i'm still enjoying the game now that i've completed it. i just load it up and have some fun. i found a place to get a police chopper with miniguns attached and have now parked it outside a safehouse so it's readily accessible
i thought the missions were better than san andreas though the story was still a little on the long side. the main advantage gta4 has over the earlier ones is the character of nico, he's more likeable and the other characters are well scripted too. i think slagging off the clunkiness of some of the mechanics is valid but they're an improvement on earlier games(particularly the combat).
each to their own though, for me it's an astonishing acheivement which isn't without flaws but has still raised the bar for epic gaming and managed to do so without 90 minute cutscenes
