night (knowing I dont have work in the morning) and finished at about 1am, when I realised what time it was. (of course, with regular breaks, etc. ... ie. food breaks)

Absolutely brilliant! Havent tried multiplayer out yet though.


I really laughed at the fact if you slam into something very hard and very fast, you shoot through the windscreen. Tut tut, wheres your seatbelt!

And the cars handle.. not exactly realistic! The lean you get is stupid, but very fun. I like the new felony system too to escape it.


It really is exactly as the reviews have described it. "perfectly polished"

Queen!! soon as I heard them on the rock radio I turned it up very load and just drove around for a bit
Watching Ricky J on the TV talking about holding midgets at arms length as well was amusing

Had to head down to Gamestation yesterday morning to get a copy of the standard edition, for £45 :x, as my special edition seems to have been lost in the post. Despite this very big annoyance, I am loving the game. Im 10 hours in and 20% done at the min, just doing some car collecting for Brucie now.