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Well, holding LB and RB on startup to delete the cache let me continue playing and, in a three-hour session, I managed to finish the game.

Overall, it was brilliant, but there were enough little niggles at the end to knock it down from 10 to a 9. Chief among these was the final boss encounter. The first time I played it, another enemy killed me when I was just finishing him off. The second time, the game glitched and the button I had to use to defeat the boss wouldn’t work. The third time I defeated him, only for the final cut scene to flash up, followed by the game over screen. The fourth time, I won and the game didn’t kill me afterwards. Phew.

Still, I’m a fan. I’m a fan of the world. I’m a fan of the posters up around Rapture. I’m a fan of the Big Daddies and Little Sisters. I’m a fan of the plasmids. I’m a fan of the crossbow. And the shotgun. And the machine gun. I’m a fan of the music. I’m a fan of the ghosts.

Lots of BIG! IMPORTANT! plot tonight. Was a struggle to turn off, actually.

Oh, and I casually decided to use a fruit machine when I was walking past and got the jackpot-getting achievement, which was nice.

I’ve put a good few hours into this now. I find that two hours or so is my limit for a single session. I don’t get bored, as such, I just seem to start to finding it very difficult to keep track of things and to kill enemies. A break of half an hour sorts that out, then I’m ready to jump back in.

It really is excellent. The setting is wonderfully atmospheric, but the main focus is the combat, which I think is superb. You really have to think fast, to choose which plasmids and weapons to use on a split-second basis. I’m dying a lot and I think some enemies have a touch too much health, but that’s about the only criticism I have right now.

Not content with playing this yesterday, I played it again today. It’s very, very, very good. Atmospheric and exciting and, oh, it’s just everything people are saying it is.