Fair enough Dreddz. I certainly agree that combat is the weaker aspect of gameplay in Deus Ex, but that sort of leads to what separates Deus Ex from Bioshock. Deus Ex had so many other ways of getting through the game that it was almost silly, while Bioshock really didn't have any other options. There was no avoiding combat really, and the few gameplay elements that weren't the combat like hacking certainly weren't enough to build a game around.

If Bioshock Infinite happens to be a huge leap forward in that sense then I will gladly play it. It's the sort of game that I definitely want to love given the world they're creating, so I'm definitely not just going out of my way to find fault and nitpick. I simply choose to remain cautious after getting burned by the original.

If we're lucky then maybe they'll put out a demo around release or shortly after so I can try at least a portion of it, and who knows, maybe they'll pull an Assassin's Creed 2 and turn a humdrum franchise into a legitimate game of the year contender. I have been surprised in the past after all.