I've tried Xbox 360 for the first time last weekend (Wee!) and I'm amazed by the controller. The Gamecube had (in my opinion) the most comfortable controller last generation but I think this one is even better. I wonder how the other companies will keep up... On the bad side, it annoyed me to see how hard it was to connect it to the console (it took forever).

I had high expectations for PDZ, maybe too high. I almost only hear bad things about PDZ in my region, though. Everybody seem to rate it low here and I think that's a little undeserved. Admittedly, I've only played multiplayer since I only tried playing my friend's game with him but the co-op mode isn't that bad. I can agree that the Combat Arena is really bad in comparison to the original but it isn't worse than most other FPS's. I must once again praise the co-op mode since it, in my opinion, even beats the original's co-op. Rooftops | Escape is too fun to deny. ;)