It does what it says on the tin
I bought GTA SA and started playing that.
The storyline kicked in straight away and almost from the start i felt like i was a gangster at the bottom of the pile.
As you progress you will gradually become a more prestigous gangster but you wont notice it actually happening.
You will just start to feel like you have more resources available.
These could be boats or jets with missiles on them, or gang members willing to lend you a hand. The gang members although fun do tend to get in the way as much as help but the other assets are a lot of fun to play with.
The graphics of the game arent really much of an improvment but if it aint broke dont fix it. They still do the job.
The sounds are great and for PC users you can use your own music.
The missions are varied and fun with few irritating ones and with most of them you wont mind if you fail and hae to restart.
I personally liked to break away from the missions and just mess around in the huge playing field theg ame offers.
There is so much to do it just doesnt get boring.
The extra things like being able to swim and learning new fight techniques are good fun to and only serve to add to the experience.
I did get a little bored when the mission said i needed to be a better swimmer and had to swim for a while as a reult.
To Summerise
The story is fun and absorbing
The sound as usual is fantastic
The protaganist is believable
he side games are fun
The missions are fun
You can play this game for ages
Im trying hard to think of a notable bad point but cant