Argh! Does anyone else hate the now standard "two-year hype-cycle" that precedes any big game these days - You get gushing prose from gaming Mag.s and suspiciously high-res stills. "Best game evar!" , "Will blow Hal0 out of the w4t3r!"

Sony's European PS2-online system "Central Station" is hyping it as much as anyone.

This game won't even be released until the end of 2004 at least!

By that time the expectation will have grown beyond what the game can actually deliver. Either that - or we'll be bored of it, and waiting for "The Next Big Thing" which has even more spectacular Alpha-Build stills.