I'm not sure why everyone things that the Grand Theft Auto games are the best thing since Super Mario Brothers. I found this game to be just mediocre. Sure, it's set in a large open city, and there are lots of different missions to undertake, but the controls while running and shooting are about the worse thing I've ever seen. I can't tell you the number of missions I failed because the controls sucked. I was actually only a few missions away from the end of the game but the missions got so cheap and frustrating that I just quit. I can't actually recommend this as a good game.