One of the most hotly anticipated games of 2008 ended up being good, but I really think there could have been more. The story mode is good and there are some fun missions, but other missions just simply have you go to some place and kill one or several people. Once you complete the story mode whether or not you continue to get 100% completion and/or make use of the wide variety of multiplayer modes is questionable. About the multiplayer modes, I must say that freeroam can be quite fun, as there's little more thrilling than causing trouble in LC with your friends over the internet. But it does lag, especially if you are the passenger of a car driven by your friend. Deathmatch can be fun but you'd have more fun in Call of Duty 4. Racing has plenty of variety as well but you'd get bored of it faster than Forza 2.
I also lament on the fact that in a city smaller than San Andreas, the roads are too wide, the traffic in some areas just moves too slowly, and (although no big deal), no George Washington Bridge replica.
In the end this game has its purpose and is quite action-packed but there's certainly more that they could have done, especially after a 3+ year hiatus of the series.
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