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However, it could use some improvements.

The main thing that bugs me about is that the city is totally nerfed in free mode. It’s basically death match mode with no scoring.
You can’t ride in taxis, there are no trains/subways running, you can’t buy food to restore health, you can’t use your phone for special services (calling Jacob for guns for example), you can’t play the mini-games with your friends (bowling, darts, pool), there are no strippers in the strip clubs, and the list goes on.
Instead, you get weapons, health packs, and armor dotted around the map in random spots.

The other problem with it is that a lot of people join apparently thinking that they’ve joined a deathmatch game. Because usually, as soon as someone joins, the first thing they do is try to shoot you in the head several times. Me and Spikey always play with Friendly Fire turned off, because we got sick of people killing us while we’re trying to goof off. Even then, it doesn’t stop them from trying to fuck up our fun, because they can still kill you by knocking you around with vehicles or explosives (eg. falling damage). They can also still blow up the vehicles you’re driving.
For example, while I was trying to get up the rollercoaster in a truck, I get out and run to the street for a second to pick up some ammo. Then a new player joins and spawns right next to me. Of course the first thing he does is unload a clip on me. Then he gives up and runs off, so I figure he gets it and I go back to my truck. As soon as I get in the truck, he starts blasting away at it and blows it up while I’m still in it.

And to add to it are the usual problems when playing over XBL:
· The 12-year old “badass” who thinks using cuss words is going to make us fear him. Prentending to be gangsta does not make your digital uzi more powerful.
· The guy who keeps his mic so close to his mouth that his breathing leaves the mic on all the time. The mic is not a substitute for an air filter.
· The guy holding a conversation with someone outside the game, but not bothering to turn off his mic. We don’t care what your mom is cooking for dinner.
· The other 12-year old who keeps trying to get you to do stuff that you don’t want to do, such as follow him or accept his friend invite. I’d rather bunker down in the porn shop and fend off the cops than ride in your car while you crash in to trees.

We actually voted out one guy that kept talking to someone outside of the game. Right at 2 votes he says “You better not kick me or I’ll kill your balls!” The 3rd vote and the kick came right at the end of “balls” and I LOL’D.