out of all the gta games, this is the one i keep coming back to. liberty city does a damn well job of making you feel that it'd be hell to live in, and the purist gameplay reminiscent of the previous two entries (even including a top-down camera) reflects this. sure, some missions may be annoying such as espresso-2-go and big'n'veiny, but it does what it sets out to do, that being a love letter to classic gangster and revenge flicks of old.