Thanks for your insights and replies to my question.
I'll get me a copy later this week (time, time it's all about finding time

) Given your answers and the fact i've survived SH3 aswell i think i can take the shot at it. Besides i like this kinda of thing too much anyway... but really, what i had read about it before did worry me a bit.
But what still gets me though is, the game just seems to get so much bad publicity from what i've seen myself. I can't help but feel that it's gonna hurt UBI when trying to get to those people that aren't already familiar with the SH series.