Theres some good stuff and some bad stuff. At some points, its an awesome game. I really like the cut scenes. The music is great and so is the attention to detail throughout Liberty City. The graphics are okay, but a little blocky for a next generation console game. The worst part about the game was the extreme difficulty for some of the missions. You are forced to drive at extremely high speeds, avoid road obstacles, avoid other vehicles and chase a red dot through a difficult map. The red dot moves faster than you at times and is not bound by the same laws of physics as you are. On top of that, you have to aim and shoot while all of this is going on. Although you can get much better at this game with practice, some people don;t have the time for this. It would have been a LOT better if the entire mission didn't have to be redone from the start. The absolute worst part is all of the travel and legwork that goes into restarting a mission. It was just a massive pain. Rather than enjoying the game like I should have, I was always worried "will the next mission be the impossible one?" or "please, please don;t let this be a motorcycle one." Aside from the difficulty, there are other reasons why I can;t understand the through the roof ratings. A lot of the mechanics are difficult to handle (too many buttons that do too many things) which takes away from the otherwise natural feel of the game. Another thing was that at times it was too difficult to see anything as a result of darkness. Also, the story was extremely repetetive, just one mission after the other, and for the most part, they didn;t really tie in. Kill this guy.....he took off in a car...chase him ...kill him....bla bla bla bla...... A lot of people will disagree with my "less than perfect" rating for this game but that's fine. . Clealry a majority of people loved the game. I found it too difficult to enjoy. I don't like doing things 10-20 times over again. I mean, it isn;t a horrible game, it's actually quite good, and worth owning. It's just not deserving of all these high grades in my opinion.
After Note: After finishing writing my review, I had a look at some other reviews and I was shocked how many people didn't like this game. Fair enough on the face of it, I can understand but then the review is like 1 par... Read Full Review
When you first fire the game up (Mind you I'm talking the PS3 version here, so this is assuming you blew the 10 minutes of your life having to install it), you are treated to a boat floating into Liberty City harbor with... Read Full Review
