when i got my hard drive, i finally setup the online stuff and joined xbox live (my handle is super kento), and i wanted to start the game again from the beginning so that my online handle wasn’t different than my console handle. it was a breeze getting back to the point where i had been, and from there the game only had one and a half more acts which didn’t take much time at all. the final battle with raam took me about 20 trys though and this was all on casual mode. as soon as i finished it, i restarted the game on hardcore mode, and it’s difficult as fuck. i played for about an hour and haven’t even finished act 1 yet. overall it was a great game though. kinda short, but the gameplay, graphics, and the music, especially in the final act was awesome. the ending also totally sets itself up for a gears of war 2.