Liberty City is incredible. It's low hanging clouds, cement-toned water, simple and clean building landscapes, it's a wonderful space to drive around in, vibe, and explore. It might be the size of a city block in a modern open world game, but very few worlds match the detail and living quality Rockstar achieved in the series' first 3D entry. It almost makes it worth it to trudge through the absolute clusterfuck of a shooting system, seriously some of the worst shooting and mission design I've ever experienced. It's miserable and grueling to deal with the game's capricious car physics as your truck lightly grazes a pothole and spins out of control, exploding like a pinto, gentle nudges throwing you totally off while any car attack missions are like tickling a tank with a feather, or babysit an AI who runs straight into gunfire with no concern for self preservation. And yet I pushed through this miserable experience to get a chance to just, drive around more. Drink in the sights, listen to the music. It's just a shame that even that's hampered by the cruel, cynical, juvenile, unfunny edge to the characters and dialogue. Idk, it's very weird, very compelling, and I'm glad I finally made time to start treating this series fairly