A good game...but what makes it less than perfect are the minor flaws that it has. A few tweaks and additions...
Graphics:
The graphics are great...keeping in mind that it is a free-roaming game within a massive city. It does much, much better in the graphical department than any Grand Theft Auto does...but there are some rough edges that could have been smoothed out
Audio:
Great soundtracks...including artists like Joe Budden, Lloyd Banks, Method Man, Wu-Tang Clan, The Clipse and much more. There are many genres of music to choose from, leaving everyone from a hip-hop fan to rock fan satisfied. The voice acting is incredible, couldn't have been done much better. Too bad there weren't a few more words to be spoken by your own character...because boy are the few things he says hilarious. Gameplay: An absolute bust on GTA, but hey, who can blame them? If it ain't broke, dont fix it! There are many missions, and the story draws you in, but the ending sucked in my opinion. The activities are from, ranging from Mayhem where you destroy everything you can in a limited amount of time to Escorting where you escort a client while he and a prostitute get busy to Demolition Derby, which is self explainable. There are tons of things to do in the city, from buying clothes and jewlrey to going to the liquor store or Freckle B****es, a rip of Burger King or McDonalds. There are stars you can "earn" by just doing pure evil, and thats when the helicopters and FBI come in to take you down. Also a grreat variety of cars will keep you busy, making you want to add to your collection, and even pimp them out, as you can customize most cars in the game. Also the robust features in creating your own guy is a plus, with tons of different styles. And if you didn't like how your guy looked physically, you could always bring him to a plastic surgeon. The gameplay is higly addictive, and captures what Grand Theft Auto created almost to perfection
Cons:
The few things I didn't like about the game were the glitches and the limited TYPES of vehicles. There were many glitches i experienced, from the ground disappearing (even right under you sometimes), to cars disappearing, to your car just disappearing (yes the car you're driving). If the car disappeared, you would be stuck, and if it didn't let you out after a few seconds, you would be stuck there for good and would have to restart the game (it wasn't frozen, as i could turn the camera and see my guy moving). Also sometimes the sound would skip (no sound at all for a second or too). They were minor things, but it gets a little annoying after a while. The lack of types of vehicles was also a drag. There were only cars...no boats, helicopters, planes, bikes, or motorcycles you could drive. This could and should have been done, seeing that Grand Theft Auto has done it before this. This also limits the types of missions to gunning, driving, and a combo of both.
Online:
Online isn't the highlight of the game, but can be fun. Co-op is hard, but is a blast, and some of the gang wars like big ass chains are fun...but clearly the multiplayer isn't whats going to sell this game. Also creating you own gangs, or clans, is a pretty neat feature in itself, being able to take on other gangs over xbox live.Most of the fun's to be had with the single player though, but it is good enough to give a try to.
Overall:
Overall this game is fun and a must buy. It will keep you playing for hours straight, and the gameplay is some of the most addictive yet for the Xbox 360. I recommend it to anyone who loves to shoot and drive and just explore vast areas. And if your not into these type of games, give it a rent, it'll be well worth your time.