I've been messing around with this game for many years and I only now decided to play through the whole story. Actually doing the missions makes you realize something; This game has aged like milk. Many of the controls and mechanics actively hinder you, making many of the missions feel like the enemy is the game itself, leading to many frustrating restarts. It's understandable to a degree given not only how old this game is, but that it's the first 3D game in the series, but still, I can imagine a lot of this was just as irritating back then as it is today, and it feels like even Vice City, a game that came out like a year after this, is such a big improvement in many areas.

That said, I wouldn't say this game sucks. It's still worth experiencing if you have the patience, even if you don't end up finishing the story, of which is still a decent one.