I cannot imagine playing another GTA-styled expansive mission-oriented game where I cannot freely swing and fly above the buildings to get wherever I am going. The freedom of movement and power portrayal is so unbelievably satisfying that the somewhat grindy way these types of games can feel to me at times was completely absent. I had no problem going from one end of New York City to the other, solving crimes, snapping pics of monuments, grabbing backpacks, and doing it all over again because it was so fun to do. The story was engrossing and progressed in a way that kept me interested till the very end. The only gripe I might have is the absolute chaos in act 3 made any of the side-quest items kind of impossible to do, so once I got to that point, it was a quick succession of main story missions to complete the game, which means to do some of the side quest stuff you have to go back and complete it after beating the game, which kind of fell off my radar after a bit. I might go back to finish that stuff later though, maybe when I feel like playing the DLC.
Reviewed on Tuesday, September 5th, 2023, 12:53pm.
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