The stuff that I liked the most about CE and Marathon is when they managed to create enviroments that felt truly alien and new. So seeing them going to wierd less traveled and possibly untraveled places is exciting. And I am not worried about the "inner 7 year old" comment and trying to hit a wide audience. Look at the pixar stuff and well most adventure movies or books. It doesn't take sex and over the top violence, alhtough I'm sure there will be violence in the game, to make good story or games. Sex and violence are usually used merely as gimmicks and really just exclude younger audiences more than really adding any really valuable content to games, etc. And god am I done with everything being done dark. The only thing making everything dark accomplishes is depressing the -blam!- out of everyone. It;s still unrealistic and childish even if everyone is wearing black and being gloomy and -blam!-.