What a sorry, disappointing mess. It was a done-deal that I would be purchasing this game for Christmas. I've been looking forward to it since playing it on a friend's PS3.
But the copy protection was a huge turn-off. Mind you, I'm a reasonable man when it comes to DRM systems. I've never had any complaints about SecuROM. However, few are the games that are so good that I will cheerfully say, "Oh, go ahead, install whatever bloatware you like!"
And then the game is a bit broken besides. Pi