Sadly its not coming out in Europe before the 26th.
But i have it preordered and am very eager to play. The positive reviews are a relief really. I was pretty worried that this would just be another one of those games that hide their own ugly face behind an overglorified trailer made by Square.
It seems the biggest issues people have with it are the bosses since they require you to simply kill them without giving you the option of playstyle like in the rest of the game.
There is one thing though. Am I the only one who doesn't like the idea of that golden highlighting of every interactable object in the game? I dig the graphical style of it as far as I've seen through reviews and images but the shining aura of 'hey, use this!'-ness does add to the visual style but makes it look like its way too easy to find solutions to the situations you are faced with.
I am optimistic though. Its stealth might not be as good as things like Splinter Cell Double Agent or some shit but it seems to go along with that particular game's spirit. The idea that every situation (save for boss fights) can be handled without killing anyone and alerting anyone. You could probably even play without using weapons at all. The boss fights doesn't actually scare me too much to be honest. Just like in Hitman and in some situations in Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid, you have bad guys you need to kill. Its simply part of the story.
