As someone who didn't get into all of the hype with this game, I am probably one of the few who is not disappointed. I am enjoying the gameplay and as yet (4 hours invested) have not found anything too repetitive.

The opening video started and very soon it had me reaching for my system restart button as I thought the graphics had turned my vid card to mush. Upon closer inspection I realised it was intentional. It is something that had me thinking about the memeory that was being shared. Trauma has that effect on your mind, it was disjointed and coming through in bits and pieces.
It is a transition effect put to use later in gameplay as well.

The skills to open up help a great deal for furthering your evil or good, depending in what you are trying to do. Running over civilians will give negative standing, while solving crimes in progress (purse snatcher) will raise this.
Enemies are not dumb, but then given the early stages not mater criminals either. Cops can be out run and once you open some skills can be lost very easily using garages and blocker barriers which come up from the ground.

Keyboard and mouse controls are ok, but the keyboard for driving is almost uncontrolable, you will veer off of a road very quickly or spin out of control in a sports car due to the rapid acceleration.


Very early days for me and have been waiting for this since I saw the E3 video years ago. It has lived up to my epectations of an open world - need I say - GTA3 with hacking. Its all I was after and its what I got.

As someone who didn't get into all of the hype with this game, I am probably one of the few who is not disappointed. I am enjoying the gameplay and as yet (4 hours invested) have not found anything too repetitive. The opening video started and very soon it had me reaching for my system restart button as I thought the graphics had turned my vid card to mush. Upon closer inspection I realised it was intentional. It is something that had me thinking about the memeory that was being shared. Trauma has that effect on your mind, it was disjointed and coming through in bits and pieces. It is a transition effect put to use later in gameplay as well. The skills to open up help a great deal for furthering your evil or good, depending in what you are trying to do. Running over civilians will give negative standing, while solving crimes in progress (purse snatcher) will raise this. Enemies are not dumb, but then given the early stages not mater criminals either. Cops can be out run and once you open some skills can be lost very easily using garages and blocker barriers which come up from the ground. Keyboard and mouse controls are ok, but the keyboard for driving is almost uncontrolable, you will veer off of a road very quickly or spin out of control in a sports car due to the rapid acceleration. Very early days for me and have been waiting for this since I saw the E3 video years ago. It has lived up to my epectations of an open world - need I say - GTA3 with hacking. Its all I was after and its what I got.