I don't bother hoping whether the game will be good, I just watch for anything with Molyneux's name on it and home right in. A games success isnt measured on how good it is, but on how many copies it sold, and if that is too capitalist for you, then on its online popularity. Half-Life was the last really massive FPS hit. I just had to, sorry, can't help myself. It is interesting to find out the actual facts of how many copies of games are sold, then you get to see that FPS games don't sell as much as you'd think.
Electronic Arts are a real pain in the ass for copy protection.
I've got 3 computers, one new, two older. One of my older computers has a new CD-ROM drive, the other doesn't. I've found a way around it tho. If I buy the game, they copy the CD, it works. So now I can play my games on the computer I want to, and not be forced by EA to buy new CD drives, die EA, die.