> Ditto. When you finish the story missions, you've barely completed 45% 
> according to the stats. With regard to difficulty, I used to play it with 
> my flatmate - we'd alternate attempts on missions / escapades, turning 
> over control upon death / being busted. This works very well because you 
> tend not to get so bogged down and frustrated with missions, and you get 
> to learn from others' mistakes, see different strategies etc.

I found most of the missions fairly easy to complete first time, but there 
were 3 or 4 IIRC that were real pains and I had to play them repeatedly many 
times.  It's even more frustrating when unrealistic things happen, like when 
I had boxed in some guy's car so he couldn't escape - I get out to fire a 
rocket at his car (while momentarily looking the other way) and when I turn 
around his car has magically shifted back onto the road and is driving off.

> I've not played the new one though. I've heard it's 100% city-based, no 
> countryside - that's one of the things I liked best about San Andreas, so 
> we'll see...

Oh yes, that was another thing that put me off, it said the map was actually 
smaller than SA.  I used to like being able to drive/fly all around outside 
the town.

Have you played Test Drive Unlimited?  It has a huge map to drive around, 
not as many non-driving parts as SA but it will take you at least an hour to 
drive around the outside of the island, let alone all the roads inside!

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