Ok, honestly i cant really judge it, since i only played the demo. Still, i was very impressed with it. The game has a very dark and mysterious flair, and according to my memory the textures were alright. The enemies looked good and had a good AI, and it had a good hitmodel, with enemies flying in different directions, judging by weither you hit their shoulder or head or whatever. But i REALLY loved the slowdown effect. Being surrounded by enemies, bullets (and the trails they leave behind) going all around...awesome :)
About the requirements: I dont care. I didnt bought new components just for the game, so i dont care about requirements. I played with 32 bit colors and 1024*768. Not really good, but not bad either. Average, i guess ;)

Sorrry, i think you are right. A friend of mine got the game today so it should be available almost everywhere. He also did an image with alcohol 120, with securom settings of course and together with SR7 Stop (Virtual CD Hide or something similar should also work) he did it. I have seen it myself and it works, but i think a mini image will not be available soon if ever. So you have to make your own image.
Btw: Can anyone tell something about the multiplayer, i only played the demo and if its good i will think about buying the game myself.

I found I had to set the compatibillity mode to win 2000 for virtual cd hide to work.