The question is not if they messed up the pacing of the game, its if they designed the game with the idea of people playing it blind. given how easy it is to share info now a days along with official guides that come out with the game it's possible they did not take that into account when making the game. personally was only on day two when me ps3's blu ray gave up the ghost. have a new one now thou, will see how long it takes blind.