A friend of mine just got a copy of this game on his modded PS2, which was patched from PAL to NTSC, which I'm not sure made a difference or not in the gameplay, but from what I saw, it was more or less unplayable by my standards. The controls were poor, and the physics unrealistic. I aslo found it to run extremely slow. I'd actually love to hear from someone who has this game from the PAL region to know whether or not this is an issue in the patching or the actual way the game play....
Graphics seemed good, and the damage model was good too, but nothing really stood out in those areas. We shall see....