GTA IV: It's Magically Delicious

[Aladuf]

I understand that, but why do I have to do these things repetitively for 25-35 hours? The game is so god damn long, I can't continue to do those things for any lengthy amount of time.

Though, I feel that my real issue with GTA is that I'm not encouraged to explore, there is constantly something you're being nagged to do, whether its go do a mission, go hang out with someone or whatever. The cell phone is always ringing, and if I ignore it then I'm punished for it because now that I didn't go play darts with Roman he doesn't like me as much anymore.

I enjoy and prefer Crackdown SO much more than GTA because you can go kill a boss, or you can jump around the city looking for orbs, climbing buildings and jumping down, etc. Crackdown makes you explore, I get the feeling from GTA that I always have to continue doing missions and drive from one place to another.