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Great idea, but poor execution. I was really looking forward to getting this game... the media blitz really had this game super-hyped and I was hoping for a rival to Call of Duty. Sadly, the hype was hardly deserved. In terms of hardware reqs, this game is pretty forgiving. I'm playing on a P4 2.8 with 1 gig of RAM and an iNvidia FX5600 card with 256 MB of on board RAM. I've had very few glitches and the frame rate has been perfectly fine. Game play is where this title fails. As others have noted, the game is horribly redundant and overly scripted. Every map, every mission, every engagement with the enemy is the same -- fix the Bad Guys with supressing fire, then move the assault team in for the kill. The first few times it was pretty cool: look at 'em go! Just like a real combat unit! After a short while, though, the whole process becomes boring. I've also found the hit probability to be frustratingly low. You can stand 20 feet away from a German, get him in the sights of your M1 Garand, aim at center mass, and still miss with the first three rounds. I'm sorry... but I have an M1 Garand. It's a very accurate rifle and really shouldn't be missing its point of aim from 20 feet or 200 feet. You can fidget with the point of impact properties in the bia.ini file, but you shouldn't have the tweak the program like that. The are only two good things about this game, in my opinion. First, it's an entirely new look (different maps, good character/weapon renditions, etc.). Second, the computer controlled team mates actually seem to exercise intelligent (if scripted) thought -- they'll move into a position and seek cover right away, they'll engage the enemy without being instructed to do so, etc. I didn't find the language to be terribly offensive -- nothing worse than you'd hear in Band of Brothers. I have no doubt in my mind that many of the troops fighting in WW2 had potty mouths. If I had been there, I'm sure I would have, too. Aside from the language, the "M" rating is largely unwarranted. The blood and gore that was so greatly hyped is hardly anything to write home about. In my mind, blood splatters are hardly what I'd consider over-the-top in terms of gore. I'll finish playing the game (I'm on D-Day +5 at the moment), but I seriously doubt I'll play it much after I've completed it the first time. Call of Duty has far greater re-playability (if that's a word) and will continue to the the game by which all other WW2-era FPSs are measured.