The game is good... the DRM is not

This is the best GTA

Third time playing through this. Beat it once on PS3 and once on steam 12 years ago, and recently started playing around with mods; specifically setting my cars to speed 99999 as outlined in this video that convinced me to redownload it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEbLqNUNQ2c

When I accidently got the achievement "Do 5 car rolls in a row from one crash." I now needed 100% it.

This game has not aged well. This game got the unfortunate luck of being released during the brownest brown-era of gaming ever. Every game released around this timeframe was brown. You can include games like Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, Resident Evil 4, Shadow of Colossus or Gears of War to that list. It’s just a gross looking clunky controlled game. Driving anything is a chore. Getting out and walking is a chore. Sandbox games should be fun to traverse the landscape and this game is the opposite. During this playthrough I took taxi rides everywhere to avoid the terrible map; especially when needed to get between islands. Combat is not great either. Aiming weapons and trying hit enemies inside buildings is not easy, even when using the cover mechanic. Niko is not practically likable, even though we are rooting for him in the end. Now that I’m writing this, I can’t really think of one positive thing to say about it, other than I’m happy to be done with the main story.