$10 is a good impulse price for any game. Like you said, you can make your money back on it if it sucks.
yeah, but there comes a point where you gotta wonder if the hours you spend playing the game are even worth it if it's not good, you know what i'm saying? 6 to 8 hours of free time is worth more than 10 bucks to me, so if the game sucks or gets repetitive, which seems to be a common complaint for stranglehold, i'll be disappointed that i wasted my time on it. sure, i could just stop playing but i'd probably feel obligated to trudge through it for some reason.
Is Burnout Paradise worth playing?
have you tried the demo? i loved it, just never got around to buying it. for $20, it's a must, imo. also, criterion is releasing several free DLC installments over the coming months--some of them very significant.